Before the Big Bang – Loop Quantum Cosmology Explained
Loop quantum cosmology is considered one of the most promising candidates for a theory of what was there before the big bang. In this film we interview some of the leading scientists in the...
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International Space Station’s 15th Anniversary
NASA administrator Charles Bolden pays salute to the 15th anniversary of the International Space Station.
Was Mars Ever Earth-like?
A further look at the Mars Maven mission. The Maven satellite will give us important data taken from the upper atmosphere and should give us data on whether water from Mars did escape into the...
Maven Launch – 18th November 2013
A new Mars orbiter, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission, was launched on November 18, 2013, on top of an Atlas V-401 vehicle. It managed to successfully launch on the first day...
Mars Orbiter Mission – Indian Space Research Organisation
Information on Mars and the Indian Space Research Organisation first mission to Mars.
Stephen Hawking At The Science Museum In 2013
Professor Stephen Hawking at the Science Museum in London, to give a talk on the role of fundamental physics and its place in the understanding of our universe.
Extreme Astronomy
We are entering a new era in astronomy as a new generation of telescopes come online. Each new discovery provides many answers but also asks a series of new questions.
Holidays In Outer Space
A documentary looking at the possibility of leisure space travel and the aircraft that could take tourists to uncharted holiday destinations. Some of the things are already becoming a reality or are in the design...
Mars Evolution – NASA
The animation shows how the surface of Mars might have appeared during this ancient clement period, beginning with a flyover of a Martian lake.
The Birth of the ALMA Observatory
A documentary from 2012 that reveals the motivations, struggles and ultimate triumphs of the people designing and building the most elaborate ground-based astronomical observatory ever, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).
Commercial Space Program Success
America challenged private industry to develop new economical space transportation systems. It rose to the challenge and NASA now has two space transportation systems. SpaceX’s Falcon rocket and Dragon spacecraft and Orbital’s Antares rocket and...
Super-Typhoon Haiyan Seen From ISS
A look from space at the typhoon that recently devastated parts of the Phillipines with a force equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane.
Private Companies In Space
Space tourism is becoming a reality and a number of private companies are gearing up for this niche business. Here is an interview with one of the entrepreneurs exploiting this new market. httpv://youtu.be/9t1WhvhaJWo
How Fire Burns In Space
How does ‘fire’ burn in outer space and how do you put it out since you can’t spray water. httpv://youtu.be/9zdD7lfB0Fs
Winter Olympic Torch Goes On A Space walk
Russian cosmonauts take the winter olympic torch for the Sochi 1914 games on a space walk. httpv://youtu.be/W_4kuLvORk8
India’s Mars Mission – An inside View
An exclusive view of the highly-secure ISRO facility where Mangalyaan — India’s satellite to Mars – was born. The spacecraft has since successfully launched, please see our yesterdays post and the video at the...
India Launches To Mars
India has launched a spacecraft to Mars orbit and hopes to become the fourth space agency to reach the red planet after the US, Russia ans Europe. The unmanned spacecraft will travel for 300 days...
History of Spaceflight – 6
Here is the last part of the early history of space. This time looking at a 1970s view of how the colonisation of Mars may occur.
