Instructional Video3:50
NASA

NASA/NOAA Watch Hurricane Season 2009 With Fresh Eyes

3rd - 11th
As the 2009 hurricane season reaches its peak, NASA and NOAA are tracking storms using the GOES series of satellites including the newest GOES-14 spacecraft. On the morning of September 22, TV stations nationwide interviewed NASA GOES...
Instructional Video3:06
NASA

NASA | Teen Sailor Meets Team That Saved Her Life

3rd - 11th
n June 2010, at age 16, Abby Sunderland attempted to be the youngest person to sail the world solo. When she found herself stranded and lost at sea, Abby's life was saved by NASA-developed satellite-based search and rescue technologies...
Instructional Video3:46
NASA

NASA | Siding Spring live shot with Michelle Thaller

3rd - 11th
Michelle Thaller talks about the close encounter between Mars and Comet Siding Spring at the Oct 17, 2014 liveshot. This is a canned interview.
Instructional Video2:29
NASA

NASA | NPPy: Big Planet, Little Bear

3rd - 11th
NPP is the prototype of the next generation weather satellites, named JPSS. NPP has five instruments on board and will continue the legacy of existing weather satellites like Terra and Aqua. NPP will deliver critical data not only for...
Instructional Video2:53
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NASA | NPP: Why another Earth observing satellite?

3rd - 11th
NASA's NPP mission will continue collecting critical climate data to help scientist unravel the mysteries of climate change. This fun interactive mission overview video featuring TV meteorologists Topper Shutt (WUSA9), Veronica Johnson...
Instructional Video3:42
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NASA | NOAA's GOES-O Ready To Launch

3rd - 11th
This video shows a quick tour and overview of the facilities where the GOES-O satellite was built and tested prior to launch. GOES-O was integrated by Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems in El Segundo, CA and then transported to the...
Instructional Video6:57
NASA

Eyes in the Sky

3rd - 11th
Revolutions in satellite capabilities and atmospheric models have resulted in dramatic improvements in hurricane forecasting in the last few decades. Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Jefferson Beck (USRA): Lead Producer...
Instructional Video4:29
NASA

NASA | Arctic Sea Ice 101

3rd - 11th
NASA climate scientist Tom Wagner provides a look at the state of Arctic sea ice in 2009 and discusses NASA's role in monitoring the cryosphere. Learn More: Or get tweeted by NASA:
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NASA

NASA | Brazil’s Extreme Drought Seen From Space

3rd - 11th
Empty water reservoirs, severe water rationing, and electrical blackouts are the new status quo in major cities across southeastern Brazil where the worst drought in 35 years has desiccated the region. A new NASA study estimates that the...
Instructional Video3:32
NASA

NASA | A Selective History of Arctic Sea Ice Observations, Part 2

3rd - 11th
The study of Arctic sea ice changed forever with the dawn of the Space Age and the first Earth-observing satellites. Part 2 of our animated timeline picks up where Part 1 left off — with the launch of the TIROS weather satellite.
Instructional Video3:15
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NASA | 2013 Wildfires

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NASA scientist Dr. Doug Morton talks about the 2013 wildfire season as well as future trends for wildfires and how NASA resources are used to help detect and monitor wildfires around the world.
Instructional Video1:47
NASA

NASA | Building the Nation's Newest Weather Satellite

3rd - 11th
Say you need a new weather satellite. Is it as simple as selecting options and clicking to order? Not quite. Building a vital national asset like the GOES-R spacecraft takes teams of meteorologists and engineers working together to...
Instructional Video3:12
NASA

Landsat 9 Data Available!

3rd - 11th
The data from Landsat 9 is available for anyone to download. With both Landsat 9 and Landsat 8 in orbit, there will be high-quality, medium-resolution images of Earth’s landscapes and coastal regions every eight days. Landsat 9 was...
Instructional Video3:46
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NASA | NOAA's GOES-O: The Future of Hurricane Forecasts

3rd - 11th
The GOES-O satellite is set for launch in 2009, and will be the latest in a series of satellites that have forecasted the development of severe weather for over 25 years. Operated by NOAA and launched by NASA, GOES-O will continue...
Instructional Video3:29
NASA

NASA | Summer 2015 Interns' First Day

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On the first day of the 2015 summer internship season, host Katrina Jackson meets a wide variety of incoming Goddard interns who are working on projects such as web design, engineering, environmental education, finance, CubeSats, sea...
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NASA

NASA | Space Geodesy Profiles: Stephen Merkowitz

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Project manager Stephen Merkowitz talks about his work with NASA's Space Geodesy Project, including a brief overview of the four fundamental techniques of space geodesy: GPS, VLBI, SLR, and DORIS.
Instructional Video1:55
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NASA | Satellites View Growing Gulf Oil Spill

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Two NASA satellites are capturing images of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which began April 20, 2010 with the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. This short video reveals a space-based view of the burning oil rig and,...
Instructional Video2:37
NASA

NASA | Satellites View Growing Gulf Oil Spill (Update: 7/14/2010)

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Two NASA satellites are capturing images of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which began April 20, 2010 with the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. This short video reveals a space-based view of the burning oil rig and,...
Instructional Video3:56
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NASA | IceBridge 2010 with Lora Koenig

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This video shows a live interview with NASA Goddard cryospheric scientist Lora Koenig regarding Operation IceBridge and the 2010 Arctic sea ice maximum. Or get tweeted by NASA:
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The Guardian

No TV, no sat nav, no internet: how to fix space's junk problem

Pre-K - Higher Ed
As Elon Musk's Starlink and Jeff Bezos's Project Kuiper race to create high-speed internet using satellites orbiting Earth, there's a small problem that could get in the way: debris. From dead spacecraft that have been around since the...
Instructional Video1:29
NASA

NASA’s Vantage Point Over Earth

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No planet is better studied than the one we actually live on. NASA's fleet of Earth observing spacecraft, supported by aircraft, ships and ground observations, measure aspects of the environment that touch the lives of every person...
Instructional Video4:44
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NASA | Too Much, Too Little

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Researchers need accurate and timely rainfall information to better understand and model where and when severe floods, frequent landslides and devastating droughts may occur. GPM's global rainfall data will help to better prepare and...
Instructional Video2:47
NASA

NASA | In The Zone

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Earths oceans are wide reaching and teeming with life. One microscopic aquatic organism plays a major role in making life on Earth possible: phytoplankton. Under certain conditions, excessive phytoplankton growth can result in an area...
Instructional Video4:00
Curated Video

The Evolution of Telescopes: From Galileo to Hubble

Pre-K - Higher Ed
People have been looking at outer space through telescopes since the time of Galileo. Learn how telescopes work and how they have expanded what we know about our solar system.