NASA

Title: NASA's Office of Planetary Protection
Runtime: 7:04
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: The mission of the Office of Planetary Protection is to promote the responsible exploration of the solar system by implementing and developing efforts that protect the science, explored environments, and Earth. The objectives of planetary protection are several-fold and include: Preserving our ability to study other worlds as they exist in their natural states; avoiding the biological contamination of explored environments that may obscure our ability to find life elsewhere – if it exists; and to ensure that we take prudent precautions to protect Earth’s biosphere in case life does exist elsewhere.

Post-Launch Status of SpaceX Resupply Mission to the ISS

Title: Post-Launch Status of SpaceX Resupply Mission to the ISS
Runtime: 17:27
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: A post-launch news conference was held July 18 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, following the launch of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. Dragon launched atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida, carrying science research, crew supplies and hardware to the orbiting laboratory in support of the station’s Expedition 48 and 49 crews.

SpaceX Launches Resupply Mission to the ISS

Title: SpaceX Launches Resupply Mission to the ISS
Runtime: 15:17
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launched on the company's Falcon 9 rocket on July 18 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida, carrying science research, crew supplies and hardware in support of the Expedition 48 and 49 crew aboard the International Space Station. About 10 minutes after launch, Dragon reached its preliminary orbit, deployed its solar arrays and began a carefully choreographed series of thruster firings to begin its two-day journey to the station. Live coverage of the Dragon’s July 20 rendezvous with the ISS will begin at 5:30 a.m. EDT on NASA TV.

Title: What’s on Board the SpaceX Dragon?
Runtime: 1:21:20
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: A science, research and technology briefing was held July 17 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to highlight the science experiments being delivered by SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft on its next mission to the International Space Station, as well as the research being conducted aboard the orbital laboratory. The Dragon is scheduled to liftoff on the company's Falcon 9 rocket on July 18 at 12:45 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida, with science research, crew supplies and hardware in support of the Expedition 48 and 49 crew members onboard the space station.

Russian Cargo Ship Launches to the Space Station

Title: Russian Cargo Ship Launches to the Space Station
Runtime: 3:31
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the unpiloted ISS Progress 64 cargo ship launched at 5:41 p.m. Eastern time July 16 (3:41 a.m. Baikonur time on July 17), carrying three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the residents of the International Space Station. Less than nine minutes after launch, the Progress arrived in its preliminary orbit to begin a two-day journey to the station, where it will automatically dock to the Pirs Docking Compartment on the Earth-facing side of the Russian segment of the outpost July 18, U.S. time. The new Progress will remain docked to the station until mid-January 2017.

Pre-Launch Status of Next SpaceX Mission to the ISS

Title: Pre-Launch Status of Next SpaceX Mission to the ISS
Runtime: 37:06
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: A press briefing was held on July 16 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to provide a prelaunch status update on the next SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is targeting liftoff on the company's Falcon 9 rocket on July 18 at 12:45 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida, carrying science research, crew supplies and hardware to the orbiting laboratory in support of the Expedition 48 and 49 crew members.

New Crew Arrives Safely to ISS on This Week @NASA – July 15, 2016

Title: New Crew Arrives Safely to ISS on This Week @NASA – July 15, 2016
Runtime: 4:48
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: The Expedition 48/49 crew that launched July 7 from Kazakhstan arrived as scheduled at the International Space Station July 9 Eastern time. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency were welcomed aboard by station Commander Jeff Williams of NASA and Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos. In the coming months, the crew is scheduled to receive supplies and experiments from several cargo spacecraft. These include a Russian Progress scheduled to launch July 16 Eastern time and a SpaceX Dragon – scheduled for lift off July 18 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Also, ISS Research and Development Conference, NASA Gets Green Light to Build Mars 2020 Rover, Juno’s First In-Orbit Views of Jupiter, Innovative Light Jet Visits Langley, Moon Photobombs Earth, Again and New Horizons’ “Landing” Video!

NASA Does Facebook Live Update on the Next Mars Rover

Title: NASA Does Facebook Live Update on the Next Mars Rover
Runtime: 59:04
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: The team developing NASA's next rover mission to Mars has received a go-ahead from the agency to proceed with building the rover for launch in 2020. A July 15 Facebook Live event from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory featured updated news about the Mars 2020 rover and its mission. It will be almost identical to the Curiosity rover currently on Mars, but will have enhanced landing technology, the ability to prepare soil and rock samples for return to Earth and microphones to capture sound. The rover will look for signs of past life in a region of the Red Planet where the ancient environment was favorable for microbial life.

