Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: World Explorers: Neil Armstrong

4th - 8th
Learn about the life of Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon's surface. [5:59]
Instructional Video
BBC

Bbc Newsround: 6 20 16: Tim Peake: How Do You Safely Return to Earth From Space?

3rd - 5th
British astronaut Tim Peake will be making his way back down to Earth this week, after spending six months living on board the International Space Station.
Audio
NASA

Nasa: The Best Dressed Astronaut Storybook

Pre-K - 1st
This is a seventeen page flash storybook from NASA called "The Best Dressed Astronaut." You can see the different uniforms and suits that the astronauts wear while up in space. There are some excellent pictures of astronauts in action!
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: A Pretend Outer Space Adventure

Pre-K - K
With a cardboard box, Daniel imagines that he is an astronaut on an adventure through space. Remind kids to use their imaginations to create pretend worlds. Ordinary objects can be turned into anything! Included is a link to a...
Instructional Video
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Science Friday in Space

9th - 10th
Ira Flatow talks with NASA commander Dan Burbank and flight engineer Don Pettit from the International Space Station. [20:49]
Instructional Video
Science for Kids

Science Kids: Astronaut Videos: Feeling Sick in Space

9th - 10th
Find out how astronauts handle getting sick while working in space. [1:48]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Nova Science Now: Franklin Chang Diaz: Rocket Scientist

Pre-K - 1st
n this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, meet Franklin Chang-Diaz, an astronaut and scientist. Learn how he has been interested in rockets and space travel since he was a child in Costa Rica, and how he immigrated to the United...
Instructional Video
NASA

Nasa: Departing Space Station Commander Provides Tour of Orbital Laboratory

9th - 10th
In her final days as Commander of the International Space Station, Sunita Williams of NASA recorded an extensive tour of the orbital laboratory. The tour includes scenes of each of the station's modules and research facilities with a...
Instructional Video
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Buzz Aldrin

1st - 4th
Mechanical engineer, U.S. Air Force pilot, decorated war veteran, graduate of MIT with a PhD in Astronautics, Gemini 12 and Apollo 11 astronaut, inventor, Presidential Medal of Freedom awardee, author of books for children, teens and...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Nasa Plagued by Reports of Intoxication, Sabotage

9th - 10th
Take a look into how NASA is investigating pre-flight alcohol use among its astronauts.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: An Astronaut Explores Nasa's Scientific Frontiers

9th - 10th
Learn how astronaut and astrophysicist John Grunsfeld leads NASA's investigations of Earth and beyond. This astronaut flown the space shuttle five times, and performed eight spacewalks to service the Hubble telescope. [23:32]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Will China Blast Past America in Space?

9th - 10th
China just ticked off another accomplishment in space: its first manned docking in orbit. Next stop - the Moon?