Living with the Stars | High Above Down Under | NASA Goddard

Living with the Stars | High Above Down Under | NASA Goddard

Episode 2: 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 make the planets around them suitable for life. 

In this episode, hear from a local Yolngu leader and learn what it takes to make a rocket range from scratch. (Spoiler: It is not an easy task.)

To learn more about NASA’s Sounding Rockets Program - https://www.nasa.gov/soundingrockets

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Additional footage: Office of the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory government, Equatorial Launch Australia

Additional graphics: motionarray.com

Host: Miles Hatfield (NASA/GSFC) 

Writers/Videographers: 

Miles Hatfield (NASA/GSFC) 

Mara Johnson-Groh (NASA/GSFC) 

Producers: 

Beth Anthony (NASA/GSFC) 

Joy Ng (NASA/GSFC) 

Lacey Young (NASA/GSFC) 

Animators: 

Walt Feimer (NASA/GSFC) 

Jenny McElligott (NASA/GSFC) 

Scientific Advisor: 

Kevin France (CU Boulder/LASP/SISTINE)

Special thanks to:

Equatorial Launch Australia

Gumatj Corporation Ltd.

Office of the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory Government

Dorothy Yunupingu

Duration: 4 minutes, 49 seconds

Release Date: July 5, 2023

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