Title: The Benefits of Space Station Research
Runtime: 20:59
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams and newly arrived Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA discussed their research and activities on the orbital laboratory in a pair of in-flight interviews July 14 with WXOW-TV in La Crosse, Wisconsin and Reuters. Williams, a Wisconsin native who has been in orbit since March, is scheduled to return to Earth in early September, while Rubins just arrived on the complex July 9. The two crew members are planning a spacewalk in August to install the first International Docking Adapter that will accommodate the arrival of U.S. commercial crew spacecraft in the future.

Earth Expeditions: Coral Reefs, Student Research & Polar Ice

Title: Earth Expeditions: Coral Reefs, Student Research & Polar Ice
Runtime: 8:44
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: NASA uses the vantage point of space to increase our understanding of our home planet, improve lives and safeguard our future. Our researchers collect and study data from space, land, sea and air to tackle challenges facing the world today, from improved environmental prediction to natural hazard and climate change preparedness.

NASA’s view from space shows our planet is changing, but to really understand the nitty-gritty of these changes and what they mean for our future, scientists need a closer look. This year NASA takes you on a six-month world tour as we embark on major new field research campaigns to study regions of critical change around the world.

NASA is sending scientists from the edge of the Greenland ice sheet to the coral reefs of the South Pacific in 2016 to delve into challenging questions about how our planet is changing and what impacts humans are having on it. Although Earth science field experiments are nothing new for NASA, this year is ...

Title: Earth Expeditions: CORAL (Excerpt)
Runtime: 2:33
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: The goal of the COral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) is to provide critical data and new models needed to analyze the status of coral reefs and to predict their future. CORAL will provide the most extensive picture to date of the condition of a large portion of the world’s coral reefs from a uniform data set. The data will reveal trends between coral reef condition and biogeophysical forcings, both natural and those arising from human activities.

Astronauts Talk about Research on the ISS

Title: Astronauts Talk about Research on the ISS
Runtime: 9:51
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams and newly arrived Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA discussed their research and activities on the orbital laboratory in an in-flight interview July 13 with the Associated Press. Williams, who has been in orbit since March is scheduled to return to Earth in early September, while Rubins just arrived on the complex July 9. The two crew members are planning a spacewalk in August to install the first International Docking Adapter that will accommodate the arrival of U.S. commercial crew spacecraft in the future.

Expedition 48 49 Crew Welcomed to the Space Station

Title: Expedition 48 49 Crew Welcomed to the Space Station
Runtime: 19:19
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: A few hours after docking to the International Space Station on July 9, Expedition 48-49 Soyuz Commander Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Kate Rubins of NASA and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency floated through the spacecraft’s hatch and were greeted by station Commander Jeff Williams of NASA, and Flight Engineers Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos. Rubins, Ivanishin and Onishi are scheduled to spend about four months on the station contributing to more than 250 experiments in fields such as biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences and technology development.

Expedition 48 49 Crew Docks to the Space Station

Title: Expedition 48 49 Crew Docks to the Space Station
Runtime: 7:14
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: After launching on July 7 in their Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 Soyuz Commander Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Kate Rubins of NASA and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency arrived at the International Space Station July 9, to complete their two-day journey. The trio is scheduled to spend about four months on the station contributing to more than 250 experiments in fields such as biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences and technology development.

Juno Enters Jupiter’s Orbit on This Week @NASA – July 8, 2016

Title: Juno Enters Jupiter’s Orbit on This Week @NASA – July 8, 2016
Runtime: 3:54
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: After an almost five-year journey to Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully settled into orbit around our solar system’s largest planet on July 4 – giving Juno team members yet another reason to celebrate on America’s birthday. In a scenario reminiscent of the Curiosity rover’s triumphant arrival on Mars, Juno became the latest NASA spacecraft to pull off a tricky series of maneuvers to safely arrive at a distant planet. Over the next few months, Juno’s mission and science teams will perform final testing on the spacecraft’s subsystems and science instruments and even collect some preliminary science data. The principal goal of the mission is to understand the origin and evolution of Jupiter – which will advance our understanding about the role giant planets like Jupiter might play in the formation of a solar system – including our own. Also, New Crew Launches to the ISS, NASA Week at Essence Festival, and Survey of Earth’s Atmosphere!

