Today's space video of the day returns us to a very special mission 39 years ago today, the landing of the Eagle module on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. related: "good luck, Mr. Gorsky!"
Recently the Discovery Channel aired a miniseries that looked back on the first 50 years of space travel, in particular the "Golden Years" of the 1960s, entitled When We Left Earth. This is the first part of the miniseries; subsequent episodes will follow in the days ahead.
Today's space video of the day is a Google Tech Talk entitled The Lunar Database: Supporting Lunar Landing Site Selection for NASA's Return to the Moon.
Earlier today the GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope) spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral atop a Delta-II Heavy rocket. Today's space video of the day shows the pre-launch news conference and the launch.
On May 31, the space shuttle Discovery launched to the international space station (see Space Video of the Day 080531) for the STS-124 mission to install the Japanese KIBO pressurized module. Major operations for the mission are over now; the shuttle will undock from the ISS on Wednesday, with the return to earth scheduled for Saturday. Today's space video of the day shows the highlights of the mission, which included three spacewalks.
Today's space video of the day is part 10 of the 12-part HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, hosted by Tom Hanks; this episode is entitled Galileo Was Right.
Today's space video of the day is the ninth part of the 12-part HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, hosted by Tom Hanks. The video is in two parts, so scroll down for the second half.
