The Planets (1999)★ 8.5/10
- Documentary
Directed by: David McNab
Written by: Becky Jones, David McNab, Jacqueline Smith, James Younger
The Planets is a made for television documentary series that explores in depth the planets that make up our solar system.
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Cast & crew
Mark HallileySelf - Narrator
Samuel WestNarratorSasa VasilievskiSelfDonald BlackSelfJerry SoftenSelfCarolyn PorcoSelf - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, ArizonaCharles ConradSelf - Commander, Apollo 12Boris ChertokSelf - Rocket Designer
Sergei KhrushchevSelf - Brown University, Rhode IslandChris McKaySelf - NASA AMES Research CentreKaren StoneNarrator (for US version)Bruce MurraySelf - Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1976-1982William HartmannSelf - Planetary Science Institute, ArizonaLarry SoderblomSelf - US Geological Survey, ArizonaBrad SmithSelf - AstronomerSasha BasilevskySelf - GeologistImre FriedmannSelf - Florida State UniversityGerry SoffenSelf - Viking Mission ScientistDouglas GoughSelf - Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge UniversityMikhail MarovSelf - Russian Academy of SciencesArnold SelivanovSelf - Russian Institute for Space Instruments
Jim HeadSelf - Brown University, Rhode Island
Eugene CernanSelf - Apollo 17 Astronaut
Alexey LeonovSelf - Cosmonaut
Harrison SchmittSelf - Apollo GeologistTruls HansenSelf - Auroral Observatory, University of Tromso
Steve SquyresSelf - Cornell University
Edward StoneSelf - Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Farouk ElbazSelf - Boston UniversityDavid LevySelf - AstronomerGeoff MarcySelf - San Francisco State UniversityFrancisco DiegoSelf - University College LondonJames Van AllenSelf - Univeristy of IowaMichel MayorSelf - Observatoire de GeneveBernard LovellSelf - Director, Jodrell Bank, 1951-1981Joseph William KittingerSelf - Project ExcelsiorJay MeloshSelf - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Arizona
Ellen StofanSelf - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Didier QuelozSelf - Observatoire de GeneveDave GrinspoonSelf - University of ColoradoAthena CoustenisSelf - Observatoire de ParisEugene ParkerSelf - University of Chicago
Sallie BaliunasSelf - Mount Wilson ObservatoryHap McSweenSelf - University of TennesseeGary FlandroSelf - University of TennesseeDon GurnettSelf - University of IowaLinda HyderSelf - Voyager Navigation EngineerWilly BenzSelf - University of BerneYuri SurkovSelf - Vernadsky Institute, MoscowYuri SilaevSelf - Energia Space Corporation, MoscowAlvin SeiffSelf - NASA Ames Research CentreMike MalinSelf - Malin Space Science Systems, CaliforniaGeorge WetherillSelf - Carnegie Intitute, WashingtonAndy IngersoldSelf - Planetary ScientistNatalya BobinaSelf - Vernadsky Institute, MoscowLeonid KsanfomalitySelf - Institute of Space Research, MoscowVladimir PerminovSelf - Lavochkin Association, MoscowDonald BogardSelf - GeochemistRay ReynoldsSelf - PhysicistJurrie Van Der WoudeSelf - NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryDavid BlackSelf - Lunar and Planetary Institute