On a historic space mission, five female American astronauts soar into the galaxy, only to discover that their intended destination has mysteriously changed to an unknown planet. They land on Planet Eartha, which is very similar to Planet Earth, except its population is 98 percent female and it’s ruled by ten powerful female leaders known […]
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Reach For the Stars This Memorial Day Week:
Space Launch Live: America Returns to Space Watch the LIVE extravaganza from the comfort of your own homeas Discovery and Science Channel document history in themaking when Americans blast back into space. Wednesday’s NASA launch ofSpaceX’s Crew Dragon Capsule marks the first crewedspace mission from the U.S. since 2011. Ric Talks with former astronaut Mike Massimino,who […]
Decorated astronaut Sandy Magnus — who’s been aboard several spaceflight missions — discusses with ric the future of the space program, the experience of spending months on board a spacecraft, and the importance of science & engineering education among young students
Sandy also talks about the DiscoverE Educator Awards, honoring those who inspire our next generation of scientists, engineers & astronauts! Dr. Sandra (Sandy) Magnus flew in space on the STS-112 shuttle mission in 2002, and on the final shuttle flight, STS-135, in 2011. In addition, she flew to the International Space Station on STS-126 in […]
Ron Garan “The Orbital Perspective : Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles”
Ron Garan is a former NASA astronaut and fighter pilot who logged 178 days in space and 71 million miles in orbit. He served aboard the space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station and, later, as a long-term resident of the ISS, where he lived and worked with US and Russian crewmates. He left […]