Curated Video
Air Travel and The Space Race: Crash Course History of Science
Like the Industrial or the Einsteinian Revolution, the Space Race is a trope, or way of organizing historical events into a story that makes sense. In this story, the two great powers that emerged after World War Two—the United States...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Who won the space race? - Jeff Steers
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik and, with it, an international space race. The United States and the Soviet Union rushed to declare dominance of space for 18 years, until the two countries agreed to a...
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...
Curated Video
The Cold War and Consumerism: Crash Course Computer Science
Today we’re going to step back from hardware and software, and take a closer look at how the backdrop of the cold war and space race and the rise of consumerism and globalization brought us from huge, expensive codebreaking machines in...
Mediacorp
The Ambitious Plans of Singapore in Space Exploration
Singapore's location near the equator gives it an advantage for launching rockets. This rocket scientist wants to make it happen. Space Race part 5/5
Curated Video
Revolutions in Science and Tech: Crash Course European History
In the decades following World War II, life changed in many ways, and a fair number of those changes were for the better. Many of those improvements were driven by advances in science and technology, in fields like biology,...
TED Talks
Burt Rutan: The real future of space exploration
In this passionate talk, legendary spacecraft designer Burt Rutan lambasts the US government-funded space program for stagnating and asks entrepreneurs to pick up where NASA has left off.
Curated Video
A Race Like No Other
Dr. Forrester describes the history of the space race and space exploration. She summarizes Alan Shepard’s contribution to space exploration by recognizing him as the first man in space. She also recognizes Neil Armstrong by recognizing...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Back To The Moon: Elon Musk speaks at a space conference
After a quiet half a century since the last Apollo mission landed on the moon, Associate Professor Alan Duffy takes us inside the new space race. What are Elon Musk's plans for the moon? What is the space conference like in Adelaide?...
Reading Through History
History Brief: The Space Race
This video gives a brief history of the Space Race during the Cold War era. *** Like our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ReadingThroughHistory/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigmarshdawg77/ Follow us on...
Curated Video
The Woman Who Saved the U.S. Space Race (And Other Unsung Scientists)
This week Reactions is checking out some space science and the women who saved the US space race and more. "These Legends of Chemistry" are unsung heroes. One saved the U.S. space program, another invented a better treatment for leprosy,...
Curated Video
NASA: Exploring the Frontiers of Space
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration - commonly known as NASA - is a space research and exploration program run but the federal government of the United States. Learn about the history of NASA and some of their accomplishments.
Curated Video
What Was The Apollo Space Program? | NASA's Manned Missions to the Moon Explained!
Learn about the Apollo Space Program -- including the historic Apollo 11, Apollo 13, spaceflights, astronauts, historic dates, moon landings, explosions, rovers and more -- with this original Space Science video by KLT.
Curated Video
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...
TED Talks
TED: The untapped genius that could change science for the better | Jedidah Isler
Jedidah Isler dreamt of becoming an astrophysicist since she was a young girl, but the odds were against her: At that time, only 18 black women in the united States had ever earned a PhD in a physics-related discipline. In this personal...
Curated Video
Why Are There So Few Women in Computer Science?
Today, we think of computer science as a field dominated by men, but the women have a long and important history in the field. In fact women were many of the very first computer programmers, played a hugely important part in the...
TED Talks
David Hoffman: Sputnik mania
Filmmaker David Hoffman shares footage from his feature-length documentary Sputnik Mania, which shows how the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik in 1957 led to both the space race and the arms race -- and jump-started science and math...
National Geographic
Made in Space: 3-D Printing Could Change the Way Astronauts Travel | Short Film Showcase
What happens when something breaks aboard the International Space Station? In the past, spare parts had to be sent on resupply missions, which were expensive and time-consuming. Former NASA intern Jason Dunn saw a better option and...
National Geographic
How Would You Envision a Space Colony? | Short Film Showcase
Twenty years from now, humans will live and work in space in record numbers—so says Rick Tumlinson, a two-decade veteran of the private space industry. As companies work feverishly to develop the technology needed for this galactic...
National Geographic
Made in Space: 3-D Printing Could Change the Way Astronauts Travel | Short Film Showcase
What happens when something breaks aboard the International Space Station? In the past, spare parts had to be sent on resupply missions, which were expensive and time-consuming. Former NASA intern Jason Dunn saw a better option and...
National Geographic
How Would You Envision a Space Colony? | Short Film Showcase
Twenty years from now, humans will live and work in space in record numbers—so says Rick Tumlinson, a two-decade veteran of the private space industry. As companies work feverishly to develop the technology needed for this galactic...
Curated Video
Our Startling First Glimpse of the Far Side of the Moon
Since the moon is tidally locked to the Earth, for millennia we could only guess what mysteries lay on its 'dark side.' Then in 1959 the Luna 3 spacecraft sent back a photo that prompted more questions than it answered.
Curated Video
What We Know, And Still Don’t Know, About the Dark Side of the Moon | Compilation
More than a classic rock album that'll change your life, this classic space rock has a dark side that has mystified scientists for centuries.
Zach Star
Today In Engineering (Episode 2) | Human Vs A.I. Drone Race, Laser Communication, and more...
This video of "Today In Engineering" includes: 1. Human Vs AI Drone Race 2. Nasa' Psyche Project 3. Near Perfect Streaming Algorithm 4. The Boring Company