JPL Documentary Series is Ready to Launch on KCET

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Title: JPL Documentary Series is Ready to Launch on KCET
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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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