So, You Want to Build a Satellite
Using the MAVEN mission as an example, this video describes the steps a proposed mission must go through before construction even begins.
Topic: Technology
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So, You Want to Build a Satellite
The How-To Guide to Satellites: The Design Review
Building satellites isn’t easy. They’re complex, expensive, and not to mention hard to make! This is why whenever NASA makes a new satellite–like the MAVEN mission to Mars–its scientists and […]
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The How-To Guide to Satellites: The Design Review
Landsat 8: A Decade of Service
This February marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of Landsat 8, launched by NASA in 2013 and operated by the US Geological Survey. Equipped with its Operational Land Imager […]
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Landsat 8: A Decade of Service
Landsat 9: Plays Well With Others
Landsat is not the only satellite orbiting Earth and sending back data. It takes a team of data sets to get the full picture of what’s happening down on the […]
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Landsat 9: Plays Well With Others
What Is A CubeSat?
Learn the basics of CubeSats, the small spacecraft that schools, universities and institutions are designing and building to perform missions previously requiring massive, expensive satellites.
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What Is A CubeSat?
The Science of Snow: Digging for Data
It takes a lot of field work in challenging conditions to gather important snow data. This is the story of NASA’s last SnowEx campaign and those who participated in it. […]
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The Science of Snow: Digging for Data
So, You Want to Build a Satellite: Part Two
Using the MAVEN mission as an example, this video describes why building a satellite is much more difficult than putting together an office chair.
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So, You Want to Build a Satellite: Part Two
Ozone 101: What Is the Ozone Hole
Ozone 101 is the first in a series of explainer videos outlining the fundamentals of popular Earth science topics. Let’s back up to the basics and understand what caused the […]
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Ozone 101: What Is the Ozone Hole
NASA’s ELaNa-19: Small Satellites, Big Dreams
Learn how the first launch of the Venture Class era demonstrates how the right ride into space can enable the designers of small satellites—from high schools and universities to NASA […]
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NASA’s ELaNa-19: Small Satellites, Big Dreams
James Webb Space Telescope Mission Overview
A brief overview of the James Webb Space Telescope mission from its construction, launch, and complex unfolding to the incredible science it achieves.
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