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07-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Amazon's Prime Video Has a New NASA Live Channel for Streaming Rocket Launches
Can't get enough of those rocket launches and glimpses of the cosmos? Well, if you've got Amazon's Prime Video loaded up on any of your devices, you can now get a whole lot more of that goodness on the new NASA Plus channel. NASA announced on Tuesday that it has launched a streaming channel featuring content from its NASA Plus service on Prime Video's FAST section, featuring a variety of original educational and documentary content, as well as the occasional rocket launch livestream. "FAST" stands for free ad-supported television, and if you've ever dabbled with Pluto TV, Tubi or Amazon's own defunct Freevee brand, then you're already familiar with the concept. While "ad-supported" might be in the name of the format, the content from NASA Plus, on Prime Video and it's other apps, is both free of charge and free of ads, since NASA is a US government agency funded by tax dollars. Dabbling with the new Prime Video channel myself on Wednesday, I was able to access without an Amazon Prime account and without seeing a single ad the entire time. If you're interested in checking it out, you can find it by going to the Live TV section on Prime Video and scrolling down until you find it. X / Screenshot by CNET "Streaming NASA Plus on multiple platforms allows the agency to more efficiently share its missions, from launching astronauts to the International Space Station, to going behind the scenes with the team that defends Earth against asteroids, to showcasing new, high-definition images of the cosmos," Wes Brown, acting associate administrator for the Office of Communications at NASA, said about the new channel in a statement Tuesday. For the time being, there are no live-streaming events scheduled to air on NASA Plus, but you can check for any other updates to the schedule on the service's official webpage -- and here's a list of all the planned major US space launches for 2025, which you should be able to watch live on the channel. NASA did not respond to an additional request for comment before this piece was published.
CNET
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CNET
Amazon's Prime Video Has a New NASA Live Channel for Streaming Rocket Launches
Can't get enough of those rocket launches and glimpses of the cosmos? Well, if you've got Amazon's Prime Video loaded up on any of your devices, you can now get a whole lot more of that goodness on the new NASA Plus channel. NASA announced on Tuesday that it has launched a streaming channel featuring content from its NASA Plus service on Prime Video's FAST section, featuring a variety of original educational and documentary content, as well as the occasional rocket launch livestream. "FAST" stands for free ad-supported television, and if you've ever dabbled with Pluto TV, Tubi or Amazon's own defunct Freevee brand, then you're already familiar with the concept. While "ad-supported" might be in the name of the format, the content from NASA Plus, on Prime Video and it's other apps, is both free of charge and free of ads, since NASA is a US government agency funded by tax dollars. Dabbling with the new Prime Video channel myself on Wednesday, I was able to access without an Amazon Prime account and without seeing a single ad the entire time. If you're interested in checking it out, you can find it by going to the Live TV section on Prime Video and scrolling down until you find it. X / Screenshot by CNET "Streaming NASA Plus on multiple platforms allows the agency to more efficiently share its missions, from launching astronauts to the International Space Station, to going behind the scenes with the team that defends Earth against asteroids, to showcasing new, high-definition images of the cosmos," Wes Brown, acting associate administrator for the Office of Communications at NASA, said about the new channel in a statement Tuesday. For the time being, there are no live-streaming events scheduled to air on NASA Plus, but you can check for any other updates to the schedule on the service's official webpage -- and here's a list of all the planned major US space launches for 2025, which you should be able to watch live on the channel. NASA did not respond to an additional request for comment before this piece was published.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
NASA Live Coverage, Original Content Now Streaming on Prime Video
WASHINGTON, May 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's on-demand streaming service, NASA+, launched a FAST (Free Ad-Supported Television) channel on Prime Video Tuesday, giving viewers another way to watch the agency's aeronautics, human spaceflight, science, and technology missions unfold on screen. Credit: NASA As the agency continues to improve life on Earth and inspire new generations through innovation, exploration, and discovery, NASA+ is dedicated to sharing stories through live launch coverage, original documentaries, family-friendly content, and more. "Streaming NASA+ on multiple platforms allows the agency to more efficiently share its missions, from launching astronauts to the International Space Station, to going behind the scenes with the team that defends Earth against asteroids, to showcasing new, high-definition images of the cosmos," said Wes Brown, acting associate administrator for the Office of Communications at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "NASA provides an up-close look at how the agency explores the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all by ensuring content is easily accessible and widely available to the public." In addition to the FAST channel, NASA+ is available to download without a subscription on most major platforms via the NASA App on iOS and Android mobile and tablet devices, as well as streaming media players like Roku, Apple TV, and Fire TV. Users also may stream online at: NASA Logo. (PRNewsFoto/NASA) (PRNewsFoto/) (PRNewsfoto/NASA) Cision View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE NASA
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Science
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NASA Launches New Space Station Crew This Week: How to Watch
A crew of four will be heading to the International Space Station in a blaze of glory this week. SpaceX will launch the Crew-10 mission on a Dragon spacecraft with an assist from a Falcon 9 rocket. This is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program that relies on SpaceX to ferry astronauts to and from the ISS. NASA is targeting liftoff for 4:48 p.m. PT on Wednesday, March 12. The rocket will take off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch complex has a storied history dating back to the Apollo moon program era of the 1960s. Read more: NASA's 'Stranded' Astronauts Days Away From Coming Home NASA is known for its detailed coverage of human spaceflight missions. Hard-core space fans can tune into a live video feed of Launch Complex 39A about 6 hours before liftoff through the Kennedy Space Center's newsroom feed on YouTube. Main launch coverage kicks off at 12:45 p.m. PT on the free NASA Plus streaming service. NASA Plus is available online, through the NASA app and on YouTube. Once the video livestream wraps up, NASA will switch to an audio-only update stream until Crew-10 nears the ISS for rendezvous and docking on March 13. Arrival coverage is scheduled for 1:15 a.m. PT on Thursday on NASA Plus. Crew-10 will hit a few milestones along the journey, including docking at 3 a.m. and hatch opening at 4:45 a.m. Astronauts will then engage in a welcome ceremony, during which the new arrivals are greeted by the current ISS crew. It's typically a fun, hug-filled affair. Crew-10 consists of four people representing three different countries. Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers are NASA astronauts. This will be McClain's second NASA spaceflight and Ayers's first. Takuya Onishi is with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, known as JAXA. This is his second ISS mission. Kirill Peskov is a cosmonaut with Russia's Roscosmos agency. It's his first visit to the station. The astronauts will have a full slate of activities ahead of them, including material flammability tests and physiological and psychological studies meant to understand changes to the human body during space missions. Crew-10 has a bit more riding on it than a typical crew rotation mission. NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore infamously became long-term ISS residents after riding to the station on a test mission for Boeing's Starliner crew capsule. The crew capsule encountered technical issues and was sent back to Earth without the astronauts. Williams and Wilmore's ISS stay unexpectedly stretched out for over eight months. Crew-10's arrival means Willams, Wilmore, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will be able to hand off ISS duties to the newcomers and return to Earth on a SpaceX Dragon sent up in September. That Dragon arrived with two open seats for the Starliner crew's journey home. Both astronauts have insisted they don't feel stranded, though that term has been widely applied to them in news stories and social media. They expect to leave the station on March 16. But first, Crew-10 will need to arrive on time.
Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Science
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Intuitive Machines Aims for Moon Landing on Thursday: How to Watch
Commercial moon missions with NASA connections are all the rage right now. Firefly Aerospace stuck the lunar landing of its Blue Ghost mission on March 2. Intuitive Machines will try for a similar success with its IM-2 mission on Thursday. It should be a thrilling ride, and you can follow along live. Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lunar lander, nicknamed Athena, carries a suite of science instruments and robots, including a hopping drone, multiple small rovers and a NASA drill designed to burrow 3 feet under the surface. The lander's cargo includes both NASA and commercial payloads. The mission is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, an effort by the space agency to use private companies to send landers and rovers to the moon. NASA's grander goals through its Artemis moon program are to return astronauts to the lunar surface and establish a long-term human presence there. IM-2 is in service of that vision. "The lander is carrying NASA technology that will measure the potential presence of resources from lunar soil that could be extracted and used by future explorers to produce fuel or breathable oxygen," the space agency said in an update on Tuesday. Athena's travels began on Feb. 26 with a launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. Intuitive Machines targets the mission's landing for 9:32 a.m. PT on Thursday. The landing site is near the moon's south pole, a prime NASA target region for future human exploration. The timing was partly dictated by the availability of sunlight on the moon's surface. The Athena lander uses solar power. Intuitive Machines expects the lander to operate for about 10 days. NASA's live landing coverage will be broadcast on its free NASA Plus streaming service starting at 8:30 a.m. PT, about an hour before touchdown. NASA Plus is available through the website or the NASA app. The broadcast will also be on YouTube. A post-landing news conference is scheduled for 1 p.m. PT. There's another way to engage with the landing and mission festivities. Comcast's Xfinity service and MIT Media Lab have teamed up for real-time coverage. MIT is involved with the IM-2 mission's Lunar Outpost Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform rover. MAPP is designed to navigate rugged terrain using sensors and visual cues. MIT's To the Moon to Stay program features educational resources and will deliver a livestream of the landing along with other key events from the mission. Watch for a later live feed involving the MAPP rover and photos and videos from the lunar surface. Xfinity X1 customers can access the mission resources and livestreams by saying "to the moon" to their voice remotes. Crewed space missions tend to attract a lot of attention. IM-2 may not have humans on board, but it's worth following along for the fascinating science. Planetary scientist Phil Metzger, a research professor at the University of Central Florida, highlights the mission's Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1. PRIME-1 aims to measure the ice in the moon's soil, and that's a big deal. "That ice contains a record of the history of the inner solar system and may help us understand how water and carbon were delivered to the Earth-Moon system billions of years ago, turning the Earth into a habitable planet," Metzger tells CNET. "This is crucial for understanding how many other planets might be capable of supporting life in the galaxy, so it helps answer the question, 'Are we alone in the cosmos?'" You can't get more profound than that. NASA hopes PRIME-1 will help researchers understand water availability. Water is heavy and expensive to transport through space, so future human expeditions will want to use what's already on the moon. Many missions have tried and failed to land successfully on the moon. Russia's Luna-25 mission crashed into the moon in 2023. Israel's Beresheet mission and India's Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander both crashed in 2019. "Lunar landers are challenging, not just because the lunar environment is so harsh and exotic, but because we fly so few of them," Metzger says, noting failures are a part of learning how to make moon landings reliable. It's much harder to touch down on the moon than on Earth. "The moon has a large enough gravity to make it challenging to land softly, but no atmosphere to help slow down a lander," says Josh Colwell, associate dean of the College of Sciences at the University of Central Florida. "The surface is very rough at all spatial scales, so the tipping over of a lander is a real risk." It's not just about having good landing hardware. The software and systems on board must analyze the surface to help guide the lander to a safe spot. Lunar landings are thrilling, in part because of the dangers the machines must navigate to ensure a safe touchdown. You might be wondering what happened to the IM-1 mission. Intuitive Machines delivered its Odysseus lander to the moon in 2024, but not everything went right. The lander made it to the surface but ended up sideways, putting a damper on its science work. The company is rooting for a gentle, upright landing for IM-2.
