Program 1: Cool Comets
“Cool Comets” looks at the dirty snowballs which turn into the beautiful celestial bodies we can see from Earth. Viewers will go behind the scenes to discover high-tech NASA missions that will capture comet dust samples and bring them back to Earth. The samples will give us new information about comets and help us understand the origins of our solar system. This is a videotape of a live broadcast on March 10, 1999.

Program 2: Awesome Asteroids
“Awesome Asteroids” looks at the rocky bodies we call asteroids, one of which may have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. Viewers will learn about space missions to orbit and map a near-Earth asteroid for the first time, helping to reveal clues about the formations of our solar system. This is a videotape of a live broadcast on March 11, 1999.

(60 min)