Podcast22:55
NASA

‎Gravity Assist: Gravity Assist Podcast, The Sun with Nicky Fox

Pre-K - Higher Ed
We start our “Gravity Assist” virtual tour of the solar system with – where else – the Sun! Jim is joined by Project Scientist Dr. Nicky Fox of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab to talk about our fascinating star and...
Podcast22:05
NASA

Gravity Assist: The Moon Quakes! With Walter Kiefer

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Just like earthquakes help scientists figure out what's going on inside our home planet, moonquakes have taught scientists a lot about the interior of the Moon.
Podcast2:26
NASA

‎Gravity Assist: Gravity Assist Podcast: Season 3 Trailer

Pre-K - Higher Ed
What’s so special about our Moon? Join Jim Green, NASA’s chief scientist, for a podcast season that dives into the Moon’s history and mysteries, as well as NASA’s plans to send astronauts there by 2024.
Instructional Video3:14
Science Buddies

Race Through Space with Gravity Assist Maneuvers

K - 5th
Explore interplanetary space travel with an experiment! The gravity assist or "slingshot" maneuver is often used by engineers to send spacecraft to the outer planets. This video presents a model to simulate a planetary flyby using...
Instructional Video
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Blossoms: Gravity Assist Stealing a Planet's Angular Momentum

9th - 10th
This video lesson will present Gravity Assist, or what is wrongly referred to as the gravitational slingshot. Gravity assist is a maneuver performed by interplanetary spacecraft to travel farther on less fuel. It is a classic exercise in...
Instructional Video
AsapSCIENCE

Asap Science: Can We Survive the Sun's Death?

9th - 10th
Does humanity stand a chance against our sun's ultimate fate? Learn some surprising facts in this video.