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201852 minTV-PGdocumentary

7.3/ 10(8 ratings)• TMDB

Search for Second Earth

201852 minTV-PGdocumentary

7.3/ 10(8 ratings)• TMDB

An autonomous spacecraft embarks on a mission to find life on a planet beyond our Solar System, featuring insights from NASA planetary explorers and exo-planet hunters.

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Vincent Amouroux

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An autonomous spacecraft embarks on a mission to find life on a planet beyond our Solar System, featuring insights from NASA planetary explorers and exo-planet hunters.

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Alex Barrydirector

Vincent Amourouxdirector

Alex Barrywriter

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Search for Second Earth brings to life, in breathtaking CGI, an epic future journey that our species has already begun: the voyage of an autonomous spacecraft to a planet beyond our Solar System in search of life. Join NASA planetary explorers Gentry Lee and Steve Squyres; and exo-planet hunters Sara Seager, Francois Forget and Natalie Batalha on their quest to find life beyond Earth.

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