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TED Talks
TED: The 100 tampons NASA (almost) sent to space -- and other absurd songs | Marcia Belsky
Performing two original songs, stand-up comedian, writer and musician Marcia Belsky shares comical commentary on some peculiar aspects of our culture -- from Instagram-stalking your crush to fending off mansplainers on social media --...
SciShow
Great Minds We Lost in 2012
Hank pays tribute to some of the great scientific minds we lost in 2012, and then apologizes for some mistakes made in recent SciShow episodes.
Curated Video
OTD In Space - June 18: America’s First Woman In Space
On June 18, 1983, NASA astronaut Sally Ride became America's first woman in space after she and four colleagues blasted off on the space shuttle Challenger for the STS-7 mission. The astronauts spent 6 days in space deployed two...
Curated Video
What Is a Physicist?
“What Is a Physicist?” introduces Albert Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton, and the study of physics.
Curated Video
Sally Ride for Kids | Bedtime History
Learn about the physicist and astronaut, Sally Ride, who became the first American woman to fly in space.
Curated Video
Space Exploration: Risk Versus Reward
Dr. Forrester examines the history of the Challenger mission to space by diagramming a timeline of the historical events. She compares and contrasts the positive and negative travels to space by making sense of the reasons for traveling...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Eye to the Earth
Kay Taylor describes an experiment on board the space station that allows middle school students to remotely photograph the Earth. HWHAP Episode 218.
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Elisa Quintana, Kepler/K2 Mission: NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast
A conversation with Elissa Quintana, NASA research scientist for the Kepler and K2 mission at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
Weird History
Facts About the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
Every American who lived through the '80s remembers the Challenger explosion. But what happened to cause the famous national tragedy? How could such a catastrophe happen when NASA so meticulously checks and double checks all the...
Curated Video
Ellen Ochoa: The First Female Hispanic Astronaut
In 1993, Ellen Ochoa wrote her name in the stars – as the first Hispanic woman to enter orbit. She continues to inspire generations of aspiring astronauts today.
Maddie Moate
Awesome Astronauts | Building LEGO's Women of NASA!
LEGO Idea's bought out this amazing 'Women of NASA' set, and I thought it would be fun to build, play and learn from these inspiring women! First up, let's discover a little more about Sally Ride and Mae Jemison, two AWESOME ASTRONAUTS!
Getty Images
2012 Celebrity Memorial
2012 Celebrity Memorial on December 10, 2012 in Los Angeles, California (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)
Getty Images
CLEAN: 2012 Celebrity Memorial
CLEAN: 2012 Celebrity Memorial on December 10, 2012 in Los Angeles, California (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)
Hearst Metrotone News
Astronaut Sally Ride practices parachute simulator training.
Astronaut Sally Ride practices parachute simulator training.
Curated Video
U.S. Mint To Feature Women On Quarters
Writer Maya Angelou and the first woman to fly in space, Sally Ride, are the first to appear on the coins.
Hearst Metrotone News
Astronaut Sally Ride trains to fly into space.
Astronaut Sally Ride trains to fly into space.
Curated Video
President Obama presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to more than a dozen prominent Americans, including former President Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey and the late astronaut Sally Ride. (Nov. 20)
President Barack Obama bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on more than a dozen prominent Americans on Wednesday, 50 years after the death of its founder, President John F. Kennedy.
Obama honored former President Bill...
Obama honored former President Bill...
Curated Video
A spacecraft orbiting the moon has captured the first video of the lunar far side that people on Earth can't see. The video was captured by one of NASA's twin Grail probes using MoonKAM, a camera which will eventually be used by students.
HEADLINE Raw Video: First video from moon's far side
CAPTION: A spacecraft orbiting the moon has captured the first video of the lunar far side that people on Earth can't see. The video was captured by one of NASA's...
CAPTION: A spacecraft orbiting the moon has captured the first video of the lunar far side that people on Earth can't see. The video was captured by one of NASA's...
Curated Video
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey and Loretta Lynn among recipients of Medal of Freedom
President Barack Obama is bestowing the Presidential Medal of Freedom on more than a dozen prominent Americans 50 years after the death of the award's founder, President John F. Kennedy.
Obama...
Obama...
Curated Video
Space, Volcanoes, Earthquakes
SPACE (Shuttle Challenger's Maiden Voyage)
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Space Shuttle Challenger on Maiden V
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Space Shuttle Challenger o
n take-off
Satellite launch
from Challenger
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Curated Video
United States President Barack Obama is bestowing the Presidential Medal of Freedom on more than a dozen prominent Americans 50 years after the death of the award's founder, President John F. Kennedy. (Nov. 20)
United States President Barack Obama is bestowing the Presidential Medal of Freedom on more than a dozen prominent Americans 50 years after the death of the award's founder, President John F....
Curated Video
Twin NASA spacecraft slam into lunar mountain
1. NASA animation of Ebb and Flow, or the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL), travelling above the surface of the moon
2. NASA animation of GRAIL orbiting the moon on its final orbit before...
2. NASA animation of GRAIL orbiting the moon on its final orbit before...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Sally Ride, Pioneer
A tribute to space pioneer Sally Ride, America's first female astronaut