NatGeo is set to take you to outer space

NatGeo HD has a feast of space-themed programming for viewers on March 15th.

NatGeo's Live From Space is a two-hour live broadcast from the International Space Station. Courtesy: NatGeo
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Insomniacs with a love of outer space should tune into NatGeo HD at 4am on March 15th for a two-hour live broadcast from the International Space Station. In Live From Space, ISS-based astronauts, Rick Mastracchio and Koichi Wakat will take viewers on a tour of the $100 billion dollar space station as it completes a full orbit of the earth at 4.9 miles per second.

The rest of us can wait for the repeat at 4pm the same day, then stay tuned for the premier of the first episode of critically-appraised Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. This 13-part series from Ann Druyan and Seth McFarlane takes over where Carl Sagan’s original Cosmos: A Personal Voyage left off three decades ago.

Neil deGrasse Tyson is on hosting duties this time around, and promises to “take viewers on a heroic quest for knowledge across the galaxy”.