Instructional Video4:10
Curated Video

Exploring Mars: Updates on Mars Express and Rover Missions

Pre-K - Higher Ed
This video transcript provides an overview of the European Space Agency's Mars Express mission and the challenges faced by the Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. It highlights the discovery of water on Mars and the ongoing search for...
Instructional Video3:17
Curated Video

Update on the Beagle 2 Mars Mission: Hope and Uncertainty

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In this video, the Beagle 2 Lander, a part of the Mars Express mission, has separated from its mothership and there are concerns about its status. Despite efforts to establish contact, no signals have been received from the lander. The...
Instructional Video2:42
Curated Video

NASA's Prop Fan: Revolutionizing Air Travel Efficiency

Pre-K - Higher Ed
NASA is reworking an old concept, the propeller, to make air travel more fuel efficient. The prop fan, with its unique blade design, has the potential to burn 50 to 60% less fuel than present day jets. This innovation could save the...
Instructional Video2:33
Curated Video

Using Goodyear Blimp to Study Climate Change: NASA's Infrared Radiometer Study

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In this video, scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory use a blimp equipped with an infrared radiometer to study ocean surface temperatures. They believe that water vapor in the air near the ocean's surface distorts temperature...
Instructional Video3:21
Curated Video

Exploring the Earth's Atmosphere: Understanding the Impact of Greenhouse Gases

Pre-K - Higher Ed
This video explores the importance of the Earth's atmosphere in regulating temperature, weather, and cleaning pollutants. It highlights the issue of greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on global warming. The video also discusses a...
Instructional Video3:11
Curated Video

Exploring Ocean Waves: Understanding Energy Transfer and Studying the World's Oceans

Pre-K - Higher Ed
This video highlights the collaborative efforts between NASA and the Office of Naval Research to study ocean waves and their impact on our atmosphere. Through field studies and laboratory research, scientists are gaining a better...
Instructional Video3:20
Curated Video

Exploring the Universe: NASA's Deep Space Communication Antennas

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The Goldstone Deep Space Communication Complex, nestled in California's Mojave Desert, is a vital link between NASA and the universe. With its giant antennas, it enables the command and reception of information from satellites,...
Instructional Video3:06
Curated Video

Crop X: Using NASA Technology to Optimize Potato Farming and Marketing Decisions

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Crop X is a small company that uses NASA image processing technology to help farmers in the Columbia Basin region of Oregon make informed marketing decisions. By analyzing satellite images, Crop X can count the number of potato fields...
Instructional Video5:18
Curated Video

Materials Testing and Training at White Sands: Ensuring Reliability and Safety in Space

Pre-K - Higher Ed
This video highlights the important role of the White Sands complex in New Mexico in testing and ensuring the reliability of materials used in space shuttles and the International Space Station. It showcases advanced testing techniques,...
Instructional Video6:04
Curated Video

Exploring the Earth's Atmosphere: The Perseus Environmental Research Platform

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The Perseus aircraft is a remote-controlled glider designed by NASA to conduct high altitude studies of the Earth's atmosphere. With its lightweight design and advanced technology, Perseus can fly twice as high as a commercial jetliner...
Instructional Video1:57
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Learn ALL About NASA | The NASA Song For Kids | KLT

Pre-K - 5th
Let's learn all about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration!
Instructional Video2:33
Financial Times

Can space mining alleviate shortages of key resources?

Higher Ed
FT Energy Source - Recent developments suggest mining in space is gradually getting closer to becoming a reality, but could asteroids really help us to replenish scarce resources on Earth? As the FT’s Harry Dempsey explains, cost remains...
Instructional Video5:20
Curated Video

Space Exploration: Why Florida?

3rd - 8th
Dr. Forrester discusses the fact that population, culture, settlement patterns, economy, and politics influence the characteristics of places, specifically, Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center.
Instructional Video5:19
Curated Video

The Technology to Get us to Space

3rd - 8th
Dr. Forrester examines the technological innovations in the study of space by giving examples of innovations which have led to advances in space programs. She also identifies space travel programs by exploring NASA and the efforts that...
Instructional Video5:32
Curated Video

Space Exploration: Risk Versus Reward

3rd - 8th
Dr. Forrester examines the history of the Challenger mission to space by diagramming a timeline of the historical events. She compares and contrasts the positive and negative travels to space by making sense of the reasons for traveling...
Instructional Video5:27
Curated Video

Racking Up the Miles

3rd - 8th
Dr. Forrester reviews the parts that make up the solar system by identifying the planets and discusses the role of satellites and space probes. She also designs a planetary brochure by analyzing one planet’s properties and features.
Instructional Video6:08
Curated Video

A Race Like No Other

3rd - 8th
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...
Instructional Video5:30
Curated Video

Now I See It

3rd - 8th
Dr. Forrester examines the history of the telescope and discusses the parts of the telescope and the functions of each. She also explores different types of space technology such as the telescope, satellite, rocket, and space probe.
Instructional Video5:12
Curated Video

The Historic First Space Shuttle Launch: Columbia's Journey into Space

Pre-K - Higher Ed
This video describes the historic first launch of the space shuttle Columbia in 1981, highlighting the excitement and significance of the event. From liftoff to reentry, it details the intricate processes and tests undertaken by the crew...
Instructional Video2:18
Curated Video

Puppy Diplomacy and the Cold War

9th - Higher Ed
In 1961, a gift from Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to President John F. Kennedy, the adorable pooch Pushinka, brought the men closer together. Did puppy diplomacy prevent an all out nuclear war?
Instructional Video2:11
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NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

9th - Higher Ed
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, aka NASA, has been at the forefront of science, technology, and space exploration since 1958. Its work remains an inspiration to millions of people around the world.
Instructional Video2:25
Curated Video

Henrietta Lacks' Revolutionary HeLa Cells

9th - Higher Ed
The astonishing story of Henrietta Lacks' immortal cells, taken without consent, revolutionized medical research but also exposed ethical dilemmas, leading to crucial changes in consent laws to protect patients' rights in the scientific...
Instructional Video2:47
Curated Video

TOI 700 d - Earth-Sized Planet | Exoplanet Song

Pre-K - 5th
Learn about TOI700d - an Earth sized exoplanet in the habitable range around its star -- with this space science song from KLT!
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One Minute History

178 - The James Webb Telescope - One Minute History

12th - Higher Ed
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space-based observatory and the most powerful and advanced telescope ever launched into space. Named after the NASA administrator who pioneered the Apollo program, the Webb Space Telescope is...