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Narrator: NASA's MISSION
IS TO EXPLORE THE UNKNOWN.

Teitel: WHAT WE KNOW
ABOUT THE UNIVERSE

IS A TINY FRACTION
OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY OUT THERE.

Narrator:
IN THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS,

IT LAUNCHES ITS SCIENTISTS
INTO SPACE,

ITS CRAFT BEYOND THE LIMITS
OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

Lee: WE HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT'S OUT THERE.

THERE MIGHT BE DANGERS
LURKING IN THE DARKNESS.

WE'VE RUN ACROSS MORE
MYSTERIES THAN DISCOVERIES.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
IT'S GONNA THROW AT US NEXT.

Narrator: EVIDENCE OF LIFE
ON A FROZEN MOON...

McKay: WHEN WE SAW THIS ACTIVITY
ON ENCELADUS,

I STOPPED CALLING IT A MOON.

I STARTED CALLING IT A WORLD.

Narrator: ...A MYSTERIOUS OBJECT
FLIES ON A COLLISION COURSE

WITH A DANGEROUS ASTEROID...

SO WHAT IS IT?
IS IT AN ALIEN SPACECRAFT?

...AND CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
OF THE PRESIDENTIAL KIND.

Oberg: THE GUY WHO SAW
AND REPORTED THE UFO

WAS THE FUTURE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.

Narrator: THESE ARE...

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DISASTER STRIKES RUSSIA'S MIR
SPACE STATION.

HE'S COMING IN
WAY TOO FAST.

IMMEDIATELY START YELLING,
"BRAKE, BRAKE, BRAKE!"

HE SLAMS INTO
THE SOLAR PANELS.

THE IMPACT RIPS
A HOLE IN THE HULL.

OXYGEN IS LEAKING
FROM THE STATION.

IT'S A SERIOUS, SERIOUS PROBLEM.

Ferreira: THEY'VE GOT MINUTES
TO FIND THE BREACH

AND FIX IT,
OR THEY'RE DEAD.

Narrator: IN 1997,
NASA ASTRONAUT MIKE FOALE JOINS

TWO COSMONAUTS ON A JOINT
U.S./RUSSIA MISSION

ON BOARD THE MIR SPACE STATION.

MIR IS THE PRIDE
OF THE RUSSIAN SPACE PROGRAM.

IT'S ALSO THE ONLY OPERATIONAL
MANNED SPACE STATION.

Narrator: THOUGH
THE COLD WAR IS OVER,

THE RUSSIANS KEEP TIGHT CONTROL

ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE MISSION.

IN SECRET, THEY DECIDE
TO TRY OUT SOMETHING

THEY HAVE NOT TOLD NASA ABOUT.

ON THIS MISSION,
RUSSIA DECIDES

ON ITS OWN, UNILATERALLY,

TO TEST ITS MANUAL
DOCKING SYSTEM.

Narrator: MOSCOW'S
MISSION CONTROL ORDERS

MIR'S CREW TO TURN OFF
THE AUTOMATED DOCKING SYSTEM

ON THE RESUPPLY VEHICLE
AND ATTEMPT

TO RE-DOCK IT MANUALLY.

THEY'RE PUTTING THE MIR
IN DANGER.

MICHAEL FOALE DOESN'T KNOW
WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.

Narrator:
COSMONAUT VASILY TSIBLIYEV

IS TASKED WITH THE PROCEDURE.

HE DECOUPLES THEIR UNMANNED
CARGO SHIP, PROGRESS,

AND SENDS IT OUT INTO SPACE

BEFORE TRYING
TO STEER IT BACK REMOTELY.

ON THE PROGRESS VESSEL,
THERE'S A CAMERA.

SO YOU'RE SEEING THE VIEW

AS IF YOU'RE SITTING
IN THE PROGRESS SPACE SHIP

AS IT COMES IN.

Narrator:
IN ADDITION TO THE CAMERA,

A RADAR FEED GIVES
TSIBLIYEV SPEED

AND DISTANCE READINGS
FROM THE INCOMING CRAFT.

BUT THE GUIDANCE SYSTEM
IS RUDIMENTARY.

THE FEED FROM THE CAMERAS
KEEPS CUTTING OUT.

RUSSIAN MISSION CONTROL DECIDES

THAT THE RADAR IS INTERFERING
WITH THE VIDEO FEED.

THEY'RE ASKED TO TURN IT OFF.

BUT THE RADAR THE THING
THAT IS CALCULATING THE SPEED

AND DISTANCE FROM THE MIR.

Narrator: WITHOUT THE RADAR,

TSIBLIYEV MUST DEPEND ENTIRELY
ON THE POOR VIDEO FEED.

THE VIDEO FEED
ISN'T EXACTLY HD.

Narrator: THE ANGLE OF
THE APPROACH MEANS

THAT, ON PROGRESS' CAMERA,

MIR APPEARS INDISTINGUISHABLE
FROM THE CLOUDS BELOW.

HE'S REALLY NOT QUITE SURE
IF HE'S LOOKING AT THE SPACESHIP

OR IF HE'S LOOKING AT A CLOUD.

IT'S A VERY,
VERY DIFFICULT TASK.

AND I TELL YOU, I DON'T WANT
TO BE DOING THAT TASK.

IT'S WAY, WAY TOO DIFFICULT
FOR MOST PEOPLE TO HANDLE.

HE'S BASICALLY
FLYING BLIND.

Narrator: FOALE
AND THE OTHER COSMONAUT

TRY TO ASSIST TSIBLIYEV
BY POINTING MANUAL RANGE FINDERS

OUT THE STATION'S WINDOWS.

Linenger: HE'S TRYING TO DRIVE
IT IN FROM A DISTANCE --

FIRING THRUSTERS, PEOPLE
LOOKING OUT PORTHOLE WINDOWS

TRYING TO TELL HIM
HOW THE VEHICLE'S REACTING.

Narrator: BUT THEIR VIEW
OF THE APPROACHING SHIP

IS BLOCKED
BY MIR'S SOLAR PANELS.

Linenger: THE PROGRESS
VEHICLE'S COMING IN,

COMING IN, COMING IN.

Jurek: ALL OF A SUDDEN,
IT'S RIGHT ON TOP OF THEM.

IMMEDIATELY START YELLING,
"BRAKE, BRAKE, BRAKE!"

IT'S TOO LATE
TO DO ANYTHING.

Linenger: THE PROGRESS HITS
A SOLAR PANEL.

THAT IMMEDIATELY GETS
THE SPACE STATION SPINNING.

BUT THEN A LARGE CLUNK SOUND

AS IT LITERALLY HITS A MODULE

AND THEN FINALLY CAREENS
OFF INTO SPACE.

SUDDENLY, THE DECOMPRESSION
ALARM GOES OFF,

WHICH MEANS THAT THE MIR
HAS BEEN PUNCTURED AND AIR

IS ESCAPING INTO SPACE.

Narrator: THE CREW REALIZE
THEY ARE IN MORTAL DANGER.

PRECIOUS AIR IS HISSING OUT
INTO SPACE THROUGH THE BREACH.

Linenger: RIGHT AWAY, YOU DO
A QUICK CALCULATION.

IS THIS A SMALL LEAK?
DO WE HAVE 24 HOURS

BEFORE IT'S GONNA BE
LIFE-THREATENING?

WHEN THEY DID
THAT CALCULATION,

THEY'VE GOT LESS
THAN 5 MINUTES.

Narrator: THE CREW SCRAMBLE TO
LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK.

THE LIFE-SUSTAINING
ATMOSPHERE IS BLEEDING OUT.

THEY ONLY HAVE MINUTES
TO REPAIR IT OR THEY'RE DEAD.

Narrator: THE TEAM DISCOVER THE
AIR IS WHISTLING OUT OF A TEAR

IN THE SIDE
OF THE SPEKTR SCIENCE MODULE.

THEIR ONLY CHOICE IS TO SEAL OFF
THE MODULE AND TO DO IT QUICKLY.

Carey: THERE'S A LOT OF WIRES
GOING THROUGH THE HATCH.

Narrator: MIR'S WIRING IS A MESS
OF POORLY-RIGGED CABLES,

SNAKING BETWEEN MODULES,

BLOCKING THE AIR-LOCKED DOORS.

IF THEY TAKE THE TIME
TO UNPLUG IT, THEY'RE DEAD.

FINALLY HAD TO CUT IT,
YOU KNOW, SPARKS FLYING.

Narrator:
THE CREW CLOSE THE HATCH,

PRESERVING THEIR PRECIOUS
OXYGEN SUPPLY.

NOW THEY HAVE A WHOLE
NEW SET OF PROBLEMS.

THE CRAFT IS SPINNING
UNCONTROLLABLY.

THE SOLAR PANELS
THAT POWER THE STATION

AREN'T CATCHING THE SUN.

CRITICAL EQUIPMENT IS
STARTING TO SHUT DOWN.

POWER IS RUNNING OUT.

THE CREW HAS NO WAY
OF CONTACTING GROUND CONTROL.

THEY'RE CUT OFF
FROM ALL HELP.

MIR IS OUT OF POWER.

IT'S STARTING TO
GET DANGEROUSLY COLD.

IT'S EFFECTIVELY DEAD IN SPACE.

Narrator: UNABLE TO POWER
MIR'S THRUSTERS,

THE CREW HAS NO WAY TO STABILIZE

THE SPINNING CRAFT.

THEY'VE GOT TO STOP THAT SPIN,
OR IT'S ALL OVER.

Narrator: JUNE 1997.

AN EXPERIMENTAL DOCKING MANEUVER

INVOLVING THE MIR SPACE STATION
HAS GONE BADLY WRONG.

THE COLLISION LEAVES
IT SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL.

NASA ASTRONAUT MIKE FOALE
AND HIS RUSSIAN CREW MATES

COME UP WITH A DESPERATE PLAN.

THEIR ONLY OPTION
IS TO FIRE THE THRUSTERS

OF THE SOYUZSHUTTLE TO COUNTER

THE SPIN OF THE STATION.

USING A SOYUZCAPSULE
IS A HUGE GAMBLE.

IT'S THEIR ONLY RIDE HOME.

IF THEY USE TOO MUCH FUEL,
THEY'LL NEVER GET HOME.

Narrator: IF THEIR PLAN
DOESN'T WORK,

THEY'RE STRANDED IN SPACE.

WITH ABSOLUTELY NO GUIDANCE
EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE,

FOALE HAS TO GO OLD SCHOOL

AND USE NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE
AND THE STARS

TO GUIDE HIM AND CALCULATE
THE SPIN RATE OF THE STATION.

Narrator: FOALE HOLDS HIS THUMB
TO THE VIEWING PORT

AS A MEASURING STICK
TO GAUGE THEIR RATE OF SPIN

AGAINST THE HORIZON.

FOALE IS SHOUTING THESE
MEASUREMENTS TO HIS COLLEAGUE,

WHO IS CONTROLLING
THE SOYUZTHRUSTERS.

AND OVER A COURSE OF 4 HOURS
OF TRIAL AND ERROR,

THEY'RE EVENTUALLY ABLE
TO STABILIZE THE MIR

AND GET THE SOLAR PANELS
PARTIALLY WORKING AGAIN.

Narrator: AS MIR FINALLY
COMES TO REST,

THE SOLAR CELL BEGINS TO CHARGE,
POWERING UP THE STATION

AND REPLENISHING
THEIR PRECIOUS OXYGEN SUPPLY.

THE CREW ARE SAFE.

BACK ON EARTH, NASA
DEMANDS AN EXPLANATION

FOR THE NEAR CATASTROPHE.

NASA DID NOT KNOW THAT THIS
MANUAL DOCKING WAS TAKING PLACE.

AND THEY'RE NOT HAPPY
THAT THEIR ASTRONAUT'S LIFE

WAS PUT IN DANGER.

Narrator: THE RUSSIANS TRY
TO PLACE THE BLAME

ON THEIR COSMONAUT,
TSIBLIYEV.

BUT NASA IS
DEEPLY SUSPICIOUS.

IT LAUNCHES AN INVESTIGATION

HEADED UP BY SPECIAL
AGENT JOE GUTHEINZ.

OUR INVESTIGATION
REVEALED THAT THERE

WERE SERIOUS PROBLEMS
WITH THE MIR

AND THE RUSSIAN SPACE PROGRAM.

Narrator:
THOUGH THE COLD WAR IS OVER,

IT IS CLEAR THAT THE RUSSIANS

HAVEN'T BEEN
TOTALLY OPEN WITH NASA.

IT APPEARS THAT THE RISKY
DOCKING PROCEDURE

WAS A CRAZY SCHEME TO CUT COSTS.

