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| Discovery Returns to Florida
Space shuttle Discovery touches down at Kennedy Space Center, wrapping up the STS-120 mission. + View This Video | ||
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| Booster Camera Video
See the view from cameras on Discovery's solid rocket boosters. + View This Video | ||
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| STS-120 Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver
Discovery performs a back-flip, or rendezvous pitch maneuver, prior to docking to the International Space Station. + View This Video | ||
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| California Fires From Orbit
Wildfires in California as seen from space on Oct. 23, 2007. + View This Video | ||
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| Liftoff of Space Shuttle Discovery!
Space shuttle Discovery blazes a trail toward orbit on the STS-120 mission. + View This Video | ||
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| Backstage Pass to Iapetus
Go backstage as scientists watch in real-time as the closest-ever pictures of Saturn's mysterious moon Iapetus are beamed back by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. + View This Video | ||
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| Mission STS-120 Preflight Training
The Discovery astronauts participated in launch dress rehearsal exercises at Kennedy. + View This Video | ||
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| What's Up for October?
Views of Saturn's weird moon Iapetus in the night sky may spook the faint hearted but a glimpse of Mars on Halloween will be a treat. + View This Video | ||
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| Dawn: Liftoff!
The Delta II Heavy rocket roars skyward carrying the Dawn spacecraft. + View This Video | ||
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| Dawn, Mission to the Asteroid Belt
NASA's Dawn mission is getting ready to launch on an unprecedented tour of two residents of the asteroid belt. This mission will be the first to orbit two different bodies in our solar system. + View This Video | ||
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| Path of Totality: The Movie
On March 29, 2006, a NASA-led science expedition traveled to Tripoli and then the Sahara desert to witness and study a total solar eclipse. + View This Video | ||
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| What's Up for September?
It's the 30th anniversary of the Voyager mission and you can see all four planets that Voyager studied in the night sky this month. + View This Video | ||
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| Phoenix: Blinded With Science
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| Endeavour Lands!
After a successful mission, Space Shuttle Endeavour makes a perfect touchdown at Kennedy Space Center. + View This Video | ||
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| Hurricane Dean
Hurricane Dean as Seen From the Space Station + View This Video | ||
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| STS-118 Booster Camera Launch Views
Video from cameras mounted on a solid rocket booster. + View This Video | ||
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| STS-118 Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver
Space Shuttle Endeavour performs a back-flip. + View This Video | ||
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| Flight Day 2 - Barbara Morgan
Barbara Morgan is finally in space! + View This Video | ||
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| Successful Tank Separation
Endeavour's external tank has been jettisoned from the orbiter. + View This Video | ||
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| Boosters Fall Away!
The solid rocket boosters powering Endeavour's ascent have separated from the orbiter. + View This Video | ||
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| 3, 2, 1, Liftoff!
Space Shuttle Endeavour roars off the launch pad into a brilliant Florida sky. + View This Video | ||
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| Constellation Lunar Mission Animation
Follow a future lunar mission from launch to the moon and back. + View This Video | ||
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| Future Spacecraft Goes for a Spin
NASA's Vertical Spin Tunnel puts a scale model of the Orion Crew Vehicle design to the test. + View This Video | ||
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| Phoenix Headed for Mars
A beautiful early morning launch lofts the Mars Phoenix Lander on its journey to the red planet. + View This Video | ||
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| Phoenix Mars Lander: Transport for Launch
Getting a spacecraft from its "birthplace" at Lockheed Martin in Colorado to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida is no easy task. + View This Video | ||
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| Video: Looking for Life in All the Right Places
Find out how NASA scientists are gathering exciting clues that will help them pick the best spots to search for possible signs of life beyond Earth. + View This Video | ||
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| Phoenix Mars Lander: Hunting for Habitats
Literally going where no spacecraft has gone before, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander will visit the north polar region of Mars. + View This Video | ||
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| Animation: Phoenix Mission to Mars
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| Opportunity Poised to Enter Victoria Crater
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| Surveying the Scene Above Opportunity (Simulation)
This animation shows a hypothetical flyover above Victoria Crater, where the Opportunity rover is perched on a rim. + View This Video | ||
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| Perfect Touchdown
Atlantis glides to a smooth landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. + View This Video | ||
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| Animation: Dawn Asteroid Mission
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| Shuttle Performs Fly-Around of Station
Cameras aboard the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Atlantis capture spectacular views as the shuttle performs a fly-around of the station. + View This Video | ||
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| Final Farewells
The Expedition 15 and STS-117 crews bid each other farewell. + View This Video | ||
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| Thermal Blanket Repair
Spacewalker Danny Olivas performs a thermal blanket repair. + View This Video | ||
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| From Ignition to Splashdown
Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis was recorded by multiple cameras on board the solid rocket boosters. + View This Video | ||
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| Solar Array Deploys
The solar arrays on the newly installed Starboard 3 and 4 truss segment deploy. + View This Video | ||
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| 1st STS-117 Spacewalk
STS-117's First Spacewalk Begins + View This Video | ||
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| Atlantis Performs Flip
Shuttle Atlantis performs a Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver to examine heat shield. + View This Video | ||
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| Liftoff of Atlantis!
After a smooth countdown, Space Shuttle Atlantis begins the STS-117 mission with a spectacular climb toward orbit. + View This Video | ||
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| Suited Up and Ready to Fly
After donning their launch-and-entry suits, the STS-117 crew members depart for the launch pad amid cheering onlookers. + View This Video | ||
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| What's Up for June?
Jupiter and Venus put on a spectacular show this month. Our two-minute night sky video guide tells you where to look. + View This Video | ||
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| Chandra: Beyond the Light
Scientists make three new black hole discoveries. + View This Video | ||
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| Astronaut Wally Schirra on Exploration
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| AIM Headed for Space
The Pegasus rocket was successfully launched from underneath the L-1011 carrier aircraft. + View This Video | ||
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| Close Up of Active Solar Region in 3-D
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| STEREO: The Sun in 3-D
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| Return to the Moon: The Journey Begins
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| What's Up for April?
Take a 2-minute guided tour describing where to look in the night sky for this month's stunning views. No telescopes required. + View This Video | ||
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| Video: Alien Sunsets
Luke Skywalker gazed upon a double sunset in "Star Wars." NASA scientists now believe the universe could be full of planets with sunsets like these. + View This Video | ||
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| Animation: AIM Mission To Study Polar Clouds
Animation shows spacecraft launch and deployment. + View This Video | ||
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| Corona Spawns Explosions
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| Hinode Redefines Chromosphere
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| Hinode Captures Sunspots
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| Flying Over Opportunity's Work Site
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| Flying Over Spirit's Work Site
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| Video: Taking in the Atmospheres of Faraway Worlds
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has uncovered clues about the atmospheres of two planets beyond our solar system. + View This Video | ||
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| 3-2-1 Liftoff!
THEMIS heads for space to study the Northern Lights. + View This Video | ||
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| Atlantis Rolls to the Pad
The orbiter makes the 3.4 mile journey to Launch Pad 39A. + View This Video | ||
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| Near-Earth Objects
What do scientists do about asteroids or comets whose paths may one day approach Earth? A video, podcast and interactive features explain. + View This Video | ||
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| Martha Stewart Interviews Crew
Homemaking expert and television host interviews the Expedition 14 crew + View This Video | ||
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| To the Moon and Beyond
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| Video: Three Years on Mars: Opportunity's Story
NASA's Opportunity rover, now exploring Mars for three years, is half a world away from its twin, Spirit. + View This Video | ||
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| New Horizons' Spectacular Jupiter Flyby
New Horizons animation as it sets its sights on Jupiter. + View This Video | ||
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| THEMIS Movie Trailer
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| Video: Three Years on Mars: Spirit's Story
Scientists expected the Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity to run for three months. Three years later the hardy rovers are still operating on opposite sides of the red planet. + View This Video | ||
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| Touchdown!
Space Shuttle Discovery makes a picture-perfect landing at Kennedy, completing mission STS-116. + View This Video | ||
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| STS-116 Fourth Spacewalk Solar Array Retraction
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| Season's Greetings from Space
The Expedition 14 crew on the International Space Station sends their holiday message from orbit. + View This Video | ||
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| Booster Cameras Reveal Separation
Six cameras attached to the shuttle's solid rocket boosters offer an unique view of Space Shuttle Discovery's night launch for mission STS-116. (no audio) + View This Video | ||
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| STS-116 First Spacewalk Ends
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| STS-116 Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver
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| Discovery Launches!
