Crash Course
To the Moon and Mars - Aerospace Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #34
Did you know that space flight has its own field of engineering? The 34th video in the Crash Course Engineering series looks at aerospace engineering and its two branches, aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. It...
TED-Ed
The Sonic Boom Problem
Sound waves travel pretty quickly, but humans can travel faster. Follow along with this short animated video as it investigates the physics behind the breaking of the sound barrier and the sonic booms that are...
PBS
Hot Shots and Hot Jobs: Pilots Enjoy Breathtaking Views and Plentiful Job Options
Want to travel the world? Enjoy awesome views? Get to wear a snazzy uniform? Then it's a pilot's life for you! A short video introduces job seekers to what it takes to become a pilot.
Real Engineering
How Will SpaceX Get Us To Mars?
In Musk we trust? A video in the Real Engineering series shows how the SpaceX company, and their Falcon 9 rocket, represents a viable hope for space travel to Mars. Viewers see how reusable rockets and vertical integration in...
Real Engineering
Stealth—How Does It Work? (Northrop B-2 Spirit)
Don't let the resource slip away undetected. Pupils watch a video from the Real Engineering series to learn how stealth aircraft avoid radar detection. In particular, the video focuses on the Northrop B-2 Spirit.
Real Engineering
Area Rule: How to Make Planes Fly Faster
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a modern aircraft with cross-sectional areas taken into consideration. A short video in the Real Engineering playlist describes how cross-sectional areas of airplanes relate to their speeds. It shows...
MinutePhysics
Why is the Solar System Flat?
When three dimensions are available, why is our solar system shaped like a flattened disk? Find out how the conservation of angular momentum plays a role. Physics and space science learners alike will be blown away by this bit of...
Curated OER
Nasa National Aeronautics and Space Administration
This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides a fun project on El Nino. "You have probably heard people blame "El Nino" for everything from bad weather to lost homework. Now we are going to "blame El Nino" for...
NASA
Nasa: A Tour of the Cryosphere: Earth's Frozen Assets
It has been said that the frozen parts of our planet, also known as the cryosphere, may be the proverbial 'canary in the coal mine' when it comes to climate change. This video shows some of the most dramatic fluctuations to our...
NASA
Nasa: Great Images in Nasa
Fascinating collection of images from NASA, chosen for their historical or aesthetic significance. Images are searchable by subject, by NASA center, and by keyword, and each is available in three sizes. With links to more information...
US National Archives
Internet Archive: Earth Resources Technology Satellite (Erts)
Original video [27:31] published in 1973 about the importance of Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) in planning for and monitoring earth's resources.
NASA
Nasa: Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Exoplanet Exploration: Planet Quest Timeline
A video timeline of the discoveries and key milestones in the history of space exploration. [11:23]
NASA
Nasa: Welcome to From Earth to the Solar System (Fettss)
A collection of high-resolution images of space. Images "showcase the discoveries and excitement of planetary exploration, with a focus on the origin and evolution of the Solar System and the search for life".
NASA
Nasa: Slr and Gps (And Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes) [Pdf]
This slideshow explains how satellites are used to measure the movement of tectonic plates.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: The Women of Nasa
Learn about the women who have played an essential role in the functions of NASA for almost a century.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Race to the Moon
In 1955, the US and the USSR each announced plans to launch a satellite into orbit. Thus began the race to the moon. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the American space program and its new classes of astronauts achieved breakthroughs in...
NASA
Nasa: Top 20 Comet Shoemaker Levy Images
This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides the most popular images at the JPL Comet Shoemaker-Levy home page during the month of July 1994, when the comet was impacting Jupiter.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Design Inspired by Nature
In this stills collage produced for Teachers' Domain, see several examples of everyday inventions that were either inspired by nature or are similar in form and function to plants or animals.
NASA
Science Casts: The Harvest Moon
A video describing the science and forklore behind the harvest moon. [2:48]
NASA
Nasa: Departing Space Station Commander Provides Tour of Orbital
Want an inside tour of a space station's research facility? This video gives a tour of the orbital laboratory on the International Space Station. Tour is given by the former Commander of the International Space Station, Sunita Williams....
Curated OER
Prof. Leonard, Aeronaut
This is an interesting tidbit of Yukon history about a balloonist who put on public shows in Dawson City around 1900 during the time of the Klondike Gold Rush.
First World War
First World war.com: Aviation Photographs
An extensive amount of aviation photographs from WWI. There is also a link to introductory notes on aviation and aviators in the war.
NASA
Nasa: Project Apollo Patches
This site from NASA provides illustrations of the Apollo Program mission patches worn by the astronauts and used by NASA in connection with each mission.
Curated OER
Smithsonian Institution Archives: Laurel Van Der Wal (D. 2009)
Pioneering female aeronautical engineer Laurel van der Wal (d. 2009) (later Laurel van der Wal Roennau) had had a brief career as a model, art instructor, and deputy sheriff before training to be a pilot during World War II; she returned...
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