Sub-Orbital Space Flights & Satellite Exploration
NASA astronaut Michael J. Massimino is interviewed by video blogger Zadi Diaz (www.epicfu.com) as part of PBS’s coverage of the 2009 Television Critics Association Press Tour (Aug 1-2, 2009). Massimino is part of the October, 2009 NOVA episode “Hubble’s Amazing Rescue.” For more: www.pbs.org In the spring of 2009, NASA sent a shuttlerew to service the Hubble Space Telescope for the last time. From training to launch, NOVA presents the inside story of the mission and the extraordinary challenges faced by the rescue crew.
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www.pbs.org After nearly 20 years in space and hundreds of thousands of spectacular images, the Hubble Space Telescope’s gyroscopes and sensors were failing, its batteries running down, and some of its instruments were already dead. NOVA weaves together the compelling story of this dangerous 12-day mission and its five pressure-filled spacewalks. For two years leading up to launch, NOVA followed the mission closely, with unprecedented access to every aspect of the endeavor, from NASA’s training facilities for flight preparation to the historic mission itself. Hubbles Amazing Rescue premieres Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 8PM ET/PT on PBS (please check local listings). For more information, visit www.pbs.org
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Synopsis: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson examines the outrage that many people felt when Pluto was stripped of its status as a planet. The doc features appearances by Diane Sawyer, Brian Williams, Jon Stewart and noted Pluto booster Stephen Colbert, plus astrophysicists and science historians on both sides of the issue. NOVA documentary PBS science scientists engineering knowledge technology discovery history historical topics interviews US Public Broadcasting Service United States Peabody Awards Emmy Season Episode part premiere full tv show reality television broadcast series watch Online free last new Tuesday 37th e14 37 14 se37 ep14 se ep 37×14 3714 37.14 s37 se37 se37ep14 s37e14
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A long awaited space shuttle mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope ended successfully and has given 5 to 10 more years of amazing images for Hubble watchers. For more news and events in and around New Jersey, visit njn’s website at www.njn.net
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Astronauts boarded the space shuttle Atlantis last week and travelled to the Hubble space telescope, which has a special connection to a New Jersey family. For more news and events in and around New Jersey, visit njn’s website at www.njn.net
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www.pbs.org Ever wonder what would happen if you dug a whole from one side of the Earth, through the center, out the other side, and then jumped in? Watch NOVA sciencenow host Neil degrasse Tyson take the plunge. Watch all new episodes of NOVA sciencenow every Wednesday night this summer at 9pm on PBS, starting Wednesday June 25. Learn more at: www.pbs.org Funding for NOVA sciencenow is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and public television viewers.
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Do other planets like Earth exist? To find out, a team of astronomers from the University of California is building a new telescope in the hills east of San Jose. QUEST finds out how the team searches for planets and why it matters.
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A strangely short ode to the universe, sung by the Space Princess of Galactic Grooviness. (Or something.) Got a Nye song request? Tell me, and I’ll see what I can do!
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On March 2 at 8PM ET/PT on PBS, join astrophysicist and host of NOVA science NOW Neil degrasse Tyson as he travels across the country to explore the history of Pluto—from its discovery to its fall from “planethood” in “The Pluto Files.” to find out more go to www.pbs.org/nova/pluto
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to oxygen and nutrients, they grow, reproduce, organise to form colonies and contain the master molecules of life – DNA. Their ability to survive extremes of radiation, temperature and pressure, make them perfect space travellers and are the most convincing evidence yet of an extraterrestrial life form. Alien Underworld Awards (ABC TV 2002) 2003 Eureka Prize for Science Journalism ($10000) 2002 Grand Prix, Beijing International Science Film Festival 2003 Finalist New York Film Festival …
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