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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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07.31.2020
What's Up - August 2020
What are some skywatching highlights in August 2020? See the Moon posing with various planets throughout the month, plus catch the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower.
07.30.2020
NASA's Perseverance Rover Launches to Mars
NASA’s Perseverance Rover began its long journey to Mars today by successfully launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a ULA Atlas V rocket. It now begins its seven-month journey to the Red Planet, landing there on Feb. 18,...
07.30.2020
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Launches With Your #CountdownToMars
To get ready for the launch of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, NASA invited the public to join a global, collective #CountdownToMars project. Fans from around the world recorded videos of their creative countdowns, giving Perseverance a celebratory sendoff for...
07.27.2020
Mission Overview: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover is heading to the Red Planet to search for signs of ancient life, collect samples for future return to Earth and help pave the way for human exploration. The rover will carry with it several...
07.22.2020
Getting Perseverance to the Launch Pad
In February 2020, NASA’s Perseverance Rover began its long journey to Mars by first traveling across the United States. The rover was built at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, and then carefully packed and flown to NASA’s Kennedy...
07.14.2020
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: The First Aircraft on Mars
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter will make history's first attempt at powered flight on another planet next spring. It is riding with the agency's next mission to Mars (the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover) as it launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force...
07.01.2020
What's Up - July 2020
What's Up for July? How about some moons with those giant planets? Mars after midnight. And are the stars of Mars the same as ours?
06.22.2020
What's Up - June 2020
What are some skywatching highlights you can see in June 2020? Look for the Summer Triangle rising in the east after sundown, keep tabs on the morning planets and June 20 brings the solstice. Additional information about topics covered in this...
06.18.2020
Getting NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover to Launch During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Getting a Mars rover built, tested and to the launch pad is a feat that requires the dedication of hundreds of team members. The team behind NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover faced one of its biggest challenges when the coronavirus pandemic...
06.02.2020
Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Sample Caching System
Watch as NASA-JPL engineers test the Sample Caching System on the Perseverance Mars rover. Described as one of the most complex robotic systems ever built, the Sample and Caching System will collect core samples from the rocky surface of Mars,...
05.18.2020
Shake, Rattle and Roll: Testing NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover lives up to its name by enduring a series of tests to prepare for its journey to the Red Planet. Tests for the mission were performed between September and December of 2019 at NASA's Jet...
05.12.2020
Working Remotely: How Astronauts Upgraded a Complex Experiment in Space
NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory underwent a major hardware upgrade aboard the International Space Station in January 2020. The mission team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California guided astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir through the installation of the...
05.04.2020
What's Up - May 2020
What astronomy highlights can you see in the sky in May 2020? Venus, Sirius and the Milky Way. With so many of us staying home these days, here's a look into the sky at dusk and dawn with an eye...
04.15.2020
Underwater ‘White Smoker’ Vents: Is This Where Life Began?
Where did life originate on Earth? Could the process hold clues for finding life elsewhere?
03.31.2020
What's Up - April 2020
What are some astronomy highlights in the sky in April 2020? This month, Venus visits the Pleiades; Mars, Jupiter and Saturn begin their breakup; and we ask, "What is the Moon illusion?" Additional information about topics covered in this episode of...
03.04.2020
Curiosity’s 1.8 Billion-Pixel Panorama on Mars
NASA Curiosity Project Scientist Ashwin Vasavada guides this tour of the rover's view of the Martian surface.
03.02.2020
What's Up - March 2020
Looking for astronomy highlights for March 2020? This month, early risers enjoy a planetary grouping of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in the early morning sky. Plus a closer look at Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, and spot a...
02.10.2020
NASA Advances Plans to Bring Samples Back From Mars
Collecting samples from Mars and bringing them back to Earth is a historic undertaking that starts with the launch of NASA's Mars 2020 rover. That rover will collect samples and leave them ready for a future mission to retrieve and...
02.04.2020
What's Up - February 2020
Looking for astronomy highlights for February 2020? This month is the best time of the year to try to view Mercury, soon after sunset; Mars disappears behind the Moon on Feb. 18; and the bright red star on Orion’s shoulder,...
01.15.2020
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope: Unveiling the Universe
After 16 years of unveiling the infrared universe, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has left a singular legacy. As one of NASA’s four Great Observatories -- a series of powerful telescopes including Hubble, Chandra and Compton that can observe the...
01.08.2020
NASA's New Planet Tracker, NEID
A new NASA-funded planet-hunting instrument has been installed on the WIYN telescope, on Arizona's Kitt Peak. NEID (pronounced NOO-id) is a spectrometer that is one of the first instruments of its kind with the precision to detect small, terrestrial planets...
12.31.2019
What's Up - January 2020
What are the skywatching highlights of January 2020? The peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower, Mars rises with its "rival" — the red giant star Antares — and the Moon and Venus pair up.
12.18.2019
First Drive Test of NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover
On Dec. 17, 2019, engineers took NASA’s next Mars rover for its first spin. The test took place in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. This was the first drive test for...
11.26.2019
What's Up - December 2019