Linenger: THE RUSSIANS WANTED
TO SAVE A LITTLE MONEY.

THEY DIDN'T WANT TO
EQUIP THIS THING

WITH THIS AUTOMATIC
DOCKING DEVICE,

WHICH WAS BUILT IN THE UKRAINE
AND COST THEM HARD CASH.

Ferreira:
THE ENTIRE DOCKING MANEUVER
WAS A FAILURE FROM THE START.

IT SHOULD NEVER
HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED.

AND IT CERTAINLY SHOULD HAVE HAD
A GROUND SIMULATION FIRST,

EVEN IF IT WAS ATTEMPTED.

IT WAS A DISASTER
WAITING TO HAPPEN.

WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS
THEY WERE EXPERIMENTING IN SPACE

WITH ALREADY A VERY SHAKY

AND UNRELIABLE MIR
SPACE STATION.

IT WAS CRAZY.

Narrator: NASA ONLY ALLOWS
ITS ASTRONAUTS

TO CONTINUE TRAINING ON MIR
ON THE CONDITION

THAT IT HAS GREATER
OVERSIGHT OVER THE MISSIONS.

ALTHOUGH THE AGED SPACE STATION

STILL POSES A RISK
TO ASTRONAUT LIVES,

THE EXPERIENCE THEY GAIN PAVES
THE WAY FOR THE NEXT STEPS

IN THE MANNED
EXPLORATION OF SPACE.

A NASA PROBE DIVES
DOWN TO A WORLD

IN SEARCH OF ALIEN LIFE.

McKay: WHEN WE SAW THIS
ACTIVITY ON ENCELADUS,

I STOPPED CALLING IT A MOON.

I STARTED CALLING IT A WORLD.

Narrator:
COULD EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL LIFE

HAVE BEEN IN OUR OWN
BACKYARD ALL ALONG?

THE MISSION HAS NEW GOALS NOW.

THE MISSION IS GOING
TO STUDY ENCELADUS.

Narrator: IN 2005, NASA'S
BILLION-DOLLAR PROBE, CASSINI,

IS ON A FLYBY PAST SATURN
WHEN IT CAPTURES IMAGES

OF SOMETHING UNUSUAL
ON THE ICY MOON, ENCELADUS.

THERE ARE WHAT SEEM TO BE

BRIGHT LIGHTS COMING
FROM ENCELADUS' SOUTH POLE,

SHINING OUT INTO SPACE.

Narrator: ENORMOUS
PLUMES OF A MYSTERIOUS VAPOR

ARE JETTING FROM
THE FROZEN MOON'S SOUTH POLE.

THEY LOOK SO LIKE THE GEOTHERMAL
ERUPTIONS FOUND ON EARTH

THAT SCIENTISTS IMMEDIATELY
CALL THEM GEYSERS.

THERE WERE GEYSERS SHOOTING OUT

FROM THE SIDE OF THIS
TINY LITTLE MOON.

Narrator:
THE PLUMES ABOVE ENCELADUS

ARE MORE THAN 8,000 TIMES LARGER

THAN ANY GEYSER FOUND
ON OUR PLANET.

SO HERE WE HAVE THESE GEYSERS
SPEWING 150 MILES INTO SPACE,

WHICH IS THE DISTANCE
FROM SAN DIEGO TO LOS ANGELES.

McKay: WE KNOW RIGHT AWAY THAT
ENCELADUS IS AN ACTIVE WORLD.

SPECTACULAR.

Narrator:
THIS IS A HUGE DISCOVERY.

IF THERE IS WATER
FLOWING ON ENCELADUS,

IT BECOMES A WORLD
WHERE LIFE CAN EXIST.

NASA RIPS UP CASSINI'S
ORIGINAL MISSION PLAN.

ONCE NASA SCIENTISTS SEE

WHAT'S HAPPENING ON ENCELADUS,
EVERYTHING CHANGES.

THE MISSION
HAS NEW GOALS NOW.

THE MISSION IS GOING
TO STUDY ENCELADUS.

Narrator: THE NEW MISSION
BRINGS NEW PROBLEMS.

CASSINIWAS DESIGNED
TO OBSERVE PLANETS

FROM DISTANT ORBITS,

NOT TO COLLECT SAMPLES

AND ANALYZE UNIDENTIFIED
SUBSTANCES.

THE CASSINITEAM BASICALLY
REDESIGNED THE MISSION

SO THAT THEY COULD FLY
THROUGH THE PLUMES.

Narrator: CASSINIIS
800 MILLION MILES FROM EARTH.

TO MAKE THIS WORK,
NASA'S MISSION

CONTROL MUST COMPLETELY
REBUILD ITS SOFTWARE REMOTELY.

McKay: BY REPURPOSING
THE INSTRUMENTS

THAT WERE ON THE SPACECRAFT,

WE'VE REALLY ADAPTED
THE SPACECRAFT

TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING

THAT WE NEVER REALLY
INTENDED IT TO DO.

THEY'RE GOING TO BUZZ
THE SURFACE OF ENCELADUS,

FLY RIGHT THROUGH THE PLUMES

AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE
MADE OUT OF.

Narrator: NASA'S MANTRA
IN THE QUEST FOR LIFE

ANYWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE
IS "FOLLOW THE WATER."

COULD THESE MYSTERIOUS
PLUMES BE MADE OF WATER?

AND COULD THIS WATER
HARBOR ALIEN BIOLOGY?

WHERE THERE'S LIQUID WATER,

THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY STEPS
TO FINDING POTENTIAL LIFE.

Narrator: THE SCIENTISTS ARE
LOOKING FOR THREE KEY CONDITIONS

THAT LED TO LIFE ON EARTH --

LIQUID WATER,

A HIGH SALT CONTENT,

AND EVIDENCE
OF A HOT ACTIVE CORE

DEEP BENEATH THE SEA.

AFTER 3 YEARS
OF INTENSE REPROGRAMMING,

THE PROBE IS FINALLY
READY TO SKIM

THE SURFACE OF SATURN'S
SIXTH LARGEST MOON.

NASA'S BILLION-DOLLAR PROBE

COULD FINALLY ANSWER
THE QUESTION

OF WHETHER THERE
IS LIFE BEYOND EARTH,

IF IT SURVIVES THE CLOSE
ENCOUNTER WITH ENCELADUS.