Watch the spectacular launch of Space Shuttle Discovery -- the first night launch in four years! + View This Video | ||
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| Evidence of Water on Mars
Evidence of liquid water and new impact craters on the red planet. + View This Video | ||
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| Evidence of Water on Mars
Evidence of liquid water and new impact craters on the red planet. + View This Video | ||
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| Russian Golf Event
Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin tees off from the space station during the Expedition 14 spacewalk. + View This Video | ||
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| Thanksgiving Message From the Station
See what the ISS crew has for their holiday feast. + View This Video | ||
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| Nighttime Rocket Test
The two-minute test provided important information for nighttime shuttle launches and for the development of the rocket that will carry the next human spacecraft to the moon. + View This Video | ||
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| Veteran's Day: Message From the Station
Even though we know they exist, we see no borders or signs of conflict that they sometimes cause on Earth below. + View This Video | ||
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| Seeing Mars Better Than Ever
NASA's newest Mars spacecraft, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, is providing an unprecedented view of the surface of Mars. + View This Video | ||
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| Seeing Mars Better Than Ever
NASA's newest Mars spacecraft, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, is providing an unprecedented view of the surface of Mars. + View This Video | ||
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| Wheels on the Ground
Atlantis makes a perfect landing at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility, successfully completing the STS-115 mission. + View This Video | ||
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| The ISS Seen From Atlantis
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| Video from Atlantis' Left Booster Rocket
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| Solar Arrays Deployed
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| STS-115 Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver
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| Eye on the External Tank
Atlantis' external tank is being photographed by an onboard camera during the launch of mission STS-115. + View This Video | ||
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| A Beautiful Sight!
Space Shuttle Atlantis rumbles its way to space through a beautiful Florida sky. + View This Video | ||
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| Emeril Chats with Station Crew
Renowned chef Emeril Lagasse talks with the Expedition 13 crew about special recipes he prepared for them. + View This Video | ||
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 | Space Station Grows
Mission STS-115 marks the resumption of construction of the International Space Station. + View Video (Real) + View Video (Windows) | ||
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| Touchdown!
Discovery glides to a picture-perfect landing at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, successfully concluding the STS-121 mission. + View This Video | ||
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| STS-121 Right Forward Solid Rocket Booster Video
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| STS-121 Right Aft Solid Rocket Booster Video
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| Welcome Aboard
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| Space Shuttle Pitch Maneuver
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| Discovery Docks With Station
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| Solid Rocket Booster Separation
The solid rocket boosters successfully separate from the Space Shuttle Discovery as it continues toward space on mission STS-121. + View This Video | ||
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| The Rockets' Red Glare
Space Shuttle Discovery becomes the first shuttle to launch on the July 4 holiday, providing a view more spectacular that any fireworks display. + View This Video | ||
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| View from the External Tank
The onboard camera provides an excellent view of the Space Shuttle Discovery's external tank during launch on mission STS-121. (No audio) + View This Video | ||
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| NASA's Ares Rockets
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 | Podcasts: This Week at NASA
NASA's podcasts let you subscribe and automatically download new NASA audio and video content when it becomes available. + View the Videos + Subscribe to NASAcast | ||
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 | Video: 'Before the Decade is Out ...'
JFK Challenges NASA and America to land on the moon in the 1960s. + View Video | ||
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 | Riding Rockets
Mike Mullane talks about his stint as an astronaut. + View Video (Real) + View Video (Windows) | ||
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| A View from Huygens
This movie depicts the Huygen's probe's 147-minute plunge through Titan's thick orange-brown atmosphere to a soft sandy riverbed in January 2005. + View This Video | ||
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| New Spacecraft to Search for Water on Moon
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| Next Leap in Mars Exploration
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will bring new capabilities to Mars exploration. The spacecraft arrives at Mars Mar. 10, 2006. + View This Video | ||
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| Challenges of Getting to Mars: Hitting the Bullseye
Learn how JPL navigation engineers have guided the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter toward its mission-critical capture into orbit around the red planet. + View This Video | ||
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| Why Send the Science Home?
The Stardust mission already has a couple of major successes under its belt. (Quicktime - streaming) + View This Video | ||
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| Stardust: How Do We Bring a Comet Home?
