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How to Design a Mars Rover! | Let's Explore Mars! | SciShow Kids
Today, the crew at The Fort learn about engineers and how they design different ways to solve problems like they did for the rovers exploring Mars!
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Astrobiology & the Search for Alien Life
Hank talks about astrobiology - the study of and search for life in the universe off Earth. Right now, the field has more questions than answers, but all they all seek to answer that one fundamental query: are we alone in the universe?
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Top 5 Coolest Things about Curiosity
In which Hank celebrates the landing of the Mars Curiosity Rover, which, if you were following SciShow on Twitter, you know was pretty freaking cool. So here are the Top Five Coolest Things about the Mars Curiosity Rover!
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Astrobiology & the Search for Alien Life
Hank talks about astrobiology - the study of and search for life in the universe off Earth. Right now, the field has more questions than answers, but all they all seek to answer that one fundamental query: are we alone in the universe?
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Breaking News: Mars Suitable for Life
Earlier today, mission specialists with NASA's Mars Science Laboratory announced that they have found, for the first time, evidence of an ancient environment on Mars that could have sustained life. Hank tells us the specifics in this...
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Curiosity: Mars' Next Visitor
Plutonium powered robot car! With a laser gun! That's (kind of) what's hurtling through space right now as part of NASA Mars Science Laboratory heads for the Red Planet. Hank walks you through this historic mission, with the help of some...
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The Curiosity Rover Landing
Landing will take place the night of August 5th, 1:30 AM eastern, 10:30 pm pacific, and 6:30 AM GMT (August 6th.) The Mars Science Laboratory or Curiosity Rover is the largest payload ever delivered to the surface of a planet and it has...
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Top 5 Coolest Things about Curiosity
In which Hank celebrates the landing of the Mars Curiosity Rover which you know was pretty freaking cool. So here are the Top Five Coolest Things about the Mars Curiosity Rover!
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The 2 Secrets to Sending People to Mars
Hank revisits his passion for exploring the Red Planet, breaking down the two biggest challenges of sending humans to Mars: radiation and propulsion. He explains the science behind the obstacles future Mars-bound astronauts will face, as...
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Could We Have Saved the Opportunity Rover? - SciShow News
For more than a decade, Opportunity has been one of our best tools for understanding Mars, but after eight months of listening and hoping, it was officially time to put the rover to bed.
Curated Video
Building comprehension of 'Curiosity' through rich discussion
Pupil outcome: I can answer a range of comprehension questions on 'Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover'. Key learning points: - The Curiosity rover’s landing was very complex; there were lots of stages involved. - Once it had landed...
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Exploring the story 'Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover'
Pupil outcome: I can discuss and explore the narrative of 'Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover'. Key learning points: - ‘Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover’ is a non-fiction narrative text. - It contains some, but not all of the...
Astrum
The Storm So Big It Can Take Out Satellites
How Martian Weather Can be Catastrophic for Mission to the Red Planet.
Next Animation Studio
NASA Curiosity rover finds ancient organic molecules on Mars
After decades of searching for organic compounds on the Red Planet, scientists have finally been successful.
Next Animation Studio
Mars rover shows evidence of a lake on the Red Planet, which could have held microbial life
The Curiosity Mars rover has captured photos suggesting that Aeolis Mons, unofficially known as Mount Sharp, was created by sediments deposited in a large lake bed over tens of millions of years, NASA says.
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NASA | Need To Know: Sample Analysis at Mars Findings
There’s big news coming out of the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite (SAM) on NASA’s Curiosity rover. For the first time, organic matter has definitively been detected on Mars. In addition to finding organic compounds in rocks,...
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Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 34, Science in the 2020s Small Steps, Giant Leaps
NASA Scientist Michelle Thaller discusses anticipated discoveries and exciting missions planned during this decade.
Maddie Moate
8 Planets, 8 Experiments, 8 Minutes! | Maddie Moate
8 Planets, 8 Experiments, 8 Minutes! Thank you so much to Eureka! The National Children's Museum for having me come and film their awesome space. It's an absolute honour to join the Eureka team as an ambassador in celebration of their...
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NASA Celebrating Mars Curiosity Rover 10th Anniversary in Twitter Spaces
Friday marked a decade since the Curiosity Rover landed on Mars — for a two year mission. NASA is encouraging fans of the project to ask questions via its Twitter Spaces to celebrate the rover's journey, which will continue for another...
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Spiderweb-like rock structures found on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover has begun drilling into a mysterious terrain on Mars that could reshape our understanding of the planet. It has also captured the first-ever close-up image of a spider-like formation on Mars. These new images show...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Calcium Rich Deposits Found
This is an update on the Curiosity Rover in which the first candidate drill site found on Mars. [1:47]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Chemcam
This video [6:46] discusses ChemCam, a chemical camera on the Curiosity rover. ChemCam was a multinational effort between France and the U.S. Using its lasers and spectrometer, it can get samples of from the land and take pictures and...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: With "Terror" in the Past, Mars Scientists Plan for Exploration
Mars Science Laboratory project scientist John Grotzinger describes plans for the Curiosity rover, now in Gale Crater on Mars.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Martian Lab Made in Manhattan
What's it like to build tools for Curiosity? Intense.