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NASA | Desert RATS
Desert Research and Technology Studies (Desert RATS) tests procedures and equipment that could one day be a part of human space flight missions to the moon and Mars.
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Neil Armstrong: The First Man on the Moon
This video provides a brief biography of Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon. It highlights his early career as a naval aviator and his work as an engineer and test pilot for NACA, which later became NASA. The video also...
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Virtual Tour of the Hubble Control Center: Entryway in Lobby
Begin a tour of the Hubble control center in the lobby, where you will learn about the orbiting spacecraft. This is part 1 of 5 of a 360-degree, virtual tour of the Hubble Space Telescope’s home for mission operations, the Space...
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How NASA Will Protect Astronauts From Space Radiation
August 1972, as NASA scientist Ian Richardson remembers it, was hot. In Surrey, England, where he grew up, the fields were brown and dry, and people tried to stay out of the Sun, indoors and televisions on. But for several days that...
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Heat shield installed on the Orion Spacecraft
According to reports from NASA, an uncrewed Orion spacecraft will be launched during the Exploration Mission-1, beginning a three-week trip to space.
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NASA | The Radiation Belt Storm Probe
The Radiation Belt Storm Probe mission (RBSP) will explore the Van Allen Radiation Belts in the Earth's magnetosphere. The charge particles in these regions can be hazardous to both spacecraft and astronauts. Project Scientist David...
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NASA in Silicon Valley: Jessica Marquez Talks About Planning and Managing Daily Tasks for Astronauts
A conversation with Jessica Marquez, human systems engineer and research scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center.
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I WONDER - What Did Neil Armstrong Eat On His Journey To The Moon?
This video is answering the question of what did Neil Armstrong eat on his journey to The Moon.
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Hubble’s Servicing Mission 2
The Second Servicing Mission, launched Feb. 11, 1997, greatly improved Hubble's productivity. The installation of new instruments extended Hubble's wavelength range into the near infrared for imaging and spectroscopy, allowing us to...
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Gravity Assist: Mars with Bruce Jakosky and Michael Meyer
With Jim Green today is the “man about Mars,” Bruce Jakosky from the University of Colorado. Bruce is the principal investigator of NASA's MAVEN mission. Joining them is Michael Meyer the lead Mars scientist at NASA Headquarters.
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10 Ways Space Travel Will Change In The Next 100 Years
Will you be able to go into space in the future? Will we return to the moon? Here are 10 ways space travel could change in the next century.
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NASA funds research into deep-sleep journey for Mars astronauts
Astronauts might one day sleep their way to Mars by spending much of the long, arduous journey in hypothermic hibernation chambers. The trip from Earth to Mars takes approximately 200 days, one way. This presents several challenges....
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Gravity Assist: Before You Launch: Practice, Practice, Practice
When future astronauts explore the surfaces of the Moon, Mars, or beyond, they’ll have big challenges communicating with Mission Control back on Earth.
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Gravity Assist: The Sun’s Mysteries with Thomas Zurbuchen
Thomas Zurbuchen, the Associate Administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, joins NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green to discuss the mysterious we still need to solve about the Sun, and more!
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NASA Astronauts Read Aloud: You Are Going
With Artemis, NASA is going back to the Moon. And we want you to come along! You Are Going, illustrated by former NASA intern Shane Tolentino, shares a glimpse into future Artemis missions. Learn all about the elements that will help...
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Expedition 67 - Axiom Mission 1 Space Station Arrival, Welcome Ceremony - April 9, 2022
Axiom Mission 1 astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria, Larry Connor, Mark Pathy, and Eytan Stibbe opened the hatch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and floated aboard the International Space Station April 9 after docking to the complex...
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NASA/NOAA | A Weather Satellite Watches The Sun
GOES is a series of weather satellites providing continuous delivery of real time data helping meteorologists predict weather on Earth with great accuracy. The GOES satellites also look at the Sun and send critical data to space weather...
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5 Things: Hubble Space Telescope
Have questions about the Hubble Space Telescope? Comment with your questions for a Q&A! The universe is a wild and wonderful place. ✨ Hubble has shown us that the cosmos is more colorful and often stranger than we ever could have...
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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...
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NASA | Return with LRO
The Deputy Project Manager for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) program, Cathy Peddie, expresses her personal and professional thoughts on the upcoming LRO mission. From following in the footsteps of her childhood heroes,to...
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Hubble’s Servicing Mission 1
Shortly after the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed in 1990, the observatory's primary mirror was discovered to have an aberration that affected the clarity of the telescope's early images. Fortunately, Hubble, orbiting 353 miles (569...
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Meet the Goddard Instrument Field Team
This video is an introduction into the world of the Goddard Instrument Field Team, known as GIFT. This team of scientists conducts fieldwork all over the world at sites that resemble the Moon, Mars, and other planetary surfaces. These...
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NASA’s plans for Gateway space station
NASA has released images of its Lunar Gateway space station ahead of its proposed launch of two modules in 2024.
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Why NASA Is Exploring The Edge Of Our Planet's Atmosphere
The Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD, instrument launches aboard a commercial communications satellite in January 2018 to inspect the dynamic intermingling of space and Earth’s uppermost atmosphere. Together, GOLD...