From videos to ready-to implement classroom activities, we’re here to help you get your learners excited about air and space.

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Lecture Video

What’s New in Aerospace: Space Communication: Past, Present, and Future

Badri Younes, discusses the evolution of NASA’s communication capabilities, including the exciting future of laser communication.

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Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grades 13-14, Grades 15-16 and Grades 17-20
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Navigation, Science, Spacecraft and Technology and Engineering
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Activity/Lab Interactive

Look Mom, No Wings!

Do you ever dream of being able to fly? The good news is, you probably can! The bad news is that you can’t fly very high or stay up for very long

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Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7 and Grade 8
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Physical science and Science
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Roll, Pitch, and Yaw

Stability and control are much more complex for an airplane, which can move freely in three dimensions. Learn about roll, pitch, and yaw.

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Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7 and Grade 8
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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.

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Human spaceflight
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Air and Space Live Chat: Get Your World War One Questions Answered by Expert Peter Jakab, Chief Curator at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Join National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution Chief Curator Peter Jakab as he answers questions about World War I.

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Aircraft and World War I
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STEM in 30: Ask an Astronaut with Randy "Komrade" Bresnik and Paolo Nespoli

NASA astronaut Randy “Komrade” Bresnik and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli join STEM in 30 to talk about their recent six-month stay on the International Space Station (ISS).

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Grade 6, Grade 7 and Grade 8
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Space stations, Human spaceflight and Spaceflight
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STEM in 30: Meet Orion and SLS, America’s Next Great Spacecraft

STEM in 30 looks at the Orion, a spacecraft built to take humans farther than they have ever gone before.

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Grade 7, Grade 8 and Grade 6
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Human spaceflight, Spacecraft and Spaceflight
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STEM in 30: Live Downlink with the International Space Station & Astronaut Randy "Komrade" Bresnik

Watch the live downlink with the International Space Station. Students from around the country got to ask questions live to NASA astronaut Randy “Komrade” Bresnik.

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Grade 6, Grade 7 and Grade 8
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Space stations and Human spaceflight
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STEM in 30: Robotics: First There Were Humans, Then There Was Machine

Join STEM in 30 to see the FIRST robots in action and learn how robots are used throughout the aerospace industry

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Technology and Engineering and Robotics
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Flights of Fancy Story Time: "The Incredible Balloon Flight to Dizzying Heights"

National Air and Space Museum. Museum educator Ann Caspari will read the original story The Incredible Balloon Flight to Dizzying Heights.

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Balloons, People and Science
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Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Barnstorming Pilots, Flying Circuses and Air Shows"

This story is about the incredible flying circuses in the pioneering days of flight.

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Aviation, Early flight, General aviation and Science
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Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Three High’Flying Friends"

Three High’Flying Friends, which tells the story of Amelia Earhart, Ruth Nichols, and Louise Thaden who were friends that shared a love of flying.

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Aviation, People, Records and Firsts and Women
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