Narrator:
AT 32,000 MILES PER HOUR,

NASA'S CASSINIPROBE DIVES

THROUGH THE GEYSERS OF ENCELADUS

IN SEARCH FOR LIFE-GIVING WATER.

ONE OF 22 SORTIES
OVER THE FROZEN WORLD.

WHEN CASSINIFLEW
THROUGH THE PLUMES

THAT ARE SHOOTING
OUT OF ENCELADUS,

IT ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE
TO TASTE THESE PLUMES,

TO SMELL THEM,
TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE MADE OUT OF.

Narrator: AFTER AN AGONIZING
WAIT, THE DATA CONFIRMS

THAT THE GEYSERS ERUPTING
FROM THE ICY MOON

ARE LIQUID WATER.

Major: THE DISCOVERY OF THESE
ICY WATER VAPOR JETS

ON ENCELADUS
IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT

DISCOVERY OF
THE ENTIRE CASSINIMISSION.

Narrator: BUT WATER IS ONLY
THE FIRST INGREDIENT FOR LIFE.

THE OTHER ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS
ARE SALT AND HEAT.

McKay: GOING DEEPER
INTO THE PLUME,

THE SPACECRAFT
COLLECTED PARTICLES AND SHOWED

THAT THEY HAD SALT IN THEM.

THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

SCIENTISTS BELIEVE SALT
INTERACTING WITH CHEMICALS

FROM UNDERWATER VOLCANOES

COULD BE HOW ALL LIFE BEGINS.

Major: THERE'S CHEMISTRY
THAT HAPPENS WHEN WATER,

ESPECIALLY SALTY WATER,

IS IN CONTACT
WITH A ROCKY SURFACE.

THE WATER INSIDE ENCELADUS

THAT'S BEING SPRAYED OUT
INTO SPACE HAS A SALINITY

THAT MATCHES EARTH'S OCEANS.

THAT'S HUGE.

Narrator: FURTHER READINGS
REVEAL, THE OCEANS ON ENCELADUS

ARE ASTONISHINGLY
SIMILAR TO OUR OWN.

THERE WERE ELEMENTS
IN THE PLUME

THAT CLEARLY SHOWED
THAT THE WATER

IN THE OCEAN WAS HYDROTHERMAL.

Narrator: SOMETHING WITHIN
ENCELADUS IS HEATING THE WATER.

HEAT IS THE FINAL
MISSING INGREDIENT

IN THE QUEST FOR LIFE,

THE CATALYST
FOR THE CHAIN REACTION

THAT KICK-STARTED LIFE ON EARTH.

McKay: IT'S GOT EVERYTHING
WE WERE HOPING TO FIND.

IT'S GOT EVIDENCE
OF LIQUID WATER,

ORGANICS, NITROGEN,
ENERGY SOURCE.

IT WAS -- IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

IT'S NOT JUST WATER, IT'S --

IT'S THE SOUP THAT WE THINK
WAS CREATIVE OF LIFE.

IF THERE'S A RECIPE FOR LIFE,
ENCELADUS HAS IT.

McKay: WHEN WE SAW THIS
ACTIVITY ON ENCELADUS,

I STOPPED CALLING IT A MOON.

I STARTED CALLING IT A WORLD.

Narrator: IT IS NOW POSSIBLE

THAT WE WILL ENCOUNTER
ALIEN LIFE ON ANOTHER WORLD,

ONE ACCESSIBLE WITH EXISTING
HUMAN TECHNOLOGY.

BASED ON THE HISTORY
OF LIFE ON EARTH,

WE SHOULD HAVE EVERY
REASON TO EXPECT

THAT THERE SHOULD BE LIFE
ON ENCELADUS.

Narrator:
BUT ENCELADUS IS A VERY
DIFFERENT WORLD FROM OUR OWN.

WE CAN ONLY SPECULATE
WHAT FORM LIFE WILL TAKE THERE,

AND HOW ADVANCED IT MAY BE.

THESE OCEANS WOULD BE
DARK AND FOREBODING.

THERE MAY BE CREATURES,
IF THEY'RE LIVING IN THERE,

THAT LIGHT UP.

CREATURES THAT PROTECT
THEMSELVES OR HUNT

WITH LITTLE FLUORESCENT LIGHTS.

OR THIS COULD BE AN OCEAN
WHERE NOTHING HAS EYES.

THERE'S NO LIGHT.
NOTHING CAN SEE.

BUT THERE'S OTHER WAYS
THEY COULD SURVIVE.

Narrator: NASA'S PLANNING
A BRAND NEW MISSION

TO SEEK OUT LIFE
ON THIS STRANGE NEW WORLD.

THIS TIME, THE PROBE
WILL BE DESIGNED

SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TASK.

McKay: RIGHT NOW, I SPEND
MY DAYS PLANNING

FOR A MISSION TO ENCELADUS.

FOR ME, PERSONALLY,

THIS IS THE CULMINATION
OF EVERYTHING I'VE DONE.

Narrator: FOR EXOBIOLOGISTS
LIKE CHRIS McKAY,

IT'S HARD TO UNDERESTIMATE
HOW PROFOUND

THE DISCOVERY OF LIFE COULD BE.

McKay: IN A WAY, IT FEELS LIKE
ALL THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE

UP TO NOW HAS BEEN
IN PREPARATION

FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S AN AMAZING
POSSIBILITY THAT,

IN 10 YEARS OR SO FROM NOW,

WE'LL HAVE GONE FROM ONE
TO TWO EXAMPLES OF LIFE

IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.

AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
ONE AND TWO IS PROFOUND.

Narrator: AN ASTEROID HURTLES
THROUGH OUR SOLAR SYSTEM,

HEADING TOWARDS THE EARTH.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON
A COLLISION COURSE.

IT COULD WIPE OUT SPECIES
ACROSS THE BOARD.

Narrator: NASA RADAR SCANS
OF THE DEADLY THREAT

REVEAL SOMETHING
TOTALLY UNEXPECTED.

THERE'S AN OBJECT FLYING
STRAIGHT TOWARDS THAT ASTEROID.

WHATEVER IT IS,
IT'S COME OUT OF NOWHERE.

Narrator: PERHAPS NASA'S
MOST IMPORTANT JOB

IS TO PROTECT PLANET EARTH
FROM EXTRATERRESTRIAL THREATS.

IT MONITORS SPACE
FOR LARGE ASTEROIDS

THAT MIGHT DESTROY
LIFE ON EARTH.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOK
TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED

TO THE DINOSAURS
65 MILLION YEARS AGO

WHEN AN ASTEROID HIT THE EARTH
AND WIPED THEM OUT.

