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Robert Veilleux, a finalist for the Teacher in Space program, talked about Christa McAuliffe’s approach to teaching and her legacy in New Hampshire. Concord, New Hampshire, teacher Christa McAuliffe was one…

Margot Lee Shetterly talked about her book, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. She spoke at the 17th…

Astronaut and former professional football player Leland Melvin talked about his book, Chasing Space: An Astronaut’s Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances, and responded to viewer…

David Baron talked about his book American Eclipse: A Nation’s Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World, in which he reports on the solar eclipse of 1878 and…

Professor Felix Harcourt talked about how conspiracy theories about UFOs have shaped America culture. He began in the late 1940s and described how public opinion about extraterrestrials…

Author and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about his life and career and responds to viewer phone calls and tweets. Mr. Tyson, the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York…

Dava Sobel talked about her book, The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars, about women who worked for the Harvard College Observatory, studying…

Dr. Susan Jewell and Space Architect Brent Sherwood talked about living in space. Dr. Jewell spoke about what it might take for humans to live on Mars. Mr. Sherwood explained why he…

Astrophysicists, aerospace engineers, and space policy experts were among the speakers at the fifth annual conference on human exploration of Mars hosted by Explore Mars, a non-profit…

Professor Chris Impey talked about his book, Beyond: Our Future in Space, about the next generation of space exploration. This interview, conducted on the campus of the University of Arizona, is…

Leland Melvin talked about his book, Chasing Space: An Astronaut’s Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances.

Ted Spitzmiller talked about his book The History of Human Space Flight, in which he looks at the programs and technology that led to the possibility of space travel, from balloon flight to…

Jeffrey Kluger talked about his book, Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon, about NASA’s first successful manned mission to orbit the moon. Mr. Kluger is the…

Telephone lines were open for viewer reactions to the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. Representative Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) also spoke by phone about the eclipse.

NASA TV presented four hours of coverage of the August 21, 2017, total solar eclipse as it crosses the continental United States. It was the first such eclipse in 99 years and the first…

Donald Liebenberg talked about his 26 previous times observing total solar eclipses, and previewed his 27th such eclipse, happening on August 21, 2017.

Telephone lines were open for viewer calls and social media comments on the question “Do you plan to watch the total solar eclipse today?” NASA research scientist Shawn Domagal-Goldman spoke about the…

University of Missouri astronomy director Angela Speck talked about the science of the total solar eclipse that was expected on August 21, 2017, and about her work as a member of the national…

Representative James Comer (R-KY) spoke by phone about his plans for watching the eclipse as well as those of the city of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, which is in the path of totality.

Vice President Mike Pence watched the total solar eclipse with students from Cornerstone Schools of Washington, D.C., at the U.S. Naval Observatory.