Deep Space Disasters Documentary
A look at the future of space travel including the concept of the ‘space elevator’. While the elevator would be safer than a rocket there are other hazards that could be lethal to astronauts.
Monthly Archive: December 2013
ISON Update On This Week At NASA
An update on ISON, Orion and other NASA news from this weekly update.
Einstein’s Rings and the Fabric of Space
This video explores a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. The gravitational force of a galaxy, full of stars, gas, dark matter, and dust, is so enormous that it affects the region it sits in and...
Alien Atmospheres – NASA
Most exoplanets are too distant to be directly imaged, however detailed studies have been made of their size, composition, and even atmospheric makeup. This video explains how these studies are carried out.
The Last Moon Landing – Apollo 17
A documentary video of the Apollo 17 mission to Taurus-Littrow. This was the final lunar landing mission in the Apollo Program. The film highlights of the mission and relates the Apollo Program to the...
China’s Jade Rabbit Animation
Here is an animation of the China’s current moon mission. Chang’e 3 is a lunar exploration mission operated by China National Space Administration, incorporating a robotic lander and a rover. Chang’e 3 successfully launched on...
China LAUNCHES ‘Jade Rabbit’ Rover To The Moon
China launched its first rover mission to the moon on Monday. Sending a robotic rover named Jade Rabbit to surveythe lunar landscape, examine its geology and beam images back to Earth. Here is video...
The USSR’s ‘Lost Cosmonauts’
This video looks at reports that the USSR covered up its early space disasters and the fact that Yuri Gagarin may not have been the first man in space but the first man to...
The Edge of Space
A look at the prospects for the commercialization space,and also a look at the hazards, such as cosmic radiation and space debris, that could spell disaster for these outer space endeavors.
What Curiosity is Discovering on the Road to Mt. Sharp
An update from Curiosity as it journeys to Mount Sharp.
Death Stars
Death stars are in the final stage of life before they explode into supernovae and, occasionally, the biggest blast in the universe–the gamma ray burst. One death star, named WR104, lurks 8,000 light-years from...
The Rosetta Mission 2014
In 2014, the Rosetta mission will intercept a comet and send a lander to its surface — helping us find out more about the origins of the Solar System. The International Rosetta Mission was approved...
