Man has just taken his first close look at the moon. At this turning point in lunar research, as the long history of earth-based observation gives way to first-hand experience, Patrick Moore sums up our present knowledge.
Jupiter is specially brilliant this month, but it is so remote that many of its mysteries are still unsolved. Patrick Moore discusses them with Terence Moseley.
Patrick Moore discusses with Henry Brinton, Bert Foord; weatherman and Dr. J. T. Hutchinson; a psychiatrist, the scientific truths and popular superstitions about the moon's effects on the earth.
Two spacecraft will fly past the planet Mars this summer and send back information which may help to answer the long-debated question, 'Is there life on Mars?' Patrick discusses the latest Martian experiments with a biologist, Keith Reid.
Unique scientific observations are made on the rare occasions when Venus 'transits' - or crosses - the sun. Tonight's programme marks the bicentenary of Captain Cook's voyage to the South Pacific to observe a transit - on June 3, 1769.
Patrick Moore talks about meteors, and the danger they may pose to future astronauts and their equipment with Dr. N. H. Langton, a physicist who has studied this problem.
Does it ever rain on Mars? Are there clouds, winds, and storms? The Mariner probes have sent back new, fascinating information about the Red Planet, but even now there are many problems to be solved.
It is now over 50 years since Einstein astounded the worlds scientists with his revolutionary theories of Relativity. Patrick discusses with Professor Samuel Tolansky the application of Einstein's theories to astronomy.
Patrick describes The Moons of Saturn. Why are Saturn's 10 satellites so different from each other? Why does one of them orbit in the opposite direction from the others, and another appear brightest on one side as it rotates?
In the late 1970s a spacecraft may be sent on a 'tour' of the four outer planets, using the gravity and orbital speed of each to boost it on to the next. Patrick discusses the chances of success for this ambitious project.
'I believe 1969 may turn out the most famous year in all history.' So says Patrick Moore who, this afternoon, surveys the space highlights and astronomical achievements of 1969.
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By what name was The Sky at Night (1957) officially released in Canada in English?