The Astronauts: Flight of Freedom 7
The story of Alan Shepard’s May 1961 suborbital flight is presented.
Language: English
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The Astronauts: Flight of Freedom 7
The Year of Pluto
New Horizons is the first mission to the Kuiper Belt, a gigantic zone of icy bodies and mysterious small objects orbiting beyond Neptune. This region also is known as the […]
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The Year of Pluto
Tech on Deck: Raven
What has three “eyes,” swivels, and images spacecraft from its perch on the International Space Station? The Raven module, of course! This technology demonstration uses visible, infrared, and Lidar sensors, […]
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Tech on Deck: Raven
Tech on Deck: NExIS on the ISS
Making sustainable human exploration of space a reality will require a myriad of never-before-seen technologies. Before new tech is used in a mission to the Moon, Mars, or beyond, it […]
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Tech on Deck: NExIS on the ISS
The Secrets behind Earth’s Multi-colored Glow
What does our planet look like from space? Most are familiar with the beloved images of the blue marble or pale blue dot — Earth from 18,000 and 3.7 billion […]
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The Secrets behind Earth’s Multi-colored Glow
Tech on Deck: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
Did you know there is an instrument outside the International Space Station sifting through cosmic ray particles to help us learn more about the origins of our universe? The Alpha […]
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Tech on Deck: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
Operation Earth: Wildfires
When it comes to wildfires, NASA leverages its unique perspective from space to formulate predictive analysis, contribute to active fire monitoring, and assist in post-fire recovery and rehabilitation. Using 2017’s […]
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Operation Earth: Wildfires
Space for Women
This film contains interviews with women employed in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) space transportation program and shows the variety of positions held by women in the agency. […]
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Space for Women
Space Shorts: Could Jupiter’s Moon Europa Have an Ocean?
Find out why scientists think Jupiter’s moon Europa might have twice as much water as Earth!
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Space Shorts: Could Jupiter’s Moon Europa Have an Ocean?
NASA Space Weather: Vocabulary
We are all familiar with weather on Earth, but how much do you know about weather in space? Suitable for all ages, this introduction to space weather covers vocabulary like […]
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NASA Space Weather: Vocabulary
This World Is Black and White
A look at how the historic DaisyWorld model illustrates earth science concepts, such as albedo and feedback loops.
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This World Is Black and White
Seeds of Discovery (1970)
This film is an introduction to planetary exploration and scientific satellite research planned for the 1970s. The film briefly describes plans for Mariner flybys of Mars, Pioneer studies of Jupiter, […]
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