The Sky at Night

Season 35 Episode 8: Soviet Space Astronomy

Patrick Moore visits Baikonur, the site from which all the important Soviet space missions have been launched and until recently out of bounds to westerners. He watches the launch of a probe to the orbiting space-station Mir and talks to leading Soviet astronomer Prof Alexander Boyarchuk.

Genre:

Documentary, News

Seasons:

70

Episodes:

848

Cast:

Quality:

HD

Duration:

30 min

First Air:

1957

Rating:

8.3