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Exploring the Universe: NASA's Deep Space Communication Antennas
The Goldstone Deep Space Communication Complex, nestled in California's Mojave Desert, is a vital link between NASA and the universe. With its giant antennas, it enables the command and reception of information from satellites,...
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Journey to the Outer Planets: The Voyager Mission
The Voyager mission, launched in 1972, sent twin spacecraft, Voyager One and Two, on a journey to explore Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Equipped with advanced sensors and cameras, the Voyagers captured stunning images and made...
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The Technology to Get us to Space
Dr. Forrester examines the technological innovations in the study of space by giving examples of innovations which have led to advances in space programs. She also identifies space travel programs by exploring NASA and the efforts that...
Learning Mole
How Does it Work? - Spacecraft
This video is explaining how spacecraft works for kids.
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Space Junk: a Growing Threat to Satellites and Spacecraft
This video discusses the issue of space debris, including rockets and other objects left in Earth's orbit. The European Space Agency tracks thousands of individual pieces of junk to prevent collisions with operational satellites. The...
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Mars Perseverance Rover Launch
Let's go to Mars with the Mars Perseverance Rover Mission step by step in 2020. The ULA and NASA are sending the Perseverance Rover to Mars. KLT.
Debunked
Would A Nuclear Explosion Actually Destroy An Asteroid?
An apocalyptic asteroid is on a collision course with our wonderful little planet! What do we do?
Debunked
4 Common Movie Myths About Space Debunked | Explosions, Speed, Sound and Asteroids.
Movies take a lot of dramatic license where science is concerned, but who's getting it all wrong on the silver screen. From the g-force you would suffer when achieving lightspeed to what a nuclear bomb would sound like in space we...
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The Solar System
The Solar System identifies the solar system including the sun and all celestial bodies that orbit the sun.
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Voyager and Drift Lines
Astronomer Jill Tarter, Director of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, describes how signals from the Voyager probe can illustrate how we need to take the earth's rotation into account when searching the skies.
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How Do Astronauts Get Breathable Oxygen In Space (Aboard The ISS)?
Astronauts onboard the ISS get their breathable oxygen in two main ways - through systems onboard the ISS that generate breathable oxygen and through resupply missions that deliver breathable oxygen to the ISS. There is plenty of oxygen...
Zach Star
Aerospace Vs Mechanical Engineering - How to Pick the Right Major
Aerospace and mechanical engineering are often a common toss up for students because these majors are so similar. The classes you take for both these disciplines are extremely similar. As an aerospace engineer you will take more specific...
Astrum
What has NASA's Juno discovered around Jupiter so far? (3 year update)
It's been three years since NASA's Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter. But what has it seen and discovered? We will examine Jupiter's magnetic field, core, bands, aurora, atmosphere, storms and clouds.
Zach Star
Mechanical Engineering Subfields and Senior Project Examples (Part 2)
In the previous video I discussed the most popular mechanical engineering concentrations. Outside of those main one's though, the concentrations aren't as well defined at every university. I grouped together some large topics within...
Next Animation Studio
India plans for third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3
The Indian Space Research Organization on Tuesday announced plans for a third lunar mission called Chandrayaan-3 and said it is most likely to be launched later this year, according to the Times of India.
Professor Dave Explains
The Future of Space Travel: Fusion Engines, Warp Drives, and Wormholes
Okay, we've all dreamed about exploring the universe and finding our own little cosmic vacation bungalow. But these places are really far, so how can we get there? Not the way we go through space now, that's just too slow. Are there...
NASA
The Invisible Network: 19. LCRD - The Dream | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
In this second episode of an LCRD-focused season of The Invisible Network podcast, we take a look at the reasons NASA is embracing optical communications technologies and what challenges LCRD will overcome.
NASA
Gravity Assist: The Moon's Holy GRAIL, with Maria Zuber
Recent maps of the Moon's gravity have taught us a lot about its overall shape, and have been invaluable for lunar exploration. Maria Zuber, principal investigator of the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, reflects...
Next Animation Studio
Dwarf planet Ceres is an ocean world: scientists
Scientists say Ceres is an ocean world with brine under the surface after reviewing data from NASA’s Dawn orbiter, according to new studies published separately in Nature Astronomy and Geoscience.
Next Animation Studio
GRAIL mission: NASA twin probes to measure moon's gravity field
The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission, or GRAIL, consists of twin spacecraft in a polar orbit around the moon. GRAIL will map the moon's gravitational field by measuring changes in the distance between the two spacecraft...
NASA
The Invisible Network: 11. Reflections | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
For billions of years, the Earth and the Moon have danced together. Since the Apollo era, scientists have used lasers — a technology then in its infancy — to measure their waltz. Lasers have since played increasingly important roles in...
Zach Star
What is Aerospace Engineering? (Astronautics)
In this video I discuss "What is aerospace engineering?" The aerospace engineering major can be broken up into two main branches, aeronautics and astronautics. This video will focus on astronautics which is the design of things that will...
NASA
The Invisible Network: 18. LCRD - The Launch | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
Today, Tuesday, December 7, 2021, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program Satellite-6 launched from Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s space coast. The spacecraft contains a revolutionary space communications mission, NASA's Laser...