Astronauts work on Hubble in Endeavour’s payload bay; Story Musgrave, anchored on the end of the Canadarm, prepares to be elevated to the top of the HST to install protective covers on the magnetometers. Today on Far Future Horizons we present the BBC Horizon documentary “Hubble Vision”. Astronauts included in the STS-61 crew portrait include … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we present an episode from the acclaimed documentary series Planes that Never Flew– America’s First Jet Fighter. In America’s First Jet Fighter, the series examines the Lockheed L-133, the first attempt by an American company to build a jet-powered fighter, begun in 1939 by Lockheed but later cancelled due to lack … Read more
In order to honor the memory of Leonard Nimoy, we present today on Far Future Horizons the History Channel documentary Star Trek – Secrets of the Universe. This documentary coincided with the release of the motion picture, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), the very last motion picture which Leonard Nimoy starred in and where he … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we present the fifth and final episode of Catastrophe. This spectacular five-part series, presented by Tony Robinson, investigates the history of natural disasters, from the planet’s beginnings to the present, putting a new perspective on our existence and suggesting that we are the product of catastrophe. Ninety-nine percent of all the creatures … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we are proud to present the second episode of the acclaimed BBC docudrama “Space Race” the “Race For Satellites”. This series chronicles the major events and characters in the American/Soviet space race up to the first landing of a man on the moon. It focuses on Sergei Korolev, the Soviet … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we are proud to present the first episode of the acclaimed BBC docudrama “Space Race – Race for Rockets”. Wernher von Braun This series chronicles the major events and characters in the American/Soviet space race up to the first landing of a man on the moon. It focuses on Sergei … Read more
SPACEGUARD Sooner or later, it was bound to happen. On June 30, 1908, Moscow escaped destruction by three hours and four thousand kilometers—a margin invisibly small by the standards of the universe. On February 12, 1947, another Russian city had a still narrower escape, when the second great meteorite of the twentieth century detonated less than … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we present Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming starring Jason Connery, son of Sean Connery, the actor who launched his career to stellar heights by bringing Ian Fleming’s James Bond to the silver screen with the motion picture Dr. No in 1962. Jason Connery Spymaker: The Secret Life of … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we visit one of the most important archaeological sites in South East Asia, AngkorWat in the acclaimed National Geographic Channel series Ancient Megastructures. Situated deep in the Cambodian jungle, the majestic temple of Angkor Wat was designed to honour the Hindu god Vishnu and which took over 30 years to build. … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we take a close look at the most pervasive yet the weakest force in the Universe. It is an attractive force between all matter and is very weak as compared to the other forces of nature. In this episode of The Universe, we will investigate the role gravity played in … Read more