Cosmic Odyssey – Twenty-first Century Cosmos

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode from the documentary series “Cosmic Odyssey" narrated by Star Trek’s William Shatner.

Cosmic Odyssey – Stellar Evolution

Each of us, in the immortal words of the American poet Walt Whitman, “…are the journeywork of the stars, no less than the leaves of grass." As Carl Sagan would put it later in the twentieth century – “Our lives, our past and our future are tied to the sun, the moon and the stars… We humans have seen the atoms which constitute all of nature and the forces that sculpted this work… and we, who embody the local eyes and ears and thoughts and feelings of the cosmos, have begun to wonder about our origins… star stuff contemplating the stars, organized collections of ten billion billion billion atoms, contemplating the evolution of nature, tracing that long path by which it arrived at consciousness here on the planet earth… Our loyalties are to the species and to the planet. Our obligation to survive and flourish is owed not just to ourselves but also to that cosmos ancient and vast from which we spring”.

Today on Far Future we trace this stellar legacy. We present an episode of Cosmic Odyssey narrated by the veteran actor William Shatner. 

How Star Trek and Captain Kirk Changed our World and Cosmos

Today on Far Future Horizons we join veteran actor William Shatner in a light-hearted look at how the “Star Trek” TV series has changed our world and influenced and inspired today’s technological innovation.

Mars Rising - The Search for Life

Today on Far Future Horizons we will explore one of the most enduring and tantalising questions connected to the red planet. In the sixth and final instalment of the Discovery Channel's landmark television series Mars Rising - The Search For Life. William Shatner narrates this exciting series.

Mars Rising - Six Minutes of Terror

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed documentary series “Mars Rising” – “Six Minutes of Terror”. William Shatner narrates this exciting series.

Mars is littered with the carcasses of crashed robotic landers and the Martian environment is very unforgiving. Historically there has been a fifty percent failure rate in all previous landings attempts.

Mars Rising - The Human Factor

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed documentary series “Mars Rising” – “The Human Factor”. William Shatner narrates this exciting series.

Mars Rising - Staying Alive

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed documentary series “Mars Rising” – “Staying Alive”. William Shatner narrates this exciting series.

Mars Rising - Rocket Power

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the second episode of “Mars Rising” – “Rocket Power”. William Shatner narrates this exciting series.


The spacecraft that will take a crew to Mars will be assembled—in space. Up to ten rockets will be required to carry equipment and the astronauts to the mothership. The fifty six million-kilometer journey to and from the Red Planet could take up to three years. Will the fuel be thermo-nuclear or super-heated charged particles? Engineers must get it right the first time—or the astronauts will die.

Electric Ion Mars Spacecraft by Winchell Chung from Disney's Mars and Beyond

                                                                   

Journey to the Red Planet

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the first episode of “Mars Rising” – “Journey to the Red Planet”. William Shatner narrates this exciting series.