NASA Shuttle Countdown Information Center reveals timely information about launches, countdown, and other information relating to space shuttle launches.

A huge collection of NASA space videos that is updated frequently. Find out about the latest space research on Pluto's atmosphere and evidence of climate change, learn what it's like to be an astronaut, and see amazing images taken from...

View a brief video of the 1958 Project Mercury (4:25). After watching the video, view the teacher's guide to help filter class discussion about space exploration. The teacher's guide includes vocabulary definitions, discussion questions,...

Watch a video that shows the X-15 aircraft as it makes its first flight. [5:56] Use the teacher's guide to help guide discussion questions. The teacher's guide has vocabulary words, study questions, and classroom activities.

Watch a brief video about the lifting body design being test. [4:43] This wingless aircraft was eventually used as the basis for the space shuttle. View the teacher's guide to use vocabulary definitions, classroom activities, and study...

View a brief video of the Nixon authorized space shuttle program. [4:57] Discover the importance of the space shuttle program and learn how the reusable spacecrafts were constructed. View a teacher's guide that has vocabulary...

Watch a brief video showing the Viking Landers touch down on Mars. [4:47] Learn how the Viking Landers were designed to work and how they lead the way to further Mars exploration. View the teacher's guide to get vocabulary definitions,...

This video shows the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and its moon Titan and examine the role it plays for the future of space exploration. [6:35] Learn what a planet needs for life to survive on it and learn how the Cassini-Huygens...

The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the world with incredible information that has helped formulate our knowledge of the universe. This telescope will soon be retired and replaced by a newer, more powerful telescope. Read about the...

Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing outerspace straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this interactive tutorial.

University X-ray astronomer discusses the importance of the Chandra telescope mission. His lecture plays over a pictorial slide show highlighting 10 years of spectacular photographs from the telescope. [4:13]

The Futures Channel has compiled an extensive library of videos about space exploration. You can find a short clip that will enhance many topics. This is a superior resource for information about the atmosphere and surface of Mars,...

NASA's Voyager probes reached the edge of the solar system and found something surprising there - a froth of magnetic bubbles separating us from the rest of the galaxy. [2:58]

There are other planets out there, and astronomers have a lot of methods for detecting them. Nearly 2000 planets have been found so far. The most successful method for finding them is using transits, where a planet physically passes in...

Astronomer Carl Sagan discusses our fascination with deep space as the 'final frontier' that we hope to understand and journey to one day. (Length: 3 min. 12 sec.)

Astronomers have captured an image of a jet of radiation leaving a black hole at the center of one galaxy to strike the edge of neighboring galaxy.

A conversation about the launching of the Herschel and Planck observatories by NASA and the ESA. Scientists discuss the features of these observatories, where they will be stationed in space, and what we hope to learn from them. Aired...

A discussion with chief scientist Ed Stone about what we are still learning from Voyager 1 as it nears the edge of our solar system, over thirty years after its launch into space. Aired June 17, 2011 [11:58]

Can big prize money spark a new race to return to the moon? In this segment, listen to Lunar X-Prize founder Peter Diamandis as he discusses the X Prize competition to send robots to the moon.

Listen to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson talk about how space exploration, especially human voyages, can profoundly inspire scientists and technologists of the future, and charts the path for missions to Mars and beyond.

Hear how the famous "blue marble" pictures of Earth are actually built from datasets collected by instruments aboard satellites and then translated into imagery here on the ground.

Listen to sounds obtained by the Huygens space probe as it descended through Titan's atmosphere. Planetary research scientist Bruce Bretts will explain the meaning of the sounds obtained from the Huygens space probe.

After studying this concept, learners will know the elements of a mission plan and be able to design their own mission plan. This concept practices scientific inquiry.

How do astronomers make sense out of the vastness of space? How do they study things so far away? Today Phil talks about distances, going back to early astronomy. Ancient Greeks were able to find the size of the Earth, and from that the...