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.

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

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

Spacecraft OSIRIS-REx attempts to grab a piece of an asteroid to bring back to Earth so scientists c...

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

Moonscape is a free and freely downloadable high-definition documentary about the first manned Moon ...

All of the necessary technologies required to reach the Moon was first tested during Project Gemini,...

How an electric lineman's tool manufacturer in Centralia, Missouri, helped save the first American s...
Produced by NASA contractor Rockwell International, this circa 1978 film was made shortly before the...

With access to the scientists and engineers responsible for the Curiosity rover's on-the-ground expe...

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

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

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

Never-before-aired NASA footage presents evidence that the Moon is being used as a base.

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

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting t...

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

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

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

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

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