Rocket Road Trip: Watch a new video series on NASA's human spaceflight program

Jason Davis

Written by Jason Davis
November 28, 2016

Way down south in the United States, NASA's human spaceflight centers are in the midst of a once-in-a-generation transformation.

From Florida to Texas, five NASA facilities have designed, built and flown its rockets for more than half a century. After the space shuttles retired in 2011, the agency has been working a new rocket called the Space Launch System, and a crew capsule called Orion. They are part of a plan to send humans beyond low-Earth orbit for the first time since 1972.

To see how these programs are doing, The Planetary Society went on 10-day, 450-mile journey throughout the South. We called it the Rocket Road Trip.

So strap in, fuel up and prepare to launch into this five-part video series featuring a behind-the-scenes look at NASA's deep space human exploration program.

You can also click here to watch the entire playlist on YouTube.

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