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Spacecraft Full Stack
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September 17, 2004
Spacecraft Full Stack
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~4 minute video explores the different types of eruptive events on the Sun.
Fiery Looping Rain on the Sun
OSIRIS-REx Touches Asteroid Bennu
OSIRIS-REx Touches Asteroid Bennu
In this video captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover, the agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took the first powered, controlled flight on another planet on April 19, 2021.
First Video of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in Flight
On Earth, the ocean floor is home to hydrothermal vents that spout hot water, nourishing life in an otherwise inhospitable environment. Scientists think similar vents could exist on other worlds.
Earth: Undersea Seeps, Vents, and Volcanoes
With Cassini’s exploration of Saturn coming to a dashing end in a few months, the mission team scheduled an “All Cassini Plus Alumni” group photo on Wednesday, June 21,2017 to commemorate the event.
Behind the Scenes: Cassini Group Photo
February 2022 skywatching highlights: Jupiter stands alone after sunset, Venus is brilliant in the morning, and the Orion Nebula is well placed for evening skywatchers.
What's Up: February 2022
Rotating asteroids have a tough time sticking to their orbits. Their surfaces heat up during the day and cool down at night, giving off radiation that can act as a sort of mini-thruster.
How Sunlight Pushes Asteroids
Seeking July 2020 skywatching highlights? Check out giant planets and their moons, Mars rising after midnight and ponder stargazing on the Red Planet.
What's Up: July 2020 [Video]
This mosaic strip – extending across the hemisphere that faced the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew past Pluto on July 14, 2015 – now includes all of the highest-resolution images taken by the NA...
Close-Up of Pluto's Surface
The geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2020.
Moon Phase and Libration, 2020
It’s hard to imagine what the surface of a dark, distant asteroid might look like, but NASA’s “Tour of Asteroid Bennu” brings us on a journey to see this landscape up close.
Exploring Asteroid Bennu Through Technology
Release of Probe
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Sample Asteroid Bennu in 360
Sample Asteroid Bennu in 360
View this beautiful visualization of the Dawn spacecraft on its journey to the main asteroid belt to Asteroid Vesta and Dwarf Planet Ceres.
Dawn Animations
Filters, pixels and math star in this narrated cartoon.
How Does a Spacecraft Take a Picture?
What can you see in the February sky? Stars and planets with distinct red and blue colors, like Mars and Sirius.
What's Up: February 2019 Skywatching from NASA
Trouble pronouncing Rosetta and Philae's target comet? We called in some expert help.
They called it CG
Classic video explaining the history, debate and continuing discussion of the definition of a planet.
What is a Planet?
Annette and Alden Tombaugh, the children of Clyde Tombaugh, remember their father and his discovery of Pluto.
Video: Reflections on Clyde Tombaugh
Recent findings have led scientists to believe Saturn's moon Titan may have a volcano.
Possible Titan Volcano
~3.5 minute video explains how Earth's magnetosphere protects us from the fury of the Sun and is essential in allowing Earth to develop into a habitable planet.
NASA ScienceCasts: Earth's Magnetosphere
NASA's Cassini scientists waited years for the right conditions to produce the first movie that shows lightning on another planet - Saturn.
Cassini Lightning
Seeking skywatching highlights in June 2020? Look for the Summer Triangle, keep tabs on the morning planets and June 20 brings the solstice.
What's Up: June 2020 [Video]
As the solar wind flows from the sun, it creates a bubble in space known as the "heliosphere" around our solar system.
The Bubble of Our Solar System
Standards-based videos, activities and lessons to increase STEM literacy through the lens of NASA.
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In a first, scientists have seen direct evidence of active volcanism on Earth’s twin, setting the stage for the agency’s VERITAS mission to investigate.
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New Horizons continues to shed light on the mysterious planets and smaller bodies of the outer solar system.
New Horizons Team Discusses Discoveries from the Kuiper Belt
Research reveals a new explanation for how the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa rotates at a different rate than its interior.
Ocean Currents May Affect Rotation of Europa's Icy Crust
Based on observations from several NASA missions, the map details the path of the Moon’s shadow as it crosses the contiguous U.S. during eclipses in 2023 and 2024.
New NASA Map Details 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipses in the US
Venus may be losing heat from geologic activity in regions called coronae, possibly like early tectonic activity on Earth.
Venus' ‘Squishy' Outer Shell May Be Resurfacing the Planet
Dr. Nicola Fox will serve as the associate administrator for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate.
NASA Administrator Selects New Head of Science