JPL: Beginnings Of The Space Age 3-Disc Set DVD VIDEO DOCUMENTARY exploration!

Description: STOCK PHOTOS ONLY Beginnings Of The Space Age The curious roots of America's space program are the focus of Beginnings Of The Space Age, a documentary trilogy exploring the intriguing characters and pivotal events that helped establish NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as the world's leading center for robotic exploration of the solar system and beyond. The three-part series leads viewers on a dramatic journey into America's history of space exploration that begins on the trails of a Southern California canyon wash, launches the United States into Earth orbit, touches the moon before the Apollo astronauts, and accomplishes the first-ever visit to another planet. Episode One The American Rocketeer The 90-minute "American Rocketeer" tells the little-known and controversial story of Frank Malina, who was a Caltech graduate student studying aviation engineering in the 1930s when two young men wanting to build rockets approached him. He agreed to team up, having no idea of what that decision would mean to his life, to Caltech and to the nation. Today, space probes designed, built and managed within earshot of that first rocket firing on a desolate Southern California canyon wash have reached every planet in our solar system and peered well beyond its boundaries. Each probe carries on it the logo of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. But more importantly, each probe carries with it the legacy of scientific and engineering excellence that began some three-quarters of a century ago in an isolated, scrub-strewn gulch northeast of Los Angeles. On Halloween day in 1936, Malina led a ragtag group of amateur rocket enthusiasts to the Arroyo Seco, where they conducted their first stand-up rocket engine test that would lay the groundwork for the Lab's founding. Malina's personal letters, drawings and paintings reveal an extraordinary story of how JPL came to be. Though many other fascinating characters populate "The American Rocketeer," at its core the film is a personal story of one man's dreams — and how his ideas and idealism put him on a collision course with the world. Episode Two Explorer One The 60-minute documentary reveals how JPL and the U.S. Army could have been the first to place a satellite into Earth orbit, had they only been given the chance. That opportunity was lost when the Eisenhower administration, unsure of how the Soviet Union would react to a satellite launched under the aegis of the U.S. Army military, hesitated and assigned the project to a civilian-led program called Vanguard. The Soviets launched Sputnik in October 1957, shocking the world and setting in motion the Cold War's "Race for Space." Only after the Vanguard rocket exploded on the launch pad were JPL and the U.S. Army given a chance. The result was 1958's Explorer 1, the first successful U.S. satellite, which also delivered the first-ever scientific discovery from space. Episode Three Destination Moon "Destination Moon" is the third in the trio of documentaries about the beginnings of the space age. It documents JPL's ambitious plan to beat the Soviet Union in robotic space exploration by reaching not only for the moon, but also Earth's neighboring planets Venus and Mars. But as the hour-long episode documents, JPL would be humbled by a series of failures in attempting to merely hit the moon, let alone visit other planets. "We didn't know what we were doing," one veteran JPL engineer confides, "and there was no one around to tell us." This film shows how JPL did learn to go to the moon and to Venus, bestowing on the United States a true "First in Space." About JET PROPULSION LABORATORY: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a federally funded research and development center, is managed by the California Institute of Technology on behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. © 2011, Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology For DVD Player (North American NTSC) ITEM IS: USED - DVD IN PAMPHLET WHAT YOU GET: This auction is for the original media, and includes only the media (ie. CD, DVD ...) UNLESS specifically stated above and/or in the title. If more than just the media is included, it will state which items are (ie. artwork, case, etc ). Items that come in a sleeve refer to a generic CD sleeve (typically white) and will be sent with shipping protection to avoid damage during transit. If available, we will also send the front and/or back CD inserts if in stock. If these are important to you, please message us to verify we have them available to send. 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