In space. Episode 20

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Ham The Astronaut: A look at early tests for space travel by using a chimpanzee in the place of man. UFOs: We head back to 1968 when a man working for the US military began the phenomenon that has swept the world. European Space Progress: We look at the year 2005 and the amazing advances that space exploration took in Europe, especially with the Galileo and Huygens missions. Disaster Monitoring: Here we visit the envirosat which orbits the Earth and reads any potential disaster impacting on humans below. Atmosphere: We take a close look at the various component of our fragile atmosphere and the dangers we impose to it as humans. Space Debris: A look at the damage done from bits and pieces of space junk from early satellite development that are hurtling around the Earth and causing hundreds of explosions on impact. They pose a major threat on future space projects.