S4 Ep 9 - Fun With the Sun
Xploration Outer Space: The Entire Collection
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22m
Host Emily Calandrelli looks at NASA’s next mission to send a spacecraft that will “touch” the sun. She also witnesses a total solar eclipse, and visits a man who races homing pigeons, a bird that uses the sun to navigate its way home from hundreds of miles away.
Up Next in Xploration Outer Space: The Entire Collection
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S4 Ep 10 - Space Firsts
A look at the first African-American woman in space and the first spacecraft to reach interstellar space. Host Emily Calandrelli interviews several pioneers of space and discovers the determination and courage required to become the “first.”
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S4 Ep 11 - Teaming Up With NASA
Many private companies are working with NASA to make space exploration more efficient. Host Emily Calandrelli visits the Sierra Nevada Corporation, which is building a spacecraft that can deliver cargo to and from the International Space Station.
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S4 Ep 12 - Students of Space
A boy scout troop sends an experiment to the International Space Station. A 14-year old girl has aspirations of becoming the first astronaut to set foot on Mars. Host Emily Calandrelli looks at students who are becoming involved with space exploration.
