NASA 360
{{Short description|Astronomy podcast from NASA}}
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{{Infobox podcast
|title = NASA 360
|image = Nasa360logo.jpg
|caption = NASA 360 logo
|genre = Educational
Documentary
|language = English
|num_seasons = 5
|num_episodes = 22
|website = {{URL|http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/nasa360/index.html}}
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NASA 360 is a half-hour vodcast developed by NASA in partnership with the National Institute of Aerospace.{{cite web|url=http://www.nianet.org/|title=National Institute of Aerospace}} The show premiered in August 2008. It has aired on more than 450 TV stations across the country, is available on air and cruise lines, and is consistently one of the top-downloaded programs on the NASA.gov website. It is currently in its tenth season.
Description
NASA 360 is one of four programs in NASA's award-winning eClips{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/index.html|title=NASA eClips website|date=27 July 2015 }} suite of web-based shows designed to encourage careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. NASA 360 is written, produced, and edited by Timothy J. Allen, Tom Shortridge, and Scott Bednar; Rebecca Jaramillo is the Senior Educator and Project Coordinator for NASA 360, and Harla Sherwood the Principal Investigator - all of the National Institute of Aerospace.
NASA 360 shows how NASA has changed and continues to change life on Earth by examining how technologies developed by or for NASA are being used in everything from space exploration to everyday consumer products. These include lithium-ion batteries,{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/nasa360/nasa360-0102.html|title= NASA 360 Season 1 Episode 2}} medical innovations,{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/nasa360/nasa360-0107.html|title=NASA 360 Season 1 Episode 7}} sporting equipment,{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/nasa360/nasa360-0211.html|title=NASA 360 Season 2 Episode 11}} and automotive and aircraft safety and efficiency,{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/nasa360/nasa360-0103.html|title=NASA 360 Season 1 Episode 3}} among many more.{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/researchernews/rn_nasa360.html|title=Barnstorff, Kathy. NASA 360' Highlights Space Age Spinoffs}}
NASA 360 is shot on-location at NASA centers across the country, as well as at other relevant sites across the globe. The fifth season marked the revitalization of NASA 360 and features new hosts [http://www.calebkinchlow.com Caleb Kinchlow] and [https://www.mollymckinney.com Molly McKinney], B-roll, animations, and interviews conducted with NASA researchers, engineers, and astronauts, as well as with outside sources with expertise relevant to the topics being discussed.
The show is produced for a young adult audience, and stylistically this is accomplished through the use of hand-held cameras, quick edits, and numerous transitions, effects, and filters used in post-production.
NASA 360 was originally created in 2006 by producers Kevin Krigsvold and Michael Bibbo. It was hosted by Johnny Alonso and Jennifer Pulley through 2012. Twenty-three episodes were produced during this period.
Online
In addition to reaching millions of viewers of traditional broadcast on over 450 stations in the U.S., including every major market. It is also available from numerous outlets, including Hulu.com,{{cite web|url=http://hulu.com/nasa-360/|title=NASA 360 on Hulu.com}} iTunes,{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/rss/nasa360_vodcast.rss|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920062322/http://www.nasa.gov/rss/nasa360_vodcast.rss|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-09-20|title=NASA 360 RSS feed for iTunes}} YouTube,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3397D1965946823B|title=NASA 360 on YouTube|website=YouTube }} Miro Guide,{{cite web|url=http://www.getmiro.com/|title=NASA 360 on Miro Guide}} AOL Video,{{cite web|url=http://video.aol.co.uk/video-search/query/nasa%20360|title=NASA 360 on AOL Video|access-date=2009-09-03|archive-date=2018-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827075318/http://video.aol.co.uk/video-search/query/nasa%20360|url-status=dead}} Red Orbit,{{cite web|url=http://www.redorbit.com|title=NASA 360 on Red Orbit}} and Truveo.{{cite web|url=http://www.truveo.com/search?query=show%3A%22NASA%20360%20Vodcasts%22#show%3A%22nasa%20360%20vodcasts%22|title=NASA 360 Vodcasts on Truveo|access-date=2009-09-03|archive-date=2018-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827075415/http://www.truveo.com/search?query=show%3A%22NASA%20360%20Vodcasts%22#show%3A%22nasa%20360%20vodcasts%22|url-status=dead}}
NASA 360 is also available on Hulu.com. Hulu along with Hulu Plus has 29 million unique viewers every month.{{cite web|url=http://www.itproportal.com/2011/11/29/videos-viewed-youtube-month/|title=Hulu views every month|date=27 March 2019 }}
NASA 360 is an active member of the social networking communities with more than 5.5 million social media followers and fans on Facebook{{Cite web|title=NASA 360|url=https://www.facebook.com/FollowNASA360|access-date=2020-08-26|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}} and 129.8k followers on Twitter{{Cite web|title=Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/nasa360|access-date=2020-08-26|website=Twitter|language=en}} as of August, 2020.
