Astronomy & Space


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Exploring the Space Frontier
Sunita Williams
September 17, 2007
01:31:08
Sunita Williams shares her experience being a crew member of the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle. While on the International Space Station, Williams set a world record for women with four spacewalks totaling 29 hours and 17 minutes.
Onset of Civilization and Prospects for the Future I
Fred Spier
October 12, 2005
00:44:33
Fred Speir and Jill Tarter examine the continuously unfolding story of cosmic evolution, the modern scientific story of who we are and whence we came.
Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth I
Lynn Rothschild
October 5, 2005
00:50:54
Lynn Rothschild, NASA astrobiologist, talks about cosmic evolution. Cosmic evolution is the modern scientific story of who we are and whence we came; the story of us.
Space Exploration: JFK to Dr. Mae
Mae Jemison
December 2, 2003
01:18:02
Dr. Mae Jemison describes the United States' efforts at space exploration from the Kennedy years through the present. Mae C. Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992 as the first woman of color to go into space. Dr.
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Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
Marcia Bartusiak
March 10, 2004
01:10:12
Marcia Bartusiak discusses new observatories that allow astronomers to place their hands upon the fabric of space-time and feel the very rhythms of the universe.
Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth II
James Hanken
October 5, 2005
01:53:28
James Hanken, evolutionary biologist, talks about cosmic evolution- the modern scientific story of who we are and whence we came; the story of us.
Birth and Death of Stars and Planets I
Michael Shara
September 28, 2005
00:37:12
Astronomer Michael Shara and planetologist Dimitar Sasselov explore the many varied changes that have produced our star and our planet as we examine the "arrow of time" of cosmic evolution.
Life Beyond Earth?
Sara Seager
October 30, 2008
00:19:20
Sara Seager says that there is life beyond Earth. What’s more, she predicts that we will detect its biosignature on planets beyond our solar system in her lifetime.