Xploration Outer Space

Join host Emily Calandrelli as she talks to scientists about the next stop in our solar system – Mars. She visits NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to meet Curiosity, the rover currently exploring Mars and slowly unlocking its mysteries. Then Emily heads to Hanksville, Utah to meet up with a group of students at the Mars Desert Research Station and find out what it could be like to live on Mars.

Emily Calandrelli travels to Johnson Space Center to get an inside look at what it takes to be an astronaut. She explores an astronaut dive in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab, then takes a closer look at the suit that keeps astronauts safe in the vacuum of space. Veteran astronaut Cady Coleman joins her as she rides the famous Vomit Comet aircraft to experience the weightlessness of space.

Host Emily Calandrelli explores the robots that are changing the way we explore space - and helping people on earth. Emily meets Robonaut, a man-like robot assisting astronauts on the International Space Station. Then she takes a ride in the Space Exploration Vehicle, which hopes to eventually land on the Moon or Mars. She also examines a 13 foot spider like robot named ATHLETE.

Xploration Outer Space names “The Top 20 Greatest Moments in Space: Caught on Video.” These are the most breathtaking, the most dramatic, the most important and the most fun images captured by the space program from here in our solar system to the galaxies beyond. From milestones in space travel to startling discoveries in space, this special episode counts down a memorable Top 20 that’s out of this world.

You may not know it, but every day you’re using technology from space right here on earth! From the tiny camera in your smart phone… to the space-age material that helps people walk again on prosthetic limbs… Host Emily Calandrelli discovers the products made for the NASA space program that now make life better down here on the ground.

From mission control to space walks - Join host Emily Calandrelli this week as she explores the unique world of Space Camp in Huntsville, AL. People from all ages come here each year to experience what its like to train like an astronaut.

Emily Calandrelli discovers various ways the public is helping scientists explore outer space; from sending bacteria samples to the International Space Station to tweeting observations about the Northern Lights. Another way they help is by using home computers to search for alien life.

Once we land on Mars, how will we survive? Emily Calandrelli visits NASA’s Swamp Works, which tests space suits and machines for Mars-like conditions. We also look at the history of space suits, and discover a futuristic space suit that’s in the works at MIT.

To send rockets to outer space, it requires all types of engineers. Emily Calandrelli visits four types of engineers who are on the cutting edge of aerospace technology. From building rocket engines using 3D printing to creating autonomous robots that will explore Mars, we’ll look at a variety of exciting careers.

NASA has been remarkably successful sending robot to Mars’ surface. Host Emily Calandrelli looks at the varied and ingenious methods used to land spacecraft on the red planet, starting with Pathfinder in 1997.

The year 2011 was remarkable as NASA visited several planets, asteroids and comets. Host Emily Calandrelli explores the amazing journeys of spacecraft that gathered spectacular images of Mercury, Jupiter and Mars.

Emily Calandrelli looks at how surviving in deep space can become a reality. Lockheed Martin is designing a spacecraft, similar to a smaller International Space Station, where astronauts can comfortably make a three-year trip to Mars and back.

Emily Calandrelli visits the launch pad to see the launch of NASA's Mars InSight spacecraft.

Emily Calandrelli visits with experts to explore the most bizarre space oddities in our universe.

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