What can you see in the December sky? Beautiful pairings of Venus, Saturn and Mars with the crescent Moon throughout the month, at sunrise and sunset.
11.15.2019
Mars Science Teams Investigate Ancient Life in Australia
Could Mars ever have supported life? In the Australian Outback, scientists from NASA’s upcoming Mars 2020 mission and their counterparts from the joint European-Russian ExoMars mission visited the oldest convincing evidence for life on Earth to prepare for their own...
11.14.2019
Neptune Moon Dance (animation)
See how the odd orbits Neptune's inner moons Naiad and Thalassa enable them to avoid each other, as they race around the planet. Researchers call it a "dance of avoidance." An observer sitting on Thalassa would see Naiad in an...
11.01.2019
What's Up - November 2019
Highlights of the November sky include how to watch as Mercury transits the Sun on Nov. 11, plus how to observe the regular dimming and brightening of the "Demon star," Algol, with your own eyes. Additional information, along with still...
10.03.2019
NASA InSight's Robotic Arm Helps Out its Mole on Mars
NASA's InSight lander on Mars is trying to use its robotic arm to get the mission’s heat flow probe, or mole, digging again. InSight team engineer Ashitey Trebbi-Ollennu, based at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, explains what has...
10.01.2019
What's Up - October 2019
What can you see in the October sky? Join the global celebration of International Observe the Moon Night on Oct. 5th, then try to catch the ice giant planets Uranus and Neptune, which are well placed for viewing in the...
08.29.2019
What's Up - September 2019
In this month's sky, look for lovely crescent Moons at the start and end of the month. The September equinox brings the beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere. And Mars is at solar conjunction, meaning it has disappeared from...
08.28.2019
Building NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover
See NASA’s next Mars rover quite literally coming together inside a clean room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This behind-the-scenes look at what goes into building and preparing a rover for Mars, including extensive tests in simulated space environments, was...
08.28.2019
Name NASA's Next Mars Rover!
The Mars 2020 Rover is preparing to launch to the Red Planet in July 2020, but it doesn't have a name yet. We're asking K-12 students across the United States to send in essays with their best name ideas by...
08.01.2019
What's Up - August 2019
What can you see this month? In the August sky, look for the "shooting stars" of the annual Perseid meteor shower for some stargazing delights, but be warned — the bright Moon will overwhelm the fainter meteors this year. Plus,...
07.12.2019
Pit Crew for Mars: NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Gets Some Wheels (time lapse)
A team of engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, install the legs and wheels — otherwise known as the mobility suspension — on the Mars 2020 rover. The imagery for this accelerated time-lapse was taken on June...
07.10.2019
NASA Climbing Robot Scales Cliffs and Looks for Life
LEMUR belongs to a new generation of robots being built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that can crawl, walk and even climb rock walls.
07.01.2019
Landing NASA's Mars 2020 Rover with Terrain Relative Navigation
The Mars 2020 mission is facing the most challenging landing yet on the Red Planet. It will touch down on Feb. 18, 2021, in Jezero Crater, a 28-mile-wide (45-kilometer-wide) expanse full of steep cliffs, boulder fields and other things that...
07.01.2019
What's Up - July 2019
As NASA marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, here are five things to know about the Moon that you can share with others: How far away is the Moon? How big is the Moon? What color...
06.06.2019
NASA Chopper Ready for a Spin on Mars
Can we fly on Mars? The laws of physics may say it's near impossible, but actually flying a heavier-than-air vehicle on the Red Planet is much harder than that. NASA’s Mars 2020 mission will deliver a technology demonstration that will put...
06.05.2019
NASA InSight: A Plan to Get the Mole Moving Again
NASA InSight scientist/engineer Troy Hudson gives us the game plan for getting the mission's heat probe, also known as the "mole," digging again on Mars.
05.31.2019
What's Up - June 2019
What's up in the June sky? Jupiter is at its biggest and brightest, Mercury and Mars appear ultra-close and how you can observe the Moon's tilted orbit.
05.30.2019
Stars of Cepheus as Seen by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
Soar through this cosmic landscape filled with bright nebulas, as well as runaway, massive and young stars.
05.15.2019
NASA’s Curiosity Finds Climate Clues on a Martian Mountain
After spending the better part of a year exploring Mars' Vera Rubin Ridge, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has moved to a new part of Mount Sharp. Project Scientist Ashwin Vasavada gives a tour of the rover's new home in the...
05.02.2019
What's Up - May 2019
What's up in the May sky? A meteor shower produced by debris from Halley's Comet, asteroids named after dinosaurs and a "blue moon" on May 18th.
04.02.2019
NASA's OCO-3: A New View of Carbon
NASA's OCO-3 mission is ready for launch to the International Space Station. This follow-on to OCO-2 brings new techniques and new technologies to carbon dioxide observations of Earth from space.
04.02.2019
What's Up - April 2019
What can you see in the April sky? The Moon visits Mars in the evening, and later joins Saturn and Jupiter for a spot of tea. Also, how to find Polaris, the North Star.
02.28.2019
What's Up - March 2019
What can you see in the March sky? Jupiter and other planets in the morning, a change of seasons and an open star cluster called the Beehive.
02.13.2019
Opportunity: NASA Rover Completes Mars Mission
Drive along with NASA's Opportunity Mars rover and hear the voices of scientists and engineers behind the mission. Designed to run for 90 days, the exploration spanned more than 15 years from 2004 to 2019. Along the way, it discovered...
02.01.2019
What's Up - February 2019
What can you see in the February sky? Stars and planets with distinct red and blue colors, like Mars and Sirius. February also brings some pretty pairings with Venus, Saturn and the Moon, and the best opportunity of the year...
12.20.2018
Mars Report: December 20, 2018
NASA's InSight has been busy. After landing on the Red Planet, the mission sent home pictures and sound, then placed its first instrument on the planet's surface. Plus, find out what the Curiosity rover has been up to.
12.13.2018
Mars 2020 Landing Site: Jezero Crater Flyover
An animated flyover of the Martian surface explains why Mars' Jezero Crater, a 28-mile-wide ancient lake-delta system, is the best place for Mars 2020 to find and collect promising samples for a possible future return to Earth.

