The Final Pre-launch Tests | High Above Down Under | NASA Goddard

The Final Pre-launch Tests | High Above Down Under | NASA Goddard

Episode 4: The Final Tests | 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, we will answer that question and check in on the rockets as they make their final preparation to launch into space.

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: Vecteezy

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

Release Date: July 19, 2023

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