Nov 03 Watch Will rocket accidents slow the business of space tourism? – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch Investigating crash, NTSB considers safety culture of commercial space flight – Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 31 Watch News Wrap: Space tourism rocket crashes, killing co-pilot By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, a test flight for a Virgin Galactic commercial space rocket crashed, killing the co-pilot and badly injuring the pilot. It was the second commercial rocket disaster this week. Also, a seven-week manhunt ended for an… Continue watching
Oct 31 Virgin’s commercial spaceship crashes during test flight By Ruth Tam https://twitter.com/corybe/status/528256432173768704/photo/1 A test flight of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo ended when an in-flight failure occurred on Friday and the aircraft exploded mid-air. The California Highway patrol reported one fatality and one major injury from the accident. Continue reading
Oct 30 Watch Oozy lava and solar cannonballs: Here are two hot spots we can’t extinguish By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 29 Watch Rocket explosion raises questions about commercial space travel safety By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch Tracking killer comets before they strike By PBS News Hour It's only a matter of time before a big comet or asteroid is on a collision course with Earth. Will scientists discover it, and be able to do something about it, ahead of time? Science correspondent Miles O'Brien talks to… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch Indians beam with pride over successful — and cheap — Mars mission – Part 1 By PBS News Hour India has joined the U.S., the former Soviet Union and the European Union as one of the elite few to successfully send a spacecraft to Mars, on its first try and for only $75 million -- a fraction of the… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch India’s low-budget space program may offer lesson for U.S. – Part 2 By PBS News Hour India’s successful first mission to Mars is a major accomplishment for that nation, in both scientific and budgetary terms. To understand the historic feat, India’s space program and where it fits into the American exploration of Mars, science correspondent Miles… Continue watching
Aug 12 NASA’s carbon dioxide imaging mission shows first sign of success By Anna Christiansen A NASA spacecraft dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has achieved final orbit, producing its first science data this week. Continue reading