A Traveler's Guide to the Planets

Season 1 Episode 3: Venus & Mercury

Feb 15, 2010 TV-G 45m 8.2

A Traveler's Guide to the Planets takes you on a tour into the Solar System's Hot Zone to visit the two planets both laying claim to the title of 'Real Hell'. While tiny Mercury blisters in the roasting glare of the Sun, cross over to the...

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Jupiter

1. Jupiter

Aired: Feb 14, 2010

Have you ever thought of blasting off to the King of the Planets? For a truly...

Episode 2 Saturn

2. Saturn

Aired: Feb 14, 2010

Take a trip to Saturn, the planetary pin-up boy, and not only do you get a ri...

Episode 3 Venus & Mercury

3. Venus & Mercury

Aired: Feb 15, 2010

A Traveler's Guide to the Planets takes you on a tour into the Solar System's...

Episode 4 Mars

4. Mars

Aired: Feb 15, 2010

Mars is the ruby jewel in our night sky and arguably the hottest travel desti...

Episode 5 Neptune & Uranus

5. Neptune & Uranus

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Got time for a 24 year vacation? Then consider a journey to our most distant ...

Episode 6 Pluto & Beyond

6. Pluto & Beyond

Aired: Feb 16, 2010

For more than 70 years Pluto was counted as the ninth planet, an isolated but...


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Info about A Traveler's Guide to the Planets

Current Status: Ended

Network: National Geographic

Production Countries: Australia, United States

Genres: Documentary