Narrator: THERE ARE CURRENTLY
14,000 OBJECTS

FLYING CLOSE TO THE EARTH.

THOSE THAT TRAVEL
WITHIN 5 MILLION MILES

ARE CLASSIFIED AS
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS.

IN JANUARY 2015,

NASA SPOTS AN ASTEROID LESS

THAN 1 MILLION MILES
FROM OUR PLANET.

IT'S 1,100 FEET WIDE,
THE SIZE OF A SUPERTANKER.

AN IMPACT WOULD HAVE
DEVASTATING EFFECTS.

ASTRONOMERS
GIVE THE POTENTIAL KILLER

THE DESIGNATION "2004 BL86."

Garvie: IF IT HIT THE OCEAN,
IT WOULD CAUSE A HUGE TSUNAMI.

IF IT HIT THE GROUND,
IT WOULD CAUSE A LARGE CRATER

AND THROW ALL THAT
DUST UP INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

AND IT COULD CHANGE THE WEATHER
ON THE EARTH FOR YEARS TO COME.

AN IMPACT FROM A BODY
OF THIS SIZE IS EQUIVALENT

TO 750 MEGATONS
OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL.

Narrator: NASA TURNS
ITS GOLDSTONE RADAR

ON THE ASTEROID
TO TRACK ITS TRAJECTORY.

THE DATA COMES IN.

THE ASTEROID WILL MISS
THE EARTH BY A NARROW MARGIN.

WHEN SCIENTISTS FURTHER
ANALYZE THE RADAR IMAGES,

THEY FIND SOMETHING
TOTALLY UNEXPECTED.

THE RADAR IMAGES
SHOW A STRANGE,

BRIGHT OBJECT HEADING
TOWARDS THE ASTEROID.

THE OBJECT LOOKS
KIND OF ELONGATED,

CIGAR-SHAPED ALMOST.

WHATEVER IT IS,
IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.

Narrator: THE MYSTERY OBJECT'S
TRAJECTORY CAUSES ALARM.

IT'S FLYING STRAIGHT
TOWARDS THAT ASTEROID.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S
ON A COLLISION COURSE.

WHAT IS IT?

Narrator: NASA RADAR SCANS
HAVE DETECTED

A MYSTERIOUS OBJECT

APPROACHING THE EARTH
ASTEROID 2004 BL86.

COULD IT BE ANOTHER ASTEROID?

ASTEROIDS DO RUN INTO ONE
ANOTHER EVERY NOW AND THEN.

THERE ARE CRATERS ON ASTEROIDS.
CLEARLY, THEY GET HIT.

AND THEY HIT EACH OTHER.

Narrator: THIS CLOSE TO
THE EARTH, ASTEROIDS ARE RARE,

TYPICALLY SEPARATED BY HUNDREDS
OF MILLIONS OF MILES.

SO THE CHANCES OF US
SEEING TWO ASTEROIDS

ABOUT TO COLLIDE
WITH ONE ANOTHER WERE,

ESSENTIALLY, CLOSE TO ZERO.

Narrator: THE VIDEO CUTS OUT
BEFORE A POTENTIAL IMPACT.

THE INITIAL RADAR
SCAN ONLY CAPTURES

8 SECONDS OF FOOTAGE.

THE MYSTERIOUS OBJECT

LOOKS SUSPICIOUSLY
LIKE A MISSILE

HEADING TOWARDS THE ROCK.

Major:
IF NASA DISCOVERS AN ASTEROID

ON A COLLISION COURSE
WITH EARTH,

ONE OF THE POTENTIAL WAYS

TO STOP IT IS TO SEND
A MISSILE TO BLOW IT UP.

Narrator: BUT WHATEVER
THE OBJECT IS,

IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HARM
THE ASTEROID IN ANY WAY.

WE DID NOT OBSERVE
A COLLISION.

THE MAIN OBJECT SEEMED
TO CONTINUE ON IT'S COURSE

AFTER THE SMALLER ONE SOMEHOW
DISAPPEARED FROM THE RADAR.

Narrator: ANALYSIS OF
THE FOOTAGE PROVES

THE OBJECT CANNOT BE A MISSILE.

D'Antonio: THIS VIDEO THAT
YOU'RE SEEING WAS CREATED

WITH ONLY 20 IMAGES.

AND THOSE 20 IMAGES
WERE ACQUIRED OVER A FULL DAY.

SO IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A
FAST-MOVING MISSILE OF ANY KIND.

IT'S ACTUALLY
MOVING FAIRLY SLOWLY.

SO WHAT IS IT?
IS IT A SPACECRAFT?

Narrator: NO NATIONAL SPACE
AGENCY ADMITS

TO LAUNCHING A PROBE
TARGETED AT THIS ROCK.

BUT NATIONALLY FUNDED
SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS

ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES

WITH THEIR SIGHTS
SET ON ASTEROIDS.

TO A NEW BREED
OF BUSINESSES,

ASTEROIDS MEAN BIG BUCKS.

COULD THEY BE PROBING
EARTH-BOUND ASTEROIDS IN SECRET?

ASTEROIDS ARE FULL
OF VALUABLE ELEMENTS.

THINGS LIKE SILVER,
GOLD, PLATINUM, TITANIUM.

Narrator: IT IS ESTIMATED THAT
SOME ASTEROIDS COULD BE WORTH

AS MUCH AS 100 TRILLION DOLLARS.

ENGINEER GRANT BONIN
IS CURRENTLY WORKING

ON AN ASTEROID MINING
PROJECT CALLED DRAGONFLY.

Bonin:
ASTEROID MINING ISN'T THE STUFF
OF SCIENCE FICTION ANYMORE.

IN FACT, THERE IS AN ENTIRE
INDUSTRY NOW OF COMPANIES

THAT ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP
THE TECHNOLOGIES REQUIRED

TO BEGIN TO HARVEST
SPACE RESOURCES FROM ASTEROIDS,

FROM COMETS, FROM THE MOON,
FOR USE IN SPACE.

Narrator:
BUT NONE OF THESE COMPANIES

WANTS TO HIDE
WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

IF A COMPANY COULD
SUCCESSFULLY MINE AN ASTEROID,

ITS REPUTATION WOULD GO
THROUGH THE ROOF.

WHY WOULD THEY
KEEP THAT SECRET?

Narrator: TO DATE, NO HUMAN
ORGANIZATION HAS THE ABILITY

TO CONDUCT MINING
OPERATIONS IN SPACE.

WHILE WE'RE WORKING
ON EXPLOITING THE RESOURCES

OF ASTEROIDS IN THE FUTURE,
WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

Bonin: THIS IS SOMETHING
THE COMPANIES ARE WORKING ON

TO ACCOMPLISH
WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE.

Lee: AND SO THIS IMAGE
DOESN'T SHOW US ANY NATION

OR COMPANY ON ITS WAY
TO EXPLORING

THE RESOURCES
OF AN ASTEROID.

Narrator: FURTHER SCANS OF
THE ASTEROID SPARK A NEW THEORY

ABOUT THE MYSTERY OBJECT.

FOOTAGE FROM A LATER
OBSERVATIONAL PASS SHOWS

THE OBJECT STILL IN THE VICINITY
OF THE ASTEROID,

BUT APPEARING
TO CROSS ITS FACE.

THIS MOVEMENT PRESENTS
AN INTRIGUING NEW POSSIBILITY.

Garvie: WE KNOW THAT MANY
OF THESE ASTEROIDS

ARE JUST
LOOSELY-HELD RUBBLE PILES.

SO THE FASTER THEY ROTATE,
THERE'S THE CHANCE

THAT ONE OF THESE
LOOSELY-HELD RUBBLE PILE PIECES

WILL FLY OFF

AND THEN BECOME A MOON
TO THE CENTRAL ASTEROID.

AN ASTEROID WITH ITS OWN MOONS
MAY SOUND STRANGE,

BUT IT CAN HAPPEN.

Porges: WHEN WE THINK OF MOONS,
WE THINK OF GIANT,

GIANT CELESTIAL BODIES.

THINGS THAT ARE
BASICALLY PLANETS.

BUT IT'S REALLY COOL TO THINK
THAT ASTEROIDS LIKE THIS,

THEY CAN HAVE TINY
MOONS OF THEIR OWN.

Narrator: NASA CONTINUES TO
MONITOR THE APPROACHING ROCK,

AND LATER FOOTAGE APPEARS
TO CONFIRM THE MOON HYPOTHESIS.

VIEWED FROM A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE,

THE OBJECT CAN CLEARLY BE
SEEN ORBITING THE ASTEROID.

THE DISCOVERY OF THE MOON
SOLVES THE MYSTERY.

BUT IT ALSO RAISES
THE DISTURBING POSSIBILITY

THAT ASTEROIDS
COULD BE MORE DEADLY

THAN ANYONE EVER IMAGINED.

Lee: SO THIS REVELATION
SHOULD REALLY CAUSE US
SOME GREAT CONCERN.

'CAUSE IT'S GONNA TURN A SINGLE
ASTEROID IMPACT INTO SOMETHING

THAT'S NOT JUST
A RIFLE SHOT.

IT'S GONNA BE
A MACHINE GUN EFFECT.

THAT'S GOING TO
INCREASE THE THREAT

THAT WE ACTUALLY FACE
FROM IMPACTS FROM ASTEROIDS.

Narrator: A PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES

ASKS TO SEE
SECRET FILES ON UFOs.

WILL YOU TELL THE TRUTH TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT UFOS?

Narrator: THE CIA REFUSES.

THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES

DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS
TO EVERYTHING.

YOU HAVE NO NEED
TO KNOW.

EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE
THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

Narrator: WHY IS THE PRESIDENT
SO INTERESTED IN UFOs,

AND WHAT ARE
HIS AGENCIES HIDING?

OCTOBER 1969.

A YOUNG POLITICIAN IS LEAVING
A FUND-RAISING EVENT IN GEORGIA

WHEN HE SPOTS A LARGE,

EERIE OBJECT GLOWING
IN THE EVENING SKY.

Birnes: WHEN HE LOOKS UP IN
THE SKY AND HE SEES AN OBJECT,

IT'S AN OBJECT
THAT IS BIG.

IT'S BIGGER THAN THE MOON.
AND HE THINKS TO HIMSELF,

"THAT'S THE DARNDEST THING
I EVER SAW."

Narrator: THERE IS NO
REASONABLE EXPLANATION

FOR THE STRANGE OBJECT
HE IS SEEING IN THE SKY.

IT TRULY IS SOMETHING
HE CAN'T IDENTIFY.

IT'S FLASHING,
IT'S MOVING NEAR TO HIM

AND MOVING FURTHER AWAY.

HE'S SURE HE'S SEEN A UFO.

Narrator: THE WITNESS IS SO
DISTURBED BY WHAT HE'S SEEING,

HE FILES A REPORT WITH

THE NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS
COMMITTEE ON AERIAL PHENOMENA,

NICAP, AND THE INTERNATIONAL
UFO BUREAU.

THESE TWO AGENCIES,
AT THE TIME,

WERE PROFESSIONAL INVESTIGATORS

MADE UP OF SCIENTISTS
AND ASTRONOMERS.

AND THIS IS THE VERY
TYPE OF OBJECT

THAT THEY WOULD
HAVE INVESTIGATED.

Narrator: THE REPORT SOUNDS
LIKE MANY OTHER UFO SIGHTINGS.

BUT IT'S NOT.

WHAT MAKES THIS REPORT

STAND OUT IS THE IDENTITY
OF THE WITNESS.

YOU CAN STILL SEE THE DOCUMENT
OF THE SIGHTINGS ONLINE.

AND THE WITNESS HAS SIGNED
HIS NAME, JIMMY CARTER.

YEAH, THE GUY WHO SAW
AND REPORTED THE UFO

WAS THE FUTURE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES,

JIMMY CARTER.

Narrator: IN 1969,
GEORGIA GOVERNOR

AND FUTURE U.S. PRESIDENT
JIMMY CARTER

CLAIMS HE WITNESSED A UFO.

THERE HAVE BEEN
NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS

TO EXPLAIN THE SIGHTING.

SOME HAVE SPECULATED THAT,
PERHAPS, WHAT JIMMY CARTER

SAW WAS SOME TYPE OF WEATHER
BALLOON FILLED WITH HELIUM.

Narrator:
IT WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME
SOMEONE HAS MADE THIS MISTAKE.

THIS IS A VERY COMMON
EXPLANATION FOR UFO SIGHTINGS.

'CAUSE THEY'RE SOMETHING
WE DON'T SEE EVERY DAY.

