I tested the US Military’s secret space weapon
AdultsConstructionHistoryScience...An engineer came up with a plan to drop tungsten telephone poles from space - the idea has been seriously considered on multiple occasions, so we tested it.
The Most Extreme Explosion in the Universe
AdultsLifeScienceSpaceSupernovae are the most powerful explosions in the universe, unleashing enough energy to outshine galaxies. We have no real metaphor for their power – if the sun were to magically go supernova it would feel like you were being hit by the energy of a nuclear explosion, every second. For weeks.
Plants In Space!
YouthExperimentsNatureScience...Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul and Dr. Robert J. Ferl put weeds in unique situations to study their behaviour on a molecular level.
Artemis I Launch
YouthSpaceTechnologyScienceNASA’s Artemis I mission lifted off on Nov. 16, 2022, from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B. This video includes highlights from the event.
Hobbies On The Space Station
KidsSpaceTechnologyEducation...ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti talks about her hobbies on the ISS.
Earth From Space: Mackenzie River
YouthScienceSpaceTechnology...The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over the Mackenzie River, a major river system in the Canadian boreal forest.
Earth From Space: Glasgow
YouthSpaceTechnologyWorld...The Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over Glasgow, Scotland.
Earth From Space: UK Heatwave
KidsSpaceTechnologyWorld...The Copernicus Sentinel-3 images show the scale of Britain’s heatwave in August.
Civilian Tries on NASA Spacesuit For the First Time
AdultsConstructionScienceSpace...How does WIRED's Brent Rose feel about being the first person outside of the space program to try on a pressurized space suit?