2007

Season 51 · 2007 · 14 episodes

Episodes

1SpacemanBritish astronaut Piers Sellers on orbiting the Earth and the future of the manned space programme; NASA's upcoming Hubble rescue mission.
2Martian AdventuresCelebrating the success of Martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity; NASA's Phoenix mission; Lucie Green visits the ExoMars rover in Aberystwyth.
3Stunning SaturnChris shows us how to see Saturn with a small telescope, while Patrick finds out the latest from the Cassini mission currently orbiting the planet.
4Time Lord - 50Th AnniversaryCelebrating 50 years of The Sky at Night, Patrick 'travelled' back to the show's first ever recording in 1957. The episode then jumped forward to 2057 where the 'virtual' Patrick talked to Dr Chris Lintott and Dr Brian May on Mars. Jon Culshaw's turn as a younger Patrick was uncanny as he recreated Patrick's first words on The Sky at Night.
550Th Anniversary - Birthday PartyThe Sky at Night 50th birthday party. Patrick reflects on how astronomy has changed over the last half century, with amusing clips from the archives.
6Home from HomePatrick learns more about the exciting discovery of a planet that seems similar to Earth.
7Sting in the TailPatrick looks at the summer constellation Scorpius, and the black hole lurking at the centre of the Galaxy.
8RobonetA look at Robonet, the robotic network of telescopes spanning the globe, able to react to cosmic phenomena such as gamma-ray bursts at any time.
9Black Holes and Black MagicPatrick uses magic to explain the mysteries of the Universe.
10Jodrell Bank at 50A look back at the completion of the world's largest steerable radio telescope in 1957, just in time to pick up the signal from Sputnik.
11The Grand CollisionPatrick anticipates the cataclysmic day, in two billion years, when our Milky Way will collide with Andromeda, and the role dark matter will play.
12Meteor ManiaIn his garden, Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Brian May and Jon Culshaw to watch the cosmic firework display known as the Perseid meteor shower.
13Sputniks ChildrenDr Chris Lintott finds out how British technology is leading the way in satellite science, while Sir Patrick Moore investigates the threat from space debris that astronauts face in space.
14Last Man on the MoonOn 14th December 1972, Captain Eugene Cernan left the Moon to return to Earth. He had no idea that, 25 years later, he would still be the last man to have left his footprints on the lunar surface. Dr Chris Lintott travels to the Johnson Space Centre to talk to the Commander of Apollo 17 about his memories of being on the Moon. Sir Patrick Moore looks at lunar samples brought back by the astronauts and talks to NASA scientists about what they discovered.