ISS Expedition 49-50 Crew Previews Mission

Title: ISS Expedition 49-50 Crew Previews Mission
Runtime: 54:42
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and two Russian crewmates answered questions about their upcoming mission to the International Space Station at a news conference, Thursday, July 7, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Kimbrough and cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko and Sergey Ryzhikov of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos will launch to the space station Sept. 23 aboard the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio will round out Expedition 49, and return to Earth in February as part of the Expedition 50 crew.

Title: ISS Expedition 49-50 Crew Training
Runtime: 8:59
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: Video Footage of the International Space Station’s Expedition 49-50 crew members during pre-flight training activities for their upcoming mission to the space station. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko and Andrey Borisenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos will launch to the space station Sept. 23 aboard the Roscosmos MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio will round out Expedition 49, and return to Earth in February as part of the Expedition 50 crew.

New Crew Launches to the International Space Station

Title: New Crew Launches to the International Space Station
Runtime: 10:07
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: Expedition 48-49 Soyuz Commander Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Kate Rubins of NASA and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched on the Russian Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft July 7 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to begin a two-day journey to the International Space Station and the start of a four-month mission.

Expedition 48-49 Crew Meets Officials and Reporters as Launch Approaches

Title: Expedition 48-49 Crew Meets Officials and Reporters as Launch Approaches
Runtime: 47:43
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 Soyuz Commander Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Kate Rubins of NASA and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, along with their backups, Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, Peggy Whitson of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) appeared before the Russian State Commission. The commission gave its final approval for the launch of Ivanishin, Rubins and Onishi to the International Space Station July 6 EDT (July 7 Kazakhstan time) in their Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a four-month mission. The crew members followed the State Commission meeting with a final prelaunch news conference.

Title: Queen Latifah Highlights Juno
Runtime: 0:51
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: Celebrity performer Queen Latifah highlights the Juno Space mission via NASA's involvement in the new feature film; "Ice Age : Collision Course".

Title: Hello Jupiter!
Runtime: 1:32:17
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: On July 4th, NASA Television aired live coverage of the solar-powered Juno spacecraft’s arrival at Jupiter after an almost five-year journey. Juno is the first spacecraft to orbit the poles of our solar system’s most massive planet. It will circle the Jovian world 37 times during 20 months, skimming to within 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) above the cloud tops, providing new answers to ongoing mysteries about the planet’s core, composition and magnetic fields.

Title: Juno’s Status at Jupiter
Runtime: 36:55
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: On July 5, just hours after NASA’s Juno spacecraft arrived at the planet Jupiter, NASA held a press briefing at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California to provide a status update on the spacecraft. Juno’s arrival at our solar system’s most massive planet was the culmination of a nearly five-year journey through space. The spacecraft will be the first to orbit the poles of Jupiter –on a mission to provide new answers to ongoing mysteries about the planet’s core, composition and magnetic fields, as well as clues about the origins of our solar system.

Juno Preparing for Encounter with Jupiter

Title: Juno Preparing for Encounter with Jupiter
Runtime: 58:39
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: On July 4, just hours before NASA’s Juno spacecraft was scheduled to arrive at the planet Jupiter, NASA held a press briefing at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California to provide a status update on the mission. Once in Jupiter’s orbit, the spacecraft will circle the Jovian world 37 times during 20 months, skimming to within 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) above the cloud tops. This is the first time a spacecraft will orbit the poles of Jupiter, providing new answers to ongoing mysteries about the planet’s core, composition and magnetic fields.

Expedition 48-49 Soyuz Rocket Comes Together and Rolls to Its Launch Pad

Title: Expedition 48-49 Soyuz Rocket Comes Together and Rolls to Its Launch Pad
Runtime: 9:12
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: The Soyuz spacecraft that will transport the next crew to the International Space Station was mated to its booster rocket and rolled out to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. On July 6, Soyuz Commander Anatoly Ivanishin and Flight Engineers Kate Rubins of NASA and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch aboard the Soyuz for a four-months mission to the station.

Title: Happy 4th of July, from NASA
Runtime: 0:31
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: To all Americans -- in space and on Earth -- NASA wishes you a safe and happy July 4th Independence Day.

Expedition 48-49 Crew Final Launch Preparations in Kazakhstan

Title: Expedition 48-49 Crew Final Launch Preparations in Kazakhstan
Runtime: 7:45
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 Soyuz Commander Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Kate Rubins of NASA and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, along with their backups, Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, Peggy Whitson of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, conducted a final "fit check" of their Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft, visited their Soyuz launch vehicle and toured the Baikonur Cosmodrome Museum July 2 in preparation for the July 7 launch, Kazakh time, of Ivanishin, Rubins and Onishi to the International Space Station, where they are scheduled to spend four months on the orbital complex.

