High Above Down Under | Episode 5: To Space (And Back)

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, the moment you’ve been waiting for. Time to launch some rockets.

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

Music credits: “The City in the Clouds” by Laurent Dury [SACEM]; “Epic Earth” by Andy Hopkins [PRS], Dean Mahoney [PRS], Jacob Nicholas Stonewall Jackson [PRS]; “Nanofiber” by Andrew Michael Britton [PRS], David Stephen Goldsmith [PRS]; “Synth Flow” by Paul Hartnoll [PRS]; “Algorithmic Agitation” by Jack Berman [PRS], Juno Morse [SUISA]; “Street Glide” by Paul Hartnoll [PRS]; “Baba Bossa” by Benjamin William Castle [PRS], Danny Fromajio [PRS], Will Grove-White [PRS] from Universal Production Music.

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

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

Additional graphics: Vecteezy.com

Sound effects: Pixabay

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.