Only in the past 50 years have we visited our neighboring planets with robotic probes, orbiters, and landers, discovering them anew and unmasking their secrets.
Touch the Stars tells the dramatic history of these robotic explorers and their amazing discoveries. You’ll visit the violent cyclones of Jupiter’s North Pole, the 1000 km wide ice sheet called the Heart of Pluto, the six-mile-high cliffs of Neptune’s moon Miranda, the 250-mile-high lava blasts of Jupiter’s moon Io, and many other exciting destinations. Along the way, you’ll learn how these heroic spacecraft have changed the way we perceive our solar system.
In Touch the Stars, you’ll join the Mariner, Viking, Voyager and other remarkable spacecraft on a majestic grand tour of the solar system, before heading into the future, as you’ll learn how these robotic explorers set the groundwork for humanity’s return to the Moon and on to Mars.
Created with the cooperation of NASA and Lockheed Martin, and using the latest high definition imagery and scientific data, Touch the Stars uses real high definition photos and 3 dimensional vistas processed at 8K resolution, four times that of a conventional movie theater, to take viewers on an unforgettable voyage.
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Only in the past 50 years have we visited our neighboring planets with robotic probes, orbiters, and landers, discovering them anew and unmasking their secrets.
Touch the Stars tells the dramatic history of these robotic explorers and their amazing discoveries. You’ll visit the violent cyclones of Jupiter’s North Pole, the 1000 km wide ice sheet called the Heart of Pluto, the six-mile-high cliffs of Neptune’s moon Miranda, the 250-mile-high lava blasts of Jupiter’s moon Io, and many other exciting destinations. Along the way, you’ll learn how these heroic spacecraft have changed the way we perceive our solar system.
In Touch the Stars, you’ll join the Mariner, Viking, Voyager and other remarkable spacecraft on a majestic grand tour of the solar system, before heading into the future, as you’ll learn how these robotic explorers set the groundwork for humanity’s return to the Moon and on to Mars.
Created with the cooperation of NASA and Lockheed Martin, and using the latest high definition imagery and scientific data, Touch the Stars uses real high definition photos and 3 dimensional vistas processed at 8K resolution, four times that of a conventional movie theater, to take viewers on an unforgettable voyage.