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Voyage To The Planets (ABC TV)
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Then consider a journey to our most distant and least explored planets, the ice giants Uranus and Neptune.<a class="more-link" href="/tv/voyage/episodes/s2855988.htm">more</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <p><a class="more-link" href="/tv/voyage/episodes">all episodes</a></p> </div> <div id="centre-column" class="column"> <h1>VOYAGE GUIDEBOOK</h1> <div id="guidebook-div"> <div id="guidebook-img-div"> <a id="guidebook-img-link" class="more-link-2" href="guidebook.htm">explore guidebook</a> </div> <!--<img id="guidebook-img" src="/tv/voyage/images/guidebook.jpg" width="320" height="180"/>--> <p id="guidebook-top-copy">Welcome intrepid Space Travellers to your interplanetary guidebook. Pack a bag, grab your passport and jump on board, for an adventure-packed trip through our enchanting solar system. Brave the ski slopes on Jupiter's moons, hike through Mars' monstrous mountains, or simply relax on the dusty sands of Mercury.<br/> <a class="more-link-2" href="guidebook.htm">explore guidebook</a></p> <div id="guidebook-features"> <div class="gb-item"> <div class="gb-item-left"> <img src="/tv/voyage/images/guide_thumb_1.jpg" width="100" height="56"/> </div> <div class="gb-item-right"> <h2><a href="guidebook.htm#/G/1">The Spider - On Mercury</a></h2> <p>Mercury is host to the largest 'Spider' in the galaxy.<a class="more-link" href="guidebook.htm#/G/1">more</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="gb-item"> <div class="gb-item-left"> <img src="/tv/voyage/images/guide_thumb_4.jpg" width="100" height="56"/> </div> <div class="gb-item-right"> <h2><a href="guidebook.htm#/G/4">Life On Mars</a></h2> <p>A day on Mars is 24 hours and 40 minutes long.<a class="more-link" href="guidebook.htm#/G/4">more</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="gb-item"> <div class="gb-item-left"> <img src="/tv/voyage/images/guide_thumb_3.jpg" width="100" height="56"/> </div> <div class="gb-item-right"> <h2><a href="guidebook.htm#/R/0">Solar Map</a></h2> <p>Visit the planets in our enchanting solar system.<a class="more-link" href="guidebook.htm#/R/0">more</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="gb-item"> <div class="gb-item-left"> <img src="/tv/voyage/images/guide_thumb_2.jpg" width="100" height="56"/> </div> <div class="gb-item-right"> <h2><a href="guidebook.htm#/G/P">Passport</a></h2> <p>After visiting all the Planets collect your Command Level Space Traveller certificate. <a class="more-link" href="guidebook.htm#/G/P">more</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> <br/><br/><br/><br/> </div> <div id="right-column" class="column"> <div id="logo-stack-div"> <!--div id="logo-left"> <img src="/tv/voyage/images/abc_logo_stack2.gif"/> </div> <div id="logo-right"--> <div id="logo-abc1" class="logo-stack-link">Thursdays 8:30pm on ABC1</div> <div id="logo-iview" class="logo-stack-link"><a href="/iview/#/series/voyage%20to%20the%20planets">Catch up on iView</a></div> <!--/div--> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <!--include virtual="/tv/voyage/inc/fp_coming_up.htm" --> <!-- <div id="iview-div"> <div id="iview-content"> <p>Watch Voyage to the Planets in high quality on iView</p> <div><a class="iview-link" href="">watch on iView</a></div> </div> </div> --> <h1 class="vod-h1">VIDEO PODCAST</h1> <p>Get the program automatically downloaded <b>for free</b> every week</p> <p>To subscribe to the vodcast, simply copy-and-paste one of the following links into your vodcast or RSS software.</p> <h3 class="vod-link">iTunes, video iPods and PSPs</h3> <input type="text" value="https://www.abc.net.au/tv/voyage/mp4.xml" class="dlInput"> <h3 class="vod-link">Juice and other WMV players</h3> <input type="text" value="https://www.abc.net.au/tv/voyage/wmv.xml" class="dlInput"> <p><a class="more-link-2" href="https://www.abc.net.au/services/podcasting/video.htm">more about ABC Video Podcasts</a></p> <div id="newsInScience" class="bulletin browsepanel"> <h1 style="text-transform:uppercase; padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:5px; margin:0;" title="Planet and asteroids news from ABC Science">Space news and features</h1> <h4 class="item001" style="padding:0;margin:0;"><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-07-29/molecule-found-on-saturn-moon-titan-clue-in-hunt-for-life/8749752?topic=space" title="Vinyl life?" style="outline:none;"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201707/r1727214_26974281.jpg" align="left" alt="" style="border:none; margin:3px 5px 0 0;width:80px;height:60px;">Molecule discovery on Titan an intriguing clue in hunt for life</a></h4> <p style="margin:0; padding:5px 0 0 0;">A compound that may form cell wall-like structures has been detected in the dense atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan.</p> <ul style="padding-left:0;"> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/science/topics/?topic=space" class="more-link-2" title="Space news and features from ABC Science">more ABC Science space news</a></p> </div><br clear="all"> <h1>VOYAGE TO THE PLANETS DVD</h1> <a href="http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=783976 "><img src="/tv/voyage/images/voyage_dvd.jpg" width="80" height="112" alt="Voyage To The Planets 2 DVD set" style="float:left;padding-right:11px;" border="0"></a> <p>Explore the pleasures and pitfalls of travel to the planets of our Solar System...<a href="http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=783976 " class="more-link">more</a></p> <br class="clear"><br><br> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!--noindex--> <div id="abcFooter"> <div id="abcFooterWrapper"> <a id="abcFooterLogo" href="https://www.abc.net.au"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/res/abc/logos/footer_logo.png" width="112" height="34" alt="abc.net.au"></a> <ul id="abcFooterLinks"> <li class="abcFooterFirst"><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/">ABC Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://about.abc.net.au">About the ABC</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/careers/">ABC Careers</a></li> <li><a href="https://about.abc.net.au/talk-to-the-abc/">ABC Contacts</a></li> </ul> <ul id="abcFooterLegal"> <li class="abcFooterFirst"><a href="https://about.abc.net.au/terms-of-use/">Terms of Use</a></li> <li><a href="https://about.abc.net.au/abc-privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li><a href="https://about.abc.net.au/accessibility-statement/">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="https://about.abc.net.au/terms-of-use/#UseOfContent">© <time>2019</time> ABC</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <!-- Nielsen Online SiteCensus V6.0 --> <!-- COPYRIGHT 2010 Nielsen Online --> <script type="text/javascript" src="//secure-au.imrworldwide.com/v60.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> try { var pvar = { cid: "abc-aust", content: "0", server: "secure-au" }; 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