Stardust's return capsule will enter Earth's atmosphere, release parachutes and land in the Utah desert. (Quicktime - streaming) + View This Video | ||
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| Revealing Titan
Infrared imaging of Titan has revealed important scientific details. (Quicktime - 11Mb) + View This Video | ||
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| Happy Holidays From Space
International Space Station Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev send their holiday greetings down to Earth. + View This Video | ||
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| Stardust: Why Bring a Comet Home?
Stardust captured cometary samples, which hold clues about the formation of our solar system. (Quicktime - streaming) + View This Video | ||
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| Paul McCartney: NASA 'Hits a Chord'
Paul McCartney discusses honoring the Return to Flight crew and playing for the space station during his concerts. + View This Video | ||
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| Celebrating Thanksgiving Aboard the ISS
International Space Station Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev celebrate Thanksgiving. + View this Video | ||
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| Paul McCartney Wake Up Call
Paul McCartney sent a live wake up call to the Expedition 12 crew. + View This Video | ||
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| Cassini Views Dione, a Frigid Ice World
Sitting in the tranquility of space is the pale moon Dione, looking as if it's posing for a painter. + View This Video | ||
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| Ulysses 15th Anniversary
With over four billion miles logged while circling the Sun's poles, the Ulysses spacecraft continues shedding light on the dynamics of the solar atmosphere. + View This Video | ||
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| NASA Takes Giant Step Toward Finding Earth-Like Planets
Are we alone in the universe? Are there planets like Earth around other "suns" that might harbor life? + View This Video | ||
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| Kennedy Continues Relief Efforts
Helping NASA's family recover. + View This Video | ||
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| Neptune's Dynamic Atmosphere
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| Discovery's Home
Discovery, riding piggy-back on the 747 makes a picture-perfect landing at Kennedy. + View This Video | ||
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| Coming Home
Space Shuttle Discovery begins its ferry flight home from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. + View This Video | ||
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| Touchdown!
Discovery makes a picture-perfect landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. + View This Video | ||
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| Crews Honor Fallen Explorers
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| Gap Filler Removed
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| Crew Chats with President Bush
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| STS-114 Left Solid Rocket Booster Video
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| STS-114 Right Solid Rocket Booster Video
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| WB-57 Chase Plane Video
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| Mars Time
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| Mars on Earth III
What can craters on Earth teach us about Mars? + View This Video | ||
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| Dust Devils on Mars
NASA's Spirit rover has been seeing dust devils, a weather phenomenon also seen on Earth, in Gusev Crater. + View This Video | ||
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| Power Tower Physics
Find out what it's like to be weightless ... Video runs 2:40 + View this Video + View feature | ||
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| Roller Coasters and the Shuttle
See why roller coasters feel like Shuttles lifting off ... Video runs 40 secs. + View this Video + View feature | ||
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| Free Fall Explained
Discover why astronauts float in space ... Video runs 1:10 + View this Video + View feature | ||
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| Galaxy Evolution Explorer Turns Two
See the universe in the ultraviolet. + View This Video | ||
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| Moon, Mars and Beyond
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 | What Did We Do This Summer?
How did you spend your summer? We spent ours exploring the universe. + View Video (Windows Media) + View Video (QuickTime) | ||
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| Aerosmith and NASA: Dream On
The legendary rockers from Aerosmith join forces with NASA to encourage the next generation of explorers to "Dream On." + View This Video | ||
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| New Astronauts Named
Three educator astronauts, two pilots, and six mission specialists make up the 2004 astronaut class. + View This Video | ||
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| Mysterious Planet-Like Body Discovered
A new object in our Solar System is found 13 billion miles from Earth. + View This Video | ||
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 | 'Into the Cosmos'
President Bush's announcement + Windows Media High + Windows Media low + QuickTime + 15.2 Mb WinZip | ||
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| Hubble Decision
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe and Chief Scientist John Grunsfeld discuss the decision to cancel the fifth servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope, in an interview with Ed Bradley of "60 Minutes." + View This Video | ||
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| Spirit's Trek to Bonneville
Learn about the rover's challenging journey across the martian surface. (11 Mb) + View This Video | ||
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| Hubble "Sees" Into the Distant Past
HST captured images of the universe when the stars first began to shine. + View This Video | ||
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| Stellar Birth, Stellar Death
Spitzer captures the cosmic cycle from 163,000 light years away. + View This Video | ||
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| Water World
Opportunity sends back evidence that water once soaked Meridiani Planum. + View This Video | ||
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| Video: 'Salty Sea' on Mars
Opportunity hits the beach. + View This Video | ||
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| NASA Looks to the moon, Mars
The President unveils his vision for America's future in space + View This Video | ||
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| The Dynamic Duo
Rovers make history exploring Mars at the same time + View This Video | ||
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| Opportunity Arrives
NASA's second rover lands safely on the martian surface. + View This Video | ||
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| Hematite's Significance
Dr. Joy Crisp talks about the importance of the mineral at the MER landing sites. + View This Video | ||
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| Spirit Rolls into History
Flight team celebrates success of Spirit's first drive off of the lander. + View This Video | ||
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| Spirit Goes to Work
NASA rover sends postcards from the red planet. + View This Video | ||
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| Mars Chills Out
The red planet may be thawing out from a recent ice age. + View This Video | ||
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| Santa Claus is Coming to NASA
When Santa Claus lands at NASA-Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) on Christmas Eve, someone will be watching. + View This Video | ||
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| Taxis With Wings?
