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13 Episodes 1967 - 1967
Episode 1
Patrick Moore talks about Jupiter, and the many problems that it presents to modern astronomers.
Episode 2
Patrick Moore talks to Desmond King-Hele, F.R.S. about the way amateur observers can sight and track satellites, and about the value of these observations to space research.
Episode 3
Patrick Moore and Dr. V. Barocas talk about the nebulae - clouds of gas of many kinds far out in space. In some of these, new stars are coming into existence.
Episode 4
Close-up photographs of prospective lunar landing-sites are rapidly increasing our knowledge of the moon's surface. But how strong is the evidence that the lunar craters were formed by the same kind of volcanic activity as Earth calderas?
Episode 5
Patrick describes the enormous advances made in astronomical studies during the space-decade since April 1957. He shows highlights from past programmes, including the first photographs of the far side of the moon in 1959.
Episode 6
Since the American rocket Mariner IV flew by Mars to send back information, our ideas about the Red Planet have changed. Patrick discusses these new ideas with Harold Ridley and in particular considers whether there can be any life on Mars
Episode 7
Vega, one of the brightest stars in the sky, is almost overhead during the evening. Its a blue star, much hotter than our sun. Patrick and Dr. Barocas talk about Vega, and discuss the view of the universe that could be obtained from there.
Episode 8
Patrick visits Birr Castle in County Offaly, Eire, to discuss with the present Lord Rosse his great - grandfather's remarkable achievement in constructing the huge telescope, and his use of it to establish the spiral nature of galaxies.
Episode 9
Patrick talks about Novae, which appear to be new stars but are in fact existing ones brightened by explosions, and discusses the new Nova near the Constellation of Delphinus with George Alcock.
Episode 10
Patrick Moore and Colin Ronan discuss the increasing study of non-visible radiations from space which is dramatically widening our knowledge of the universe.
Episode 11
In the just-completed NASA Lunar Orbiter programme, five photo-laboratories have orbited the moon at 4,500 m.p.h. Patrick Moore talks to H. J. P. Arnold about the sophisticated techniques involved in spacecraft photography.
Episode 12
The Russian probe Venus 4 has landed on its target. Patrick Moore talks about the mysterious earth's twin planet, and puts questions about the new information from Venus to Colonel Valery Bykovsky, the Russian astronaut.
Episode 13
Meteorites are the only solid objects from outer space which land on earth. 2000 have been found, the biggest weighing 60 tons. What are they, and where do they come from? Patrick Moore discusses their significance and possible origin.