High Above Down Under, Episode 1: A Star Fit For Life

Episode 1: A Star Fit For Life

Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.

Complete transcript available.


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.

Music credits: “Epic Earth” by Andy Hopkins [PRS], Dean Mahoney [PRS], Jacob Nicholas Stonewall Jackson [PRS]; “Nature in Motion” and “Driving Motion” by Fred Dubois [SACEM]; “Social Issues” by Laurent Dury [SACEM]; “The Great Divide” by Ian Paul Livingstone [PRS] from Universal Production Music.

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