Secret Space Escapes

In 1997 astronauts and cosmonauts Alexsandr on MIR deals with a life-threatening cabin fire and an out-of-control cargo ship; In 2001 astronaut Chris Hadfield's rookie spacewalk takes a terrifying turn leaving him temporarily blinded in space.

In 1997 on board the Russian Space Station Mir a collision put a hole in the station and the vacuum of space bares down; another astronaut's first spacewalk becomes a nightmare when he and his partner have only the oxygen in their suits to survive.

A Space Shuttle crew discovers damage to protective tiles on the shuttle's underbelly that could kill them during re-entry in temperatures up to 3000 degrees.

An astronaut is exposed to a toxic ammonia leak while performing a spacewalk to connect ISS lifelines; an astronaut's helmet fills with water, threatening to drown him.

A spacewalker loses his eye sight and is locked outside his craft after a spacesuit malfunction; Cosmonauts are engulfed by a fire while still on the launchpad; a shuttle mission is aborted T-4 seconds before launch, but the crew doesn't know why.

A toxic leak put the lives of astronauts at risk upon reentry; an epic mission to a Salyut space station takes an unexpected turn; Astronauts fear for their safety when an engine malfunctions at takeoff.