Space Launch System Booster Test Fired on This Week @NASA - July 1, 2016

Title: Space Launch System Booster Test Fired on This Week @NASA - July 1, 2016
Runtime: 3:39
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: On June 28, the booster for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was fired up for a major two-minute full-duration qualification ground test at Orbital ATK Propulsion Systems’ test facilities in Promontory, Utah. Engineers will evaluate test data on the motor’s performance using cold propellant, the steering operation of its redesigned nozzle, and other operational data to help qualify the booster for flight. This is the last time the booster will be fired in a test environment before it’s used for the first uncrewed test flight of SLS with NASA's Orion spacecraft, known as Exploration Mission-1, in late 2018. Also, SLS Test Hardware Arrives at Marshall, Juno Arrives at Jupiter July 4th, Test Lab Launched to Streamline Air Travel, Russian Docking System Tested on ISS, and NASA 2016 Agency Honor Award Distinguished Honorees.

Russian Docking System Tested Aboard the ISS

Title: Russian Docking System Tested Aboard the ISS
Runtime: 14:59
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: A Russian ISS Progress 62 cargo ship automatically undocked from the International Space Station July 1, moved to a distance of about 600 feet away from the complex, then re-approached and re-docked a short time later under the manual control of Expedition 48 cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos. The cosmonauts were testing an upgraded backup rendezvous system of the spacecraft, which cosmonauts can use to take over the manual control of an approaching unpiloted craft for docking in the unlikely event a problem.

Pre-Launch Activities Continue for Next ISS Crew

Title: Pre-Launch Activities Continue for Next ISS Crew
Runtime: 11:32
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: In Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 Soyuz Commander Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Kate Rubins of NASA and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, along with their backups, Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, Peggy Whitson of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency), participated in various activities in preparation for the July 6 launch of Ivanishin, Rubins and Onishi to the International Space Station.

The Science of Juno ‘s Mission to Jupiter

Title: The Science of Juno ‘s Mission to Jupiter
Runtime: 54:14
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: During a news briefing from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California the science team involved with the Juno mission to Jupiter talked about the scientific goals of the mission. This Fourth of July, the solar-powered Juno spacecraft will arrive at our solar system’s most massive planet after an almost five-year journey. Once in Jupiter’s orbit, the spacecraft will circle the Jovian world 37 times during 20 months, skimming to within 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) above the cloud tops. This is the first time a spacecraft will orbit the poles of Jupiter, providing new answers to ongoing mysteries about the planet’s core, composition and magnetic fields.

Space Station Commander Educates Students about Life on the ISS

Title: Space Station Commander Educates Students about Life on the ISS
Runtime: 18:53
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of NASA discussed life and research on the orbital laboratory during an in-flight educational event June 30 with students gathered at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin, Illiinois. Williams, who will become the all-time leader for most days in space by an American astronaut August 24, will remain aboard the station until early September.

NASA Agency Awards Recognize Outstanding Employee Contributions

Title: NASA Agency Awards Recognize Outstanding Employee Contributions
Runtime: 59:16
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: During the 2016 NASA Honor Awards Ceremony on June 28 at Ames Research Center, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden presented Distinguished Service and Distinguished Public Service Medals to individual employees who have made extraordinary and indelible contributions to the agency’s mission success. These awards are the agency’s most prestigious and distinguished honors.

Big Test to Qualify Most Powerful Rocket Booster for Flight

Title: Big Test to Qualify Most Powerful Rocket Booster for Flight
Runtime: 59:01
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: NASA tested the largest, most powerful booster ever built for flight for the agency’s new rocket, the Space Launch System(SLS) on June 28 at Orbital ATK Aerospace System’s test facility in Promontory, Utah. SLS and NASA’s Orion spacecraft will launch astronauts on missions to explore multiple destinations on the journey to Mars.

This was the second two-minute, full duration qualification test for the booster, and will provide NASA with critical data to support booster qualification for flight. This second test measured the booster’s performance at the colder end of the accepted propellant temperature range, a targeted 40 degrees Fahrenheit. It was also the last time the booster will be fired in a test environment before the first flight of SLS and Orion in 2018.

