The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has launched a full-time HD channel today, making its MPEG-2 high-definition feed available to cable, satellite, and other media companies. NASA announced they would be launching the channel last Friday. Full Story
NASA is celebrating 20 years of Hubble Space Telescope operations with a documentary airing today at 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 8 p.m., and 10 p.m. Eastern Time. The documentary is narrated by actor/writer Brent Spiner who is known for his role as Lt. Commander Data in Star Trek films and TV episodes. Full Story
Endeavour’s 13-day, STS-130 mission is scheduled for liftoff at 4:39 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 7. HDNet will start covering the lift off at 4:00 a.m., with a re-broadcast the launch on Sunday, February 7 at 11:00 a.m. ET. This is the last scheduled night time launch for the Space Shuttle Mission. (See remaining launch dates below.) Full Story
NASA is broadcasting a couple video shorts which started today at 10 a.m. ET. The first is a 20-minute piece that documents 167 feet of the space station’s pressurized modules and shows how equipment and supplies are stored. A shorter 5-minute piece explains the Canadian Bodies In the Space Environment (BISE), which studies how humans orient themselves in zero gravity. Full Story
NASA TV will cover the upcoming Space Shuttle Atlantis launch in high definition starting tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET with the “STS-125 Countdown Status Briefing” from Kennedy Space Center. The countdown clock will start tomorrow at 4 p.m. ET and NASA will broadcast Atlantis mission coverage throughout the weekend leading up to the actual launch scheduled for Monday, May 11 at 2:01 p.m. ET. Full Story
NASA Television will broadcast a special HD (High-Definition) presentation of two hours of highlights from America’s human spaceflight history. The special broadcast is part of the celebration of NASA’s 50th anniversary. The anniversary was also celebrated in June ‘08 with the presentation of newly restored historical footage which ran in the 3-part series “When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions” on The Discovery Channel. Full Story
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