Cryosphere | Episode 8: The Launch

  • Released Thursday, December 13, 2018
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Music: "Ideas for Tomorrow," Laurent Dury [SACEM]; "Swish," Charles Stephens III [ASCAP], Stephan Sechi [ASCAP]; "Suburban Waltz," Christopher Mark Salt [PRS], Philip Guyler [PRS]; "Buoys," Donn Wilkerson [BMI]; "Late Night Drive," Donn Wilkerson [BMI]; "The BBQ," Alexander Hitchens [BMI], Wally Gagel [ASCAP], Xandy Barry [ASCAP]; "A Pizzicato Piece," Andrew Michael Britton [PRS], David Stephen Goldsmith [PRS]

Watch this video on the NASA.gov Video YouTube channel.

Additional footage provided by Tom Neumann, United Launch Alliance, Kennedy Space Center, NASA Earth Observatory, Dr. Justin Beckers & Dr. Christian Haas and pond5.com

It’s 5 a.m. on a normal September day and #NASAExplorers have gathered in a California field to watch a rocket launch light up the pre-dawn sky. On board the rocket is a satellite more than 10 years in the making, with one single instrument that will revolutionize the study of ice on Earth. Join the team in the excitement and stress of watching ICESat-2 launch into space and begin its work measuring our home planet.



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