<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> Lost in Space is an American science fiction web television series based on a re-imagining of the 1965 series of the same name, following the adventures of a family of pioneering space colonists whose spaceship veers off - course . It is written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless and consists of 10 episodes . The series is produced by Legendary Television, Synthesis Entertainment, Clickety - Clack Productions, and Applebox Entertainment, with Zack Estrin serving as showrunner . The series was released on April 13, 2018, on Netflix . </P> <P> An extinction event is caused in 2046 when a celestial object, dubbed "The Christmas Star" by the media, crashes into Earth . Mankind launches the Resolute, an interstellar spacecraft carrying selected families to colonize a new world . The Robinson family is selected for the 24th mission of the Resolute . Before they reach their destination, an alien robot breaches the Resolute's hull . Some of the families are forced to evacuate the mothership in their short range Jupiter spacecraft . The Robinsons and other colonists crash land on a habitable nearby planet where they battle the strange new environment and their own personal demons as they attempt to find a way back to the Resolute . </P>

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