NASA Racks Up Two Emmy Nominations for Mission Coverage
JPL's coverage of the Mars InSight mission is among the efforts that will be up for an award in mid-September.
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced July 16
two award nominations for NASA for its coverage of a Mars mission and the
agency's first test of a spacecraft that will help bring crewed launches to the
International Space Station back to U.S. soil.The nominations for the 71st Emmy Awards went to:NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,
CaliforniaOutstanding Original Interactive Programfor the agency's coverage of itsInSight(Interior Exploration using Seismic
Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission to Mars, including news,
web, education, television and social media efforts.The official Emmy submission video shows how communications and education teams at JPL use digital and social media tools to share InSight's launch, landing and latest discoveries with a global audience of millions. Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechInSight is the first mission to study the deep interior of Mars,
using an ultra-sensitive seismometer, a heat-flow probe and other instruments. InSight
is managed for NASA by JPL, a division of Caltech in Pasadena. JPL won the 2018
Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Interactive Program for its coverage of the
Cassini mission'sGrand Finaleat Saturn.NASA and SpaceXOutstanding Interactive Programfor multimedia coverage ofDemonstration Mission 1, a test flight of the
SpaceX Crew Dragon to the International Space Station - the first human-rated
spacecraft to lift off from U.S. soil since the end of the Space Shuttle
program in 2011.NASA's official Emmy submission video shows how the coordinated effort between NASA and SpaceX brought the historic Demo-1 mission to an audience of millions by combining NASA TV with online simulcasts, social media and in-person events. Credit: NASADemonstration Mission 1 was made possible by NASA's Commercial
Crew Program, which is paving the way for commercial transport of astronauts to
the space station while the agency looks forward to deep space missions to theMoon and
Mars. The nomination is a result of years of preparation for the
historic launch and multiple live broadcasts from NASA and SpaceX facilities
across the country during each phase of the Crew Dragon's mission to the
International Space Station and its stunning return to Earth. Throughout NASA's
coverage, the agency and SpaceX engaged social media users around the world and
at local social media influencer gatherings at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in
Florida.Interactive programming is part of the Creative Arts Emmys, which
will be awarded at ceremonies set for Sept. 14 and 15 at the Microsoft Theatre
in Los Angeles. An edited version of the two ceremonies will air on FXX Sept.
21. Selected Creative Arts Emmys will be shown as part of the live 71st
Primetime Emmys broadcast on Sept. 22, which will air on Fox at 5 p.m. PDT (8
p.m. EDT).