[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":126},["ShallowReactive",2],{"episode-starry-eyed":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":8,"tags":13,"thumb":16,"excerpt":22,"content":23,"transcript":24,"transcript_file":25,"audio":26,"resources":30,"segments":31},204,"starry-eyed","Starry-Eyed","A History of the Heavens",{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},1503666030,"08.25.17","Aug 25, 2017","August 25, 2017",[14,15],"astronomy","space exploration",{"src":17,"caption":18,"derivatives":19},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fstarry-eyed-2\u002FLeonids-1833.jpg","A depiction of the 1833 Leonid meteor shower, produced from an engraving by Adolf Vollmy in 1889 for the Adventist book \"Bible Readings for the Home Circle.\" Source: Wikimedia Commons",{"square_small":20,"square_medium":21},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fstarry-eyed-2\u002Fsquare_small\u002FLeonids-1833.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fstarry-eyed-2\u002Fsquare_medium\u002FLeonids-1833.jpg","On this episode of BackStory, we look at how Americans in the past have made sense of meteors, eclipses, and the stars. ","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why do we want to travel to the moon, to Mars, or beyond? 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It was taken in 1968 by the Apollo 8 astronauts. The image of “earthrise” ushered in a profound shift in human perspective.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Music:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Ffreemusicarchive.org\u002Fmusic\u002FPodington_Bear\u002FBackbeat\u002FBackStairs\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Backstairs by Podington Bear\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":101,"duration":102,"formatted_duration":103},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Fstarry-eyed-2\u002Fstarry-eyed-2-05.mp3","350","00:05:50",[105,14,106,15],"Apollo 8","photography",{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":108,"tags":109,"thumb":110},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15],{"src":17,"caption":18,"derivatives":111},{"square_small":20,"square_medium":21},{"index":113,"title":114,"description":115,"audio":116,"tags":120,"transcript":24,"episode":121},5,"Earthrise: Behind the Lens","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brian talks with Major General William Anders, the astronaut on the Apollo 8 mission who turned his camera on the “earthrise,” and learns first-hand what it’s like to see the earth as a whole.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":117,"duration":118,"formatted_duration":119},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Fstarry-eyed-2\u002Fstarry-eyed-2-06.mp3","687","00:11:27",[105,14,106,15],{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":122,"tags":123,"thumb":124},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15],{"src":17,"caption":18,"derivatives":125},{"square_small":20,"square_medium":21},1790963917523]