For several decades man have prepared for long voyages into space and to settle other planets.
The challenge is enormous. To secure survival on a long journey we need to "Bring Life to Space", and scientists have been trying to copy Earth's delicate ecological balances in small, sealed cycles, to prepare the production of sufficient and vital supplies of water, oxygen and food on a journey into space.
This historical documentary series in three parts takes us back to the 1960s and reveals unique footage from Russian experiments, where people were confined for one year in a sealed spaceship mock up, to prepare for a long journey and to study the psychological impact of isolation. The series also reveals the extraordinary American experiment, "Biosphere 2" back in 1991, where a group eight persons were isolated for two years in a huge glass construction which contained a small scale model of planet Earth. And it covers the recent Russian/European experiment "Mars 500", where a mixed crew of six people is locked up in a metal tube to simulate a 500 day trip to Mars.
