A Year In Space — Season 1

Aired 2 March 2016 • 15 min

Astronaut Scott Kelly says goodbye to family and friends as he leaves to become the first American to spend a year in space.

Aired 9 March 2016 • 15 min

Before leaving Earth, astronaut Scott Kelly heads to a once secret space center outside Moscow that is now the scene of an unprecedented collaboration between former enemies.

Aired 16 March 2016 • 15 min

Scott Kelly begins his long separation from the rest of humanity well before he leaves Earth, as he and his crewmates enter the curious world of pre-flight quarantine

Aired 23 March 2016 • 15 min

The final hours on Earth are a series of rituals—both technological and personal—as the clock ticks down and the engines ignite.

Aired 30 March 2016 • 15 min

Watch NASA astronaut Scott Kelly board the International Space Station and adjust to life in space.

Aired 6 April 2016 • 15 min

Danger lurks both on the ground and in orbit as the crew deals with exploding supply rockets and incoming space debris.

Aired 13 April 2016 • 15 min

Fixing the space station can mean venturing outside—no easy feat 250 miles away from Earth.

Aired 20 April 2016 • 15 min

So much rides on the slender thread that connects astronauts in space to family on Earth.

Aired 27 April 2016 • 15 min

Packing to leave can be bittersweet after a year in space.

Aired 4 May 2016 • 15 min

Returning from the ISS is a wild, scary, violent ride—but it’s the only way home.

Aired 11 May 2016 • 15 min

By air and land, rescue vehicles converge in the Kazakh steppe to catch three men falling from space.

Aired 18 May 2016 • 15 min

After a year in space, Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko reunite with their families and begin the long, painful process of readjusting to life on Earth.