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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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 Tour the National Mall Building NMB on Google Arts & Culture https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/national-air-and-space-museum-washington-dc-second-floor/mAGIjNwvdyVBNA?sv_lng=-77.01985119124066&sv_lat=38.88814141871478&sv_h=177.8&sv_p=-13.299999999999997&sv_pid=7Tb8VlE8GxmLwjrXMB8XCw&sv_z=1 Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 8, Grade 7, Grade 6, Grade 5, Grade 4, Grades 13-14, Grades 17-20, Grades 15-16, Grade 3 Behind the scenes, Aircraft, Spacecraft

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