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Miscellaneous: On the Move (Clip)
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Join us in the Mission, Bayview, and Embarcadero for a free preopening extravaganza that’s part road show, part street festival, and all Exploratorium.
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: February 21, 2013
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
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Keywords: on the move, mission, bayview, embarcadero
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: February 21, 2013
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: on the move, mission, bayview, embarcadero
After Dark: Mars (Clip)
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At our last After Dark in our current home, the theme was Mars! On display the museum has a full-scale model of the Mars rover Curiosity, which arrived on the red planet Sunday, August 5. At After Dark, we had Martians, robots, and extraterrestrials in the crowd! There were Martian themed lectures, a live webcast, and activities like the Egg Drop, where visitors practiced landing a homemade Rover safely onto the ground. Red skies at night offer fun and delight.
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: August 24, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, landing, after dark
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: August 24, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, landing, after dark
Return to Mars: Seeing Like a Rover (Clip)
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00:43:41
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How do you work with a robot millions of miles away to make scientific discoveries on a planet you've never set foot on? How do scientists and engineers begin to "see like a rover"- and what can this tell us about who we are as meaning-making creatures? Find out how, by studying the team behind the rover mission, we learn about more than just the surface of Mars.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 17, 2012
Format: Lecture
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, rover, nasa, curiosity, mission, exploratorium, landing, janet vertesi
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 17, 2012
Format: Lecture
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, rover, nasa, curiosity, mission, exploratorium, landing, janet vertesi
Return to Mars: Living on Mars with Paul Doherty (Clip)
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00:41:53
00:41:53
What would it be like on Mars? Get a sense of Martian living with Exploratorium scientist Paul Doherty. He'll introduce the capabilities of the new rover and demonstrate what the planet would look, smell, and feel like to someone on the ground. Learn how things would fall, how they'd burn, and the shape a Martian snowflake should take in a snowstorm.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 8, 2012
Format: Lecture
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, rover, nasa, curiosity, mission, exploratorium, landing, paul doherty
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 8, 2012
Format: Lecture
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, rover, nasa, curiosity, mission, exploratorium, landing, paul doherty
Return to Mars: The Wheels of the Mars Rover Curiosity (Clip)
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Mechanical Engineer Armen Toorian explains that the wheel tracks of the Mars rover Curiosity are used to determine how far the rover has travelled on the red planet.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 6, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam, armen toorian, wheels, morse code
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 6, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam, armen toorian, wheels, morse code
Return to Mars: Living and Working on Mars Time (Clip)
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Lead Curiosity Driver Matt Heverly and Research Scientist Bethany Ehlmann elaborate on the unusual working conditions involved with a Mars rover expedition.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 3, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam, bethany ehlmann, matt heverly
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 3, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam, bethany ehlmann, matt heverly
Return to Mars: The Scientific Capabilities of the Mars Rover Curiosity (Clip)
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Research Scientist Bethany Ehlmann and Mechanical Designer Scott McGinley explain some of the scientific instruments aboard the Mars rover Curiosity.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 2, 2012
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam, bethany ehlmann, scott mcginley
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 2, 2012
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam, bethany ehlmann, scott mcginley
Return to Mars: Testing the Mars Rover Curiosity (Clip)
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Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) explain how they simulate martian conditions and conduct tests with model rovers to prepare the Curiosity rover for its journey to Mars and its work on the red planet.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 1, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam, matt heverly, patrick martin, armen toorian, fernando abilleira, mars yard, sandbox, vacuum chambe
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 1, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam, matt heverly, patrick martin, armen toorian, fernando abilleira, mars yard, sandbox, vacuum chambe
Return to Mars: Curiosity Model Teaser (Clip)
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A glimpse of the full-scale model of the Mars rover, Curiosity. On display at the Exploratorium from August 1st to September 16, 2012. This model is on loan from JPL, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and there are only two on loan in the United States!
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: July 11, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: July 11, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam
Return to Mars: Mars in a Minute-Where does your curiosity lead? (Clip)
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In this video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, we examine the notion of curiosity. Curiosity is a big part of what it means to be human. It's also the name of NASA's next Mars rover. This 60-second video shows how one type of curiosity can inspire another.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: May 30, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, rover, nasa, curiosity, mission, exploratorium
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: May 30, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, rover, nasa, curiosity, mission, exploratorium
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