Karen Nyberg Talks International Space Station Benefits

Source: Reel NASA - http://www.youtube.com/user/ReelNASA

"Astronaut Karen Nyberg, a flight engineer of the International Space Station Expedition 36 and 37 crew, is launching to space May 28, 2013. In this brief message, Karen shares some of the benefits of ISS research and how science and experiments being conducted in space help life on Earth. Research and development in the areas of medicine, Earth observation imagery and materials sciences not only help advance space exploration, but also help our day-to-day lives on our home planet."



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Want to learn more? Visit www.nasa.gov 

Learn more about NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg: http://go.nasa.gov/109uXm2 
Learn more about research on the International Space Station: http://go.nasa.gov/9cE4DW 
Learn more about the space station's benefits: http://go.nasa.gov/wOelvu 
Learn more about space station ultrasound research: http://go.nasa.gov/18MPX2P
Learn more about space station cancer treatment research: http://go.nasa.gov/109vdl5
Learn more about the space station's role in vaccine development: http://go.nasa.gov/109vggB

Follow @AstroKarenN and @ISS_Research on Twitter!

ISS Update: Robonaut 2

Source - ReelNASA, Jan 7, 2013 :

ISS Update commentator Pat Ryan sits down with Dr. Ron Diftler, Robonaut project lead, to discuss the first humanoid robot in space.

Questions? Ask us on Twitter @NASA_Johnson and include the hashtag #askStation.



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Why the World Didn't End Yesterday

Source - NASA Science News for Dec. 14, 2012

NASA is so sure the world won't come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012, they have already released a video and news item for the day after.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/14dec_yesterday/

Commercial Crew CCiCap Partners

Source - NASAKennedy for Oct. 16, 2012:

"NASA's Commercial Crew Program and its newest Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) partners are embracing the American spirit as they advance their integrated rocket and spacecraft designs for the future of human spaceflight."

 

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The Virtual Telescope Project: video promo

"This is the video promo of the Virtual Telescope, a project consisting in several cutting-edge technology telescopes accessible over the internet and making possible an unprecedent global science communication and cultural experience."



Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/VirtualTelescope

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Some Comets Like it Hot

Source - NASA Science News for Jan. 12, 2012

Astronomers are still scratching their heads over Comet Lovejoy, which plunged through the atmosphere of the sun in December and, against all odds, survived. The comet is now receding into the outer solar system leaving many mysteries behind.

FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/12jan_cometlovejoy/

A video version of this story is posted below and is also available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w75lBn1QIaI

Space Station Commander Captures Unprecedented View of Comet

Source - ReelNASA on Dec 22, 2011:

International Space Station Commander Dan Burbank captured spectacular imagery of Comet Lovejoy as seen from about 240 miles above the Earth's horizon on Wednesday, Dec. 21.

Cool Video: Giant Asteroid Fly-around

Source - NASA Science News for Sept. 16, 2011

A just-released video from NASA's Dawn spacecraft takes viewers on a beautiful flyover of the giant asteroid Vesta.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/16sep_vestaflyaround/

Something New from Science@NASA: The ScienceCast

Source - NASA Science News for April 7, 2011

The Science@NASA team is pleased to announce a new product: the ScienceCast. Every week, we produce a short video highlighting a topic in NASA science news. This week's episode is about the night sky. Check out "Spring is Fireball Season" on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssMdlTbvHJk

A complete list of ScienceCast episodes may be found on Science@NASA's Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ScienceAtNASA . Enjoy!

Spring is Fireball Season Video:

First STEREO Images of the Entire Sun including video

Source - NASA Science News for Feb. 6, 2011

On Super Sun-day, NASA's STEREO spacecraft moved into position to photograph the entire sun--front and back. Researchers say this is a transforming moment in solar physics that could lead to big advances in space weather forecasting.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/06feb_fullsun/

Video: New SETI strategies - Seth Shostak (SETI Talks)

A friend from Facebook recently posted a link to this video of Seth Shostak speaking of new strategies for SETI, and I found it so interesting and entertaining that I decided to repost it here. The video is approximately 53 minutes long so set some time aside to watch:



The setiinstitute channel on YouTube has a lot of interesting videos and I plan to repost some of them on this blog in the future.

Cheers ~ Jim Cox
PS: I am always interested in meeting other astronomy enthusiasts, so if you happen to be on Facebook then look me up at: http://www.facebook.com/miba51

Students Record Spellbinding Video of Disintegrating Spacecraft

Source - NASA Science News for June 25, 2010

On June 13th, while flying on an airplane at 41,000 feet, high school students from Massachusetts witnessed and recorded the dramatic breakup of Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft over Australia. Their newly-processed video is a must-see.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/25jun_hayabusa/

Video: Saturn's Northern/Southern Lights

If you are interested in aurorae then you should check out this article by Nancy Atkinson orver at Universe Today: Hubble Captures Double Aurorae Light Show on Saturn

The article features this edge on video of Saturn showing the aurorae lights at both poles.



The video was originally posted on YouTube by djxatlanta who has a nice collection of space related videos.

NASAtelevision: LCROSS Lunar Impact

Here is some great video from the LCROSS Spacecraft just just before impacting on the Lunar surface courtesy of NASAtelevision:

Video: NASA | HD LRO and LCROSS Atlas 5 Launch

Here's a great vide of the LRO and LCROSS Atlas 5 Launch courtesy of NASAexplorer:

Video: Confessions of an Alien Hunter

Check out this interesting video featuring Seth Shostak of the SETI Inistitute as he talks about the search for extraterrestrial civiliztions, and the possibility of discovering an extraterrestrial civiliztion in the near future.



You can find out about Seth's new book "Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence" at both National Geographic and Amazon.com. Be sure to check out the Are We Alone? internet radio show as well as it's companion blog Are We A Blog?

Hila Science Video: Orion and M42

I happened across this video on YouTube and thought I'd post it here. It's a nice short description of Orion and M42.




Check out the Hila site for more information.

Video: How the Moon was made

In this FORA.tv video NASA scientist Jennifer Heldmann explains how the Moon was made:



Try this URL in case the embedded video is down:

http://fora.tv/2008/10/07/A_NASA_Scientist_Explains_How_the_Moon_was_Made

Any thoughts? Leave a comment :-)