The featured programs for the Space Tag http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?topic=1188 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 10:06:02 GMT A memorial service was held for astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the Moon, who died August 25, 2012. Astronauts Michael Collins and Eugene Cernan, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, and former Treasury Secretary John Snow spoke at the ceremony. The Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of Washington, gave the eulogy. Diana Krall performed Frank Sinatra's arrangement of the jazz standard "Fly Me to the Moon." http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/308141-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/308141-1 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT NASA engineers held a briefing at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California to provide the latest update on the Mars Rover Curiosity mission. Members of the Entry, Descent and Landing Team talked about the spacecraft's landing on Mars earlier this week. It begins a two-year mission to study what scientists hope will eventually lead to human exploration of the planet. The panelists answered questions from the audience. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307524-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307524-1 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT NASA officials spoke to reporters and answered questions about the status of the Mars Curiosity Rover. The spacecraft had been traveling away from Earth since November 26, 2011 on a journey of approximately 352 million miles. The Curiosity rover began to broadcast images from Mar's surface within two hours of its landing. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307468-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307468-2 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, a former astronaut, talked about the future of the space program. He announced that the first commercial space capsule, Space X, docked at the International Space Station during his speech, an accomplishment of one of the agency's goals to have private companies transport astronauts from the station by 2017. In his remarks he also told a story about being part of the Hubble Space telescope deployment mission. Other topics included missions to Jupiter and Mars. Afterward, he answered questions from the audience. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306245-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306245-1 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT After 39 missions, the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery was transferred to the Smithsonian and placed on permanent display. The National Air and Space Museum hosted a "Welcome Discovery" celebration when the orbiter was moved from the Dulles International airport to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305545-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305545-1 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Elon Musk talked about the future of human space flight in advance of his company's planned November 30, 2011, flight to the International Space Station. In his speech he announced his company's plan to develop a fully- and rapidly- reusable launch rocket. He said that reusable rockets can pose a tough engineering problem, but Space X would make an attempt and said the company had a "design that works on paper." http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301817-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301817-1 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT In live coverage from NASA, Space Shuttle Atlantis made its final landing at Kennedy Space Center at 5:57 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. This was also the final mission of the space shuttle program. Following the landing, coverage included shuttle entry flight director Tony Ceccacci's brief remarks from the Johnson Space Center, the post-landing ceremony with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Shuttle Commander Ferguson, and a NASA-compiled highlight film from the final mission. Other footage included scenes of mission control, astronaut debarkation, and the landing site and shuttle. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300623-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300623-1 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT In the final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle Program, Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off with a crew of four and the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module containing supplies and spare parts for the space station. The crew also took the first iPhone into space to help with experiments aboard the International Space Station. A Houston company called Odyssey Space Research developed an application for the Apple smartphone that is meant to help the astronauts track their scientific results and perhaps one day aid navigation. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300385-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300385-1 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT NASA Administrator Charles Bolden spoke about human space flight one week before the scheduled launch of the final Space Shuttle mission. In his remarks he vowed that the U.S. will not lose its strategic position in the field, as some critics have suggested. He detailed plans to rely on private contractors to transport cargo and humans to the International Space Station. Following Mr. Bolden, astronaut Mark Kelly talked about the International Space Station, his career, the space program, and his wife Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in Tucson, Arizona, on January 8, 2011. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300316-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300316-1 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Former International Space Station (ISS) Commander and Astronaut Frank Culbertson as well as officials from space organizations and foundations testified on the contributions of NASA's space programs to national imperatives. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299586-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299586-1 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT NASA Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off on a mission to the international space station. This was the shuttle's 39th and final mission. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298181-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298181-1 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT