space station fact sheet

SERIES DESCRIPTION

PBS's SPACE STATION travels around the world, gaining unprecedented access to meetings, facilities and pre-launch activities, to provide viewers with a behind-the-scenes account of the development of the International Space Station - the most ambitious and expensive project ever attempted within or beyond the earth's atmosphere. In two 60-minute programs, viewers will share in the surprises, challenges, the human ingenuity, debates, tough decisions and even the disappointments of this monumental international effort. SPACE STATION follows engineers, scientists, managers and astronauts from NASA, as well as the Russian, Canadian, Japanese, Brazilian and European space agencies as they navigate the financial, technical and political challenges of the International Space Station. Viewers will discover through their eyes how and why this project of immense size and complexity is being built.

AIRDATE & TIME

• Tuesday, December 14, 1999, 8:00 - 9:00 p.m., SPACE STATION: The Journey Begins
• Tuesday, December 21, 1999, 8:00 - 9:00 p.m., SPACE STATION: The Next Step

PRODUCER

A Lark Presentation produced by Houston Public Television in association with Skyscraper Productions.

DIRECTOR/PRODUCERS

Karl Sabbagh
Belinda Aird

WRITER

Karl Sabbagh

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

Jeffery O. Clarke
Elizabeth Brock