Physics Girl
Spaceships pushed by LIGHT – the future of space travel?
What if you could power a ship using sunlight instead of wind? Well in space, you can! Solar sails or light sails are pushed with light from the sun. Photons provide a kick when they reflect off the sail pushing the sail like an air...
Curated Video
Animals in Space: Pioneers and Research Contributors
This video provides a fascinating timeline of animals in space exploration, highlighting the significant role they have played in advancing scientific knowledge. From fruit flies to monkeys, cats, and even a turtle, these brave creatures...
Zach Star
The Science and Technology of Tomorrow (Part 2)
No one knows what the future of science and technology will be, but experts are able to predict what they think will be here in the coming years and decades. Some of the topics discussed in these videos next include augmented reality,...
Flag House Activity Channel
Unique Parachute Activities with Planets (Ep. 46 - Planetary Parachute)
This 'chute is out of this world! Take a trip through the solar system with the Planetary Parachute, learn the different planets, work together as a team and get an arm workout the whole time.
Next Animation Studio
Company wants to send tourists into the stratosphere using high-altitude balloon
A new company called Space Perspective wants to send tourists and research payloads up into the stratosphere in a pressurized capsule elevated by a large balloon.
Next Animation Studio
Space travel: Stephen Hawking and billionaire's plan for laser-propelled nanocraft fleet
A team of renowned scientists, Silicon Valley elites and a billionaire businessman have conceptualized a fleet of postage stamp-sized spacecraft for the purpose of interstellar exploration. According to the New York Times, the board of...
Next Animation Studio
Space Expedition Corporation launches space flights in Asia
Dutch firm Space Expedition Corporation has opened an office in Hong Kong to offer commercial space travel targeting the Asian market by the end of 2014.
Vlogbrothers
Orbital Sunrise: The First Art Made in Space
In which John Green considers the orbital sunrise, why humans make art, and why the cosmonaut Alexei Leonov drew home. Adapted from the podcast The Anthropocene Reviewed, which is also a book.
AllTime 10s
10 Most Dangerous Space Missions Of All Time
Even before George Clooney proved how dangerous space travel can be, we knew that space travel is certainly not for the faint hearted!
STAT
Science Happens! With Carl Zimmer
What happens to your DNA when you spend a year in space? NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is working with scientists to find out.
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Did Neil Armstrong Eat On His Journey To The Moon?
This video is answering the question of what did Neil Armstrong eat on his journey to The Moon.
AllTime 10s
10 Ways Space Travel Will Change In The Next 100 Years
Will you be able to go into space in the future? Will we return to the moon? Here are 10 ways space travel could change in the next century.
Next Animation Studio
NASA funds research into deep-sleep journey for Mars astronauts
Astronauts might one day sleep their way to Mars by spending much of the long, arduous journey in hypothermic hibernation chambers. The trip from Earth to Mars takes approximately 200 days, one way. This presents several challenges....
After Skool
Seize The Moment - Stephen Hawking
There are few scientists that can be said to have touched the public imagination. Physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking is one such scientist. He spent his life seeking the answers to the biggest questions in the universe. This video...
Economics Explained
How To Make Space Travel Economically Viable: Governments
Space exploration has long been the dream of science fiction authors and enthusiasts well before we even had the technology to explore life beyond our own planet. Today, astronauts live year-round in low-earth orbit aboard the ISS...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: The Space Race Then and Now
In this program, learn all about the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union dating back to the late 1950s and early 60s. Understand the historical context of the time. Contrast that to the current privatization of...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Early Space Stations
Dr. Gary Kitmacher, communications and education mission manager for the International Space Station program, talks through the early concepts of space station design and introduces us to the astronomers, authors, and engineers that...
NASA
NASA | Reach, Strive, Achieve: Sandra Cauffman's TEDx Talk
On October 23, 2014 Sandra Cauffman was invited to talk at the TEDx PuraVidaJoven at the National Auditorium in San Jose, Costa Rica, where she was born. Her story is how a Costa Rican girl from a poor family nurtured an improbable dream...
AllTime 10s
10 Ways We Could Survive On Mars
With the right methods and technology, it is possible we could one day live on Mars. Here's 10 Ways You Could Survive On Mars.
Astrum
What made the SpaceX manned Dragon capsule so significant?
Yesterday, on the 31st May 2020, NASA and SpaceX successfully docked their Dragon capsule with the ISS. But what makes this event so significant?
Curated Video
Exploring the International Space Station
This video provides a comprehensive description of the International Space Station (ISS). It highlights the collaborative efforts of governments, scientists, and engineers from around the world in creating this remarkable scientific marvel.
Bizarre Beasts
The Primate That Might Hold The Key to Long Distance Space Travel
To make long distance space travel possible, we need to figure out how to hibernate. But we're primates, and primates just can't do that! Or can we...?
After Skool
Moon Speech - John F. Kennedy (Animated)
On September 12, 1962, John F. Kennedy gave one of the best speeches in recorded history. "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will...
Professor Dave Explains
A Tour of the Universe With Space Engine (Part 2)
Throughout the entire astronomy series, you've seen breathtaking clips of stars and planets. Believe it or not, those were not stock animations. I captured those clips manually using Space Engine, an incredible simulation of the entire...