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In this episode, visit the Kennedy Space Center located on Florida's famous "Space Coast." NASA engineers discuss the past, present, and future of American space travel. Museum staff also explain the various attractions the Kennedy Space Center has to offer visitors. Part of the “Travel Thru History” series.
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Bill Nye unravels the mysteries of solar-powered space travel. See how NASA's “Juno” spacecraft uses the power of the sun to make the long journey to Jupiter. Part of the “Why With Nye” series.
Poppy leads her friends on a hot air balloon ride to Cheese Mountain so Alma can practice her French. In their second adventure, Alma reveals she had a dream in which Zuzu was a space monster, and Poppy takes them to outer space in her rocket. Based on the children's book series created by Lara Jones. Part of the "Poppy Cat" series.
Gabriela, Manuel and Leonardo are three friends who accidentally start a rocket that takes them to space. Their journey through space takes them to different planets and strange worlds. Throughout their journey, they have the help of Maqui, an on-board computer. Maqui helps them learn about the universe. The friends land on a planet hoping to find a way back home. They try of convince one of its inhabitants to fly them home in his spaceship. But he tells them his craft is too old and cannot take them back to Earth. Maqui studies all their options and explains to them the necessary characteristics that a spaceship must have to safely travel in space.
With the retirement of NASAs space shuttle fleet in 2011, the role of getting people, satellites and other instruments into space falls to private companies. As of June 2011, there have been only 523 people to reach the 100 kilometer mark (considered human spaceflight), and only 24 have traveled beyond low Earth orbit. It is projected that within ten years, the number of people who will have flown into space will increase by about 600 percent due to the increasing market of suborbital spaceflight and the possibility of private citizens utilizing space flight. Students will explore suborbital and orbital spaceflight and the requirements necessary for vehicles to achieve these journeys. They also go behind the scenes of many of the private companies involved in taking on the tasks to travel to low Earth orbit and beyond and uncover some of the technology used to accomplish these goals.
Humans have always been intrigued by the idea of flight. Experiments with Hot Air Balloons led to a pig and duck being the first air travel passengers. From there, the Wright Brothers created the first airplane, and aviation was off to the races. From the jet engine and military aircraft to passenger planes, worldwide travel is now a matter of hours rather than days or weeks.
Astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History are searching through early photographs of the night sky in an effort to digitize the collection of photographs. Also in this episode, they discuss the advancement of astronomical instrumentation through the ages. Part of the "Shelf Life" series.
How do you plot a course to Mars, from one moving planet to another? What are the impacts of space travel on the body and can human beings survive the trip? Looks at the plans for a flight to the Red Planet.
Examines the science of travelling beyond our solar system with the latest developments from NASA. Looks at what technology and research steps are being taken that might enable us someday to go visit other planets. Reports on the Phoenix Lights, the most recent mass UFO sighting, as presented through witness accounts. Also includes commentary from skeptical analysts to represent both sides in this highly debated topic.
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard made a 15-minute suborbital flight in the Freedom 7 spacecraft, which reached an altitude of 115 miles. The flight came 23 days after Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin became the first human to travel in space, but Shepard’s flight energized U.S. space efforts and made him a national hero. Part of the "World Explorers" series.
Dwarf planets are a lot like regular planets. They both have enough mass and gravity to be nearly round, and they both travel through space in a path around the Sun. However, the path of the dwarf planet is full of objects like asteroids. A regular planet has a clear path around the sun.
Waves are all around. They are a disturbance that travels through space and matter transferring energy from one place to another. Find out about the nature, shapes, and impacts of waves in this animation.
NASA’s "Juno" spacecraft traveled 1.7 billion miles to reach its destination: the planet Jupiter. Before "Juno’s" journey, NASA engineers had to develop a spacecraft capable of surviving the trip. They researched and created "Juno," a solar-powered spacecraft. Part of the “Crazy Engineering” series.
What causes day and night? Why do we have seasons? Through easy-to-understand animations, as well as live-action video footage, these difficult concepts are easily explained. The rotation of Earth on its axis, and its revolution around the sun are the focus of this video. Colorful graphics illustrate the movement of our planet throughout the course of a year. Important terminology includes: axis, tilt, rotation, revolution, orbit, season, solstice, and equinox.
The Magic School Bus is an award winning animated children’s television series based on the book series of the same title by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. It is notable for its use of celebrity talent and being both highly entertaining and educational. Ms. Frizzle takes the kids to space when Dorothy Ann says she's discovered an asteroid headed straight for their school. During their mission, the class learns the difference between meteor, asteroids and comets. They also try to find a way to change the rotation of the asteroid around the sun so that it doesn't hit Earth.
Space weather can have important consequences for everyday life, such as interference with radio communication, GPS systems, electric power grids, the operation and orientation of satellites, oil and gas drilling, and even air travel as high altitude pilots and astronauts can be subjected to enhanced levels of radiation. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) Geomagnetism Program monitors variations in the Earth's magnetic field through a network of 14 ground-based observatories around the United States and its territories, providing data in real-time to a variety of customers.
As shown on the History Channel. Four and a half billion years ago, the Earth formed from dust in space to become a molten ball of rock orbiting the Sun. Travels back in time to investigate how the fledgling planet survived a cataclysmic cosmic collision with another world, how molten rock solidified to land, how our oceans filled with water, and how life arrived on Earth. Geologists study the oldest rocks on Earth and meteorites from outer space to solve the geological mystery of all--the birth of the Earth.
Part of the animated "Johan, the Young Scientist" series. Johan wonders why people don't fall off Earth if it really is round. He travels to ScienScape to find out. Professor Hoo sends Johan, Ani, and Moki to Earth to work on an experiment.
The Big Bang theory is currently the most popular scientific theory for the origin of the universe. It describes how the universe emerged from an enormously dense and hot state about 13.7 billion years ago and how the universe is still expanding from that point. This theory helps scientists explain the formation of all the galaxies, stars, and planets.
Part of a series that features a wide variety of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels. Begins with a simple definition of the term and concludes with a critical thinking question. For this particular video, students will focus on the term earth. Part of the Science Video Vocab Series.
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