60 Second Histories
Captain Cook - part 2
A veteran sailor recounts Captain Cook's final voyage aboard HMS Resolution.
Financial Times
Turkey, Greece and the dash for gas
FT energy editor David Sheppard uses maps of the eastern Mediterranean to explain why there is such interest in gas deposits. The Turkish exploration vessels searching for them are not using conventional drilling platforms while the...
Next Animation Studio
Deep-sea ‘gold rush’ led by China could be about to devastate the oceans
A deep-sea ‘gold rush’ led by China could soon have catastrophic consequences for marine ecosystems.
Curated Video
John Wesley Powell: Wild West Explorer
Despite losing an arm in the US Civil War, John Wesley Powell was one of the great explorers of the American West, and made history as the man who mapped the Grand Canyon.
Financial Times
GPS data reveal secretive Chinese research vessels crossing Pacific
The FT's Kathrin Hille examines the Chinese oceanographic research vessels appearing between the Philippines and Hawaii based on data from Marinetraffic.com and explains how Beijing is expanding its maritime influence in the Pacific.
NASA
The Invisible Network: 17. Commercialization - LunaNet | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
NASA is fostering a commercial space economy. In this episode of "The Invisible Network" podcast, we look at how NASA's LunaNet communications architecture allows industry to participate in Artemis.
Next Animation Studio
France sends forces to Eastern Mediterranean amid tensions with Turkey
France is boosting its presence in the Eastern Mediterranean to support Greece in its standoff over disputed waters with Turkey.
NASA
The Invisible Network: 02. Lemnos | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
The mythic hunter Orion, son of the sea-god Poseidon, was himself mortal, but his godly lineage enabled impossible heroic feats, earning him a place in the night sky as a constellation. NASA has developed its own Orion, a hunter for...
Epic History TV
Apollo Program Part 3" "Houston, we've had a problem."
A dramatic and information-packed account of the program to put a man on the Moon by the end of 1969.
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: NASA Establishes the Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute: NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on October 21, 2016.
NASA
The Invisible Network: 07. Hunter-Gatherer | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
In recent years, NASA has renewed its focus on the Moon. Soon, we will look up at the Moon and rediscover a magic first experienced in 1969. It’s a magic that will flow through networks more sophisticated than ever before — an...
NASA
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 3, Unleashing Innovation Small Steps, Giant Leaps
David Miranda, innovation point of contact for the Exploration Ground Systems Program’s Operations Division, offers tips for unleashing innovation.
Curated Video
Mars: when will humans get there?
Sending astronauts to Mars is a daunting prospect. But this will not deter NASA and private companies from trying to put humans on the red planet.
NASA
Gravity Assist: Gravity Assist Podcast: Why So Many Craters on the Moon? With David Kring
NASA's Artemis program will send astronauts to the lunar south pole by 2024, where there is a giant impact crater. Learn how craters teach us about the history of both the Moon and Earth.
Physics Girl
Should you go to Mars? ft Bill Nye
Would you take a trip to Mars knowing the risks? What if it were a one way trip? Should we colonize Mars? I took a trip over to the Planetary Society to meet with CEO and Science Guy, Bill Nye to discuss the potential for future human...
Curated Video
Exploring the Sky: The History and Use of Star Charts
Since ancient times, humans have be using the stars to navigate. Learn about the earliest star charts and how modern star charts are used.
NASA
Gravity Assist: She Protects Other Planets from Our Germs
As we explore Mars and other places in the solar system that might have life, scientists who work in Planetary Protection are busy making sure that we don’t contaminate them.
Curated Video
Why Africans Never Invented the Wheel
This video explores the history of wheel use in Africa and debunks the misnomer which popularly portrayks it as a pre-historic technology analogous to fire ow shelter.
NASA
What Is NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)? (Mission Overview)
Soon to be operating from the International Space Station, NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission will comprehensively measure the mineral composition of Earth’s mineral dust source regions to help...
NASA
JPL & the Space Age: To the Rescue
In 1990, Hubble meant trouble. The highly touted space telescope was designed to escape Earth’s blurry atmosphere to capture unparalleled visual images of the universe, but its creators were shocked to discover that a minuscule flaw...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Gravity Assist Podcast: Buying a Ride to the Moon Through Commercial Partnerships, with Steven Clarke
Steven Clarke, the Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration at NASA, talks about NASA’s plans to partner with companies for delivering new instruments and technology demonstrations to the Moon.
Next Animation Studio
Japanese startup delivering UAE’s rover to the moon in 2022
Next year’s mission will be the first of three, and will deliver Dubai’s first lunar rover and a Japanese moon robot to the surface of the moon.
Next Animation Studio
NASA plans lunar base camp near Moon's South Pole
NASA has submitted plans for a lunar base camp near the Moon’s South Pole to the National Space Council as part of its Artemis program to send humans back to the Moon as early as the middle of this decade.
Guinness World Records
Youngest South Pole adventurer
The youngest person to trek to the South Pole is Lewis Clarke, who was 16 years 61 days when he reached the Geographic South Pole on 18 January 2014, having skied 1,123.61 km (698.18 miles; 606.7 nm) from Hercules Inlet on the Ronne Ice...