TED Talks
Charles Elachi: The story behind the Mars Rovers
At Serious Play 2008, Charles Elachi shares stories from NASA's legendary Jet Propulsion Lab -- including tales and video from the Mars Rover project.
NASA
Planning for a Spacecraft Launch: Lucy Goes to Space
Discover the mysteries of the solar system through the eyes of the Lucy mission and its team members. This third episode features Project Manager Donya Douglas-Bradshaw, who discusses the preparation involved in getting the Lucy...
NASA
NASA’s New DAVINCI+ Mission to Venus
NASA has selected the DAVINCI+ (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble-gases, Chemistry and Imaging +) mission as part of its Discovery program, and it will be the first spacecraft to enter the Venus atmosphere since NASA’s Pioneer...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Avi Loeb - Extraterrestrial:The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth
Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University. He received a PhD in Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel at age 24 (1980-1986), led the first international project...
Domain of Science
The Chain of Life
Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/crsQ30beNOZ You are the living ancestor of an unbroken chain of lives stretching from you, through your mother and your grandmother all the way back through the...
World Science Festival
Spotlight: The Setting of Other Suns
Planet-hunter Debra Fischer explains that the secret to finding Earth-like environments beyond our solar system might require rethinking "Earth-like." Tiny planets with tight orbits around dwarf stars may very well sustain rich life if...