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100 Lunar Days - Part II
In Part II of this 100 Lunar Days video series, we look at the significance of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter being at the Moon for this period of time, and highlight some of the scientific accomplishments of the mission. Music...
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Water Released from Moon During Meteor Showers
Scientists have discovered that water is being released from the Moon during meteor showers. When a speck of comet debris strikes the Moon it vaporizes on impact, creating a shock wave in the lunar soil. For a sufficiently large...
Curated Video
Rueda y el Eje
Este programa de video de accion en vivo es sobre la palabrarueda y el eje. El programa esta disenado para reforzar y apoyar la comprension y retencion por el estudiante de la palabra rueda y el eje mediante el uso de secuencias de...
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NASA | The Moon's Permanently Shadowed Regions
As you watch the Moon over the course of a month, you'll notice that different features are illuminated by the Sun at different times. However, there are some parts of the Moon that never see sunlight. These areas are called permanently...
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Pinpointing the Moon's South Pole
This video is a data visualization showing the location of the Moon’s South Pole. In the system of lunar latitude and longitude adopted by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission, the Moon’s South Pole is located on the rim of...
Flipping Physics
Analyzing the Apollo 15 Feather and Hammer Drop - A Basic Introductory Free-Fall Problem
Apollo 15 Video Courtesy of NASA: The 1971 Feather and Hammer Drop Experiment performed by Astronaut David Scott. We analyze the experiment to determine the height from which the feather and hammer were dropped. It is a great, basic,...
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NASA | LEND: The Lunar Neutron Counter
How would you find water on the Moon? NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has a unique idea: Count the neutrons coming from the Moon!
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Set for launch: Starship’s huge cargo bay will unlock space
Scheduled to launch for the first time on top of its Super Heavy booster in January 2022, SpaceX’s Starship is set to revolutionize space exploration.
Astrum
How bad is the radiation on Mars?
How do scientists plan to get astronauts to Mars when space radiation is so strong? What can be done about it?
Astrum
Galaxies Don't Spin The Way You Think
Galaxies are not spinning tops. So how do stars move within them?
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NASA | Need To Know: Lunar Eclipse and LRO
On April 15th, 2014 there will be a total lunar eclipse visible from North America. Noah Petro, LRO Deputy Project Scientist, discusses this unique event and what effect it will have on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
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NASA | LRO PDS Release
Using thousands of images from LRO's wide angle camera, scientists are able to create a global mosaic of the moon's features.
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Water Released from Moon: Director's Cut
Scientists have discovered that water is being released from the Moon during meteor showers. When a speck of comet debris strikes the Moon it vaporizes on impact, creating a shock wave in the lunar soil. For a sufficiently large...
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Shadows Near The Moon's South Pole
This video shows the movement of shadows near the Moon's South Pole over the course of two lunar days, which is approximately two months on Earth. The visualization was created from data gathered by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter...
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NASA | Lunar Eclipse Essentials
When the moon passes through the Earth's shadow, it causes the moon to look very unusual for a short period of time. This event is called a lunar eclipse, and it occurs roughly twice a year. There's one viewable to folks outside of North...
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NASA | December 10, 2011 Lunar Eclipse Essentials
When the moon passes through the Earth's shadow, it causes the moon to look very unusual for a short period of time. This event is called a lunar eclipse, and it occurs roughly twice a year. Learn more about how lunar eclipses work in...
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Moonscapes
Dr. Noah Petro, the project scientist of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, takes viewers on tour of several interesting sights on lunar surface, revealing both the scientific value and visual beauty of the terrain. This video...
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Data and Music: What 50 Years of Exploring Our Moon Sounds Like
Sonification is the process of translating data into sound and music. In this musical data sonification of lunar knowledge and exploration, we can hear the progress made throughout the Apollo program to now as our understanding of the...
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Apollo 14 Hike to Cone Crater
After landing on the Moon in February 1971, the Apollo 14 astronauts set out on a hike toward Cone crater. Navigating this terrain proved to be a difficult task, and they didn’t quite reach the crater edge, but they did manage to meet...
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NASA | Shackleton Crater
This visualization, created using Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter laser altimeter data, offers a view of Shackleton Crater located in the south pole of the moon. Thanks to these measurements, we now have our best-yet maps of the crater's...
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NASA | LAMP: Peering into the Lunar Dark
The Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) is an instrument on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission to map and study the Moon. LAMP is a spectrograph that images the ultraviolet region of the spectrum. Utilizing the faint glow of...
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NASA | LRO: Mapping Our Future
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is the first mission in NASA's planned return to the moon. LRO is an unmanned mission to create the comprehensive atlas of the moon's features and resources necessary to design all future lunar...
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NASA | LRO Team Spirit: Joanne Plans How To Build a Satellite
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is a first step to future missions, Mars, and beyond. But a lot has to happen before we get there and one woman played a key role.
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NASA | Back to the Moon. It's Official.
After a four and a half day journey from the Earth, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully entered orbit around the moon. Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., confirmed the spacecraft's...