Curated Video
Space Junk: The Growing Threat to Earth's Orbit
This video discusses the growing problem of space debris orbiting the Earth and the potential dangers it poses to future space missions. It highlights the increasing number of man-made objects in space and the need for guidelines to...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Sunspots and Solar Flares with Alex Young
NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green sits down with solar scientist Alex Young to discuss the Sun’s powerful explosions.
TMW Media
Inside the Las Vegas Neon Museum
Journey to the Wild West on today’s episode of Travel Thru History! Take a peek behind the curtain of the most entertaining city in the world. It’s a place carved out of the Mojave Desert; a place we’ve come to know as Las Vegas. While...
NASA
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...
NASA
NASA | Van Allen Probes Reveal Previously Undetected Radiation Belt Around Earth
These two nearly identical spacecraft launched in August 2012 and with only six months in operation, they may well be rewriting science textbooks. The probes study the Van Allen belts, gigantic radiation belts surrounding Earth, which...
NASA
NASA | A Selective History of Arctic Sea Ice Observations, Part 2
The study of Arctic sea ice changed forever with the dawn of the Space Age and the first Earth-observing satellites. Part 2 of our animated timeline picks up where Part 1 left off — with the launch of the TIROS weather satellite.
NASA
The Invisible Network: 03. Time | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
Whether you're relying on the careful observations of 1950s amateur astronomers and backyard telescopes or state-of-the-art GPS tracking and navigation technology: knowing where you are in space means needing to know what time it is.
Curated Video
SYND 7 2 75 SPACE SHUTTLE ON SHOW IN LOS ANGELES
A full scale model of the Space Shuttle shown in Los Angeles
1. ws of the Space Shuttle
2. ws view from Space Shuttle
3. GRAPHICS of Shuttle
4. ms simulation of satellite inside Shutttle
5. ms Satellite in shuttle
6. vs shuttle engines,...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Sputnik at 50: Looking Back at the Space Race
The Soviets were surprised at the world's reaction to their accomplishment. Little did they know that they had thrust the world into the Space Age. NPR supplies historic facts, thoughts of people involved, and information on the impact...