Kepler Finds Newborn Exoplanet on This Week @NASA - June 24, 2016

Title: Kepler Finds Newborn Exoplanet on This Week @NASA - June 24, 2016
Runtime: 3:47
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: NASA announced June 20, astronomers have discovered the youngest fully formed exoplanet ever detected. The discovery of the planet outside our solar system was made using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope and the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The newfound planet is a bit larger than Neptune and whips tightly around its star every five days. The planet is only 5 to 10 million years old. For comparison, Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. So, this makes it a relatively “newborn” planet -- one of a very few found to date. Also Expedition 47 returns safely to earth, the next ISS crew departs for launch site, SLS booster test, Orion water drop test, CST-100 Starliner hardware arrives and Rocket Week at Wallops Flight Facility this week at NASA.

Expedition 47-48 Crew Departs for Launch Site

Title: Expedition 47-48 Crew Departs for Launch Site
Runtime: 8:12
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: Expedition 48-49 Soyuz Commander Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Kate Rubins of NASA and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, along with their backups, Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, Peggy Whitson of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) participated in traditional ceremonies at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, outside Moscow June 24. Afterward, they departed for the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to complete their training for the launch of Ivanishin, Rubins and Onishi on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a four-month mission on the International Space Station.

New Space Station Commander Discusses Life in Space with the Media

Title: New Space Station Commander Discusses Life in Space with the Media
Runtime: 17:50
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of NASA discussed upcoming research and visiting vehicle activity at the orbital laboratory during a pair of in-flight interviews June 23 with Motherboard’s online magazine and video service and the CBS Radio Network. Williams became station commander for the second time June 17 prior to the departure of three of his crewmates and is in the midst of a six-month mission on the complex. Williams will surpass former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly for most cumulative days in space by an American astronaut August 24 when he passes Kelly’s mark of 520 days in orbit. Williams will return to Earth on the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft September 6.

Title: NASA Celebrates Makers
Runtime: 1:52
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: NASA works with the Maker community to create new ideas and technologies to drive exploration here on Earth and out in space. The agency uses prizes and challenges, like the Future Engineers 3-D printing challenge for students, and programs like the CubeSat Launch Initiative, which works with students across the country to build and launch small satellites, to encourage innovation and STEM development. During the National Week of Making 2016, NASA committed to continuing its work in order to help groups in all 50 states launch a satellite into orbit.

For more information:
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/calling-all-makers-visit-nasa-solve

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/multipurpose_precision_maintenance_tool

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/first-cubesat-built-by-an-elementary-school-deployed-into-space

Title: Welcome Back to Earth
Runtime: 8:10
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra of NASA, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) were greeted in a traditional ceremony in Kazakhstan June 18, a few hours after their safe return to Earth from a 186 day mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 47 Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan

Title: Expedition 47 Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan
Runtime: 2:48
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra of NASA, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) landed safely near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan June 18, hours after leaving the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft. Kopra, Malenchenko and Peake spent 186 days in space aboard the orbital laboratory.

Expedition 47 Crew Leaves the Space Station

Title: Expedition 47 Crew Leaves the Space Station
Runtime: 7:10
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: After saying farewell to NASA’s Jeff Williams and the rest of the crew onboard the International Space Station on June 18. Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra of NASA, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) undocked from the ISS for the return trip to Earth. Kopra, Malenchenko and Peake spent 186 days in space aboard the orbital laboratory.

Title: Coming Home from the Space Station
Runtime: 4:46
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: After accepting command of the International Space Station on June 17 from fellow NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, Jeff Williams said farewell to Kopra and his Expedition 47 crewmates, Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos and Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency). The departing crew then climbed into their Soyuz spacecraft for the trip back to Earth. Kopra, Malenchenko, and Peake are scheduled to land in Kazakhstan to complete a 186-day mission. Williams remains on the station with Flight Engineers Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos until early September.

Our Journey to Transforming Aviation on This Week @NASA - June 17, 2016

Title: Our Journey to Transforming Aviation on This Week @NASA - June 17, 2016
Runtime: 3:44
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: On June 17, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden gave the keynote address at the Aviation 2016 conference in Washington. The speech entitled “Concept to Reality - Our Journey to Transforming Aviation,” focused on NASA Aeronautics New Aviation Horizons, a 10-year research plan based on the president’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget request. The plan includes developing, manufacturing and flight-testing several experimental aircraft or X-planes. During his address, Bolden also highlighted the agency’s first X-plane designation in a decade. The X-57, nicknamed “Maxwell,” is an experimental airplane with propellers powered by 14 electric motors. The five-day conference also featured details on a set of roadmaps created by the agency to guide research in finding solutions for safe, efficient growth in global aviation operations; innovation in commercial supersonic aircraft and ultra-efficient commercial vehicles; transitioning to low-carbon propulsion; real-time, system-wide safety assura...

