NASA's Unexplained Files A President's Close Encounter (Season 4, Episode 3)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary

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NASA's Unexplained Files

A President's Close Encounter (Season 4, Episode 3)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary

NASA Astronaut discusses the 1997 collision of the Progress into the Mir and the life and death struggle that followed. NASA OIG Senior Special Agent uncovers what the Russians are not telling NASA about the collision and the Mir.

Directors

Joe Keenan | Kasia Uscinska | Adam Warner

Producers

Timothy Clarkson | Susanna Hall

Editors

Erick Henson | Tom Parker (as Thomas Parker) | Alex Rees | Quinton Smith | Benjamin Stott (as Ben Stott)

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Updated Sep 13, 2016

Release date

Sep 13, 2016 (United States)

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27 cast members

Name	Known for
David Aguilar Self - Author & Astronomer Self - Author & Astronomer See fewer	Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future (2018)
Kevin H. Baines Self - Planetary Scientist Self - Planetary Scientist See fewer	Nova (1974)
Bill Birnes Self - Author (as William J. Birnes) Self - Author (as William J. Birnes) See fewer	The Riverman (2004)
Grant Bonin Self - Asteroid Miner Self - Asteroid Miner See fewer	NASA's Unexplained Files (2012)
Duane Carry Self - NASA Astronaut (as Duane 'Digger' Carry) Self - NASA Astronaut (as Duane 'Digger' Carry) See fewer	NASA's Unexplained Files (2012)
Julia Ann Cartwright Self - Meteor Expert Self - Meteor Expert See fewer	NASA's Unexplained Files (2012)
Leroy Chiao Self - NASA Astronaut Self - NASA Astronaut See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Marc D'Antonio Self - Chief Image Analyst - MUFON Self - Chief Image Analyst - MUFON See fewer	The Proof is Out There (2021)
Erik Dellums Narrator (as Erik Todd Dellums) Narrator (as Erik Todd Dellums) See fewer	Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
Becky Ferreira Self - Science Writer Self - Science Writer See fewer	Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury (2010)
Stanton Friedman Self - Aerospace Nuclear Physicist Self - Aerospace Nuclear Physicist See fewer	UFOs and Science - Slaying the Dragon (2018)
Laurence Garvie Self - Meteor Expert Self - Meteor Expert See fewer	Meteorite Men (2009)
Matt Genge Self - Planetary Scientist Self - Planetary Scientist See fewer	How the Earth Was Made (2009)
Robert Gibson Self - NASA Test Pilot and Astronaut (as Robert 'Hoot' Gibson) Self - NASA Test Pilot and Astronaut (as Robert 'Hoot' Gibson) See fewer	Secret Space Escapes (2015)
Joe Gutheinz Self - Former NASA Senior Special Agent Self - Former NASA Senior Special Agent See fewer	NASA's Unexplained Files (2012)
Richard Jurek Self - Space Historian Self - Space Historian See fewer	Chasing the Moon (2019)
Tim Kopra Self - NASA Astronaut Self - NASA Astronaut See fewer	Horizon (I) (1964)
Pascal Lee Self - Planetary Scientist Self - Planetary Scientist See fewer	Passage to Mars (2016)
Jerry Linenger Self - NASA - MIR Astronaut Self - NASA - MIR Astronaut See fewer	One Strange Rock (2018)
Jason Major Self - Science Writer Self - Science Writer See fewer	NASA's Unexplained Files (2012)
Chris McKay Self - Planetary Scientist Self - Planetary Scientist See fewer	The Mars Underground (2007)
James E. Oberg Self - Space Historian (as James Oberg) Self - Space Historian (as James Oberg) See fewer	The Apollo Chronicles (2019)
Christopher Orwoll Self - Director, New Mexico Museum of Space History Self - Director, New Mexico Museum of Space History See fewer	NASA's Unexplained Files (2012)
Antonio Paris Self - Astronomer Self - Astronomer See fewer	NASA's Unexplained Files (2012)
Tim Peake Self - NASA Astronaut Self - NASA Astronaut See fewer	Horizon (I) (1964)
Seth Porges Self - Technology Writer Self - Technology Writer See fewer	Class Action Park (2020)
Amy Shira Teitel Self - Space Historian and Author (as Amy Teitel) Self - Space Historian and Author (as Amy Teitel) See fewer	The Vintage Space (2012)