Mission launched

Thirty Seconds [crowd] T-minus thirty seconds [footsteps] [more footsteps] Watch out for the microphone there. 8...7...6...5... 4...3...2...1 Come baby, come on! Yeah! [Joyous screams] [applause] Get...

On October 4, 1957, Russian scientists launched the first artificial satellite into space. This event brought on what is known as “The Space Race” when the U.S. and Russia were competing with each...

[music playing] [Narrator] Earth's climate is changing at an unprecedented rate. As the planet heats up, researchers are developing new tools to help them understand the complexity of global...

< CHEERS, APPLAUSE > On February 24, 2005, the US Navy and the Missile Defense Agency completed their 5th successful intercept of a ballistic missile target from the sea, paving the way...

In 2006, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft was preparing to launch toward the outer reaches of our Solar System. [ NASA mission control ] Ignition and lift-off of NASA's New Horizons...

My name is Randy Herrera and I'm on the projects system engineer for the cold atom laboratory. It will be studying things called cold atoms. I have a picture of my partner and sometimes I...

[music playing] [Narrator] Aerosols are suspended throughout Earth's atmosphere, and the tiny, varied particles play a mysterious role in human induced climate change. Just like people, every...

George Diller/NASA Launch Commentator: T minus 10... nine... eight... seven... six... five... four... three... two... one... zero... and launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as NASA turns to the...

We've formed a crowd as we're waiting for the Nintendo Wii. I guess it's ritual for all gamers to come together as a tribe and enjoy as sort of a peace offering by playing free...

      Mission Control: LC is go for launch. PLT confirm.   George Diller/IRIS Launch Commentator: Stand by for deployment.   Mission Control: PLT drop on my mark. Three, two, one, drop.   Mission...