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Countdown

Space does not wish you well. It has no shortage of ways to kill you, and in the fifty years humans have been flying spacecraft around the Earth and out to the moon, the mortal perils have been eviden... Read more

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Teaser Episode

Teaser Episode

Time Magazine presents "Countdown". ...coming soon.

11 May 2017

2mins

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S1E1: Apollo 10

S1E1: Apollo 10

There were a lot of mission rules in the official flight plan when Apollo 10 was preparing to leave Earth on its journey... Read more

20 Jul 2017

24mins

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S1E2: Gemini 8

S1E2: Gemini 8

Neil Armstrong didn’t believe in omens, but he got a nasty one anyway the moment he climbed into his Gemini 8 spacecraft... Read more

27 Jul 2017

22mins

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S1E3: Apollo 1

S1E3: Apollo 1

Whether ship or mere simulator, the Apollo had so far impressed most people at NASA as a slapdash machine. It was temper... Read more

3 Aug 2017

29mins

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S1E4: Gus Grissom

S1E4: Gus Grissom

Gus Grissom tried not to give much thought to the fact that the rocket he was riding to space was built to kill people. ... Read more

10 Aug 2017

27mins

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S1E5: Gemini 9

S1E5: Gemini 9

If Gemini 9 started off under a curse, the bad fortune seemed determined to stick around.TIME’s Jeffrey Kluger takes you... Read more

17 Aug 2017

28mins

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S1E6: Apollo 12

S1E6: Apollo 12

Pete Conrad had no business trying to fly to the moon on a rainy morning in November of 1969. And NASA, by the look of t... Read more

24 Aug 2017

23mins

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S1E7: Luca

S1E7: Luca

Space has a lot of ways to kill you. It’s a beautiful place to contemplate and a thrilling place to visit, but for all i... Read more

31 Aug 2017

29mins

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S1E8: Mir

S1E8: Mir

It can be oddly peaceful inside a dying spacecraft. That was not something Michael Foale ever suspected—and with good re... Read more

7 Sep 2017

25mins

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S1E9: Soyuz 11

S1E9: Soyuz 11

TIME’s Jeffrey Kluger takes you through the Soyuz 11 mission and the events that make it one of the most harrowing space... Read more

14 Sep 2017

29mins

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