MinutePhysics
Is There Poop on the Moon ft. SmarterEveryDay
What else did we leave on the moon? Smarter Every Day explains
SciShow
Photonic Propulsion: Mars in 3 Days?
We can get to Mars in 3 days, . . .sort of, maybe. In this episode of SciShow Space Reid Reimers explains the possibilities of photonic propulsion in use with space travel.
SciShow
Reducing Space Waste Before, During, and After Missions | Compilation
Right now, discarded parts from old spacecraft, bags of pee, and dead probes are just floating around in space, but it doesn’t have to be like that. Let's take a look at some of the ways we've figured out to reduce, reuse, and recycle in...
SciShow
The Asteroid That Nearly Swallowed OSIRIS-Rex
It's always an asteroid heading straight toward us that we worry about, never what happens to us when we head straight toward the asteroid. OSIRIS-REx's experience with Bennu tells us it's worth a thought.
SciShow
The One-Second Success Story of Venera 7
Venus may have been named after the Roman goddess of beauty, but once humans started sending spacecraft to the planet next door, we quickly learned that beauty… hurts.
SciShow
Hayabusa: The Artificial Meteor Launched From An Asteroid
After we retrieved samples of the moon, it was quite a while before we could land on anything else and bring bits of it back home.
SciShow
The Spacecraft That Wasn't Designed To Land, But Did
Many space missions take billions of dollars and decades of work to get develop, but 25 years ago this spacecraft delivered stunning results on a shoestring budget and a minimal development timeline.
SciShow
What's Going to Space in 2023?
2022 was a pretty exciting year for space science, but what news might we expect in the coming year?
SciShow
Eavesdropping On Other Worlds
We usually only get to use our sense of sight in exploring the universe, but that hasn’t prevented scientists from trying to listen in.
PBS
Could LIGO Find MASSIVE Alien Spaceships?
Whenever we open a new window on the universe, we discover things that no one expected. Our newfound ability to measure ripples in the fabric of spacetime—gravitational waves—is a very new window, and so far we’ve seen a lot of wild...
PBS
100 Years of Relativity + Challenge Winners!
The results are in - on this weeks episode of Spacetime we reveal the answer to our Asteroid Challenge, as well as our T-shirt winners! Check out who saved the world!
SciShow
What Are We REALLY Using Space Lasers For?
Ever since we started launching stuff into space, we've communicated with spacecraft (and astronauts) using radio waves. But over the past few decades, scientists have experimented with a new technique that could make things a lot more...
SciShow
Meet Nell: The Skeleton Rocket That Flew
In 1926, Robert Goddard launched Nell — the very first (successful) liquid fuel rocket. But Nell wasn't built like other modern rockets, including a notable lack of casing and an exhaust nozzle suspended above the propellant tanks.
MinutePhysics
The Rocket & String Paradox
This video is about Bell's Spaceship Paradox of Special Relativity, wherein a pair of rockets (or spacecraft) connected by a weak thread accelerate with uniform acceleration, maintaining the same separation, and the question is: does the...
SciShow
3 Things You Didn't Know About Voyager
Hank tells us three things we probably didn't know about the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
SciShow
Astronomy’s Unsung Hero is a Plain Ol’ Aluminum Ball
In 1965, MIT's Lincoln Laboratory saw their Lincoln Calibration Sphere 1 (LCS-1) launched into Earth orbit. It was an empty aluminum sphere and couldn't do any science of its own. But the world's most boring disco ball has played a huge...
Curated Video
NASA scientists hold presser about successful Mars rover landing
1. Wide shot of NASA press conference
2. Reporters at conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Steve Squyres, Principal Investigator:
"We now know with great certainty that we are at the place where we wanted to be at Gusev crater. There is a...
Curated Video
Female teacher to go into space
AP Television
1. Wide of Barbara Morgan talking to children about space
2. Close-up of Morgan giving lecture
3. Mid of morgan giving lecture
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barbara Morgan, Teacher preparing to travel into space:
"I can't think...
Curated Video
Soyuz undocks from Space Station
1. View of two Soyuz craft attached to space station (TM32, containing Claudie Haignere, on left)
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Claudie Haignere, French cosmonaut
"For sure we are grateful to the three crew because they were marvellous with...
Curated Video
Joint war games begin, Bosworth with FM, anti-US protest
Chinhae
1. US army soldiers coming out from a training centre
2. Close of soldiers
3. Soldiers running with rifles as part of military exercises
4. Zoom in to defensive military training
5. Various of simulated military training with...
Curated Video
Adds NASA comment on delay
Cape Canaveral, Florida - 13 July 2005
1. UPSOUND: (English) Mike Leinbach, Launch Director: (covered in overlay of astronauts in shuttle)
"For some reason the ecosensors did not behave today and so we're going to have to scrub this...
Curated Video
4:3 Soyuz undocks from International Space Station, returns to Earth
Space
1. Mid of NASA Commander Sunita Williams (left), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide (middle) and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko (right) saying farewell to Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, Flight Engineer Joe...
Curated Video
USA: INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION UPDATE
English/Nat
The International Space Station has taken one small step toward becoming a functional laboratory.
A Russian module carrying basic supplies for scientists docked with the fledgling station on Tuesday.
The Russian vehicle...
SciShow
Spacecraft Need New Heat Shields. Cue the Cuttlefish?
Scientists are always searching for new materials that maximize strength and thermal protection while also minimizing mass for space flight. So, when developing new heat shields, why are they looking to cuttlefish for inspiration?