What’s New in Aerospace: Demystifying Venus
Dr. Sukrit Ranjan talks about detecting phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus an what this might mean.
https://youtu.be/g-vZB4MXm70
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What’s New in Aerospace: The First Image of a Black Hole
Join the Astronomy Education team as they discuss this amazing image, what a black hole is, and how the National Science Foundation and the Event Horizon Telescope accomplished this amazing feat.
https://youtu.be/9gXhkuNRjwc
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What’s New in Aerospace: Countdown to Insight: Landing on Mars (Mission to Mars)
Just before this historic landing join experts from NASA to discuss Insight’s landing, and the science that will go on after touchdown.
https://www.facebook.com/airandspace/videos/272248590100260/
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What’s New in Aerospace: Journey to Juno: A Look at the Historic Mission to Jupiter
Scott Bolton, lead scientist on the Juno mission, shares images of Jupiter, spoke of what we have learned from them, and revealed how you can get involved in the Juno mission.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYMMc-8vUUE
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What’s New in Aerospace: Inside the First Epic Mission to Pluto (Alan Stern) or Chasing New Horizons
A conversation with New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern and astrobiologist David Grinspoon about their new book, Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsNk9ylvP7Y
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What’s New in Aerospace: Asteroid Day
Asteroid experts discuss the threats asteroids pose and how we are protecting ourselves from the danger they may cause.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x51PO3WEzY
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What’s New in Aerospace: Alan Eustace Looks Back at His Record–Breaking Freefall
In 2014, engineer and stratospheric explorer Alan Eustace ascended via balloon to the stratosphere and then took a freefall plunge of more than 135,000 feet.
https://youtu.be/u34XybTD7WU
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What’s New in Aerospace: From Hurricanes to Your Street Corner: Photography from Space (Jim David)
So what exactly can be be captured from space and how is satellite imagery being used today?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-hjlJ4z_w4
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What’s New in Aerospace: Leading Kepler Scientist: I Didn’t Plan on Being a Scientist (Natalie Batalha)
Batalha is an astrophysicist at NASA Ames Research Center and the project scientist for NASA’s Kepler Mission. Hear about what she is working on and how she got to where she is today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu78fL2iKds&feature=youtu.be
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What’s New in Aerospace: What’s Next in the the Search for Habitable Planets (Matt Shindell)
A researcher from NASA Ames shares his work to develop new direct imaging technologies to study exoplanets in greater detail and discover habitable worlds outside of our solar system.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpwOfryBdFM
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My Path: Aaron Parness JPL Engineer
Aaron Parness leads the Extreme Environment Robots Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Learn how Aaron went from ski bum to building robots for JPL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifBFDeFGczI
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My Path: The Sun Throws Temper Tantrums Learn About the Sun with Solar Physicist Dr. Kelly Korreck
Solar Physicist Dr. Kelly Korreck provides an in depth look of her exploration of the Sun and its effects on space weather.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-BPq6445wg
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