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JPL and the Space Age

JPL and the Space Age

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This series traces many of the historical moments of the space race through the use of rare archival footage and interviews with pioneering engineers and scientists. Each episode was written, produced, and directed by Emmy Award-winning documentarian Blaine Baggett and retells many of humanity's first steps out into the cosmos.

Black and white photo of a man posing with a small space rocket next to him. Text reads, “Frank J. Malina, The American Rocketeer, Beginnings of the Space Age.”
JPL and the Space Age
Episode 1
1 hours 29 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Woman with her back facing us and a man sitting next to her are on computers at a long desk. There’s a sign above the computer screens that reads, “Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology.”
JPL and the Space Age
Episode 2
53 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
View of the moon with half of it covered in darkness
JPL and the Space Age
Episode 3
58 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
View of Mars in space. Text reads, “The Changing Face of Mars.”
JPL and the Space Age
Episode 4
1 hours 26 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: JPL and the Space Age: The Stuff of Dreams
JPL and the Space Age
Episode 5
1 hours 27 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
White glowing orb on a black background. Text reads, “The Footsteps of Voyager.”
JPL and the Space Age
Episode 6
55 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
View of Earth in space. Text reads, “To The Rescue.”
JPL and the Space Age
Episode 7
57 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black Background with text that reads, “The Pathfinders.”
JPL and the Space Age
Episode 8
59 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white photo of a man walking up steps to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory building. “The Breaking Point.”
JPL and the Space Age
Episode 9
1 hours 47 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Bright white orb on a black background. Text reads, “Saving Galileo, JPL and the Space Age.”
JPL and the Space Age
Episode 10
59 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Rocket flying up into space with a bright yellow flame bursting out the back. Text reads, “Mission To Mars, JPL and the Space Age.”
JPL and the Space Age
Episode 11
59 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Space rover floating down with a parachute flying behind it. Text reads, “Landing on Mars, JPL and the Space Age.”
JPL and the Space Age
Episode 12
59 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: JPL and the Space Age: Triumph at Saturn (Part 1)
JPL and the Space Age
Episode 13
56 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: JPL and the Space Age: Triumph at Saturn (Part 2)
JPL and the Space Age
Episode 14
1 hours 29 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white frame of a space rocket lifting off with smoke billowing around it.
JPL and the Space Age
Episode 15
59 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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