EXPLO.TV - Webcasts, Video Clips, and Podcasts from the Exploratorium

Return to Mars: Mars in a Minute-How do you land on Mars? (Clip)

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00:01:00

In this video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, we look at landing on Mars. Landing a spacecraft on Mars is one of the trickiest things we do. This 60-second video explains how it’s done, and the three landing systems we use at the Red Planet.

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: May 30, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, landing

Return to Mars: Curiosity Rover Trailer (Clip)

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00:01:37

In this video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, an animation shows the major mission events of the Curiosity rover's landing on Mars.

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: May 30, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, landing

Return to Mars: Overview of MSL and Curiosity (Webcast)

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00:37:18

It's time for a new mission to Mars! Join Exploratorium science educators as we celebrate the launch of the newest rover, Curiosity, as it begins it's 8 1/2 month journey to the planet Mars. We will look at the launch itself, talk a little bit about MSL(Mars Science Laboratory) and Curiosity, summarize the history of Mars exploration, and look forward to what is next!

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: November 26, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Keywords: mars, curiosity, msl, mars science laboratory, jpl, cape canaveral, kennedy space center, rocket, space, exploration

Fabricated Realities: Exploratorium in Second Life (Clip)

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00:13:35

Made by the Exploratorium's Teacher Institute, this "machinima"--a film made entirely in a virtual world, highlights the exhibits and recent events in Second Life on the Exploratorium Island and 'Sploland sims.

Project: Fabricated Realities: Virtual Worlds, Mixed and Augmented Reality | Browse All

Date: March 17, 2011
Format: Exhibit
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, Astronomy/Space Science, Chemistry, Physics

Keywords: second life, machinima virtual worlds

Chaco Canyon: Sense of Place (Clip)

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00:01:04

See how patterns of light change throughout the day at Chaco, and hear G.B. Cornucopia and Shelly Valdez share their impressions of the phenomena of light cycles in Chaco Canyon.

Project: Ancient Observatories: Chaco Canyon | Browse All

Date: December 2, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science

Keywords: sun observation, solstice

After Dark: Cosmological Constructs: Artist Dan Goods (Clip)

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01:23

In this short interview with Dan Goods, designer, artist, and visual strategist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Goods discusses his art piece, "Jupiter Fog Pool." The piece, inspired by the Juno mission to Jupiter, was part of "Cosmological Constructs," our After Dark event of September 2010.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: September 3, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Art, Astronomy/Space Science

Keywords: dan goods, jet propulsion lab, jpl, fog, fog pool, nasa, juno, jupiter, after dark, space

Driven: Meet the Stars (Slideshow)

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00:04:40

Astronomer Dr. Isabel Hawkins's journey to the stars began with two chance moments of enchantment with celestial bodies in her native Argentina. Inspired by the mystery of the sky, she went on to study physics and astronomy in California and then to work for 20 years as a research astronomer at UC Berkeley. Now retired from research and devoted to inciting a love of the stars and sky in young people, Dr. Hawkins reflects on her own initial moments of inspiration, on sharing her love of stars with others, and on how astronomy can, and should, remind us of our connection to one another, under a canopy of mystery.

Project: Driven: True Stories of Inspiration | Browse All

Date: July 30, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art, Astronomy/Space Science

Keywords: astronomy, eclipse, stars, sun, solar

Polynesian Navigation: The Dolphins (Clip)

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00:01:42

Sea life can sometimes serve as a marker to help navigators stay on track. Shorty Bertelmann describes how one such living marker, a pod of dolphins, helped him see what navigation is really about.

Project: Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation | Browse All

Date: March 23, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, HIstory

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Polynesian Navigation: Website Preview (Clip)

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00:01:04

Video teaser for the upcoming launch of the new Exploratorium website, 'Never Lost'. Learn a little bit about Polynesian Navigation in anticipation of the full website

Project: Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation | Browse All

Date: March 23, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Keywords: polynesian navigation, sea, sky, earth, astronomy, stars

Polynesian Navigation: Why Navigate? (Clip)

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00:05:07

What motivates modern navigators? That depends on who you ask. But many explain their passion for voyaging in terms of kuleana--responsibility.

Project: Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation | Browse All

Date: March 23, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, History

Keywords: navigating, stellar navigation


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