What’s New in Aerospace: Solar Hazards in Exploration (Not posted on NASM Youtube)
Understanding the hazards of space weather on crewed and robotic missions is vital to informing plans for NASA’s Journey to Mars and other missions into our solar system, and beyond.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBpT1CIchNQ&t=920s
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What’s New in Aerospace: From Cowboy Boots to Space Boots
Astronaut Danny Olivas talks about his journey from his hometown of El Paso, Texas to the final frontier of space.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gugfY7QksT8&feature=youtu.be
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What’s New in Aerospace: Global Positioning System: A Generation of Service to the World
Maj. Ben Calhoon, Chief of the Positioning, Navigation and Timing Branch within the Space Operations Division of Headquarters Air Force, will discuss the importance of GPS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugb62pj7Bdg&feature=youtu.be
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What’s New in Aerospace: Mission to Mars
Join Museum curator and geologist John Grant for an overview of NASA’s ongoing rover missions to Mars and the exploration taking place on the Red Planet today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB_vMx319O0&feature=youtu.be
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What’s New in Aerospace: The Underwater Crash Site of USS Macon
Join us as we go with the team of the E/V Nautilus as they explore the underwater crash site of the USS Macon, a rigid airship that crashed off the California coast on February 12, 1935.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9myk1iN-GY&feature=youtu.be
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What’s New in Aerospace: NASA Astronaut Victor Glover’s Presentation at the National Air and Space Museum
NASA Astronaut Victor Glover speaks at the National Air and Space Museum for African American Pioneers Family Day in 2017.
https://youtu.be/RyNkj7BpAYE
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What’s New in Aerospace: Appropriate Attire for Space
Learn about the history of spacesuits from space history curator Cathleen Lewis and NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmxUofyvebE&feature=youtu.be
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What’s New in Aerospace: Cleaning Up Outer Space
Martin Collins, space history curator at the museum, and historian Lisa Ruth Rand discussing past and current orbital debris research, some American and international efforts to reduce debris.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cat2Kdrujfw&t=3s
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What’s New in Aerospace: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera
New evidence of very recent geologic activity on the Moon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4PGEMmJXGQ&feature=youtu.be
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What’s New in Aerospace: Meet An Astronaut (Terry Virts & Samantha Cristoferetti)
NASA astronaut Terry Virts and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoferetti talk about their return to Earth on June 2015 after 199 days aboard the International Space Station.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_bcn3Urx18&feature=youtu.be
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What’s New in Aerospace: Communicating with Humans in Space
In celebration of World Space Week, NASA talks about their human space exploration programs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG6sd7KJ3EM&feature=youtu.be
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What’s New in Aerospace: Exploring Alien Atmospheres
Tom Barclay and Hannah Wakeford will talk about what we have learned so far in our exploration of exoplanets to look for biomarkers, signs of alien life.
https://youtu.be/S2G-D9_0UM0
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