The complex engineering challenges that make re-entry into the earth's atmosphere so dangerous. Scientists have labored for years to bring a crew safely home in what is essentially a meteorite, wrapped in a cocoon of fire, hurtling towards earth six times faster than the fastest bullet. Scientific experts from NASA explain the significance of Columbia's events as they unfolded, offer insights into what may have caused them and how those key events contributed to the shuttle’s ultimate destruction.

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the l...

What if you could get behind the wheel and race through space? We scale down the Solar System to the...
On December 21, Nicolas Vanier will set off with his pack on a new expedition called L’Odyssée sauva...

It was November 12, 2014, at 5:03pm. Humanity had just accomplished a feat that will forever mark it...

Sally Ride's groundbreaking journey as the first American woman in space concealed a deeply personal...

From the unique vantage point of 200 miles above Earth's surface, we see how natural forces - volcan...

The Academy Award® nominee Cosmic Voyage combines live action with state-of-the-art computer-generat...

Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus in...

This feature-length documentary is a portrait of eclipse chasers, people for whom solar eclipses - a...

The Space Race comes alive through the eyes of the ultimate insider - retired NASA Mission Control F...

The 1960s was an extraordinary time for the United States. Unburdened by post-war reparations, Ameri...

A new age of space exploration, and exploitation, is dawning. But surprisingly, some of the boldest ...

A testament to NASA's Apollo program of the 1960s and '70s. Composed of actual NASA footage of the m...

Some 220 miles above Earth lies the International Space Station, a one-of-a-kind outer space laborat...

NASA's biggest spacecraft, Cassini, plunges into Saturn in the final act of a 20-year mission showca...

Explores the extraordinary, transformative events Cocoa Beach residents found themselves engaged in ...

Explores the Shuttle Program through the eyes of some of the exceptional men and women who worked be...

Join the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity for an awe-inspiring journey to the surface of the myste...

Social isolation affects millions of people, even Mars-bound astronauts. A savvy NASA psychologist i...

How an electric lineman's tool manufacturer in Centralia, Missouri, helped save the first American s...