Far Out: “Sailing On Sunlight”
Soft robots and solar sails! NASA’s Langley Research Center explores how malleable machines could change how we build in space. Plus, using sunlight to propel spacecraft!
Soft robots and solar sails! NASA’s Langley Research Center explores how malleable machines could change how we build in space. Plus, using sunlight to propel spacecraft!
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Go behind the scenes with the dedicated NASA team and its partners to uncover the untold story of the James Webb Space Telescope. “Cosmic Dawn” unveils the immense challenges, groundbreaking […]
Follow along with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx team, as they launch a spacecraft to an asteroid, collect a sample of Bennu, and bring it home to Earth.
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NASA is famous for beautiful space images, but did you know you can listen to them? Go behind the scenes with the team that creates “sonifications,” translations of data into […]
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When it comes to space exploration, expect the unexpected. As OSIRIS-REx approached asteroid Bennu, scientists were surprised to find a loosely packed rubble pile. This episode, NASA Explorers get a […]
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Bennu’s Journey is a 6-minute animated movie about NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, Asteroid Bennu, and the formation of our solar system. Born from the rubble of a violent collision, hurled through […]
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Explore the surface of Mars, fly through a solar flare, and bask in the glow of a Uranian sunset. Turn on, tune in, and space out to relaxing music and […]
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How will we know if there is life on Mars? What geological clues can our Martian orbiters and rovers search for and collect samples of to return home to Earth? […]
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The greatest origin story of all unfolds with the James Webb Space Telescope.
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This video presents the Moon as studied by humans for more than 20 centuries. It reviews the history of lunar studies before the first Moon landing, the major things learned […]
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In the dance of our solar system, one planet has moves like no other. Find out how Uranus’ tilt puts it in a league all its own.
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This animation begins with a pinpoint of light as the Big Bang, and continues to show the formation of the first stars and galaxies.
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