NASA TV
NASA TV ( NASA Television) is the in-house television station of the U.S. space agency NASA. The transmitter can also be received in the U.S. as a normal TV channels via satellite and cable, but the world as a stream.
The transmitter is known for the live broadcast of various events from press conferences to rocket launches and the continuous commentary of manned short-term missions with a space shuttle. NASA TV consists of six channels: a public channel ( NTV -1, Public), a teaching channel ( NTV -2, Education), a media channel ( NTV -3, Media ), a live stream channel of the ISS ( Space Station Views ) a radio channel (News audio) and a non-public channel (NASA Only).
The programs and programs
Gallery
In the Gallery repetitions of press conferences about current events or documentation to run important milestone in American spaceflight. The broadcast will be simulcast to the public and media channels.
Education Hour
In the Education Hour ( lesson ) run instructional videos. These videos are designed for students and school groups and communicate scientific information related to NASA research. The broadcast will be simulcast on the public and educational channels.
This Week @ NASA
In This Week @ NASA ( This week at NASA, short TW @ N ) summarizes both public agency and public events relating to NASA short together. The broadcast will be simulcast to the public and media channels.
Video File
The video file will be discussed in more detail than in TW @ N on discoveries and missions, as well as short excerpts from press conferences will be shown. The video is always preceded by a mostly spoken text, which summarizes the most important. The video file can change daily. The broadcast will be simulcast to the public and media channels.
Gapfiller
Due to the various live broadcasts often creates small gaps during program execution. To fill these gaps so-called Gapfiller ( filler ) were produced. These are very short and treat most current issues, but also Gapfiller have been prefabricated in order to use them at any time.
In Their own Words
In In Their own Words astronauts are interviewed. ITOW is a put together with clips from the show mostly takes up to 2 minutes. The questions are displayed and the astronauts return with their response. Most of the clips are cut into by the relevant topic. The broadcasting is done in the Public Channel (public broadcaster)
ISS Mission Commentary
The mission commentary on the ISS crew are from Mission Control in Houston. The broadcast weekdays at 17 clock CET live output is repeated throughout the day. At the weekend the Friday edition is repeated. During the hour- commentary live images of the ISS crew will be shown at work, short films to nearby events such as spacewalks or shuttle missions or extracts from press conferences as well as older videos of the crew. The broadcast will be simulcast to the public, media and educational channels.
Live Events
Press conferences, ceremonies and launches of Soyuz spaceships and American space probes for NASA and other special events will be broadcast live. A link to the website with the planned live broadcasts is located under the Web Links. The broadcast will be simulcast to the public, media and educational channels.
Transfer of shuttle missions
The transfer of a shuttle mission began several hours before the scheduled start and ended some time after landing. Throughout the mission, the live broadcast was interrupted only for press conferences. The broadcast was made on the public, media and educational channels.
Space Shuttle Minute
The Space Shuttle Minute (English " space shuttles minute ") is an information program of the three space shuttles ( Endeavour, Atlantis, Discovery ) are named in the latest news and release dates. It replaced the Space Shuttle Status Report. The broadcasting is done in the Public Channel (public channel).
Live streams
- NASA TV - with streams in Windows Media, RealPlayer and QuickTime format
- HD stream (H.264 720x404 15 frames / s, AAC stereo 22050 Hz with SBR): Broadband: 1000 kbit / s