NASA 360{{'}}s "Backstage" photo gallery{{cite web|url=http://community.webshots.com/user/NASA360|title=NASA 360 Backstage photo gallery}} averages about 5,000 views per week.
NASA 360 has also been mentioned in a Forbes article. The article titled, "NASA Flyby To Triton May Get Green Light Next Summer",{{Cite web|last=Dorminey|first=Bruce|title=NASA Flyby To Triton May Get Green Light Next Summer|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2020/06/17/nasa-flyby-to-triton-may-get-green-light-next-summer/|access-date=2021-05-03|website=Forbes|language=en}} was written by Bruce Dorminey. It discussed a possible flyby of the Voyager 2 around Neptune's moon of Triton in 2038.
Awards and achievements
NASA 360 won a Capital Chesapeake Bay Emmy Award on June 15, 2013, for the program, "NASA 360: Robots, Rocks & Rovers."{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/releases/2013/13-025.html#.YTlak45Kg2w|title=Two NASA Vodcasts, TV Shows Win Emmy Awards
|website=www.nasa.gov|date=24 June 2013
}} The same episode, which highlights NASA's Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge also garnered two 2013 Telly awards in the Government and Instructional/Public Outreach categories.{{cite web | title="NASA 360: Robots, Rocks and Rovers" Wins Telly Awards | website=NASA | date=2013-06-07 | url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2013/13-063.html | access-date=2021-03-03}}
In June 2011, former Director/Editor Michael Bibbo was nominated in the single camera editing category for the National Daytime Emmy Awards.,{{cite web|url=http://diversitynewspublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/38th-annual-daytime-emmy-awards-nominations.pdf|title=Daytime Emmy Nominations|access-date=2012-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304234041/http://diversitynewspublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/38th-annual-daytime-emmy-awards-nominations.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/researchernews/snapshot_mbibbo.html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028131053/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/researchernews/snapshot_mbibbo.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-10-28|title=Mike Bibbo Center Snapshot}}
NASA 360 has won numerous other awards, including four (4) Communicator Awards for overall program and editing, two (2) Omni Awards for overall program and editing, two (2) Davey Awards for overall program and editing, two Marcom Awards, and two Ava Awards,{{cite web|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1630169/nasa_360_launches_second_season/|title=NASA 360 Launches Second Season}} as well as two (2) Videographer awards, four additional (4) Telly awards (including the 30th Anniversary Telly Award for Overall Program and Editing), and two (2) EMPIXX awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_09-132_NASA_360.html|title=NASA TV Show NASA 360 Garners Emmy and Other Awards}}
In 2010, former Director and first camera operator Michael Bibbo and 2nd camera operator, now Producer, Tom Shortridge won the 2nd place award for NASA Videographer of the Year in the production category.{{cite web|url=http://ianews.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/nasa-videographer-of-the-year-2010/|title=2010 NASA Videographer of the Year|date=11 April 2011 }}
On June 6, 2009, NASA 360 won the Emmy for non-news program editing from the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which includes 29 media outlets in Washington D.C., Virginia and Maryland.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS173040+10-Jun-2009+PRN20090610|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201135604/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS173040+10-Jun-2009+PRN20090610|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013|title=NASA TV Show NASA 360 Garners Emmy and Other Awards | work=Reuters | date=June 10, 2009}}
NASA 360 has partnered with AMP International to air programs on airlines and cruise lines around the globe.{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/dec/HQ-10-319_NASA_TV_360_prt.htm|title=NASA TV Program To Be Available In The Air And On The Seas|last=Barnstorff|first=Kathy|author2=Harla Sherwood |date=December 3, 2010|work=nasa.gov|publisher=NASA|accessdate=17 October 2011}} Singapore Airlines, US Air, and Philippines Airlines air NASA 360 as an on-board entertainment option.
As of May 2013, the program had been downloaded nearly 14 million times{{cite web | title="NASA 360: Robots, Rocks and Rovers" Wins Telly Awards | website=NASA | date=2013-06-07 | url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2013/13-063.html | access-date=2021-03-03}} from the NASA portal.{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=33099|title=NASA 360 Available On Hulu|last=Langley Research Center|date=March 25, 2011|work=SpaceRef|publisher=SpaceRef Interactive|accessdate=17 October 2011}}
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/nasa360/index.html}}
- {{IMDb title|1327783|NASA 360}}
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