Voyage to the Planets

Season 1

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to leave Earth? To lose sight of our home planet and go where no human has gone before? Blast-off with Voyage to the Planets: a 6 x 50 minute documentary series exploring the pleasures and pitfalls of travel to the very alien planets of our own Solar System. What strange sights await you? What dangers must you avoid? Voyage to the Planets visits the planets from two very personal perspectives: the direct experience of the people who have sent probes hurtling to all our cosmic neighbours, and the viewpoint of any one of us who might dream of making a trip ourselves. Take a ringside seat to the splendours of the Solar System with Voyage to the Planets: an astronaut's guide to whole new worlds of possibility.

Where to Watch Season 1

6 Episodes

Mars
E1
MarsEssential travel advice for any aspiring astronaut planning to make the first footprints on the Red Planet: what to see, how to dress, and where to go to have the best chance of meeting the locals.
Jupiter
E2
JupiterNo tour of the Solar System is complete without a visit to its largest planet, but be warned: along with the grandest sights and the deepest mysteries, you’ll face also its biggest dangers.
Saturn
E3
SaturnStrap in for a spaceflight to the planetary pin-up boy, Saturn, home to the most amazing and unexpected sights in the Solar System.
Neptune & Uranus
E4
Neptune & UranusGot time for a 24 year holiday? Then consider a journey to our most distant and least explored planets, the ice giants Uranus and Neptune.
Venus & Mercury
E5
Venus & MercuryEssential space travel advice for anyone planning a holiday to the inner Solar System to visit our fiendishly hot neighbours, Mercury and Venus.
Pluto & Beyond
E6
Pluto & BeyondPluto may no longer be regarded as a planet, but there's more to see at the edge of our solar system than you may have ever imagined.