NASA and Netflix have announced a groundbreaking partnership that will bring live space content to a global audience via the popular streaming platform. Starting this summer, viewers will be able to experience rocket launches, astronaut spacewalks, and real-time images of Earth from the International Space Station — all streamed live on Netflix.

The collaboration aims to dramatically expand the reach of NASA’s digital platform, NASA+, which already offers mission coverage, educational documentaries, and live space footage free of charge via NASA’s website and mobile app. By joining forces with Netflix, which boasts over 300 million subscribers worldwide, NASA hopes to engage hundreds of millions of additional viewers across the globe.

Rebecca Sirman, Director of NASA+ at the agency’s Washington headquarters said that this partnership allows them to inspire the next generation.

Making Space More Accessible Than Ever

NASA’s goal is to fulfill its mandate under the 1958 Space Act to share the story of space exploration with the broadest possible audience. Netflix’s global platform offers an unprecedented opportunity to do just that.

Final meeting of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, August 21, 1958.
After the launch of the Soviet Union’s Sputnik I satellite in October 1957, the United States realized that it needed a space program to keep up with the technological advancements made by the Soviets. On July 29, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed Public Law 85-568 and established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). T. Keith Glennan was sworn in as the first Administrator of NASA on August 19, 1958, and by October 1, the official effective date of the new agency, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was absorbed by NASA. Great Images in NASA, Public Domain via Wikipedia Commons

NASA+ will remain a free service, continuing to stream through NASA’s own digital channels. However, this new partnership with Netflix represents the first time that NASA’s live content will be distributed on a paid streaming service with such a vast international footprint.

Looking Ahead: Artemis Missions to the Moon

As part of the content rollout, NASA plans to bring viewers closer than ever to its upcoming lunar missions. High-definition cameras will capture the historic Artemis II mission, set for launch in April 2026, which will send four astronauts on a journey around the Moon. While the mission won’t involve a lunar landing, it marks the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years.

The view through the window of the Lunar Module Orion shortly after Apollo 16’s landing on the surface of the Moon. April 1972
Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station (full resolution) NASA photo AS16-113-18296
NASA/John Young, Public Domain via Wikipedia Commons

Following that, Artemis III, the first mission of the modern era intended to land astronauts on the Moon, is scheduled for mid-2027.

NASA has a history of capturing the world’s imagination. In 1969, over 650 million people watched the Apollo 11 Moon landing — a moment that became a milestone in human history. With its partnership with Netflix, NASA hopes to replicate that global awe for a new generation of space enthusiasts.

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