NASA
NASA | IceBridge Kicks Off Antarctic 2010 Campaign
On October 18th, NASA's Operation IceBridge scientists and the DC-8 crew departed for Punta Arenas, Chile where they will begin the Antarctic 2010 phase of the mission. For the next five weeks, instrumnents aboard the DC-8 will collect...
NASA
NASA | A Laser Scientist Answers 5 Questions About LVIS
With winter closing in, a new NASA airborne campaign launched October 31, 2013 in Greenland. For the first time, the Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor, or LVIS, is flying about NASA's new C-130 aircraft to measure the island's ice...
NASA
NASA | IceBridge Flies High over Both Poles
For the first time NASA’s Operation IceBridge is flying simultaneous missions over both the Arctic and Antarctic, on smaller, faster aircraft. These campaigns and aircraft represent both a unique opportunity for measuring polar ice, and...
The March of Time
1947: CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY: HA WS Convair factory. Workers walking outside near partially completed aircraft. Scaffold around commercial airliner. Mechanic in window. Line of Convair twin engine planes in hangar. Workers testing stairs, lower, raising.
MOT 1947: CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY: HA WS Convair factory. Workers walking outside near partially completed aircraft. Scaffold around commercial airliner. Mechanic in window. Line of Convair twin engine planes in hangar. Workers testing...
NASA
NASA | Operation IceBridge: Wheels Down in Thule
NASA's Operation IceBridge begins another season of science over the Arctic with survey flights out of Greenland. For the next several weeks, IceBridge will carry out a research campaign — the result of months of planning and discussion...
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NASA | OIB: NASA and ESA in an Arctic Alliance
For the second straight year, NASA's Operation IceBridge is collaborating with the European Space Agency's CryoVEx program, flying aircraft low over Arctic sea ice while ESA's CryoSat satellite orbits above. In this video, IceBridge...
NASA
NASA | Arctic Sea Ice 101
NASA climate scientist Tom Wagner provides a look at the state of Arctic sea ice in 2009 and discusses NASA's role in monitoring the cryosphere. Learn More: Or get tweeted by NASA:
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IMPACTS 2022: NASA Planes Fly into Snowstorms to Study Snowfall
NASA’s Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Storms (IMPACTS) mission, which began in January and is planned to wrap up at the end of February, has seen upwards of 10 flights so far. Ultimately,...
Curated Video
The Sunk Cost Fallacy: Why We Hold onto Things We Should Let Go Of
The video discusses the sunk cost fallacy, which is the tendency to continue investing in something because of the resources already invested, even if it no longer makes rational sense. The fallacy is driven by loss aversion, the desire...
Curated Video
How Does A Helicopter Work: Everything You Need To Know About Helicopters
A helicopter works on the principle of aerodynamic lift - an upwards force that opposes the weight of the helicopter and holds it the air. So how exactly do the rotors of helicopters help them fly? For any object to fly in the air, it...
The March of Time
1945: ENGLAND AIRCRAFT FACTORY: INT MS Men pushing airplane engine on cart. VS Mechanics working on rows of fighter airplanes. MS Crane moving propellers into place. CU British woman working on airplane.
MOT 1945: ENGLAND AIRCRAFT FACTORY: INT MS Men pushing airplane engine on cart. VS Mechanics working on rows of fighter airplanes. MS Crane moving propellers into place. CU British woman working on airplane.
NASA
NASA | GPM Wraps Up Cold Season Field Campaign
For six weeks in Ontario, Canada, scientists and engineers lead a field campaign to study the science and mechanics of falling snow. The datasets retrieved will be used to generate algorithms which translate what the GPM Core satellite...
NASA
NASA | Building a Bigger Bridge
Operation IceBridge is heading back into the Arctic with two aircraft and the most sophisticated suite of instruments ever flown in polar regions. This year's mission will focus on sea ice thickness, the Canadian Ice Caps, Greenland ice...
NASA
NASA | ARISE Arctic Mission Takes Shape
Crews at NASA Goddard’s Wallops Flight Facility are hard at work integrating a suite of instruments into a C-130 aircraft in preparation for the start of the ARISE campaign later this month. ARISE, which stands for Arctic Radiation...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Man-Made Clouds
Clouds manifest moisture condensed in the air. In this program they are appreciated and pondered. Clouds give clues to wind direction, humidity levels, weather patterns, and they just make pretty sights. We look at the basic type of...
Limonero Films
Kingfisher: The Growth of an Indian Airline
This video provides a detailed account of the rise and fall of Kingfisher Airlines under the leadership of billionaire Vijay Mallya. It highlights the airline's initial success, prestigious awards, ambitious expansion plans, and eventual...
The March of Time
1966: PRIVATE AIRPORT: MS Retired engineer Waldo D. Waterman (71) getting into hand-made biplane, taxiing away, taking off from airstrip, TRACKING Ascending aircraft, VS In flight. [VO Waldo on flying, remind public people built & flew these.]
MOT 1966: PRIVATE AIRPORT: MS Retired engineer Waldo D. Waterman (71) getting into hand-made biplane, taxiing away, taking off from airstrip, TRACKING Ascending aircraft, VS In flight. [VO Waldo on flying, remind public people built &...
NASA
NASA | IceBridge 2010 with Lora Koenig
This video shows a live interview with NASA Goddard cryospheric scientist Lora Koenig regarding Operation IceBridge and the 2010 Arctic sea ice maximum. Or get tweeted by NASA:
Curated Video
Selenium WebDriver with Java - Basics to Advanced and Frameworks - What are Abstract Classes and how Different are they from Interfaces?
This video explains abstract classes and discusses how different they are from interfaces. This clip is from the chapter "Java Object Oriented Programming System (OOPS) Basic for Selenium Part - 1" of the series "Selenium WebDriver with...
NASA
NASA | Greenland Ice Flights
Nearly every spring since 1991, researchers including William Krabill of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., have flown on a NASA aircraft over Greenland, collecting measurements of ice thickness from an altitude of...
NASA
NASA | IceBridge 2011: Eight Down, One to Go
As of April 6, 2011, crew and scientists with NASA's Operation IceBridge mission have completed eight out of nine planned sea ice flights from Thule, Greeenland, and plan to fly one more from Kangerlussuaq. Michael Studinger, IceBridge...
Next Animation Studio
Japan to develop indigenous next-generation fighter
Japan’s Ministry of Defense unveiled a timeline on July 7 for the development of an indigenous next-generation fighter jet to counter China’s J-20.
Curated Video
What If Something Travels Faster Than The Speed Of Light?
Can anything travel faster than the speed of light? Is it even possible for something to undertake the “speed of light” travel? And what if something can actually travel faster than light? What is Cherenkov radiation and how is it...
Next Animation Studio
World’s first tilt-rotor e-taxi could be flying passengers as soon as 2024
British aerospace manufacturer Vertical Aerospace has released designs for a zero-emissions flying taxi that could start commercial flights as early as 2024.