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27  mars     23h52
Shake & Bake: How Spacecraft Are Tested to Handle the Harsh Environment of Space
   Have you ever wondered how spacecraft are designed to handle the punishing conditions of launch and the extreme variations of space From rocket vibrations, to the temperatures and pressures of space and other planets, to the solar illumination of the Sun, the Environmental Test Lab ETL at JPL...
    23h38
Seeing Earth’s Coastlines: SWOT Satellite Provides Higher-Resolution Data than Ever Before
   NASA has monitored Earth rsquo;s water from space for decades, but there rsquo;s always been one stubborn observational gap: coastal sea level. This data, while critical to coastal communities as they plan for the potentially devastating effects of rising seas, has been difficult to measure because...
    20h01
Inside the JPL Space Simulator with Europa Clipper
   The conditions that NASA spacecraft endure are indeed extreme: the intense shaking of a rocket launch, the jolt of separating from the rocket, the temperature fluctuations, and quot;of course quot;the unforgiving vacuum of space. This is why, before launch, our skilled engineers meticulously...
    17h04
Europa Clipper Moves Into JPL’s Space Simulator
   A timelapse video shows engineers and technicians moving NASA rsquo;s Europa Clipper spacecraft into the foot tall Space Simulator at the agency rsquo;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The spacecraft underwent thermal vacuum testing in the chamber in February and passed...
22  mars     00h54
Mavericks of Mars: The Ingenuity Helicopter Team’s Favorite Flights (Live Public Talk)
   The Ingenuity Helicopter first took to the Martian skies on April , , proving for the first time that powered, controlled flight was possible on another world. Designed as a technology demonstration that would perform up to five experimental test flights over a span of days, the Mars...
21  mars     21h35
Live From the Clean Room - Building Europa Clipper
   Watch live as NASA’s next outer solar system mission, Europa Clipper, is built and tested in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL in Pasadena, California. The Europa Clipper spacecraft, with its large, circular high gain antenna, is visible in the stand...
08  mars     17h23
NASA’s Design for Message Heading to Jupiter’s Moon Europa
   There’s a legacy of NASA spacecraft carrying inspirational messages into the cosmos, and Europa Clipper will continue this tradition when it launches in October to Europa, a moon of Jupiter that shows strong evidence of an ocean under its icy crust. A triangular plate seals an opening in the...
06  mars     20h29
Spacecraft Makers: Europa Clipper’s Instrument Integration
   Hardware for NASA rsquo;s Europa Clipper spacecraft was developed at various institutions and facilities across the U.S. and Europe, including NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. That work included the science instruments and other spacecraft components, such as the propulsion module, radio frequency...
01  mars     21h15
What’s Up: March 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA
   What are some skywatching highlights in March Jupiter plows through the Pleiades on March , a chance to spot Mercury at month’s end along with a subtle lunar eclipse, and a comet worth keeping an eye on : Intro : Moon amp; planet highlights : Penumbral lunar eclipse : Comet...
29  février     21h46
Testing Psyche’s Instruments in Space #Shorts
   Already more than million miles million kilometers from Earth, the Psyche spacecraft will arrive at its destination the asteroid Psyche in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter in . Scientists believe the asteroid could be part of the iron rich interior of an early...
23  février     01h55
SPHEREx: Zooming Out To See The Big Picture (Live Public Talk)
   Meet NASA rsquo;s next cosmic mapmaker SPHEREx or the Spectro Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reonization and Ices Explorer will create a map of the universe like none before. The space telescope will survey the sky in optical and near infrared light, creating an all sky...
21  février     22h12
How Fieldwork in the Amazon Is Supporting NASA Climate Science - NISAR Mission Travelogue
   A joint U.S. India satellite mission called NISAR the NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar NISAR mission will soon set out with new tools to better understand climate change. As a way to validate the satellite rsquo;s global, space based observations, NASA scientists went to the Peruvian Amazon...
01  février     17h20
What’s Up: February 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA
   What are some skywatching highlights in February Venus begins its exit from the morning sky, as Mars makes its comeback. Plus, now through May is a good time to observe spiral galaxy M . : Intro : Moon amp; planet highlights : Observing spiral galaxy M : February Moon phases...
31  janvier     22h19
The Most Extreme Flights of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter (Mars Report)
   NASA rsquo;s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter pushed aerodynamic limits during the final months of its mission, setting new records for speed, distance, and altitude. Hear from Ingenuity chief engineer Travis Brown on how the data the team collected could eventually be used in future rotorcraft designs. ...
26  janvier     17h05
Olympic Figure Skaters Explore the Icy Moon Europa with NASA
   Explore icy moons, like Jupiter rsquo;s moon Europa, with Olympic figure skaters Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean Luc Baker Trina Ray, an astronomer at NASA rsquo;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a member of the Europa Clipper mission team, answers their questions about why Europa rsquo;s surface is one...