{"id":176125,"date":"2023-11-16T05:23:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T11:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/nasa-explorers-season-6-episode-1-launch"},"modified":"2023-11-16T05:23:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T11:23:14","slug":"nasa-explorers-season-6-episode-1-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/nasa-explorers-season-6-episode-1-launch","title":{"rendered":"NASA Explorers Season 6, Episode 1: Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bu8xGyYZPCM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A journey of a billion miles and back begins with a launch.<\/p>\n<p>OSIRIS-REx\u2019s goal: Travel to asteroid Bennu, collect a sample, and return it home. But why Bennu? Meet the NASA Explorers looking for clues to our early solar system in a sample of asteroid rock.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not rockets and satellites that make NASA soar. It\u2019s people. Go inside the space agency and follow the pioneers, risk-takers and experts at the frontline of exploration. This season, follow along with the OSIRIS-REx team, as they launch a spacecraft to an asteroid, collect a sample of Bennu, and bring it home to Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this series and more on NASA+, our no cost, ad-free streaming service. No subscription required. <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\">https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Created by: James Tralie.<br \/> Producers: James Tralie, Dan Gallagher, Lauren Ward, Katy Mersmann.<br \/> Scientists: Dante Lauretta, Mike Drake, Dani DellaGiustina, Christina Richey, Jason Dworkin, Rich Kuhns, Sandy Freund, Olivia Billett.<br \/> Videographers: Rob Andreoli, John Philyaw, John Caldwell.<br \/> Animation: Walt Feimer, Michael Lentz, Jonathan North, Adriana Manrique Gutierrez, Krystofer Kim, James Tralie, Bailee DesRocher, Jacquelyn DeMink, Lisa Poje.<br \/> Sound Design: James Tralie.<br \/> Data Visualization: Kel Elkins.<br \/> NASA+ Executive Producer: Rebecca Sirmons.<\/p>\n<p>Music provided by Universal Production Music: \u201cVortex\u201d Tom Sue and Zac Singerz; \u201cTested to the Limit\u201d Krantz; \u201cInterstellar\u201d Alan Myson; \u201cAscension\u201d Alan Myson; \u201cIn a Perfect World\u201d Angus Pendergast; \u201cTough Terrain\u201d Ty Unwin; \u201cDo Androids Dream\u201d Aidan Lavelle; \u201cKyoto Vision\u201d Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra; \u201cPresidential Destiny\u201d Laurent Dury; \u201cDriving Force\u201d Ben Niblett and Jon Cotton; \u201cBreak the Rules\u201d Tihomir Hristozov; \u201cDeadlock\u201d Dean McGinnes; \u201cFinal Preparations\u201d Alan Boyd; \u201cTundra Sunrise\u201d Ty Unwin; \u201cZero In\u201d Airglo; \u201cStepping out of the Darkness\u201d Ty Unwin; \u201cDark Intensity\u201d Jeremy Smith; \u201cRegeneration\u201d Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra; \u201cWarm Drift\u201d Alan Myson; \u201cDistant Suns\u201d Jason Soudah; \u201cScenes of Devastation\u201d Benji Merrison and Will Slater; \u201cLook to the Stars\u201d Alan Boyd; \u201cWarming\u201d Benji Merrison and Will Slater.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/nasa-explorers-season-6-episode-1-launch\">Continue reading \u201cNASA Explorers Season 6, Episode 1: Launch\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A journey of a billion miles and back begins with a launch. OSIRIS-REx\u2019s goal: Travel to asteroid Bennu, collect a sample, and return it home. But why Bennu? Meet the NASA Explorers looking for clues to our early solar system in a sample of asteroid rock. It\u2019s not rockets and satellites that make NASA soar. 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