High Above Down Under | Episode 6: This Just Fell From Space

Follow two NASA rocket teams as they launch from Australia to study our nearest stellar neighbors – Alpha Centauri A & B – on a quest to understand how stars make the planets around them suitable for life.

In this final episode, head into the outback to find the fallen rockets and learn what’s being discovered about the search for habitable environments.

To learn more about NASA’s Sounding Rockets Program - https://www.nasa.gov/soundingrockets

Music credits: “Algorithmic Agitation” by Jack Berman [PRS], Juno Morse [SUISA]; “Uluru (Ayers Rock Theme)” by Klaus Tropp [GEMA], Torsten Weber [GEMA]; “Epic Earth” by Andy Hopkins [PRS], Dean Mahoney [PRS], Jacob Nicholas Stonewall Jackson [PRS]; “Heading to the Red Centre” by Ian Paul Livingstone [PRS]; “Sahara Spirit” by Eric Heber Suffrin [SACEM]; “Decisive Dimension” by Samuel Wells Ecoff [ASCAP]; “Microscopic Musings” by Samuel Wells Ecoff [ASCAP] from Universal Production Music.

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Additional footage: Office of the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory government, Equatorial Launch Australia

Additional graphics: Vecteezy.com

Sound effects: Pixabay

Host: Miles Hatfield (NASA/GSFC)

Writers/Videographers:
Miles Hatfield (NASA/GSFC)
Mara Johnson-Groh (NASA/GSFC)

Producers:
Beth Anthony (NASA/GSFC)
Joy Ng (NASA/GSFC)
Lacey Young (NASA/GSFC)

Animators:
Walt Feimer (NASA/GSFC)
Jenny McElligott (NASA/GSFC)

Scientific Advisor:
Kevin France (CU Boulder/LASP/SISTINE)

Special thanks to:
Equatorial Launch Australia
Gumatj Corporation Ltd.
Office of the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory government