Reach For The Stars: Trials of Galileo/Yuri Gagarin's Flight

Summary 12 April 1633 and 12 April 1961 Two days on which science challenged the conventional view of our place in the universe: April 12, 1633 when Galileo stands trial for heresy for claiming the sun and not the Earth is the centre of the known universe, and exactly 328 years to the day later (1961) when Soviet cosmonaut Major Yuri Gagarin steps from the Earth into space.

S2.E6 ∙ Reach For The Stars: Trials of Galileo/Yuri Gagarin's Flight

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Peter Guinness Stephen Beckett Adrian Fear Benjamin Till

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Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Nov 7, 2004

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC Documentaries BBC Four

Language : English

Filming locations : Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) History Channel Lion Television

Summary 12 April 1633 and 12 April 1961 Two days on which science challenged the conventional view of our place in the universe: April 12, 1633 when Galileo stands trial for heresy for claiming the sun and not the Earth is the centre of the known universe, and exactly 328 years to the day later (1961) when Soviet cosmonaut Major Yuri Gagarin steps from the Earth into space.

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Nov 7, 2004

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC Documentaries BBC Four

Language : English

Filming locations : Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) History Channel Lion Television

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