curiosity shop of saturn039s moons
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this video is modeled in the classic tradition of pt barnum offering a collection of oddities for your viewing pleasure so enter the curiosity shop for a compilation of facts and beautiful moon images taken by the cassini spacecraft in orbit around saturn since 2004 set to edvard grieg039s piano concerto in a minor op 16 ii adagio this video is produced in honor of the recent cassini spacecraft mission extension through september 2017 take a gander at gigantic titan to your left feel free to ogle bright enceladus to your right reflecting close to 100 percent of the light that hits its surface don039t be afraid to eyeball mimas and her craters that039s what she039s there for saturn has the second most moons of planets in the solar system second only to jupiterseptember 27th 2010 marked the end of the cassini equinox mission which was over the last 2 years and the beginning of the cassini solstice mission the extension to takes the spacecraft to september 2017 a couple months past saturn039s northern summer solstice in may 2017 cassini has done a great deal to extend our knowledge of saturn and it039s moons as well as delivered some of the most gorgeous photos taken in the solar system photos of saturn saturn039s rings and saturn039s moons this video pictures just a few of the many photosfact sheet:mimasdiameter: averages 396 km orbital radius: 185520 kmorbital period: 22 hours and 37 minutesmass: 37500000000 megatonnesmimas and rhea are widely considered the most heavily cratered bodies in the solar systemenceladusdiameter: about 500 kmorbital radius: 238020 kilometersorbital period: 137 daysmass: 70000000000 megatonnesit is postulated that enceladus is heated by a tidal mechanism similar to jupiter039s moon io and many signs point to a liquid core even though it should039ve frozen aeons agoit is the most reflective object in the solar systemtethysdiameter: 1066 kmorbital radius: 294660kmorbital period: 189 earth daysmass: 627000000000 megatonnesodysseus crater named for a greek warrior king in homer039s two great works the iliad and the odyssey dominates the tethyan western hemisphere odysseus crater is 400 kilometers in-diameter almost 250 miles that diameter is nearly two-fifths of tethys itselfdionediameter: 1123 kmorbital radius: 377400 kmorbital period: 27 earth daysmass: 1100000000000 megatonnescassini showed dione039s bright wisps to be bright canyon ice walls some of them several hundred meters high probably caused by subsidence cracking the walls are bright because darker material falls off them exposing bright water icerheadiameter: 1528 kmaverage distance: 527040 kmorbital period: 452 earth daysmass: 2310000000000 megatonnestitanequatorial radius: 2575 kmorbital distance: 1221830 kmorbital period: 1595 earth daysmass: 134550000000000 megatonnesrecent results from the cassini mission suggest that hydrogen and acetylene are depleted at the surface of titan both results are still preliminary but the findings are interesting for astrobiology a paper published 5 years ago suggested that methane-based rather than water-based life -- ie organisms called methanogens -- on titan could consume hydrogen acetylene and ethane the measured depletion of these compounds could mean the existence of these life forms on the surfacehyperionaverage diameter: 270 kmmass: 800000000 megatonnesorbital distance: 1481100 kmorbital period: 2128 earth dayshyperion is the largest known irregular nonspherical body in the solar systemiapetusequatorial radius: 7355 kmorbital distance: 3561300 kmorbital period: 7933 earth daysmass: 1600000000000 megatonnesthe september 2007 cassini flyby of iapetus showed that thermal segregation is probably the most responsible for iapetus having a darker hemisphere iapetus has a very slow rotation longer than 79 days such a slow rotation means that the daily temperature cycle is very long so long that the dark material can absorb heat from the sun and warm upphoebediameter: 220 kmorbital distance: 12952000 kmorbital period: about 18 monthsmass: 400000000 megatonnesunlike most major moons orbiting saturn phoebe is very dark and reflects only 6 percent of the sunlight it receives its darkness and irregular retrograde orbit suggest phoebe is most likely a captured object

inner space - nasa promo
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here is to helping nasainspired by http:wwwredditcommore specifically: http:wwwredditcomrvideoscommentsez5xenasa_the_frontier_is_everywhere_my_2nd_attempt_atfound different clips online and edited them together fcp ampamp motionmusic: arcade fire - quotwake upquotmy name is leon and i go to school for media ampamp communications at http:wwwmumedu

nasa announces the discovery or water flows on mars - seasonal running water
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mars science laboratory curiosity rover mission animation
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this artist039s concept animation depicts key events of nasa039s mars science laboratory mission which will launch in late 2011 and land a rover curiosity on mars in august 2012

