Ever since the successful landing of Mars rover Curiosity in August 6th of 2012, NASA TV broadcasts have experienced a big surge in viewers. Since then many other successful missions and interesting Earth-based as well as cosmic phenomena have been transmitted to curious masses of viewers all over the world.
NASA TV has a rich body of programming including recording and analysis of significant global events such as the Chelyabinsk airburst event. There are regular broadcasts from the International Space Station. One recent interesting micro-gravity experiment called “Ants in Space!” was broadcasted live from onboard the ISS. Broadcasts include many other on going missions such as the Hi-SEAS Mars travel simulations exploring psychology of long duration space travel or astronaut training missions from the underwater reef base Aquarius.
NASA’s mission statement:
“To understand and protect our home planet; to explore the universe and search for life; to inspire the next generation of explorers …”
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