PBS
How to Weigh a Fart | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios
EVER WANTED TO WEIGH A FART? Well, it isn't easy, but Gabe from PBS Space Time walks us through the math, physics, and science behind farts and explains how to measure them!
SciShow
Launching Rockets Mid-Air
If you picture a rocket launch, do you imagine it taking off from a hot air balloon? In this episode, we'll learn how using balloons to launch sounding rockets advanced our understanding of planet Earth, radiation, and how to keep...
SciShow
The Equator Is a Bad Place for These Rocket Launches
Some satellites orbit in the same direction the planet rotates, which means they get a boost for their launch, but most have orbits where that isn’t ideal, and that creates some challenges for engineers.
SciShow
The Oldest Quasar Ever and the Newest Failed Launch
We have discovered an enormous black hole that’s older and farther away than any we’ve ever seen, and a recent rocket launch did not go as planned.
Wonderscape
The Forces Behind Rocket Launches
Unpack the forces that propel rockets beyond Earth's atmosphere. This segment breaks down the concepts of thrust, weight, and drag, explaining their interplay in achieving successful rocket launches. Learn how engineers optimize rocket...
Curated Video
DIY Rocket Launch
In this video, we'll show you how to make your own rocket and launcher. With a little bit of effort, you'll be able to launch your rocket high into the sky. Let's get started!
Learning Mole
How Does it Work? - Spacecraft
This video is explaining how spacecraft works for kids.
Curated Video
What Was The Apollo Space Program? | NASA's Manned Missions to the Moon Explained!
Learn about the Apollo Space Program -- including the historic Apollo 11, Apollo 13, spaceflights, astronauts, historic dates, moon landings, explosions, rovers and more -- with this original Space Science video by KLT.
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Elizabeth Pane Talks About Sending Science Experiments To The International Space Station
A conversation with Elizabeth Pane, ISS Payload Manager in the Flight Systems and Implementation Branch at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
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
Houston We Have a Podcast: Resident Extreme
NASA Astronaut Christina Koch and her husband, Bob Koch, discuss Christina's path to becoming an astronaut—her childhood in North Carolina, her education, and her work at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and in remote locations all...
Curated Video
Rocket Science: How Rockets Work - A Short and Basic Explanation
How do rockets work? What is the science behind a rocket launch? How does a rocket go into space? In this short and simple video, we discuss the science of how rockets work. It is a short animated video for kids and laymen to understand...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Back To The Moon: The Falcon 9 launch
After a quiet half a century since the last Apollo mission landed on the moon, Associate Professor Alan Duffy takes us inside the new space race. The second space race has begun! Watch as Elon Musks Space X launches the Falcon 9 into...
NASA
Rocket-Lovers Watch OSIRIS-REx Launch
OSIRIS-REx launched Thursday, September 8 at 7:05PM on an Atlas V rocket on a journey to study asteroid Bennu and return a sample to Earth. Thousands of visitors watched the launch, some of whom were part of a NASA Social event. Music...
NASA
Launching Rockets Through the Leak in Earth's Atmosphere
NASA scientists are seeking a strange breed of northern lights in the Arctic. When these auroras shine, Earth’s atmosphere leaks into space. In the tiny Arctic town of Ny-Ålesund, where polar bears outnumber people, winter means three...
Next Animation Studio
NASA launches Parker solar probe on mission to 'touch the sun'
NASA has sent a probe to fly closer to the sun's surface than any man-made object has ever gone.
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Radio Waves
On its 10th anniversary, Third Rock Radio hosts share the history and evolution of the partnership with NASA and bringing space to the airwaves. HWHAP Episode 224.
NASA
To Bennu and Back
NASA's latest New Frontiers mission, OSIRIS-REx, will venture to a near-Earth asteroid to discover clues about the unique resources asteroids hold, processes that affect asteroids' orbital paths and their potential for impacting Earth,...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Physics of Rockets
This video is a lesson about the physics of rockets and how engineers design and build them. The teacher explains concepts such as Newton's three laws of motion, the role of forces in rocket propulsion, the importance of thrust, weight,...
NASA
Sounds of a Launch
In the early morning, while standing in the wet grass at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, NASA astronaut Kay Hire describes what it's like to attend a rocket launch. This audio postcard was recorded in May 2018 at NASA Wallops...
Curated Video
Trump appearance at SpaceX launch reinforces Musk's relationship with the president-elect
Nearly a week after President-elect Trump named Elon Musk to run a new government efficiency panel, Trump attended a SpaceX test launch on Tuesday. (Scripps News)
Bloomberg
Virgin Galactic Carries Tourists to Edge of Space
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. carried its first private tourists to the edge of space, a long-awaited milestone in founder Richard Branson's quest to build a "spaceline for Earth." The VSS Unity craft took off and then landed at a New...
Bloomberg
SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket
SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket into space this morning, carrying a NASA x-ray telescope. Meanwhile, the head of the European space agency told the Financial Times that the SpaceX boss, Elon Musk, is making the rules in space...
Bloomberg
Elon Musk's Mission to Mars
SpaceX founder Elon Musk says U.S. regulators may grant environmental approval at the company's south Texas site as soon as next month. That would pave the way for the launch of Starship this year. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow reports on...