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    • Orion: The Journey Begins

      Even as the space shuttle program has come to a close, NASA has been building and testing its next human spacecraft, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (aka MPCV), around the country. Orion is being designed and tested to go further than we've ever gone and do things the shuttle could never do, namely explore deep space. In "Orion: The Journey Begins" take...(more)...

      From ErniePyle on: 9/16/11views: 896

    • Launching Our Dreams: A Shuttle Retrospective

      A wonderful tribute to NASA's Space Shuttle Program and its 30 year history.

      From ErniePyle on: 9/16/11views: 759

    • Viking 1 Lands on Mars 1976 Not rated yet

      7/20/1976 NASA's Viking 1 becomes the first spacecraft to land on Mars and send back detailed pictures of the surface.

      From ErniePyle on: 7/20/11views: 1071

    • Origin of the Universe & the Arrow of Time

      Big Ideas presents Sean M. Carroll of CalTech discussing how the direction of the arrow of time was defined by the Big Bang. He also speculates about what might have come before the Big Bang. The lecture is entitled The Origin of the Universe & the Arrow of Time. The evidence that the universe emerged 14 billion years ago from an event called ‘the big ban...(more)...

      From ErniePyle on: 6/13/11views: 1495

    • NASA selects OSIRIS-REx as New Frontiers Mission

      OSIRIS-Rex will visit asteroid 1999 RQ36 and return with samples that may hold clues to the origin of the solar system and life on Earth. For the mission, NASA has selected the team led by Principal Investigator Dr. Michael Drake from the University of Arizona. NASA GSFC will manage the mission. Lockheed Martin will build the spacecraft. This video is...(more)...

      From ErniePyle on: 6/8/11views: 1050

    • Tech Evolution Will Eclipse the Financial Crisis

      Even as banks may topple...even as the economy may be completely destroyed by greed and lack of shared sacrifice, Juan Enriquez says the big reboot is yet to come. But don't look for it on your ballot -- or in the stock exchange. It'll come from science labs, and it promises keener bodies and minds. Our kids and Grandkids are going to be ... different. T...(more)...

      From ErniePyle on: 6/2/11views: 1255

    • Judgement Day: Intelligent Design On Trial

      In this two-hour special, NOVA captures the turmoil that tore apart the community of Dover, Pennsylvania in one of the latest battles over teaching evolution in public schools. Featuring trial reenactments based on court transcripts and interviews with key participants, including expert scientists and Dover parents, teachers, and town officials, "Judgment Da...(more)...

      From ErniePyle on: 5/26/11views: 1285

    • Space Shuttle Endeavours Final Flight

      After nearly two decades of achievement, Endeavour makes one last journey to space. The STS-134 Webcast from the Kennedy Space Center examines what Endeavour's 25th flight will entail and explores the storied career of the youngest of NASA's shuttle orbiters. More @ Nasa.gov/

      From ErniePyle on: 5/12/11views: 1283

    • This Week @ NASA 5.6.2011

      Space shuttle Endeavour STS-134 Gets New Launch Date on This Week @NASA! The launch of space shuttle Endeavour on STS-134 has been rescheduled for May 16th. The delay is due to the replacement of the shuttle's APU Heater power box and any faulty associated hardware before Endeavour's next launch attempt is scheduled. Also, NASA's Gravity Probe B mission ...(more)...

      From ErniePyle on: 5/12/11views: 1152

    • The Incredible Human Journey: Europe

      Follow the trail of ancient Europeans! Dr Alice Roberts describes the various waves of anatomically modern humans that settled the continent of Europe. She crosses the Bosphorus and travels up the Danube River, following their likely route. She then describes the already resident population of Neanderthals, and visits Gibraltar, the last known site occupie...(more)...

      From ErniePyle on: 5/12/11views: 2572
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