Episode
Defying Gravity: Rubicon
Overview
The Antares crosses a point of no return and turning back to Earth is no longer an option. In the meantime, each of the crew members has to cope with a personal point of no return.
Details
- Series
- Defying Gravity
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2009-08-23
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Rubicon is Episode 5 in Season 1 of Defying Gravity. It aired on 2009-08-23. The runtime is 45 min.
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The Antares crew loses control over power, heat and gravity after a series of system failures and has to face its first major crisis.
Episode 6: Bacon
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