“On the other side of the moon” this Thursday, March 30, 2023 in “large science format” in France 5 (Trailer). See you tomorrow night without fail from 9pm.
“through the moon”
More than fifty years after the Apollo missions, the moon still fascinates us… This star is far from revealing all these secrets.
January 2019, a Chinese probe lands on the far side of the Moon. Real electric shock! A scientific achievement that puts the moon at the center of all attention. Then the tradition spread to space agencies around the world. We are witnessing a real scientific revolution, a revolution that begins on the far side of the moon!
But what is the purpose of making this trip? To better evaluate and exploit the moon’s riches? To build manned bases before going to Mars? Will the moon become a stepping stone to deep space?
For the first time, the astronauts of China’s space program have agreed to take us behind the scenes of this extraordinary adventure. In Europe, the French National Center for Space Studies is collaborating with the Chinese Space Agency, CNSA, to design state-of-the-art hardware to search for lunar water. The European Space Agency is working with the United States on the Gateway station, which will orbit the moon, and on the manufacture of exploration vehicles for the Orion capsule, the spearhead of NASA’s Artemis programme.
Human adventures, scientific challenges, advanced technologies, strategies and alliances. Driven by the passion of physicist Christophe Galvard, this film leads the worldwide investigation into this new age of space conquest.
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the movie crew
Francois-Xavier Vives – Director
Passionate about science, innovative, demanding, with a true cinematic vision. François-Xavier directed Un monde en plis, le Code Origami, broadcast on France 5 and in more than twenty countries, Grand Prix of the Paris Science Festival in 2016. In 2018 he directed Voyages sur les Flots celestes (90′, Prime time Science Large Format, Camera Lucida Productions) is dedicated to the work of astrophysicist Hélène Courtois, charting the universe, then still for science in large format, Ariane, a space epic retracing the saga of the European race into space.
Christophe Gallvard – Scientific Advisor
Christophe Gallvard is a physicist, writer and lecturer. He was educated at the École Centrale, in Paris, and then in Cambridge, England where he studied advanced mathematics before completing a doctoral thesis in theoretical physics on black holes and the origin of the universe, under the supervision of the famous physicist Stephen Hawking.
The author, Christophe has published four science novels for young adults and two articles for the general public. His books have been translated into more than 25 languages and have sold more than 3 million copies to date. Christophe appears regularly in the French media to comment and explain scientific news. With The Search for a New Earth (2017, BBC / France 5) and James Webb, Journey to the Origins of the Universe (2022, BBC / France 5), On the Other Side of the Moon (2023, France 5 / CMG / NHK) is the film The third major science documentary in which he participated.
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