[music] [Andy Freeberg] I'm here with Rich Vondrak, the Project Scientist for LRO and Rich you're going to explain to me a little bit about the LRO spacecraft and tell me what this is...
Good morning. We're at Whipple Dam, Pennsylvania. This is a very quiet lake-- the sort of place that geologists can take proxy records of ancient climate. In module one, we learned about how...
[music] [robotic voice] 3, 2, 1... [Dana Hurley] I think that it's in human nature to explore. [Rich Vondrak] Understanding the moon better, will help us to understand our neighbors in the...
Okay, this-- now this episode has never even been thought of before! This one's called "LegoBoy and Turtley Go to the Moon!" Doesn't that just ooze awesomeness? Well,...
ya cho skulko fizl poo skulka fizzle poo? He congratulates you and your rocket on a successful trip to the moon Well thank you. We had to launch a lot rockets before we finally got one to the moon....

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My capacity here is really...really three things. One is I'm a scientist myself; I'm involved with the science on the Mars Curiosity Rover, I was one of the founding fathers of the...

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Lunar rover on the moon Interview with a special effects cinematographer Vsevolod Yakubovich I, as a trick photography cameraman think it was a doll on a radio controlled model It looks like a movie...
The first landing itself was, was way more dramatic than any of us knew when we were listening to it. A problem with the guidance system sends Apollo 11 miles off course Down at Mission Control they...
[silence] [silence, followed by music] [music] Narrator: As the moon orbits the Earth, it occasionally passes through the Earth's shadow, resulting in a spectacular change in the...
[silence] [silence] [music] Narrator: If you were to go looking for water on the Moon, how would you find a good place to start digging? NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has a pretty unique...