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James Webb Space Telescope: Worth the Wait
Building the James Webb Space Telescope is challenging. It is NASA's most ambitious and complex space science observatory. The mission required 10 new technologies to be invented, the dedication of hundreds of scientists, engineers and...
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NASA in Silicon Valley: SOFIA Shows Ceres' True Composition: NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on January 19, 2017.
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Hubble Trivia: 4) What Wavelengths of Light Can Hubble See?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: What wavelengths of light can Hubble see? You might be surprised! See if...
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NASA | SDO's Instruments: EVE
Dean Pesnell, the SDO Project Scientist, explains how the the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) instrument will allow us to better measure solar irradiance in extreme ultraviolet wavelengths. This type of irradiance, which...
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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...
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A Day in the Life of a NASA Satellite Team
Launched on Nov. 20, 2004, NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has been on the hunt to uncover the mystery of the universe’s most powerful explosions: gamma-ray bursts. These extreme events are some of the farthest objects we’ve ever...
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Unboxing a New NASA Spacecraft
Go behind the scenes as we unbox NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, after its arrival at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Northrop Grumman engineer Steve Turek and NASA EDGE's Chris Giersch walk us through the whole...
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NASA | SDO: Exploring the Sun in High Definition
The Solar Dynamics Observatory is designed to help us understand the Sun's influence on Earth and Near-Earth space by studying the solar atmosphere on small scales of space and time and in many wavelengths simultaneously. Dean Pesnell,...
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NASA | SDO: Commissioning and Handover
In order to provide the clearest scientific data for its entire 5 year mission, SDO had to undergo a rigorous, 2 month testing phase. After giving it an all-clear, the team of people who designed, built and tested the satellite now have...
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NASA | SDO's Instruments: AIA
SDO Project Scientist Dean Pesnell explains how the SDO's Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument suite will allow us to take pictures of the sun at multiple temperatures and at resolutions never before seen. Learn more about the...
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NASA | Welcome to the Sun
This short teaser video introduces NASA's newest spacecraft to the heliophysics fleet, the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Or get tweeted by NASA:
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NASA | SDO Engineers Create What Never Was
Engineers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center talk about what it is like to build, assemble, integrate, and test a custom-made spacecraft like the soon to be launched Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).
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NASA | Little SDO: Big Sun
Little SDO demonstrates the fact that he takes really, really large pictures of the sun. Or get tweeted by NASA:
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NASA | Sarychev Volcano Eruption from the International Space Station
On June 12, 2009, a fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) made it possible for an astronaut on board to capture Sarychev Volcano in the early stages of eruption. The volcano is located on the northwestern end of Matua...
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NASA | Little SDO: Tons of Data
Little SDO demonstrates just how much data he sends every day. Read about SDO's veritable avalanche of data:Or get tweeted by NASA:
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NASA | Bon Voyage SDO!
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) will study the sun in unprecedented detail and its effects on Earth. See SDO rolled through Goddard Space Flight Centers hallways, where it was built and tested, and prepared for transport to KSC....
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NASA | Introducing Little SDO
Meet Little SDO! This comically animated version of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is here to introduce you to all the great new ways we'll be looking at the sun and predicting how it will affect our lives on Earth. Or get tweeted by...
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NASA | Command Accepted: SDO Music Video
SDO will help scientists better understand solar variability and aid in predictions of space weather. Ka band dishes at White Sands, New Mexico will be the go-between the satellite and the Mission Control Center at Goddard Space Flight...
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Exploring the International Space Station
This video provides a comprehensive description of the International Space Station (ISS). It highlights the collaborative efforts of governments, scientists, and engineers from around the world in creating this remarkable scientific marvel.
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Newly discovered planet is more than 600 light years away from Earth.
A team of scientists in India have discovered a sub-Saturn sized exoplanet, reports the Financial Times. The planet, called EPIC 211945201b or K2-236b, is reportedly 600 light years away from Earth.
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The most exciting telescope that no-one is talking about
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is perhaps the next most exciting observatory to the James Webb Space Telescope.
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NASA | GPM: Engineering Next Generation Observations of Rain and Snow
For the past three years, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory has gone from components and assembly drawings to a fully functioning satellite at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The satellite...
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Tibetan Plateau ideal position for powerful observatory to bridge East-West divide
The world’s most powerful astronomical observatories are currently almost all located in the Western Hemisphere, but a new study proposes that the Tibetan Plateau in China provides ideal conditions for large telescopes built in the East.
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$10 billion dollar telescope reaches magical spot in space
The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope has safely arrived at Lagrange Point 2 — and it’s now getting ready to look back in time to 13.7 billion years ago.