NASA TV
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| reception | Via satellite and cable in the USA and worldwide via internet stream |
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| owner | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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NASA TV (NASA Television) is the in-house television station of the US space agency NASA . The station can be received in the USA as a normal television station via satellite and cable, but also worldwide as a webcast . In Europe, NASA TV can be received in HD resolution (1280x720p59.94) via the satellites of Eutelsat Hot Bird (13 ° East). There is also a free-to-air version on these satellites with a different program in Ultra HD resolution (3840x2160i50).
The station is known for the live broadcast of various events from press conferences to rocket launches and the continuous commentary on manned short-term missions with a space shuttle. NASA TV consists of six channels: a public channel (NTV-1, Public), a teaching channel (NTV-2, Education), a media channel (NTV-3, Media), a live stream channel of the ISS (Space Station Views), a radio channel (News Audio) and a non-public channel (NASA Only).
The shows and programs
Gallery
Press conferences on current events or documentaries on important milestones in American space travel are repeated in the gallery. It will be broadcast on public and media channels.
Education Hour
Instructional videos run during the Education Hour. These videos are intended for high school students or school groups and provide scientific information related to NASA research. It will be broadcast on public and teaching channels.
This Week @ NASA
In This Week @ NASA (This Week at NASA, TW @ N for short) briefly summarizes both internal agency and public events related to NASA. It will be broadcast on public and media channels.
Video file
The video file goes into more detail than TW @ N on discoveries and missions, and short excerpts from press conferences are shown. The video is always preceded by a mostly spoken text that summarizes the most important. The video file can change daily. It will be broadcast on public and media channels.
Gap filler
Due to the various live broadcasts, there are often small gaps in the program. So-called gap fillers were produced to close these gaps. These are very short and mostly deal with current topics, but gap fillers have also been pre-produced so that they can be used at any time.
In Their own Words
Astronauts are interviewed at In Their Own Words. ITOW is a broadcast composed of clips that usually lasts up to 2 minutes. The questions are faded in and the astronauts respond with their answer. Most of the time, clips are cut from the relevant topic. The broadcast takes place in PublicChannel (public broadcaster)
ISS Mission Commentary
Mission commentary from the ISS crew is from the Mission Control Center in Houston . The live edition broadcast on weekdays at 5 p.m. CET is repeated throughout the day. The Friday edition is repeated at the weekend. During the one-hour commentary, live images of the ISS crew at work, short films on nearby events such as outboard activities or shuttle missions or excerpts from press conferences as well as older videos of the crew are shown. It is broadcast on public, media and teaching channels.
Live events
Press conferences, ceremonies and launches of Soyuz spacecraft and American space probes on behalf of NASA and other special events will be broadcast live. A link to the website with the planned live broadcasts can be found under the web links . It is broadcast on public, media and teaching channels.
Transfer of shuttle missions
The broadcast of a shuttle mission began several hours before the scheduled take-off and ended some time after landing. During the entire mission, the live broadcast was only interrupted for press conferences. It was broadcast on public, media and teaching channels.
Space shuttle minute
The Space Shuttle Minute is an information broadcast of the three Space Shuttles (Endeavor, Atlantis, Discovery) in which the latest news and launch dates are given. It replaced the Space Shuttle Status Report. The broadcast takes place in the public channel.
Live streams
- NASA TV - with streams of the public channels
- HD streams ( H.264 between 428 × 240 15 frames / s; AAC stereo 44.1 kHz and 1280 × 720 29.97 frames / s; AAC stereo 48 kHz):
- NTV-1 Public ( M3U Playlist)
- NTV-2 Education (M3U Playlist)
- NTV-3 Media (M3U Playlist)
- Live ISS Stream ( Adobe Flash )