JPL and the Space Age: The American Rocketeer
“The American Rocketeer” is the story of the origins of JPL, the world’s premier center for the exploration of the solar system and beyond. It’s also the story of one […]
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JPL and the Space Age: The American Rocketeer
JPL and the Space Age: Explorer One
Explorer 1 traces the story of the role JPL played before the creation of NASA and how the lab was given a vital role as part of this new organization: […]
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JPL and the Space Age: Explorer One
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 […]
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JPL and the Space Age: Destination Moon
JPL and the Space Age: The Changing Face of Mars
“The Changing Face of Mars” reveals, through archival footage and interviews with key scientists and engineers, JPL’s first roles in exploring the Red Planet, from Mariner 4 through the 1976 […]
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JPL and the Space Age: The Changing Face of Mars
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 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: To the Rescue
In 1990, Hubble meant trouble. The highly touted space telescope was designed to escape Earth’s blurry atmosphere to capture unparalleled visual images of the universe, but its creators were shocked […]
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JPL and the Space Age: To the Rescue
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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JPL and the Space Age: The Pathfinders
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: 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: Mission to Mars
After the devastating loss of two back-to-back missions to Mars in 1999, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory found itself at a crossroads: Would the lab pull back, becoming more cautious and […]
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JPL and the Space Age: Mission to Mars
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: Triumph at Saturn (Part II)
Chronicling the story of NASA’s Cassini mission, this is the latest in our series of documentaries, “JPL and the Space Age.” These films use rare archival footage and interviews with […]
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JPL and the Space Age: Triumph at Saturn (Part II)
JPL and the Space Age: Sky High
Think “NASA,” and what comes to mind? Astronauts? Mars rovers? Voyager and the Golden Record? How about Earth? In fact, NASA has been studying and monitoring the health of our […]
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JPL and the Space Age: Sky High
JPL and the Space Age: The Hunt for Space Rocks
This episode chronicles JPLs pioneering work to understand asteroids and comets as part of NASA’s larger effort to protect our planet from asteroids and comets, before they find us.
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