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All Episodes of Secret Space Escapes

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Revealing terrifying accidents, fights for survival, and stories of close calls and near misses by the astronauts who survived them. This series offers chilling accounts of the challenges of space exploration as told only by

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7.8/1012 votes
Secret Mayday Mission
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/24/2015
A Space Shuttle crew discovers damage to protective tiles on the shuttle's underbelly that could kill them during re-entry in temperatures up to 3000 degrees.
Director: Unknown
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7.5/1014 votes
Toxic Leak
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/1/2015
A toxic ammonia leak endangers a crew; and a space walk goes wrong when an astronaut's helmet fills with water. Also: a cosmonaut is stranded in the wilderness after narrowly surviving re-entry.
Director: Unknown
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7.0/1015 votes
Fire on the Mir
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/10/2015
In 1997 astronauts and cosmonauts Alexsandr on MIR deals with a life-threatening cabin fire and an out-of-control cargo ship; In 2001 astronaut Chris Hadfield's rookie spacewalk takes a terrifying turn leaving him temporarily blinded in space.
Director: Unknown
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6.9/1012 votes
Point Of No Return
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/8/2015
An astronaut loses his vision and is locked outside his craft after a spacesuit malfunction during a spacewalk; a fire on the launchpad threatens cosmonauts; and a space shuttle is aborted seconds before launch, but the crew doesn't know why.
Director: Unknown
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6.8/1012 votes
Shipwrecked
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/17/2015
In 1997 on board the Russian Space Station Mir a collision put a hole in the station and the vacuum of space bares down; another astronaut's first spacewalk becomes a nightmare when he and his partner have only the oxygen in their suits to survive.
Director: Unknown
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6.7/1012 votes
Gasping for Air
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/15/2015
A toxic leak threatens the lives of astronauts; a crew suffers from depressurization; and an engine malfunctions at takeoff.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.3/109 votes
Solar Panel Crisis
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/12/2016
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N/A/100 votes
Abandon Ship
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/22/2015
A power failure occurs on the ISS forcing the crew to consider abandoning the station, although damage has been found on the shuttle that could comprise them upon reentry. During the first spacewalk a cosmonaut is nearly stranded after a suit malfunction.
Director: Unknown
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