Secret Space Escapes

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Near Drowning

Episode 1

Fire on the Mir

Tue, Nov 10, 2015 43 mins

Astronauts and cosmonauts battle a life-threatening fire and tackle an out-of-control cargo ship on the Russian space station, MIR. Astronaut Chris Hadfield's rookie spacewalk takes a terrifyingÂturn.

Episode 2

Shipwrecked

Tue, Nov 17, 2015 43 mins

A deadly collision in orbit punctures the hull of Russian space station, MIR. As oxygen seeps into space, the crew's lifeboat begins to die. An astronaut becomes trapped in an airlock with only a depleted oxygen tank to survive.

Episode 3

Secret Mission Mayday

Tue, Nov 24, 2015 40 mins

A Space Shuttle crew discovers damage to protective tiles on the shuttle's underbelly that could kill them during re-entry in temperature up to 3000 degrees.

Episode 4

Toxic Leak

Tue, Dec 1, 2015 42 mins

A toxic ammonia leak endangers an entire crew; a cosmonaut narrowly survives re-entry, only to be stranded in the wilderness; a spacewalker's helmet fills with water, threatening to drown him in space.

Episode 5

Point of No Return

Wed, Dec 9, 2015 43 mins

A space-walker loses his eye sight and is locked outside his craft after a spacesuit malfunction; Cosmonauts are engulfed by a fire while still on the launchpad; a shuttle mission is aborted T-4 seconds before launch, but the crew doesn't know why.

Episode 6

Gasping for Air

Tue, Dec 15, 2015 43 mins

A toxic leak threatens the lives of astronauts upon reentry. An epic mission to the Salyut space station takes an unexpected turn when the crew suffers from depressurization.

Episode 7

Abandon Ship

Tue, Dec 22, 2015 43 mins

A power failure occurs on the ISS forcing the crew to consider abandoning the station, although damage has been found on the shuttle that could comprise them upon reentry. During the first spacewalk a cosmonaut is nearly stranded after a suit malfunction.

Episode 8

Fatal Re-entry

Tue, Jan 12, 2016 43 mins

An astronaut performs an emergency procedure on an electrified panel to save a new ISS solar array. The pressures of the Space Race push Soviets to launch Soyuz 1 despite warnings. The first Korean astronaut gets the ride of her life during reentry.