Wednesday, March 02, 2016

A Year in Space


A Year in Space
March 2, 2016

pbs.org/time.org

"Follow astronaut Scott Kelly’s record-breaking 12-month mission on the International Space Station, from launch to landing, as NASA charts the effects of long-duration spaceflight."

Tuesday, March 01, 2016

American Experience: Spacemen


American Experience: Spacemen
March 1, 2016

pbs.org

"Before the days of NASA, scientists and researchers at the U.S. Air Force were testing the limits of how high man could fly. 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."