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Supersonic Flight Find out how a whip and a Slinky can help us understand the speed of sound. http://howthingsfly.si.edu/media/supersonic-flight Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 7, Grade 6, Grade 8 Science

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 Three Types of Engines Learn how piston engines, jet engines, and rocket engines all depend on the same basic principles to produce thrust. http://howthingsfly.si.edu/propulsion/engines Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Aircraft, Missiles, Rockets, Technology and Engineering

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 Thrust: Propellers Learn how propellers generate thrust. http://howthingsfly.si.edu/media/thrust-propellers Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Aircraft, Physical science, Technology and Engineering

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 Thrust: Rocket Engines Explore how rocket engines generate thrust. http://howthingsfly.si.edu/media/thrust-rocket-engines Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Rockets, Missiles, Science

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 Air and Space Live Chat: Artemis with Randy Komrade Bresnik In this edition NASA Astronaut Randy Komarade Bresnik discusses the Artemis program which will land the first woman and next man on the Moon; and takes viewer questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp7TuIA-pas Human spaceflight

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 Lift: Lighter Than Air Aircraft Learn about the history and dynamics of hot-air balloons. http://howthingsfly.si.edu/media/lift-lighter-air-aircraft Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Airships, Balloons, Science

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 Lighter Than Air Helium and hot–air balloons float in air, but how? Is floating a type of flying? http://howthingsfly.si.edu/sites/default/files/attachment/LighterThanAir.pdf Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Balloons, Airships, Science

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 Pressure Drag Learn about pressure drag and how it affects flight http://howthingsfly.si.edu/aerodynamics/pressure-drag Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Aircraft, Science

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 Rocket Lab Build your own rocket and complete a mission. http://howthingsfly.si.edu/activities/rocket-lab Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Rockets, Technology and Engineering

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 How Things Fly Learn how things fly http://howthingsfly.si.edu/ Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Aircraft, Aviation, Physical science, Science, Rockets, Spaceflight

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 Hypersonic Vehicles Learn about what happens to vehicles at hypersonic speeds and what happens to air at high speeds. http://howthingsfly.si.edu/structures-materials/hypersonic-vehicles Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 3, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Aviation, Physical science, Science

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 Kepler’s Laws of Orbital Motion Kepler’s laws show the effects of gravity on orbits. They apply to any object that orbits another: planets orbiting the Sun, moons orbiting a planet, spacecraft orbiting Earth. http://howthingsfly.si.edu/flight-dynamics/kepler’s-laws-orbital-motion Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Physical science, Satellites, Small solar system bodies, Solar System, Spaceflight

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