American documentary television series
One Strange Rock Genre Nature documentary Developed by Nutopia Directed by Starring Composers Country of origin United States Original language English No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 10 Production Executive producers Producers Cinematography Philip Barthropp Simon de Glanville Brendan McGinty Paolo Nespoli Kevin White Johnny Rogers Patrick Lavaud Editors Doug Moxon Graeme Dawson Bill Coates Ben Lavington Martin Paul Crosby Paul Crompton Julian Rodd
Running time 60 min Production company Nutopia Original release Network National Geographic Release March 26 (2018-03-26 ) – May 28, 2018 (2018-05-28 )
One Strange Rock is an American televisiondocumentary series, produced byNutopia in conjunction withDarren Aronofsky , which premiered onNational Geographic on March 26, 2018.[ 1] On July 25, 2018, National Geographic renewed the series for a second season.[ 2] Season 2 was expected to premiere in March 2020[ 3] on National Geographic, but was reworked into a new series in 2021 calledWelcome to Earth .
One Strange Rock tells the story of how life survives and thrives on planet Earth, as told by eight astronauts from their unique perspective of being away from Earth (for about 1000 days).[ 4]
Hosted by actorWill Smith ,[ 5] One Strange Rock features contributions from astronautsChris Hadfield ,Nicole Stott ,Jeffrey A. Hoffman ,Mae Jemison ,Leland Melvin ,Mike Massimino ,Jerry Linenger , andPeggy Whitson .[ 6]
No. Title Directed by Original release date US viewers (millions) 1 "Gasp" Graham Booth March 26, 2018 (2018-03-26 ) 0.71[ 7] 2 "Storm" Nat Sharman April 2, 2018 (2018-04-02 ) 0.51[ 8] 3 "Shield" Nic Stacey April 9, 2018 (2018-04-09 ) 0.75[ 9] 4 "Genesis" Nick Shoolingin-Jordan April 16, 2018 (2018-04-16 ) 0.61[ 10] 5 "Survival" Christopher Riley April 23, 2018 (2018-04-23 ) 0.46[ 11] 6 "Escape" Graham Booth April 30, 2018 (2018-04-30 ) 0.48[ 12] 7 "Terraform" Nic Stacey May 7, 2018 (2018-05-07 ) 0.49[ 13] 8 "Alien" Nat Sharman May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14 ) 0.52[ 14] 9 "Awakening" Nick Shoolingin-Jordan May 21, 2018 (2018-05-21 ) 0.43[ 15] 10 "Home" Alice Jones May 28, 2018 (2018-05-28 ) 0.48[ 16]
The documentary was released on Netflix streaming on February 1, 2019.[ 17] In the United States, it left Netflix forDisney+ on January 1, 2020.[ 18]
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