[meteorite-list] JPL Documentary Series is Ready to Launch on KCET

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:00:13 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201111040000.pA400DoN028014_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

JPL News release: 2011-339
                                                                         
Nov. 3, 2011

JPL Documentary Series is Ready to Launch on KCET

A documentary series about NASA'?s Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
collectively called "Beginnings of the Space Age," will air on KCET
TV over three weeks, with the first program airing tonight, Nov. 3. The
schedule is as follows (all times PT):

--"The American Rocketeer" on Nov. 3 at 9 p.m. and Nov. 5 at 10 p.m.
--"Explorer 1" on Nov. 10 at 9 p.m. and Nov. 12 at 10 p.m.
--"Destination Moon" on Nov. 17 at 9 p.m. and Nov. 19 at 10 p.m.

The first film in the series, "The American Rocketeer," played to a
near-full house at the California Institute of Technology's Beckman
Auditorium on Oct. 25, and now the three-part series chronicling the
early history of JPL will air for other Southern California residents to
enjoy.

"The American Rocketeer" tells the fascinating story of Frank
Malina, who led a group of Caltech students and rocket enthusiasts in
the first rocket tests 75 years ago, on the site that is now JPL.
"Explorer 1" reveals the background behind the development and launch of
the first successful U.S. satellite, designed and built by JPL.
"Destination Moon" documents JPL's ambitious plan to beat the Soviet
Union in robotic space exploration by reaching not only for the moon,
but also the inner planets.

All three episodes in the series were produced, written and directed by
Blaine Baggett, JPL's director of communications and education. For
information about the history of JPL and the 75-year anniversary, visit:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/rocketeer/ .

More information about JPL, which Caltech manages for NASA, is online
at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov .

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