With Scenes From Space, TV Series Shines Light on Team Fixing Spectrometer

LONDON—Filmmaker Ben Turner has turned his lifelong passion for space exploration into an original mini series centered around American astronaut Chris Cassidy. “Among the Stars”, a six-episode docuseries, takes viewers behind the scenes with Cassidy and an international team of experts as they embark on a mission to repair the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a $2 billion science experiment designed to discover the origins of the universe. Starting off with former Navy Seal Captain Cassidy as he prepares for what may be his last space mission in 2019, the series soon focuses on the highly skilled specialists in 16 countries working towards a communal goal. “You speak to an astronaut, they tell you they’re just the tip of the iceberg. And to tell the story properly, you need to tell the story of the whole iceberg,” Turner told Reuters. “There’s one path to success and a million paths to failure on …

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