A Walk In The Abyss
A Year In Space - S1 - E7
Fixing the space station can mean venturing outside—no easy feat 250 miles away from Earth.
A Year In Space: Season 1 - 12 Episode s
1x1 - Leaving Home
March 2, 2016
Astronaut Scott Kelly says goodbye to family and friends as he leaves to become the first American to spend a year in space.
1x2 - Unlikely Allies
March 9, 2016
Before leaving Earth, astronaut Scott Kelly heads to a once secret space center outside Moscow that is now the scene of an unprecedented collaboration between former enemies.
1x3 - Quarantine
March 16, 2016
Scott Kelly begins his long separation from the rest of humanity well before he leaves Earth, as he and his crewmates enter the curious world of pre-flight quarantine
1x4 - Launch
March 23, 2016
The final hours on Earth are a series of rituals—both technological and personal—as the clock ticks down and the engines ignite.
1x5 - Welcome Aboard
March 30, 2016
Watch NASA astronaut Scott Kelly board the International Space Station and adjust to life in space.
1x6 - Perseverance
April 6, 2016
Danger lurks both on the ground and in orbit as the crew deals with exploding supply rockets and incoming space debris.
1x7 - A Walk In The Abyss
April 13, 2016
Fixing the space station can mean venturing outside—no easy feat 250 miles away from Earth.
1x8 - Connectivity
April 20, 2016
So much rides on the slender thread that connects astronauts in space to family on Earth.
1x9 - Last Days In Space
April 27, 2016
Packing to leave can be bittersweet after a year in space.
1x10 - Ride Of A Lifetime
May 4, 2016
Returning from the ISS is a wild, scary, violent ride—but it’s the only way home.
1x11 - Gravity
May 11, 2016
By air and land, rescue vehicles converge in the Kazakh steppe to catch three men falling from space.
1x12 - Welcome Home
May 18, 2016
After a year in space, Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko reunite with their families and begin the long, painful process of readjusting to life on Earth.