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NASA | Bon Voyage SDO!
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) will study the sun in unprecedented detail and its effects on Earth. See SDO rolled through Goddard Space Flight Centers hallways, where it was built and tested, and prepared for transport to KSC....
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NASA | Earth Science Week 2009: Trailer 2
Join NASA as we celebrate Earth Science Week from October 11 through 17. This year's theme looks at climate change and our oceans. series. On Wednesday, October 14 at 1:00 PM EST, NASA will host an interactive webcast featuring NASA...
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NASA | Earth Science Week 2009: Trailer 1
Join NASA as we celebrate Earth Science Week from October 11 through 17. This year's theme looks at climate change and our oceans. series. On Wednesday, October 14 at 1:00 PM EST, NASA will host an interactive webcast featuring NASA...
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NASA | A Landsat Flyby
The Landsat program is the longest continuous global record of the Earth's surface, and continues to deliver both visually stunning and scientifically valuable images of our planet. This short video highlights Landsat's many benefits to...
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NASA | Behind the Scenes at the GOES-O Launch Pad
NASA is preparing for the launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-O (GOES-O) from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The GOES-O launch is targeted for June 26 during a launch...
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Coming Soon: The Latest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-M
TDRS-M will enable groundbreaking science and expand the current fleet of satellites. TDRS puts the "space" in Space Network. In geosynchronous orbit around Earth, the TDRS constellation ensures reliable, global communications coverage...
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Small Sats are the Next Big Thing
NASA is about to launch six new next-generation Earth-observing small satellites — some as small as a loaf of bread. These tiny spacecraft are helping to foster creative and cost-effective approaches to studying our planet. Credit:...
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AIRS: NASA Advances Our Understanding of Earth’s Climate
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite has been scanning Earth for 20 years and now has a long enough record to help support climate change research. AIRS data on Earth’s atmosphere are improving...
Zach Star
Civil Vs Mechanical Engineering - How to Pick the Right Major
In this video I discuss "Civil Vs Mechanical Engineering." These two majors start off very similar in college but then become very different. Civil engineers branch off into their subfields including structural engineering, geotechnical,...
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SpaceX launches 60 satellites into orbit
SpaceX launched its third batch of Starlink satellites into orbit from a U.S. Air Force base in Florida on Monday evening.
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Astronomers say they might have found a new ‘minimoon’ orbiting Earth
The Earth’s busy orbit is occupied by space junk, nearly 5,000 artificial satellites, the Moon and now a possible temporary resident ‘minimoon’ called 2020 CD3.
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LISA Pathfinder’s Stunning Success
LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by the European Space Agency (ESA) with contributions from NASA, has successfully tested a key technology needed to build a space-based observatory for detecting gravitational waves. These tiny ripples in...
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More space debris to fall to Earth
More space debris is expected to fall re-enter Earth's atmosphere this week following the plummet of China's Tiangong-1. According to Space.com, the rocket body of an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is expected to fall to Earth...
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NASA | Return to Venus: Part II
Watch "Return to Venus - Part I" at:From Galileo and the Heliocentric model of the Solar System to James Hansen and climate research, observations of the planet Venus throughout history have given us the perspective we need to understand...
Curated Video
Understanding Planetary Movement: The Science of Orbit
This video discusses the concept of planetary movement or orbit. The video also touches on the different shapes of orbits, the forces of gravity that keep objects in orbit, and the balance between momentum and gravity that is necessary...
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NASA | GPM: Engineering Next Generation Observations of Rain and Snow
For the past three years, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory has gone from components and assembly drawings to a fully functioning satellite at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The satellite...
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Satellites: Exploring Space and Enhancing Communication
This video provides a brief overview of satellites, their history, and their various purposes. It explains how satellites are used for military missions, astronomical observations, navigation, and communications. By floating in space and...
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NASA | Swift Finds Most Distant Gamma-ray Burst Yet
On April 29, 2009, a five-second-long burst of gamma rays from the constellation Canes Venatici triggered the Burst Alert Telescope on NASA's Swift satellite. As with most gamma-ray bursts, this one -- now designated GRB 090429B --...
Flipping Physics
Are Linear and Angular Momentum Conserved for a Satellite?
When a satellite is moving along an elliptical orbit, are linear momentum and angular momentum of the satellite conserved?
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Space Facts - The First Satellite
A fact-filled look at 23 of the most important events from man's on-going adventure in space. The first satellite in space and the beginning of NASA. Space Facts. Part 1
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Mechanical Energy of a Satellite in Circular Orbit
The mechanical energy of a satellite in circular orbit is solved for in terms of universal gravitational potential energy. And the velocity of the satellite is compared to escape velocity.
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Scientists say Earth will develop a ‘Saturn ring’ made of junk
Researchers theorize that, if nothing is done about the millions of pieces of space junk orbiting Earth, our planet will develop rings made of junk.
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A Guide to Global Positioning System
The transcript describes the functioning of the GPS (Global Positioning System), explaining how it uses a network of satellites to provide location and time information anywhere on or near the Earth. It outlines the process of...
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NASA to use lasers for space communication
NASA has announced that it is building a new satellite dish as part of the Deep Space Network that would be able to communicate with far away robotic spacecrafts.