Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - Season 50 / Year 2015
Season 50 / Year 2015
How to Survive in Space
Episodes
Lift Off!
In the first lecture, Kevin Fong explores and probes what it takes to lift off into space. What keeps astronauts safe and on track as they are propelled into orbit?
Life in Orbit
In the second lecture, Kevin Fong explores life in orbit on board the International Space Station. Tim Peake sends reports about living and working in space.
The Next Frontier
In the final lecture, Kevin Fong investigates how the next generation of astronauts will be propelled across the vast chasm of space to Mars and beyond.
Recently Updated Shows
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
After surviving Godzilla's attack on San Francisco, Cate is shaken yet again by a shocking secret. Amid monstrous threats, she embarks on a globetrotting adventure to learn the truth about her family—and the mysterious organization known as Monarch.
The Walking Dead: Dead City
The Walking Dead: Dead City envisions the popular Maggie and Negan characters travelling into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.
Dark Matter
Hailed as one of the best sci-fi novels of the decade, Dark Matter is a story about the road not taken. The series follows Jason Dessen, a physicist, professor, and family man who – one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago – is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the multiverse of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of mind-bending realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself.