Destination Titan (2011)

A story about four British scientists who have created a probe which will take a seven year long trip to the largest moon orbiting Saturn, Titan. Designing and building a vehicle that will travel more than 2 billion miles across space is not an easy task as it is shown in Destination Titan. The documentary follows the story behind the creation of a probe that is the culmination of a lifetime endeavor which will be strapped onto what is essentially a giant bomb and hurled out of earths atmosphere on a seven year long journey. will they succeed? This documentary is presented by John Zarnecki and features the famous TV host and astronomer Patrick Moore.

Released April 10, 2011 60 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.space, mdblist.imdb-tv-movie, tmdb.titan, imdb.space-exploration, imdb.gravity-assist, imdb.saturn-the-planet, imdb.titan-the-moon + 10 more, imdb.huygens-lander, imdb.reference-to-christiaan-huygens, imdb.man-in-space, imdb.reference-to-karl-marx, imdb.english-schoolboy, imdb.reference-to-the-moon-landing, imdb.animated-orbital-diagram, imdb.reference-to-halley-s-comet, imdb.solar-system, imdb.astronomy