SciShow
The Hubble was Almost a $15B Disaster
The Hubble Space Telescope has been sending home images of the universe for more than thirty years, but none of its work would have been possible without the many servicing missions that kept it up to date.
SciShow
What's Next for the James Webb Space Telescope
It finally happened! The James Webb Space Telescope is on its way to capturing never-before-seen images of the universe! But now that it’s airborne and unfurled, what are its next steps before it can deliver the goods?
Curated Video
Exploring Comets: The Rosetta Mission
This video discusses the mission of the Rosetta probe, which aims to land on a comet and study its composition. It highlights the significance of comets in understanding the evolution of the solar system and the potential for discovering...
Curated Video
Exploring Comets: The Rosetta Mission
This video discusses the mission of the Rosetta probe, which aims to land on a comet and study its composition. It highlights the significance of comets in understanding the evolution of the solar system and the potential for finding...
Curated Video
Rosetta: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Solar System
The Rosetta Stone video discusses the significance of the ancient artifact and introduces the Rosetta space probe, built by the European Space Agency, which aims to study comets and the origins of our solar system. The video explains the...
Curated Video
Rosetta: Exploring Comets and Unraveling the Mysteries of the Solar System
The Rosetta Stone, a 2000-year-old artifact, unlocked the secrets of ancient languages. Now, the Rosetta probe aims to unlock the secrets of our solar system by studying a comet. This sophisticated probe will journey over 1 billion...
NASA
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 32, Europa Clipper Small Steps, Giant Leaps
Europa Clipper Project System Engineer Jennifer Dooley discusses NASA’s outer planets flagship mission.
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Orbital Debris
Mark Matney and Jim Cooney describe the science of orbital debris and the details behind the shielding and avoidance maneuvers of the International Space Station. HWHAP Episode 221.
NASA
NASA’s Incredible Discovery Machine: The Story of the Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble's launch and deployment in April 1990 marked the most significant advance in astronomy since Galileo's telescope. Thanks to five servicing missions and more than 30 years of operation, our view of the universe and our place within...
NASA
NASA | TDRS: Continuing The Fleet
NASA is preparing to launch the first in a series of three third generation advanced Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, known as TDRS-K. This latest addition to the fleet of seven will augment a space communications network that...
NASA
The Challenges of Servicing in Space
On December 7, 2018, a panel of astronauts from the Hubble Space Telescope’s deployment and five servicing missions celebrated 25 years of servicing with a live discussion from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center about the challenges of...
NASA
Hubble Servicing Mission 1: From the Astronauts' Perspective
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s first servicing mission, astronauts Kathryn Thornton and Jeffrey Hoffman told the story of that successful, groundbreaking mission during a livestream event from...
NASA
TDRS Continuing the Fleet
The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS, project is building the follow-on and replacement spacecraft necessary to maintain and expand NASA’s Space Network. The third satellite of the third generation, TDRS-M, is set to launch in...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Station Solar Arrays
Mike Salopek goes in depth on the International Space Station’s power systems and the new solar array technology that will continue to power experiments and modules for years to come. HWHAP Episode 211.
Curated Video
USA/SPACE: TROUBLED MIR SPACE STATION RECEIVES 2 TONS OF SUPPLIES
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Cosmonauts aboard the troubled Mir space station received two tons of supplies from a cargo ship on Monday.
The supplies included equipment to repair the station's damaged power system after a collision 12 days ago.
But Frank...