death of a comet into the sun 1st time ever caught on video live video july 6th 2011
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death of a comet into the sun 1st time ever caught on video live video july 6th 2011the death of a comet that plunged into the sun wascaptured on camera this month for the first timein history scientists saythe comet met its fiery demise on july 6 when it zoomed in from behind the sun and melted into oblivion as it crashed into the star it was nasa039s solar dynamics observatory sdoa satellite orbiting earth that studies the sun which witnessed the comet039s death-blowone of the sdo spacecraft039s high-definition imagers quotactually spotted a sun-grazing comet as it disintegrated over about a 15 minute period july 6 2011 something never observed beforequot sdo officials said see the observatory039s image of the comet deathkb http:wwwnasagovcometdeathyoutubevideonasastarscosmicspaceplanetssunquotsolar systemquotearthuniversequotdeath starquotcrashobservatoryimagespacecrafthistoric1st

how the curiosity mars rover will land and navigate
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steven lee the guidance navigation and control manager for the mars science laboratory mission at the jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena calif describes how nasa plans to land and navigate its new curiosity rover on the surface of mars in 2012 read more: http:spectrumieeeorgaerospacerobotic-explorationplanetary-rovers-are-we-alone

building curiosity: packing for florida
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a last look at nasa039s curiosity rover as it gets packed up for the trip to floridatime-lapse movie of the nasa mars curiosity rover039s last days in the clean room before being shipped to florida for launch

the apollo 11 lm eagle039s descent as seen in google moon
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you can download my google moon kmz file for import into google moon from:http:wwwmem-tekcomapollogoogle_moon_kmz_filesapollo_11kmzhere is a link to my apollo web site:http:apollomem-tekcomfootage from the eagle039s movie camera has been matched to deconvolved andor enhanced versions of lunar reconnaissance orbiter image m116161085 left and right nac image pairs which were taken by the lro on december 22 2009google moon does not have a roll angle feature which would be useful for rolling the point of view additionally google moon039s digital elevation model is not of a fine enough resolution in order to precisely model the terrain thus some of the google moon screen captures of the overlaid lro image may not precisely match the view from the eagle039s video camera

what it039s like to land on mars
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this video steps viewers through a portion of the choreography needed to land nasa039s curiosity rover on mars it starts with a computer simulation from nasa039s eyes on the solar system program and uses actual images from curiosity039s mars descent imager it ends with a high-resolution color image from curiosity039s mast camera

spacex: entrepreneur039s race to space - 60 minutes - cbs news
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60 minutes on cbs news: spacex: entrepreneur039s race to space - from paypal to electric cars to rockets billionaire entrepreneur elon musk wants his company spacex to build america039s next manned spacecraft scott pelley reports

we stopped dreaming episode 2 - a new perspective
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mars rove curiosity bgm:holst
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behind the scenes of the blueorigin astronaut experience audition ndash with jeff bezos
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watch behind the scenes of the blueorigin astronaut experience audition ndash with jeff bezos 2023 runtime: 32:37 categories: amazon blue origin cosplay costume cumshot doggystyle fantastic four jeff bezos mars mylf nasa parody rocket rule 34 space spacex teamskeet cosplay hornyhill hornyhillse

angry birds space: what did curiosity find on mars
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on august 5th 2012 the curiosity rover touched down on mars what did it findnew angry birds space red planet episode out on aug 23like us on facebook: http:facebookcomangrybirdsfollow us on twitter: http:twittercomangrybirds

nasa uars satellite reentry
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as nasa039s uars satellite nears reentry go to nasa hyperlink to http:wwwnasagovmission_pagesuarsindexhtml to get the most current updatesaerospace engineers from analytical graphics inc agi used the company039s analysis and visualization software to create this video depicting: uars in its current orbit its potential debris area burn-up at reentry a representative statistical breakup model uars estimated debris regionin all uses courtesy quotanalytical graphics incquotto learn more about this story head over to http:blogsagicomwant an app to see where the uars is check out agi039s satellite augmented reality android app: http:blogsagicomagip=3765want to see where the uars is in a google earth window check out this agi blog entry: http:blogsagicomagip=3780please write to mediaagicom if you need a broadcast-quality version of this video or would like to interview one of our space situational awareness experts32 -- most discussed this week -- science ampamp technology40 -- top favorited this week -- science ampamp technology73 -- top rated this week -- science ampamp technology40 -- most viewed today2 -- most viewed today -- science ampamp technology25 -- most viewed this week -- science ampamp technology