High Above Down Under | Episode 6: This Just Fell From Space
In this final episode, head into the outback to find the fallen rockets and learn what’s being discovered about the search for habitable environments.
In this final episode, head into the outback to find the fallen rockets and learn what’s being discovered about the search for habitable environments.
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Follow two NASA rocket teams as they launch from Australia to study our nearest stellar neighbors – Alpha Centauri A & B – on a quest to understand how stars […]
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In this episode, we’ll answer that question and check in on the rockets as they make their final preparation to launch into space.
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In this episode, Miles digs into the science behind the mission. What is UV light good for anyways?
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There are likely billions of planets in our galaxy. With over 5,000 already confirmed, how do we know which ones might hold life? Two NASA sounding rockets are launching from […]
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In this episode, hear from a local Yolngu leader and learn what it takes to make a rocket range from scratch. (Spoiler: It’s not an easy task.)
00:04:55
This film summarizes the exploration of the Moon conducted through uncrewed Ranger, Surveyor, and Lunar Orbiter spacecraft and shows how such detailed data and photography contributed to the first crewed […]
00:25:25
This video from the Glenn Research Center highlights in stunning, behind-the-scenes imagery the launches of three space shuttle missions: STS-114, STS-117, and STS-124.
00:45:24
NASA’s Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project is winding down. The final testing of some key projects will bring this successful program to a close. NASA X investigates leading edge wing coatings […]
00:24:37
NASA researchers used the Arc Jet Facility at Johnson Space Center for over 40 years to provide researchers with the data necessary to develop spacecraft protective systems. From the dawn […]
00:11:47
Unmanned aircraft are flying right now in the National Airspace System (NAS). Since the early 1990s, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have operated on a limited basis in the National Airspace […]
00:24:23
The historic first docking in space with the Agena is completed. Camaras record the harrowing experiences of the astronauts as Gemini VIII wildly gyrates through space following a malfunction. The […]
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