If you picture a rocket launch, do you imagine it taking off from a hot air balloon? In this episode, we'll learn how using balloons to launch sounding rockets advanced our understanding of planet Earth, radiation, and how to keep...

The dark side of the Moon remained a mystery until space travel allowed for circumnavigation. What did the astronauts find? Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. The Moon orbits around the Earth and spins on its axis. These...

This video looks at the dramatic history of NASA's Apollo Program, beginning with President Kennedy's ambitious deadline for a lunar landing in response to Soviet success with Sputnik and cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin. We look at how Werner...

A dramatic and information-packed account of the program to put a man on the Moon by the end of 1969.

In December of 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first people to leave our home planet and travel to another body in space. But as crew members Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders all later recalled, the most...

In December of 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first people to leave our home planet and travel to another body in space. But as crew members Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders all later...

A dramatic and information-packed account of the program to put a man on the Moon by the end of 1969.

On December 24, 1968, Apollo 8 Commander Frank Borman and crew members William A. Anders and James A. Lovell, Jr. became the first humans to photograph the Earth rising over the moon. Now, the rest of us can see what it was like in a...

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Credit: NASA