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Summer of Space

KPBS brings viewers the universe with SUMMER OF SPACE, a multiplatform experience that includes six new science and history programs, all commemorating America’s journey into space.
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Programming Highlights
Week 1
Neil Armstrong next to his X-15 plane, Edwards Air Force Base, California.
  1. NOVA: First Man On The Moon
  2. POV: Bill Nye: Science Guy
  3. John Glenn: A Life Of Service
Week 2
Historian Nick Wilding at the National Central Library of Florence in Florence, Italy.
  1. SECRETS OF THE DEAD: Galileo's Moon
  2. BREAKTHROUGH: THE IDEAS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD: The Telescope
  3. NOVA: Black Hole Apocalypse / Universe
  4. Destination Moon (Radio)
Week 3
James Supp(right) appraises a 1965 NASA “Corned Beef” Archive in ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Out of This World.”
  1. ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: Out Of This World (New!)
  2. CHASING THE MOON On AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
  3. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Space Men
  4. NOVA: Back To The Moon
  5. WITNESS HISTORY: The Race To The Moon (Radio)
Week 4
(13 Nov. 1968) Crew of the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. Left to right, are James A. Lovell Jr., command module pilot; William A. Anders, lunar module pilot; and Frank Borman, commander. They are standing beside the Apollo Mission Simulator at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
  1. NOVA: Apollo's Daring Mission
  2. Space Chase USA (New!)
  3. A Year In Space
  4. 8 Days: To The Moon And Back
Week 5
Director Harald Meller from State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale).
  1. ANCIENT SKIES
  2. THE PLANETS On NOVA
  3. POV Shorts: Earthrise
Week 6
Scott Kelly returns to earth after a year in space.
  1. Beyond A Year In Space
  2. MAKERS: Season 2: Women In Space
  3. The Farthest - Voyager In Space
  4. BLUE SKY METROPOLIS
Week 7
Artist rendition of the Rosetta Orbiter in orbit.
  1. To Catch A Comet
Week 8
Enhanced color photo of Pluto.
  1. NOVA: Pluto And Beyond
PROGRAM INFORMATION
  1. READY JET GO!: One Small Step
  2. NOVA: Pluto And Beyond
  3. POV: Bill Nye: Science Guy
  4. John Glenn: A Life Of Service
  5. SECRETS OF THE DEAD: Galileo's Moon
  6. BREAKTHROUGH: THE IDEAS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD: The Telescope
  7. NOVA: Black Hole Apocalypse / Universe
  8. Destination Moon (Radio)
  9. ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: Out Of This World (New!)
  10. CHASING THE MOON On AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
  11. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Space Men
  12. NOVA: Back To The Moon
  13. WITNESS HISTORY: The Race To The Moon (Radio)
  14. NOVA: Apollo's Daring Mission
  15. Space Chase USA (New!)
  16. 8 Days: To The Moon And Back
  17. ANCIENT SKIES
  18. THE PLANETS On NOVA
  19. POV Shorts: Earthrise
  20. MAKERS: Season 2: Women In Space
  21. The Farthest - Voyager In Space
  22. BLUE SKY METROPOLIS
  23. NOVA: Pluto And Beyond

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