Xploration Outer Space

The public helps scientists to explore outer space; sending bacteria samples to the International Space Station; tweeting observations about the northern lights; using home computers to search for alien life.

Plans for survival on Mars; NASA's Swamp Works; the history of space suits; a futuristic space suit in the works at MIT.

Four types of engineers that are on the cutting edge of aerospace technology; building rocket engines using 3-D printing; creating autonomous robots that will explore Mars.

A new generation of satellites; satellites that will provide instant images and bring high-speed internet to people.

Four artists display their unique methods of illustrating the mysterious frontier of outer space; Don Pettit, an astronaut, takes photos from the International Space Station; an artist uses spray paint to portray vivid views of space.

Private companies that are making plans to venture into outer space to mine valuable resources from asteroids and the moon; a man who claims to own an asteroid.

Four astronauts who have gone on missions into outer space share their perspectives of life in microgravity; Story Musgrave, the only astronaut to fly aboard all five space shuttles; Anna Fisher, one of the first American females to go into space.

The world's leading private space companies test their top-secret technologies in the desert of California, Mojave Air and Spaceport. These technologies of tomorrow will lead the way in space exploration.

Exploring the latest in science's search for life outside of planet Earth.

High-school and college students go aboard a zero-G aircraft and experience microgravity.

When venturing into deep space to discover new worlds, robots are needed to first explore the extreme environments.

The Space Shuttle program accomplishes many things in low-Earth orbit.

Pluto is no longer considered a planet; some scientists believe there is another planet that has not been discovered yet.

Experiments conducted on the International Space Station will benefit humans on Earth; the history of the I.S.S.; students communicate directly with astronauts.

Whether NASA should explore Mars or the moon next.