Wouldn't it be great to climb into your air taxi and arrive at your destination long before you would have gotten off the ground in a commercial aircraft? + View This Video | ||
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| Stardust Closes In On Comet Wild-2
Stardust photographs its target, Comet Wild-2, from about 15.5 million miles away. + View This Video | ||
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| Students Chat With Station Crew
Japanese fifth and sixth graders ask about science and life on the International Space Station. + View This Video | ||
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| Shuttle Crew Trains for Return to Flight
The seven-member crew of STS-114 is training to return to flight on the space shuttle Atlantis next year. + View This Video | ||
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| Voyager At Edge of Solar System
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is about to enter the solar system's final frontier: interstellar space. + View This Video | ||
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| What Does A Solar Flare Sound Like?
NASA's Cassini spacecraft, approaching Saturn, was in perfect position to record the sound of a massive solar flare as it erupted in late October. + View This Video | ||
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| Solid Success: Booster Test Fired
NASA recently put the most powerful space shuttle Solid Rocket Motor ever built to the test in Utah. + View This Video | ||
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| Expedition 8 Takes Over Station
The newest residents of the International Space Station take command in an orbital ceremony. + View This Video | ||
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| Discovery Prepared for Return to Flight
Workers replace heat tiles and power up Discovery's new state-of-the-art cockpit + View This Video | ||
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| New Eyes for Shuttle Launches
At Kennedy Space Center over $3 million in digital analysis equipment has been recently added. + View This Video | ||
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| Goodbye Galileo
The versatile probe plunges into Jupiter on Sunday, September 21, ending a remarkable 14-year mission. + View This Video | ||
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| Working Around the Clock
Employees at Kennedy Space Center in Florida are working hard to prepare the shuttle fleet for return to flight. + View This Video | ||
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| Columbia's Legacy
Columbia debris is being moved into storage at the Kennedy Space Center for safety research that could prevent further accidents. + View This Video | ||
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| Guy Bluford Remembered 20 Years Later
When he was accepted into NASA's astronaut training program in 1978, Guy Bluford never aimed to become the first African-American in space. + View This Video | ||
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| The Body's Heart and Lungs
See how this system gets oxygen into the bloodstream. + View This Video | ||
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| The Body's Cardiovascular System
See how this system pumps blood through the heart, arteries and veins. + View This Video | ||
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| 'Opportunity' Follows Mars-Bound 'Spirit'
NASA launched its second Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, late Monday night aboard a Delta II launch vehicle. + View This Video | ||
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| Small Towns Respond to NASA Tragedy
Watch a video news story about the big-hearted response of small towns touched by the Columbia tragedy. + View This Video | ||
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| Video Profiles of Columbia Searchers.
Watch video profiles of the folks who searched for Columbia debris. + View This Video | ||
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| Expedition 6 press conference.
Watch the press conference with the crew of Expedition 6 from Star City. + View This Video | ||
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| Houston Astros pay tribute to the STS-107 crew and families.
See the the oil fires from Iraq as seen from the space station. + View This Video | ||
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| Video Footage of Iraqi Oil Fires from Space
See the the oil fires from Iraq as seen from the space station. + View this Video | ||
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