Space Place in a Snap: How does GPS work?
In this episode, find out how GPS works and how it can help you satisfy a late night pizza craving!
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Space Place in a Snap: How does GPS work?
Space Place in a Snap: Exoplanets – Searching for Other Planets Like Ours
Do planets outside our solar system, or exoplanets, also have living things? We don’t know! But NASA scientists are looking. They watch the starry skies for planets similar to Earth…
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Space Place in a Snap: Exoplanets – Searching for Other Planets Like Ours
DIGMARS
Check out the DIGMARS (Digging Iceland Geology for Mars Analog Research Science) team in the field exploring Iceland as a terrestrial analog for Mars. Members of the team, led by […]
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DIGMARS
Artemis I Path to the Pad: The Spacecraft
Watch as teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center prepare Orion for that journey, outfitting the spacecraft with its necessary components as it moves along its path to the pad.
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Artemis I Path to the Pad: The Spacecraft
Dancing Uranus
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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Dancing Uranus
Mars in a Minute: How Do You Get to Mars?
What does it take to get a spacecraft to Mars? This video covers a few key things to remember when planning a trip to the Red Planet.
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Mars in a Minute: How Do You Get to Mars?
Artemis I Path to the Pad: Roll to the Pad
Watch SLS and Orion continue on their path to the pad as they travel to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39B for a full countdown rehearsal – an operation involving […]
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Artemis I Path to the Pad: Roll to the Pad
Artemis I Path to the Pad: The Rocket
Watch documentary footage of our Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s transformation into the over-300-foot-tall launch vehicle that will return humanity to the Moon.
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Artemis I Path to the Pad: The Rocket
Artemis I Path to the Pad: Launch and Recovery
Watch as we document Orion’s splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, closing the first chapter in America’s next deep space exploration story.
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Artemis I Path to the Pad: Launch and Recovery
Apollo 15: In the Mountains of the Moon
Apollo 15 entered lunar orbit on July 29, 1971. The next day, astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin separated their Lunar Module (LM) Falcon from Alfred M. Worden, […]
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Apollo 15: In the Mountains of the Moon
Apollo 16: Nothing So Hidden
This film shows the landing and the three lunar traverses in the highland region of the Moon, near the crater Descartes. It includes an astronaut’s eye view from the rover, […]
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Apollo 16: Nothing So Hidden
Apollo 17: On the Shoulders of Giants
A documentary view of the Apollo 17 journey to Taurus-Littrow, the final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program, is discussed. The film depicts the highlights of the mission and […]
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