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What's Up - August 2020

NASA's Perseverance Rover Launches to Mars

NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Launches With Your #CountdownToMars

Mission Overview: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

Getting Perseverance to the Launch Pad

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: The First Aircraft on Mars

What's Up - July 2020

What's Up - June 2020

Getting NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover to Launch During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Sample Caching System

Shake, Rattle and Roll: Testing NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover

Working Remotely: How Astronauts Upgraded a Complex Experiment in Space

What's Up - May 2020

Underwater ‘White Smoker’ Vents: Is This Where Life Began?

What's Up - April 2020

Curiosity’s 1.8 Billion-Pixel Panorama on Mars

What's Up - March 2020

NASA Advances Plans to Bring Samples Back From Mars

What's Up - February 2020

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope: Unveiling the Universe

NASA's New Planet Tracker, NEID

What's Up - January 2020

First Drive Test of NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover

What's Up - December 2019

Mars Science Teams Investigate Ancient Life in Australia

Neptune Moon Dance (animation)

What's Up - November 2019

NASA InSight's Robotic Arm Helps Out its Mole on Mars

What's Up - October 2019

What's Up - September 2019

Building NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover

Name NASA's Next Mars Rover!

What's Up - August 2019

Pit Crew for Mars: NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Gets Some Wheels (time lapse)

NASA Climbing Robot Scales Cliffs and Looks for Life

Landing NASA's Mars 2020 Rover with Terrain Relative Navigation

What's Up - July 2019

NASA Chopper Ready for a Spin on Mars

NASA InSight: A Plan to Get the Mole Moving Again

What's Up - June 2019

Stars of Cepheus as Seen by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope

NASA’s Curiosity Finds Climate Clues on a Martian Mountain

What's Up - May 2019

NASA's OCO-3: A New View of Carbon

What's Up - April 2019

What's Up - March 2019

Opportunity: NASA Rover Completes Mars Mission

What's Up - February 2019

Mars Report: December 20, 2018

Mars 2020 Landing Site: Jezero Crater Flyover