THEY LOOK REALLY UNUSUAL.

AND THEY CAN MOVE
IN QUITE UNUSUAL WAYS

AS THEY'RE RISING UP
THROUGH DIFFERENT LAYERS

OF THE ATMOSPHERE.

Narrator:
BUT ASPECTS OF THE SIGHTING

DON'T FIT THE WEATHER
BALLOON THEORY.

CARTER'S SIGHTINGS,
FILED AT NICAP

AND THE UFO BUREAU, DESCRIBE
THE OBJECT CHANGING COLOR.

IT WAS THE SIZE OF THE MOON,

MOVING BIZARRELY THROUGH THE SKY

BEFORE IT DISAPPEARED.

Birnes: OH, JIMMY CARTER,

THE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA,
GRADUATE FROM ANNAPOLIS

IS REALLY ONLY SEEING
A WEATHER BALLOON.

A WEATHER BALLOON?

ARE WE BACK TO ROSWELL IN 1947?

WEATHER BALLOONS
DON'T CHANGE COLOR.

WEATHER BALLOONS DON'T HOVER.

WEATHER BALLOONS
AREN'T THAT BIG.

THIS WAS BIG.
THEY RISE.

AND THEY DON'T
STAY IN THE SKY.

JIMMY CARTER DIDN'T SEE
A WEATHER BALLOON.

Narrator: AT THE TIME, THERE IS
NO OFFICIAL EXPLANATION GIVEN

FOR WHAT JIMMY CARTER SAW.

EVEN THOUGH HE CAN'T PROVE IT,

THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SIGHTING
STAYS WITH HIM.

Birnes: JIMMY CARTER IS
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.

AND HE'S ASKED ON
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL,

"GOVERNOR CARTER,
WILL YOU TELL THE TRUTH

TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
ABOUT UFOs?"

AND JIMMY CARTER SAYS,
"YES, I WILL."

HE'S GONNA REVEAL THE TRUTH.

Narrator: IN 1977, WHEN CARTER
WINS THE PRESIDENCY,

HE DIRECTS THE CIA TO RELEASE
TOP SECRET REPORTS ON UFOs

AND EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE.

THE CIA REFUSES.

JUST FLAT OUT SAY
NO TO THE PRESIDENT,

THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING.

Narrator:
CARTER TRIES ANOTHER WAY.

JIMMY CARTER ASKS THE DIRECTOR
OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE,

GEORGE H.W. BUSH,

"MR. DIRECTOR, CAN YOU TELL ME

WHAT THE CIA KNOWS ABOUT UFOs?"

AND GEORGE,
A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL,

SAYS, "MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT,

YOU HAVE NO NEED TO KNOW."

Narrator: THE CIA HAS DENIED

THE NEW PRESIDENT
PERMISSION TO RELEASE

TOP SECRET INFORMATION
TO THE PUBLIC.

IT SURPRISES PEOPLE TO FIND OUT

THAT THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES

DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS
TO EVERYTHING.

THE UFO SECRET IS
A HIGHER LEVEL

OF TOP SECRET THAN YOU,

EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE
THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

Narrator: BUT SOMETHING
MYSTERIOUS HAPPENS.

JUST AS IT SEEMS A STANDOFF
IS ON THE CARDS,

CARTER MAKES A U-TURN,

RETRACTING HIS PROMISE
TO DECLASSIFY UFO DOCUMENTS

AND MAKE KEY
REPORTS PUBLIC.

HE CITES A SERIOUS THREAT
TO NATIONAL SECURITY

AS THE REASON
FOR BACKING DOWN.

PRESIDENT CARTER NEVER MENTIONS
THE WORD UFO AGAIN.

Narrator: WAS SOMETHING REVEALED
TO THE PRESIDENT

SO SHOCKING HE HAD
TO KEEP IT SECRET?

IT SOUNDS SUSPICIOUS,

BUT THERE ARE SOME
VERY SENSIBLE REASONS

WHY YOU DON'T RELEASE

SENSITIVE NATIONAL
SECURITY INFORMATION.

Narrator: NASA ASTRONAUT
AND TEST PILOT

HOOT GIBSON HAS BEEN INVOLVED
IN PROJECTS LIKE THESE.

I DO KNOW, AS A TEST PILOT,

THAT WE HAVE VERY HIGHLY
CLASSIFIED PROJECTS

THAT ARE FLYING.

AND I'LL SAY WHERE
THEY'RE FLYING FROM.

THEY'RE FLYING FROM AREA 51.

WE KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN
GOING ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS,

BECAUSE SUCH AIRPLANES
AS THE SR-71 BLACKBIRD,

THE U-2,
THE STEALTH FIGHTER,

THE F-117,

THOSE ALL STARTED LIFE UP

IN THAT AREA AND FLEW
FROM THAT SPOT.

I WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED
IF WE DON'T STILL HAVE SECRET,

TOP SECRET MILITARY PROTOTYPE
AIRCRAFT FLYING FROM THERE.

Narrator: COULD SUCH
TOP SECRET PROJECTS

REALLY JUSTIFY
SHUTTING THE PRESIDENT DOWN?

WHAT WE KNOW IS JUST
A TINY FRACTION

OF WHAT'S REALLY OUT THERE.

SO WITHOUT A NASA INVESTIGATION
INTO THAT SIGHTING,

WE'RE NEVER GONNA KNOW
WHAT JIMMY CARTER REALLY SAW.

Narrator: FOR NOW, THIS SECRET
REMAINS UNEXPLAINED.

A NASA SPACEWALK GOES
BADLY WRONG.

THE SPACE SUIT
IS TURNING INTO A DEATH TRAP.

Narrator: AN ASTRONAUT IS JUST
MINUTES AWAY FROM DROWNING.

YOU PANIC, THAT'S IT.
IT'S OVER, YOU'RE DEAD.

Narrator: AND THE KILLER SUIT
HAS STRUCK BEFORE.

WHY WOULD THE SPACE SUIT

THAT LEAKED IN 2013
LEAK AGAIN IN 2016

AFTER IT HAD BEEN
FULLY INSPECTED?

Narrator: IN JULY 2013,

ASTRONAUT LUCA PARMITANO
NEARLY DIED

ON A SPACEWALK OUTSIDE THE ISS.

LUCA NEARLY DROWNED
IN HIS SPACE SUIT,

AND THAT'S THE CLOSEST
WE'VE EVER COME TO LOSING

AN ASTRONAUT DURING A SPACEWALK.

