High Above Down Under | Episode 2: Living With the Stars

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’s not an easy task.)Music credits: “The Wilderness” by Benjamin James Parsons [PRS]; “Epic Earth” by Andy Hopkins [PRS], Dean Mahoney [PRS], Jacob Nicholas Stonewall Jackson [PRS]; ”Outback Sunset” by Randall Aaron Foat [ASCAP]; “Everlasting Armenian Hope” by Mathieu Fiset [SOCAN]; “Migration” by Giovanni Antonio Parricelli [PRS]; “Coastal Highways” by Ian Paul Livingstone [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: 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

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