In the 1950s and early '60s, a small band of high-altitude pioneers exposed themselves to the extreme forces of the space age long before NASA's acclaimed Mercury 7 would make headlines. Though largely forgotten today, balloonists were the first to venture into the frozen near-vacuum on the edge of our world, exploring the very limits of human physiology and human ingenuity in this lethal realm.

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

With more than 27 years of service, the space shuttle Discovery has clocked more time in space than ...

A group of maverick scientists on a remote Australian sheep farm are the globe's only hope for obtai...

In the summer of 1977, NASA sent Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 on an epic journey into interstellar space....

A documentary about the Apollo 17 mission to the Taurus-Littrow on the moon, the final lunar landing...

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

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

The Dream Is Alive takes you into space alongside the astronauts on the space shuttle. Share with th...

The Academy Award® nominee Cosmic Voyage combines live action with state-of-the-art computer-generat...
A respectful overview of Dr. Marvin E. Grunzke’s career that included training Ham, the first chimpa...

July 1969. America made history and sent the first humans to the moon. High-quality NASA footage and...

Explores achievements of Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot and command a spacecraft, paving t...

At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to ...

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

Using original footage and interviews, this documentary tells the nail-biting story of Apollo 13 and...

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

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

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

Twelve men who belong to one of the world's most exclusive fraternities -- people who've walked on t...

On January 28, 1986, NASA Challenger mission STS-51-L ended in tragedy when the shuttle exploded 73 ...