Horizon S0 E16 - A Close Encouter of the Second Kind

Horizon

Horizon S0 E16 - A Close Encouter of the Second Kind
Oct 06, 2025 60 min Documentary Movies
7.4

This Horizon special program explores what happened when the "Giotto" explorer spacecraft passed within 100 kilometres of Halley's Comet.

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