Title: New Commander Aboard the Space Station
Runtime: 11:02
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: The reins of the International Space Station were passed from NASA’s Tim Kopra to his NASA crewmate Jeff Williams during a ceremony on the orbital outpost on June 17. Kopra is returning to Earth June 18 with his crewmates, Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos and Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) in the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft for a landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan to complete a 186-day mission. Williams remains on the station as commander along with Flight Engineers Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos until early September.

Title: Closing in on Jupiter
Runtime: 54:55
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: On June 16, NASA discussed the status of its Juno mission to Jupiter during a news briefing at the agency’s headquarters, in Washington DC. This Fourth of July, the solar-powered Juno spacecraft will arrive at our solar system’s most massive planet after an almost five-year journey. Once in Jupiter’s orbit, the spacecraft will circle the Jovian world 37 times during 20 months, skimming to within 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) above the cloud tops. This is the first time a spacecraft will orbit the poles of Jupiter, providing new answers to ongoing mysteries about the planet’s core, composition and magnetic fields.

Enhancing the United State of Women Through Data Science

Title: Enhancing the United State of Women Through Data Science
Runtime: 2:17:54
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: In conjunction with the United State of Women Summit, NASA hosted “Engaging Women & Girls in STEM Through Data Science,” at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC. The program included discussions and presentations on the role of data science at NASA, opportunities for women and girls in data science, and information about NASA initiatives that aim to engage women and girls in STEM through data science.

Space Station Crew Talks to Student Designer of 3-D Tool

Title: Space Station Crew Talks to Student Designer of 3-D Tool
Runtime: 8:03
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA conducted a question and answer session June 15 with a student involved in the design of a concept for 3-D printing aboard the orbital laboratory. Speaking to the crew members from the Marshall Space Flight Center’s Payload Operations and Integration Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Robert Hillan of Enterprise, Alabama, discussed the Space Tool Challenge for the Teen Group (ages 13-19) that included his design of a Multipurpose Precision Maintenance Tool. Like a Swiss Army knife, the tool has a number of important components that allow an astronaut to complete tasks with comfort and ease. Hillan’s design was transmitted from Marshall to the Additive Manufacturing Facility on the station as Hillan watched the printing take place. Hillan is in his junior year at the University of Alabama where he is studying aerospace and mechanical engineering.

Title: Spaceflight Then, Now, and Next
Runtime: 58:03
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: The 2016 John H. Glenn Lecture in Space History was held on June 14, at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater in Washington, DC. The featured speakers, Apollo 11 astronaut, Major General Michael Collins, USAF (Ret.) and Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin and founder/CEO of Amazon.com, reflected on the invention and reinvention of spaceflight.

Title: U.S. Cargo Ship Leaves Space Station
Runtime: 6:54
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: At the International Space Station, Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release the Orbital/ATK Cygnus cargo craft June 14, just hours after it was detached from the station. The spacecraft is loaded with trash and other unneeded items. Cygnus is also serving as a platform for an investigation called the Spacecraft Fire Experiment (SAFFIRE), that will deliberately ignite a fire in an enclosed environment so that instruments can measure flame growth and oxygen usage. This experiment is designed to improve the understanding of fire growth in microgravity and to safeguard future space missions. A group of nanosatellites is also being released from Cygnus which will be deorbited June 22 to send the craft into a destructive re-entry over the Pacific Ocean. Cygnus was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida atop an Atlas V rocket March 23, arriving at the station March 26 to deliver tons of experiments and supplies for the station’s res...

Title: NASA TV Public
Runtime: 2:46
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description

Cygnus Packed for Space Station Mission on This Week @NASA – June 10, 2016

Title: Cygnus Packed for Space Station Mission on This Week @NASA – June 10, 2016
Runtime: 3:03
Date posted: 10 years ago
Description: On June 7 at Wallops Flight Facility, in Virginia, NASA and Orbital ATK hosted members of the media to see the Cygnus cargo spacecraft scheduled to fly the company’s next delivery mission to the International Space Station. The mission – the company’s fifth to the space station under its Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA – is planned for launch in July. Cygnus will launch atop Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad 0-A at Wallops. It will be the first time Antares and Pad 0-A have been used for a launch since a launch mishap in 2014. Also, Entering the Station’s New Space, All About Juno, CORAL Field Research Mission Underway, and A Ticket to Explore JPL!

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