Narrator: A NASA INVESTIGATION
CONCLUDES THAT A BLOCKAGE

IN THE SUIT'S COOLANT SYSTEM

MOST LIKELY CAUSED
AN OVERFLOW OF WATER

TO FILL THE SPACE SUIT'S HELMET.

THEY TOOK THE SPACE SUIT APART.

THEY COULDN'T FIND
ANYTHING WRONG,

SO THE PROBLEM SEEMED
TO HAVE FIXED ITSELF.

Narrator: THREE YEARS LATER,

ASTRONAUT TIM KOPRA IS
CHECKING THE SAME SUIT,

READY TO TAKE IT OUT
ON A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE

SPACEWALK WITH HIS PARTNER,
TIM PEAKE.

KOPRA WAS CLEANING THE SUIT
WHEN HE THINKS HE SEES A LEAK.

HE TAKES A PICTURE,
MOPS UP THE FLUID.

BUT WHEN HE TRIES TO RECREATE
THE LEAK, IT'S NOT THERE.

IT'S AS IF IT JUST DISAPPEARED.

Narrator:
SUBSEQUENT TESTS SHOW NOTHING.

UNABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY FAULT,

KOPRA READIES THE SUIT
FOR HIS SPACEWALK.

IT'S A DECISION THAT
COULD COST HIM HIS LIFE.

JANUARY 2016.

NASA ASTRONAUTS TIM PEAKE

AND TIM KOPRA BEGIN
THEIR SCHEDULED

SIX-AND-A-HALF-HOUR
SPACEWALK TO REPLACE

A FAILED POWER REGULATOR

ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

Man: OKAY, GUYS.
WE'RE WORKING, RIGHT NOW,

FOR TIM KOPRA OFF PAGE 13
OF THE CUFF CHECKLIST.

Narrator: FOUR AND A HALF HOURS
INTO THE MISSION,

KOPRA GETS
AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE.

KOPRA ALERTS MISSION CONTROL

TO THIS LIFE-THREATENING
SITUATION.

Man: OKAY, TIM, WE'RE GONNA
HAVE YOU HOLD RIGHT THERE.

JUST LET US TALK SOME STUFF
OUT HERE FOR A SECOND.

Birnes: MISSION CONTROL COMES UP
WITH AN IDEA.

THEY SAY, "WELL, SINCE YOU GUYS
HAVE BEEN OUT THERE FOR 4 HOURS

AND YOU'RE MOVING THIS
HEAVY EQUIPMENT AROUND,

MAYBE IT'S SWEAT."

Chiao: WHEN YOU'RE IN
THE SPACE SUIT,

YOU'RE WORKING,
PHYSICALLY, VERY HARD.

AND SO YOU CAN GENERATE
A LOT OF HEAT VERY QUICKLY.

Man: IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO GET
A TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER --

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN MOVE IT
AROUND AND GET TO THAT.

OR TO TRY TO DRINK IT
AND NOTE THE TASTE.

MISSION CONTROL ORDERS
HIM TO TASTE IT.

Narrator: KOPRA TRIES TO SAMPLE
THE FLOATING GLOBULE.

IF IT'S WARM AND SALTY,
IT COULD BE SWEAT.

IF IT'S COLD, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

THE WATER IS COLD.

THAT MEANS IT'S COMING
FROM THE SUIT'S COOLING SYSTEM.

AND THERE'S MORE
THAN ENOUGH WATER

IN THE COOLING SYSTEM
TO DROWN AN ASTRONAUT.

Narrator: THE HELMET IS
HOOKED UP TO THE COOLING PACK.

A LEAK HERE COULD BE DEADLY.

YOU'RE ONE FAILURE
AWAY FROM A FATALITY.

Narrator: KOPRA'S PARTNER,
TIM PEAKE, ARRIVES TO HELP.

BUT THE WATER
CONTINUES TO SPREAD.

THE SPACE SUIT THAT'S DESIGNED
TO PROTECT THE ASTRONAUTS

IS NOW TURNING
INTO A DEATH TRAP

BECAUSE KOPRA LITERALLY COULD
DROWN IN HIS OWN COOLANT.

Narrator: MISSION CONTROL
HAS NO CHOICE.

THEY HAVE TO GET KOPRA BACK
INSIDE THE SPACE STATION.

THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVE.

THEY HAVE TO PULL
THE PLUG ON THE SPACEWALK.

Man: GUYS, YOU CAN START OPENING

YOUR CUFF CHECKLIST
TO PAGE SEVEN.

WE ARE IN A TERMINATE CASE.

Narrator: WHEN KOPRA FINALLY
GETS THROUGH THE AIRLOCK,

HIS COLLEAGUES REMOVE
HIS HELMET IN MINUTES.

Birnes: THEY PEEL OFF
KOPRA'S MASK.

AND IT'S FILLED WITH WATER.

Narrator: AS THE CREW EXAMINES
KOPRA'S SUIT,

A SHOCKING REALIZATION
HITS THEM.

THE SPACE SUIT THAT LEAKED
FOR LUCA PARMITANO

IS THE EXACT SAME SPACE SUIT

THAT LEAKED FOR TIM KOPRA.

WHY WOULD THE SPACE SUIT

THAT LEAKED IN 2013

LEAK AGAIN IN 2016

AFTER IT HAD BEEN
FULLY INSPECTED?

Narrator: NASA ENGINEERS CHECK
THE SUIT TO MAKE SURE

THAT THE COOLANT SYSTEM
HASN'T BLOCKED AGAIN.

THEY DISMANTLE THE SUIT.
THEY TAKE IT APART.

AND THERE IS NO BLOCKAGE.

THERE MUST BE
SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON.

IS THIS A CURSED
SPACE SUIT?

Narrator: THERE IS
NO SCIENTIFIC BASIS

FOR THE IDEA OF A CURSED SUIT.

BUT NASA ENGINEERS
HAVE YET TO WORK OUT

WHY THIS ONE ALMOST
KILLED TWO MEN.

Orwoll:
CAN A SPACE SUIT BE CURSED?

NO. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

WOULD I WANT TO GO INTO SPACE
IN THIS PARTICULAR SPACE SUIT?

I THINK NOT.

Narrator: THE SUIT WAS RETURNED
TO EARTH IN MAY 2016.

IT IS CURRENTLY
UNDER INVESTIGATION BY NASA.