Moon 101: The Lunar Surface
In this episode, Jeff Plescia offers a review of the lunar surface and how we might explore it today. “Moon 101” is a series that features interviews with Apollo-era rocket […]
Topic: Originals
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Moon 101: The Lunar Surface
Down to Earth: The Astronaut’s Perspective
NASA’s astronauts will take you on a journey to the International Space Station, exploring the life-changing experience of an orbital perspective.
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Down to Earth: The Astronaut’s Perspective
Moon 101: Introduction to the Moon
“Moon 101” is a series that features interviews with Apollo-era rocket scientists and engineers telling their stories about how they did it and lessons learned. In this curriculum, some of […]
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Moon 101: Introduction to the Moon
NASA Explorers: Artemis Generation
These are our explorers. They’re the people who will get us to the Moon, collect Moon rocks, deliver them to Earth safely, and ensure that we can study them for […]
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NASA Explorers: Artemis Generation
JPL and the Space Age: Destination Moon
After the establishment of NASA in 1958, JPL’s first major assignment was to explore the Moon, taking close-up images before crash landing as part of a series of missions called […]
00:58:58
JPL and the Space Age: Destination Moon
JPL and the Space Age: The Breaking Point
“The Breaking Point” tells the story of the demise of the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander missions and the abrupt end of NASA’s “Faster, Better, Cheaper” era.
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JPL and the Space Age: The Breaking Point
JPL and the Space Age: The Footsteps of Voyager
Drawing on rare film footage as well as the memories of the engineers and scientists who were there, about the first mission to orbit an outer planet.
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JPL and the Space Age: The Footsteps of Voyager
JPL and the Space Age: Landing on Mars
“Landing on Mars” is the story of Opportunity and Spirit surviving a massive solar flare during cruise, the now well-known “six minutes of terror,” and what came close to being […]
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JPL and the Space Age: Landing on Mars
JPL and the Space Age: Triumph at Saturn (Part I)
Chronicling the story of NASA’s Cassini mission, using rare archival footage and interviews with pioneering engineers and scientists retelling the stories of many of humanity’s first steps into the cosmos.
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JPL and the Space Age: Triumph at Saturn (Part I)
JPL and the Space Age: Saving Galileo
“Saving Galileo” tells how, despite many challenges and limitations, Galileo proved a resounding success.
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JPL and the Space Age: Saving Galileo
JPL and the Space Age: The Stuff of Dreams
This episode tells the story of the Voyagers’ astounding successes and unexpected discoveries – but most of all, it’s a tale of perseverance by people and machines struggling against forces […]
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JPL and the Space Age: The Stuff of Dreams
JPL and the Space Age: The Pathfinders
This episode retraces the journey of this daring mission to Mars that captured the imagination of people around the world with its dramatic landing and its tiny rover – the […]
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