HD - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory show

HD - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Summary: High-definition (HD) videos from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory feature the latest news on space and science findings from JPL and NASA. Topics include discoveries made by spacecraft studying planets in our solar system, including Mars, Saturn and our home planet, Earth. Missions also study stars and galaxies in our universe.

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Podcasts:

 Landing Practice | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:32

Mars Science Laboratory engineers have a dress rehearsal for Curiosity's landing day on the Red Planet.

 What's Up for March? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:55

Be sure to mark your calendar for an amazing planetary view this month. Many planets continue to put on a show in the west and Venus prepares to transit the Sun. Track Comet Garradd with your backyard telescope and prepare for Sun-Earth Day on March 20th.

 GRACE Mission Measures Global Ice Mass Changes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:48

Animation shows the location of mountain glaciers and ice caps around the world with data from the GRACE mission to show recent trends in ice mass loss or gain.

 GRAIL Returns Unique Moon Video | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:57

NASA's GRAIL mission has beamed back its first video of the far side of the moon. The imagery was taken on Jan. 19 by the MoonKAM aboard the mission's 'Ebb' spacecraft.

 What's Up for February? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:29

Mars gets closer and two comets delight viewers.

 The Martians: Launching Curiosity to Mars | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:27

Mission team members share their excitement and reflections on the launch of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover.

 The Challenges of Getting to Mars: Launching a Mars Rover | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:01

Video of the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Nov. 26, 2011, onboard an Atlas V rocket.

 Opportunity on Mars | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:39

NASA's Opportunity rover celebrates 8th anniversary on Mars.

 Students Choose Spacecraft Names | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:32

NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft have new names, thanks to some enthusiastic 4th graders from Montana, who reveal the names in dramatic fashion.

 GRAIL-A Spacecraft Arrives at the Moon | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:03

GRAIL-A Spacecraft Arrives at the Moon

 What's Up for January? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:10

Check out a pretty parade of planets this month. Venus at dusk, Jupiter overhead, Mars before midnight, Saturn near sunrise.

 Explore Space 2011 a Year in Review | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:07

Explore Space 2011 a Year in Review

 Sleigh Ride Over Mars | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:33

Take a virtual sleigh ride over the real landscapes of Mars, courtesy of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

 2011 Invention Challenge. It's a Kick | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:06

JPLers and students compete in the 2011 Invention Challenge.

 Mission to Mars Begins Collecting Science Data While Still Near Earth | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:06

Although still nearly eight months from Mars, the Radiation Assessment Detector on NASA's Mars Science Laboratory has begun collecting data that will aid planning of future human missions to Mars.

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