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5 Things That Changed Weather Forecasting Forever
Our ability to predict the weather, though still imperfect, would astound our ancestors. And decades of improvements in weather satellite technology, driven by teams of fiercely dedicated scientists and engineers, have made that...
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NASA | Glory: The Particle Puzzle
This episode explores the complexity of atmospheric aerosols- how they impact climate and how researchers study them. Glory's Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor and Cloud Camera will provide an unprecedented data set for helping scientists...
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NASA | Earth Observing Landsat 5 Turns 25 Years Old
On March 1, the Earth-observing Landsat 5 satellite celebrated 25 years in orbit. Twenty-two years beyond its primary mission lifetime, Landsat 5 is still going strong, making it a keystone of the 37-year Landsat Program. Among Landsat...
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NASA | Driving A Lunar Spacecraft
Want to fly a spacecraft around the Moon? Take this video for a spin to see how NASA operates the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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NASA | Intro to LIDAR - 3D Version
Want to know the 3D shape of terrain on another planet? Want to study the height and density of Earth's forests? An amazing tool called LIDAR can help! Learn more in this video. This version of the video is presented in several formats...
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NASA | GPM's Journey to Japan
Built at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., the GPM spacecraft travelled roughly 7,300 miles (11,750 kilometers) to its launch site at Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island, Japan, where it is scheduled for...
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NASA | GLASTcast | Episode 3: Swift and GLAST
NASA's GLAST mission is an astrophysics and particle physics partnership, developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, along with important contributions from academic institutions and partners in France, Germany,...
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NASA | December 10, 2011 Lunar Eclipse Essentials
When the moon passes through the Earth's shadow, it causes the moon to look very unusual for a short period of time. This event is called a lunar eclipse, and it occurs roughly twice a year. Learn more about how lunar eclipses work in...
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NASA | Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2015 Minimum Extent
On September 11, Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent for 2015. At 1.70 million square miles (4.41 million square kilometers), it’s the fourth lowest extent on record.
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Landsat 9: part 1, Getting Off The Ground
Every legacy has a compelling origin. The soon-to-be-launched Landsat 9 is the intellectual and technical product of eight generations of Landsat missions, spanning nearly 50 years. Episode One answers the question “why?” Why did the...
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A Decade of Discovery for Suomi-NPP
Since its launch on Oct. 28, 2011, the remarkable instruments on the Suomi-NPP satellite have captured a wealth of valuable data and beautiful images of our home planet. Suomi-NPP is the first of a series of polar-orbiting weather...
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5 Years of Landsat 8
In its five years in space, Landsat 8 has racked up an impressive line of statistics. The satellite made 26,500 orbits around Earth. It captured 1.1 million "scenes" of our home planet. Its images now represent 16 percent of all the...
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CompTIA Network+ Certification N10-007: The Total Course - Connecting with Satellites
This video explains how to connect with satellites. This clip is from the chapter "Remote Connectivity" of the series "CompTIA Network+ Certification N10-007: The Total Course".In this section, you will learn to work with remote...
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How America's First Satellite Helped Create NASA
On Jan. 31 att 10:48 p.m. EST, Explorer 1 launched into space, hurtling into Earth's orbit in seven and a half minutes. The next day's front-page news declared that the United States was now officially in the Space Age. Music: Look...
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Highlights From SDO's 10 Years of Solar Observation
In February 2020, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory — SDO — is celebrating its 10th year in space. Over the past decade the spacecraft has kept a constant eye on the Sun, studying how the Sun creates solar activity and drives space...
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Two New Satellites Set to Study One of Earth's Most Critically Changing Regions
In 2018, NASA will intensify its focus on one of the most critical but remote parts of our changing planet with the launch of two new satellite missions and an array of airborne campaigns. GRACE-FO and ICESat-2 will use radically...
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NASA | Water for Tea: Part I
View "Water for Tea: Part II" at:One of the critical components of the Earth's hydrological cycle is precipitation. Rainfall is essential for providing the fresh water that sustains life. Water cycling and the future availability of...
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NASA | SOHO and TRACE Solar Discoveries
On April 3, 2009, countries from around the world participated in the '100 Hours of Astronomy' webcast to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy. Produced to support the webcast, this movie highlights the discoveries of the SOHO...
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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 | TRMM at 15: The Reign of Rain
TRMM Project Scientist Scott Braun looks back at the legacy of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and a few of the major scientific milestones the satellite has helped achieve.
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NASA | The Search for New Worlds is Here
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is an astrophysics Explorer-class mission between NASA and MIT. After launching in 2017, TESS will use four cameras to scan the entire sky, searching for planets outside our Solar System,...
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NASA | Rising Seas: Science on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Enjoy a deep dive into sea level rise research as NASA scientists and their colleagues discuss their research on and around the Greenland Ice Sheet.
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NASA | On Board NPP: The Five Instruments
The NPP satellite has 5 instruments on board: VIIRS, CERES, CrIS, ATMS, and OMPS. Each one will deliver a specific set of data helping weather prediction and climate studies. This video is a quick overview of each instrument and its...
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NASA | Observing the 2015 El Niño
People the world over are feeling, or soon will feel, the effects of the strongest El Niño event since 1997-98, currently unfolding in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. New satellite observations are beginning to show scientists its...