SciShow
Why Astronauts Have Strong Handshakes
If you dream of becoming an astronaut, the selection process and the job are both pretty grueling. For several reasons, you'd better practice your handshake.
SciShow
What Keeps Astronauts Up At Night?
Sleep is a crucial activity for our brains to function properly. But when you’re on the ISS, you face a myriad of distractions and obligations that make it difficult to get good shuteye. So how do these astronauts ever get restful sleep?
SciShow
The Hubble was Almost a $15B Disaster
The Hubble Space Telescope has been sending home images of the universe for more than thirty years, but none of its work would have been possible without the many servicing missions that kept it up to date.
Curated Video
Space Shuttle and International Space Station: Preparing for Automated Transport Vehicles
This video discusses the role of the US Space Shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS). It highlights the recent spacewalk conducted by Russian and American astronauts to install antenna and laser reflectors for automated...
Curated Video
The Final Mission: Repairing the Hubble Space Telescope
This video explains the significance of the Hubble Space Telescope and the challenges faced during its final servicing mission. It highlights the importance of on-orbit repair and the advancements made in space technology. Ultimately, it...
Curated Video
The Technology to Get us to Space
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...
Curated Video
A Race Like No Other
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...
Curated Video
Satellite TV
Learn all about signals and satellites and how can it help us through a story
Curated Video
Spacewalk: Exploring the Depths of Space
A spacewalk (or extravehicular activity) is the term used to describe movement of astronauts outside the spacecraft. Learn about the types of spacewalks astronauts engage in and the training they go through to prepare.
NASA
Hubble Tool Time Episode 2: Servicing Mission 1
Retired NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld hosts this six-part mini-series about the tools used on the Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. Hubble was uniquely designed to be serviced in space so that components could be repaired and...
NASA
NASA | Hubble Memorable Moments: Powering Down
In this first video of NASA's Hubble Memorable Moments series celebrating Hubble's 25 years, the telescope must be completely powered off to replace Hubble's heart. In 1999, engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center discovered that...
NASA
Hubble Tool Time Episode 6: Servicing Mission 4
Retired NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld hosts this six-part mini-series about the tools used on the Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. Hubble was uniquely designed to be serviced in space so that components could be repaired and...
NASA
NASA | Hubble Memorable Moments: Brute Force
In this second video of NASA's Hubble Memorable Moments series celebrating Hubble's 25 years, the team scrambles to work out an unusual solution to a problem encountered during an instrument repair. The Space Telescope Imaging...
NASA
NASA | Update: Hubble SM4 Flight Day 5
The Space Operations Control Center, also known as the STOCC, is responsible 24/7, 365 days a year for monitoring all Hubble systems and facilitating all of the telescope's science observations. Two teams of flight controllers designated...
The Guardian
2020: A Covid Space Odyssey
A short diary of astronaut Jessica Meir during her seven-month mission on the International Space Station (September 2019 - April 2020). Her journey glides from the euphoria of the first days in zero gravity, to the deep pressure of the...
Curated Video
Exploring the Marvels of the Space Suit
The space suit is a technological and engineering innovation that allows astronauts to exit the spacecraft while in outer space. Learn about all the different features of this machine.
NASA
NASA's Curious Universe: The Astronaut Training Pool
Before astronauts head to space, they have to dive into the Neutral Buoyancy Lab. Take a swim in NASA's underwater training ground with astronaut Nick Hague.
NASA
Hubble Tool Time Episode 3: Servicing Mission 2
Retired NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld hosts this six-part mini-series about the tools used on the Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. Hubble was uniquely designed to be serviced in space so that components could be repaired and...
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Astronauts in space the last Hubble repair mission
Astronauts floating outside Hubble, making repairs on STS-125 mission 4 to repair the telescope / astronauts make space walk / astronaut John Grunsfeld inside Space Shuttle Atlantis and floating in space, giving Hubble a tap and salute...
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Gemini VII in Space
Gemini VII leaves the launch pad / astronaut floating in space / Gemini capsule floating above the earth / rendezvous of Gemini VI and Gemini VII / astronaut seen in the window of shuttle / capsule floating above the earth.
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Astronaut On The Moon's Surface Holding The Earth
Astronaut On The Moon's Surface Holding The Earth
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Apollo 17 astronaut on space walk
/ astronaut (either Eugene Cernan or Harrison Schmitt) conducting Extravehicular Activity. Apollo 17 astronaut on space walk on December 11, 1972 in In Space (Footage by Getty Images)
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Gemini Titan 4, Ed White, America's first space walk
Gemini Titan 4, Ed White, America's first space walk
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Spacewalk and Gemini X Return to Earth
Gemini X and Agena rockets lock together in space / in space view (simulation?) of attempted rendezvous with Agena 8 / Agena 8 floating in space / Ed White's spacewalk / rocket glare above the Earth / Collins and Young in dingy in ocean.