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A spacecraft transports humans from Earth in a computer-generated animation.
A spacecraft transports humans from Earth in a computer-generated animation.
Bloomberg
What to Watch For in the Blue Origin Launch
Jul.19 -- Silicon Valley Space Center Manging Director Sean Casey discusses what Blue Origin's first manned space flight means for the future of commercial space exploration. He speaks with Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."
TED-Ed
From Mach-20 Glider to Humming Bird Drone
"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" This question guides Regina Dugan's exploration of amazing achievements in science and engineering that push the boundary of impossibility. From robotic hummingbirds and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Transforming the Future of Flight
In this video segment adapted from NASA, learn how engineers are transforming the future of flight by designing airplanes based on principles found in nature. [3:56]
The Kid Should See This
Tksst: Minute Physics: How an Airplane Is Made
Take this behind-the-scenes tour of the Airbus factories, research, and design facilities, and see how an A350 is built. [5:14]
Museum of Science
Ei E: Designing a Parachute
Students apply their knowledge of air resistance and aerospace engineering as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve their own parachutes.
Museum of Science
Ei E: A Long Way Down: Designing Parachutes Lesson 1
A storybook introduces the engineering challenge and context. In this story, Paulo, a boy from Brazil, learns about aerospace engineering as he designs his own parachute. [10:34]
Museum of Science
Ei E: Designing a Parachute (2)
Students apply their knowledge of air resistance and aerospace engineering as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve their own parachutes.
Museum of Science
Ei E: Designing a Parachute (1)
Students apply their knowledge of air resistance and aerospace engineering as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve their own parachutes.
Museum of Science
Ei E: A Long Way Down: Designing Parachutes Lesson 2
Students use information about the temperature, atmosphere, and surface of a planet to imagine how a spacecraft traveling to that planet might be designed. [14:29]
Museum of Science
Ei E: A Long Way Down: Designing Parachutes Lesson 1
A storybook introduces the engineering challenge and context. In this story, Paulo, a boy from Brazil, learns about aerospace engineering as he designs his own parachute. [14:46]
PBS
Pbs Kids Design Squad: Nasa: Erick Ordonez
Meet Materials Engineer, Erick Ordonez. NASA materials engineer Erick Ordonez explains how he makes sure that the materials NASA sends into space are problem-free. [2:45]
PBS
Pbs Kids Design Squad: Tracy Drain, Flight Systems Engineer
NASA flight systems engineer Tracy Drain explains that her role on the Juno spacecraft team was to keep the mission problem-free by tracking all the details so that nothing could fall through the cracks or be forgotten. [3:46]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: A Z Career Lab: Aerospace Engineer
Fly into high-tech career exploration as you learn about careers with satellites, airplanes and flying cars of the future! See the Lab Squad kids' report for this career in the Support Materials. [5:47]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Olympians Look to Science for a Competitive Edge
Physiologist and aerospace engineer Troy Flanagan shares the science behind Olympic training.