Secret Space Escapes

Astronauts and cosmonauts battle a life-threatening fire and tackle an out-of-control cargo ship on the Russian space station, Mir. Also, an astronaut's rookie spacewalk takes a terrifying turn.

A collision punctures the hull of the Russian space station, Mir, and the crew's lifeboat begins to die as oxygen seeps into space. Also, an astronaut becomes trapped in an airlock with only a depleted oxygen tank to survive.

During a classified mission, the crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis discovers damage to protective heat shield tiles on the underbelly of the ship that could kill them during re-entry.

A toxic ammonia leak endangers an entire crew, and a cosmonaut narrowly survives re-entry only to be stranded in the wilderness. Also, a spacewalker’s helmet fills with water, threatening to drown him in space.

A spacewalker loses his vision and is locked outside his craft after a spacesuit malfunction. Also, a shuttle mission is aborted seconds before launch, but the crew doesn’t know why.

A toxic leak threatens the lives of Apollo astronauts upon re-entry, and an epic mission to the Salyut space station takes an unexpected turn. Also, astronauts fear for their safety when an engine malfunctions at takeoff.

A power failure forces the crew to consider abandoning the International Space Station, even though shuttle damage could compromise their re-entry. Also, a cosmonaut is nearly stranded during a spacewalk after a suit malfunction.

An astronaut performs an emergency procedure on the International Space Station to save a new solar array. Also, pressures of the Space Race push Soviets to launch Soyuz 1 despite warnings.