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The New Frontier (Season 3)

10 episodes 94%4KCC

From Moon plans to Mars missions, spaceflight's next chapter takes shape.

Explore a season of space science and exploration that looks ahead to returning to the Moon, crewed missions to Mars, and the technology making those ambitions possible. Along the way, you will see how astronauts train, adapt, and work aboard the International Space Station, turning bold ideas into real progress. Sign up to watch a future-focused series built for curious minds.

Episode guide

10 episodes
1
1Living in Space
Did you ever wonder how astronauts cope with living in space? The unique environment, the lack of taste in their food and the smell of canned air all contribute to the stresses of living and working in space.
24 min
2
2Atmosphere
The atmosphere of our planet is suffering from pollution and climate change. How are scientists and the latest technology working to improve the health of our air?
24 min
3
3Flight Status
Get the latest updates on the new space hardware that is about to launch us into the next generation of space flight. While some rockets and capsules are on time, others are not so fortunate.
24 min
4
4Invasion Mars
As the EXO Mars and Curiosity rovers continue their scientific discoveries, we prepare new missions to the Red Planet—both robotic and manned.
24 min
5
5Juno, Cassini and Beyond
The Cassini space craft has completed its mission over Saturn, Juno has reached Jupiter and has commenced its scientific observations of the giant planet, and New Horizons speeds on to its next encounter at the edge of the solar system.
24 min
6
6Slingshot
Sending probes throughout the solar system is both a mathematician's dream and an engineer's nightmare. Let's check out the latest probes that are about to slingshot around other planets in the solar system.
24 min
7
7Living Planet
As scientists continuously observe Earth from orbit, they have built a data set that reveals much about how the Earth "breathes" and how life sustains itself on this living planet.
24 min
8
8Cosmic Collisions
Cosmic and X rays are mysterious and highly powerful particles from deep space. Through scientific investigation, we hope to finally discover where they come from.
24 min
9
9Gravity
The European Space Agency's LISA pathfinder space craft has led the way for a space-based gravity wave detector. What are gravity waves and why are they so hard to detect?
24 min
10
10Interface
There is a mysterious part of our upper atmosphere, where the earth interfaces with space: the ionosphere. Little is understood about this area, but we know it affects radio communications, GPS signals and satellites, and changes between day and night.
24 min
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