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Curated Video

Why Don't We Colonize The Moon Instead Of Mars?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The Moon's proximity to Earth and geological similarity make it an enticing target for colonization. At just three days away, communication delays would be mere seconds. Its surface may also contain frozen water and oxygen extracted from...
Instructional Video4:21
Science ABC

Why Don't We Colonize The Moon Instead Of Mars?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The Moon's proximity to Earth and geological similarity make it an enticing target for colonization. At just three days away, communication delays would be mere seconds. Its surface may also contain frozen water and oxygen extracted from...
Instructional Video2:24
MinuteEarth

UPSIDE-DOWN Rivers On Mars?! (Response to MinutePhysics)

12th - Higher Ed
The "Mountain or Valley?" illusion makes our brains turn valleys inside out. But inside-out valleys are a real thing, both on Earth and on...
Instructional Video3:06
MinuteEarth

UPSIDE-DOWN Rivers On Mars?! (Response to MinutePhysics)

12th - Higher Ed
Get your FREE 2-month Skillshare trialef='http://skl.sh/minuteearth2' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>trial The "Mountain or Valley?" illusion makes our brains turn valleys inside out. But inside-out valleys are a real thing, both on...
Instructional Video3:51
Life Noggin

Why Can't We Live On The Moon?

3rd - 9th
We could try living on the moon... but it might not be a good idea. Watch more: Does It Rain Diamonds On Saturn? ►►ttps://www.youtube.cochannel?Subscribe9TRc' target='_blank' rel='nofollomerchturn? ►► Check out NPatreons
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NASA

Asteroid Bennu Sample Site: Nightingale

3rd - 11th
The main science goal of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is to briefly touch down on near-Earth asteroid Bennu and collect a sample of fine-grained material, but the asteroid’s unexpected roughness could pose a hazard to...
Instructional Video1:00
NASA

OSIRIS-REx Touches Asteroid Bennu

3rd - 11th
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Oct. 20, 2020, and in a first for the agency, briefly...
Instructional Video0:51
NASA

OSIRIS-REx Departure from Bennu Trailer

3rd - 11th
At approximately 4:16 p.m. EDT on May 10, 2021, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft will fire its main thrusters for...
Instructional Video1:12
NASA

A New Look at the Apollo 11 Landing Site

3rd - 11th
Apollo 11 landed on the Moon on July 20th, 1969, a little after 4:00 in the afternoon Eastern Daylight Time. The Lunar Module, nicknamed Eagle and flown by Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, touched down near the...
Instructional Video1:24
NASA

The Best Gift of All: A Box of Moon Soil

3rd - 11th
Astrochemist Jamie Elsila, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, unwraps pristine Moon soil. Apollo 17 astronauts collected it in 1972 by driving tubes down to 10.6 inches (27...
Instructional Video1:50
NASA

OSIRIS-REx Observes a Black Hole

3rd - 11th
University students and researchers working on a NASA mission orbiting a near-Earth asteroid have made an unexpected detection of a phenomenon 30,000 light-years away. Last fall, the student-built...
Instructional Video0:30
Next Animation Studio

NASA to use robot for asteroid study in 2016

12th - Higher Ed
Planned for 2016, NASA's Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, will be the first US mission to gather samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth. The goal of the mission...
Instructional Video3:50
NASA

OSIRIS-REx Tech - Surveying an Asteroid with X-rays

3rd - 11th
NASAs OSIRIS-REx mission launches in September 2016 and plans to return a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth in 2023. This video profiles a student-built instrument aboard the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft called REXIS - the Regolith X-Ray...
Instructional Video4:18
SciShow

Can You Build Homes in Space With Blood?

12th - Higher Ed
If we hope to someday live on other worlds we need to figure out where we’re gonna lay our heads at “night.” But who would have thought we could use our own bodies as ingredients for our homes?!
Instructional Video4:54
SciShow

Why Did We Keep Sealed Moon Samples?

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve been sitting on samples of the lunar surface for decades and, with better technology than when they were taken, we are opening them back up to take another look!
Instructional Video5:01
SciShow

Can Moon Colonies Get Oxygen From the...Moon?

12th - Higher Ed
As we look towards longer missions to the Moon, the shear amount of resources needed to survive becomes a much bigger question. Without space semi-trucks to haul life-giving resources to astronauts, can we utilize the Moon’s barren...
Instructional Video5:19
SciShow

The Hunt for Water on the Moon

12th - Higher Ed
Crashing satellites into the moon can be fun AND educational!
Instructional Video9:11
Crash Course

What is Soil (and Why is it Important)?: Crash Course Geography

12th - Higher Ed
Soil brings together all four spheres of physical geography, and understanding soil composition is kind of like baking! So in today's episode, we're going to show you how to create the perfect soil cake, examine its different soil...
Instructional Video5:04
SciShow

It's Time to Visit an Asteroid!

12th - Higher Ed
OSIRIS-REx is launching soon and it will become the first American spacecraft to return samples from an asteroid!
Instructional Video5:11
SciShow

This Little-Known Lab Is Changing the Future of Space

12th - Higher Ed
To live on the Moon, we’ll need to do things we’ve never done before and overcome challenges we’ve never faced. Luckily for us, NASA is developing some brand-new technology at Swamp Works.
Instructional Video4:35
SciShow

Luna 16: The Mission That (Finally) Could

12th - Higher Ed
Before there was a rover named Perseverance, there was a series of missions that earned that name in their own right.
Instructional Video5:30
SciShow

NASA Just Arrived at an Asteroid! SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
OSIRIS-REx finally entered orbit around the asteroid Bennu this week and new research has found an old recipe for RNA.
Instructional Video4:49
SciShow

The Mysterious Green Glass on the Moon (Plus: How to See Comet NEOWISE!) | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Earlier this month, a Chinese moon rover discovered a mysterious glittery substance at the bottom of a lunar crater. How did it get there? Also, Comet NEOWISE takes thousands of years to circle the Sun, and right now we can see it in our...
Instructional Video17:04
SciShow

What Will It Be Like To Live on the Moon? | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
The Moon is pretty prime real estate once you get past the lack of oxygen, resources, and general mobility, but if quality of life isn't what you're after, here's how we might make it all work.

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