Derrick Pitts
Biography: Derrick Pitts is an American astronomer and science communicator. Pitts studied at St. Lawrence University and has been employed at the Franklin Institute since 1978 where he is chief astronomer and director of the institute's Fels Planetarium.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 22, 1955
Deathday: N/A
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Looking for Life on Mars
2021-02-21
Looking for Life on Mars
Overview: NASA launches its most ambitious hunt for traces of life on Mars, landing a car-sized rover in a rocky, ancient river delta. The rover will stow samples for possible return to Earth and test technology that may pave the way for human travel to Mars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-21
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Pluto and Beyond
2019-08-03
Pluto and Beyond
Overview: Since it explored Pluto in 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft has been zooming toward NASA's most distant target yet. Join the mission team as the probe attempts to fly by Ultima Thule, an object 4 billion miles from Earth.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-03
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Miniverse
2017-04-17
Miniverse
Overview: What if you could get behind the wheel and race through space? We scale down the Solar System to the continental United States and place the planets along the way to better appreciate the immense scale of the Universe. See space as never before, with Mars looming over the Freedom Tower and Jupiter towering above the Lincoln Memorial. Join former astronaut Chris Hadfield - a YouTube sensation for his performance of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” aboard the International Space Station - and his interstellar hitchhikers Michio Kaku and astronomers Derrick Pitts and Laura Danly. It’s a joyride from coast to coast - and from the sun to Pluto.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-17
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Touching the Asteroid
2020-10-22
Touching the Asteroid
Overview: Spacecraft OSIRIS-REx attempts to grab a piece of an asteroid to bring back to Earth so scientists can study it to learn about the planet's origins.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-22
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