Horizon Specials A Close Encouter of the Second Kind 1992
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This Horizon special program explores what happened when the "Giotto" explorer spacecraft passed within 100 kilometres of Halley's Comet.
- Released: 1992-07-10
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars:
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