Xploration Outer Space

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Earth Day 365

LATEST EPISODE

S1 E6: Space Balloons

Original Air Date: Oct 13, 2014

Creating and testing high-altitude balloons to survive the rigors of near space; a balloon lifts an 8,000-pound telescope to the edge of space and discovers something amazing; a dramatic search-and-rescue mission.

3:34-3:58PM

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24 Min

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2014

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TV-PG

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Science

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S1 E6: Space Balloons

Original Air Date: Oct 13, 2014

3:34-3:58PM

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24 Min

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TV-PG

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Available with Freestream

S1 E5: Asteroids

Original Air Date: Oct 6, 2014

Asteroids and their potential impact on Earth; an asteroid may have killed off the dinosaurs; the Chelyabinsk meteor of 2013; predicting impact size on the moon and the Earth; valuable materials in asteroids.

3:05-3:34PM

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29 Min

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TV-PG

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Available with Freestream

S1 E4: Life Beyond Earth

Original Air Date: Sep 29, 2014

SETI searches for intelligent life in the universe; top candidates to host life beyond Earth.

2:40-3:05PM

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25 Min

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TV-PG

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Available with Freestream

S1 E3: Robots in Space

Original Air Date: Sep 22, 2014

Robots; Robonaut; the Space Exploration Vehicle; the ATHLETE rover.

2:14-2:40PM

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26 Min

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TV-PG

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Available with Freestream

S1 E2: Astronaut Training

Original Air Date: Sep 15, 2014

What it takes to be an astronaut; the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory; space suits; astronaut Cady Coleman; reduced gravity aircraft.

1:49-2:14PM

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25 Min

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TV-PG

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Available with Freestream

S1 E1: Preparing for Mars

Original Air Date: Sep 8, 2014

Mars; Curiosity rover; Mars Desert Research Station.

1:20-1:49PM

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29 Min

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TV-PG

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Available with Freestream