STEM in 30: Seven Minutes of Terror: The Engineering Behind Landing on Other Planets
Explore the engineering behind landing on other planets and what is in store for future missions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVNLDQV2rMU
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Technology and Engineering, Spacecraft, Spaceflight
Student
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STEM in 30: A Sky Full of Color: Live from the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
Join STEM in 30 as we explore the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta and bring you the history of balloons, the science behind hot-air and gas balloons, and the pageantry of the Fiesta.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuk51Ne-b3Y
Grade 7, Grade 6, Grade 8
Balloons
Student
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STEM in 30: Star Trek: Science Fiction to Science Fact
Boldly go on a voyage with STEM in 30 as we explore the Star Trek universe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15GFVcGV3Gg
Grade 7, Grade 6, Grade 8
Society and Culture, Science fiction
Student
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STEM in 30: The Wright Stuff: Flying the Wright Flyer
Join STEM in 30 as we investigate the principals of flight and how the Wright Flyer made it into the air and into the history books.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnML3I-yYyo
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Aircraft, Early flight, Aviation
Student
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STEM in 30: Taking the Fast Lane to Orbit: The Technology of Rockets and Race Cars
Join us on STEM in 30 from the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina and look at the crossover between space, air and car forces and technologies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkD_yp9kdtQ
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Technology and Engineering
Student
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STEM in 30: The Women Paving the Way to Mars
Meet the women who are helping pave the way to Mars, and Astronaut Abby, a college student who has set her sights on becoming an astronaut and the first person to step on the planet Mars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hICKTEu2Ig0
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Human spaceflight, Women, Spaceflight
Student
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40 Years of (Triton) Summer
On Triton, Neptune’s largest moon, seasons last an average of 40 years, complete with nitrogen snow. Here’s how Triton’s summer solstice compares to Earth’s.
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/40-years-triton-summer
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grades 13-14, Grades 15-16
Small solar system bodies, Solar System, Spaceflight
Student
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The Aerobatics of the Extra 260
The inverted ribbon cut maneuver is when a pilot flies an aerobatic plane toward a string spanning a runway between two poles held in place by two brave people.
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/aerobatics-extra-260
Grade 3, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9, Grade 8, Grade 7, Grade 6, Grade 5, Grade 4, Grades 13-14, Grades 15-16, Grades 17-20
Aircraft, Women
Student
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African American Pioneer Dale White and the 1939 Goodwill Flight
Dale L. White Sr., was a prominent African American pilot, best known for his 1939 “Goodwill Flight” with Chauncey Spencer from Chicago to Washington, DC.
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/african-american-pioneer-dale-white-and-1939-goodwill-flight
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 5, Grade 4, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 3, Grade 12, Grades 15-16, Grades 17-20, Grades 13-14
Aircraft, African American or Black people
Student
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America’s First Space Walking Woman
On October 11, 1984, a female American astronaut stepped outside her spacecraft for the first time. Kathryn D. “Kathy” Sullivan had work to do in the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Challenger,
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/america’s-first-spacewalking-woman-kathryn-d-sullivan
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 5, Grade 4, Grade 3, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grades 13-14, Grades 15-16, Grades 17-20
Human spaceflight, Space Shuttle program, Women
Student
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Apollo 11 and the World
When the Apollo 11 spacecraft lifted off on July 16, 1969, for the Moon, it signaled a climactic instance in human history.
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/apollo-11-and-world
Grade 4, Grade 8, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 9, Grade 7, Grade 6, Grade 5, Grade 3, Grade 12, Grades 13-14, Grades 15-16, Grades 17-20
Apollo program, Human spaceflight