The Sacrifice of Cassini

March 30, 2020
43 min
4.2/5
Possible Worlds - Episode 8: The Sacrifice of Cassini

Possible Worlds - Episode 8: The Sacrifice of Cassini

The Sacrifice of Cassini - Episode 8

Overview

The mysterious untold story of the scientist who figured out how to go the Moon while fighting for his life in a WWI trench. He wrote a letter to fifty years in the future. It made the Apollo Mission possible. And the saga of the twenty-year long odyssey of a robotic explorer ordered to commit suicide on another world.

Episode Information

TV Show

Cosmos

Season

Possible Worlds

Episode Number

8

Air Date

March 30, 2020

Runtime

43 minutes

Rating

4.2/5

Guest Stars

Adam Tsekhman

Adam Tsekhman

Christiaan Huygens

Neil Arnote

Neil Arnote

Neil Armstrong

Crew

J

John Duffy

Editor

Ann Druyan

Ann Druyan

Writer

Ann Druyan

Ann Druyan

Director

E

Eric A. Sears

Editor

Karl Walter Lindenlaub

Karl Walter Lindenlaub

Director of Photography

Brannon Braga

Brannon Braga

Writer