Astronaut Russell "Rusty" Schweickart, who traveled into space aboard Apollo 9, introduces this documentary that addresses the questions: what is the universe and could there be life in the universe? Appropriately narrated by actor William Shatner (Star Trek), this program goes beyond the Earth, the Solar System and the Milky Way, deep into the vast reaches of the cosmos. Utilizing new and archival footage, along with computer-generated animation, we see the universe evolving and developing; populated by clouds of gas and dust, red giants and white dwarfs, clusters of galaxies with billions of stars.

Originally released by Chip Taylor Communications, 2006. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 12, 2014.

Introduction: The Universe (6:25); --Galaxies and Stars, Solar Observatory (4:18); -- Regions of the Sun (3:09); -- Our Solar System (5:31); -- Shapes of Galaxies (6:35); -- Search for Extraterrestrial Life (4:14);.