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NASA's Curious Universe: Sewing for Spaceflight
Sewing machines, tape, scissors. Just like you might visit a tailor to get your pants hemmed or your suit fitted, NASA calls on a group of very creative problem-solvers to custom-make protective shields for our space missions.
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Exploring the Future of Space Travel: The Columbia Disaster and the Potential of the X38 and X30 Spacecrafts
This video discusses the investigation into the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and explores the potential causes of the tragedy, including the impact of thermal insulation foam on the shuttle's wing. It also highlights the impact of the...
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Ulysses: Exploring the Sun's Poles and Unveiling its Secrets
This video explores the Ulysses spacecraft's mission to study the Sun's polar regions, providing valuable insights into the nature of our nearest star. By observing from above the Earth's atmosphere, Ulysses has revealed a clearer...
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Genesis: Collecting Solar Particles for Study
This video discusses the Genesis spacecraft's mission to collect particles of the solar wind and return them to Earth for study. Despite a failed parachute deployment upon reentry, there is hope that valuable scientific data can still be...
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100 Lunar Days - Part I
In October 2017, The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter celebrates 100 lunar days of being at the Moon. Part 1 of this video series helps explain what a "lunar day" is, and what it means for the spacecraft's mission to have been at the Moon...
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Europe's comet chaser Rosetta reactivated after 2 years of hibernation
Agency's Rosetta probe will be reactivated in January after more than two years of hibernation. Launched on an Ariane 5 rocket in 2004, the spacecraft's mission is to collect information on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Scientists...
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The Apollo 13 Booster Impact Experiment - with Newly-Discovered Audio
The story of Apollo 13 goes beyond a tale of survival. The mission also successfully completed a science investigation that is still helping to inform our understanding of the Moon to this day. Early in Apollo 13's voyage, Mission...
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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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NASA | Swift: A Decade of Game-changing Astrophysics
Over the past decade, NASA's Swift Gamma-ray Burst Explorer has proven itself to be one of the most versatile astrophysics missions ever flown. It remains the only satellite capable of precisely locating gamma-ray bursts -- the...
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NASA in Silicon Valley: Jessie Dotson Talks About Discovering Exoplanets
A conversation with Jessie Dotson, project scientist for the Kepler spacecraft’s K2 mission at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
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Life on Mars? NASA's MAVEN enters Martian orbit to find out
NASA's robotic spacecraft MAVEN ended its 10-month journey on Sunday when it entered orbit around Mars to begin its mission to study how Mars lost its water. According to Reuters, after traveling 442 million miles, MAVEN ignited its six...
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Physics Kinematics: Motion in a Straight Line - Acceleration-Time Graphs
Dylan gives Lotus a VIP tour of Lexicorp’s state-of-the-art facilities. On the surface, she’s here to buy stuff, but secretly, she’s investigating the link between Lexicorp and the missile launch! This lesson will apply acceleration-time...
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Water Vapor Detected In Europa’s Atmosphere
Observations of Jupiter's icy moon Europa from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the presence of persistent water vapor — but, mysteriously, only in one hemisphere. Europa harbors a vast ocean underneath its icy surface, which...
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Preventing Diabetes: Making Lifestyle Changes for the Whole Family
In this video, a teacher meets with a family to discuss their risk of diabetes and the importance of making healthy lifestyle changes. They explore the family's diet and habits, and seek advice from experts on how to improve their...
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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...
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Phonics Song 2 | ABC Alphabet Phonics Nursery Rhyme For Kids
A fun and easy Phonics Song for toddlers, babies, kids, or students! Learn the sounds of the English Alphabet and simple words with this fun, game-like music video. Let's drop all the items into the box!! A is for apple, b is for book :)...
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Why Did We Just Shoot A “Bullet” At An Asteroid?
We keep sending spacecrafts to asteroids, but what makes these floating space rocks so special? Well, they could reveal the secrets about the formation of our solar system. The Mystery of Our First Interstellar Visitor Just Got More...
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NASA Team Explores Using LISA Pathfinder as a 'Comet Crumb' Detector
LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by the European Space Agency (ESA) with contributions from NASA, has successfully demonstrated critical technologies needed to build a space-based observatory for detecting ripples in space-time called...
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How NASA Plans to Return to the Moon | Apollo
NASA hasn't sent humans back to the Moon in almost 50 years, but in the next decade, the agency has ambitious plans for a lunar revival. Check out the entire Apollo series here!: https://bit.ly/2ApSfg9 Read More: What’s Really...
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WFIRST's Wide Field Instrument
In order to know how the universe will end, we must know what has happened to it so far. This is just one mystery NASA's forthcoming Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission will tackle as it explores the distant cosmos. The...
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Take a Spin With NASA’s WFIRST Spacecraft
On schedule to launch in the mid-2020s, NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission will help uncover some of the biggest mysteries in the cosmos. The state-of-the-art telescope on the WFIRST spacecraft will play a...
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Planet Pluto - King of the Kuiper Belt
Nigel Goes to Space Join Nigel as he takes you on his journey to the stars and beyond! Subscribe to Naked Science - http://goo.gl/wpc2Q1 New Horizons Mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt Future Virgin Galactic Astronaut Nigel Henbest...
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Take a Spin With NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
On schedule to launch no later than May 2027, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission will help uncover some of the biggest mysteries in the cosmos. The state-of-the-art telescope on the Roman spacecraft will play a significant...
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NASA’s Asteroid Heist: The Challenges of TAG
NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, will make a daring attempt to “TAG” asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20 – touch its surface and collect a sample for return to Earth. Sample site Nightingale, the mission’s targeted touch...