High Above Down Under | Episode 1: A Star Fit For Life

Episode 1: 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.

This is the first in a six-part series released weekly starting June 27, 2023.

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

Music credits: “Epic Earth” by Andy Hopkins [PRS], Dean Mahoney [PRS], Jacob Nicholas Stonewall Jackson [PRS]; “Nature in Motion” and “Driving Motion” by Fred Dubois [SACEM]; “Social Issues” by Laurent Dury [SACEM]; “The Great Divide” 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: 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.