Space / Video
The Ultimate Skywatching Guide for Every Season
Whether you’re a passionate astronomer or a beginner eager to explore the cosmos, join us as we deep-dive into seasonal skywatching. Gain valuable insights into identifying meteors, stars, and fascinating …
Inside the Epic Artemis Moon Missions
The Artemis program represents the pinnacle of NASA’s mind-boggling technological capabilities. Learn about the groundbreaking achievements and breathtaking lunar landscapes that await us in this new era of space exploration. …
How a ‘Non-Hazardous’ NASA Mission Turned Deadly
In 1967, a horrific fire broke out during a routine pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at Cape Kennedy, Florida. It would claim the lives of three NASA astronauts
As part of Project Mercury, NASA prepared to send a chimpanzee, Ham, into space to test the effects of space on a living creature.
Video: Space Archaeologist Sarah Parcak Uses Satellites to Uncover Ancient Egyptian Ruins
Sarah Parcak | Smithsonian Magazine’s 2016 American Ingenuity Award Winner for History This tech-savvy researcher of our past uses satellites and other remote-sensing tools to discover and explore stunning new …
Video: Meet the Team of Scientists Who Discovered Gravitational Waves
Kip Thorne, Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Ronald Drever | Smithsonian Magazine’s 2016 American Ingenuity Award Winners for Physical Sciences In February, physicists announced the first-ever detection of gravitational waves—a …
Is Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin the Future of Space Exploration?
Jeff Bezos | Smithsonian Magazine’s 2016 American Ingenuity Award Winner for Technology The Princeton-educated Amazon founder, Washington Post owner and new-economy pioneer also helms an innovative spaceflight company, Blue Origin, …
Ask Smithsonian: What’s Up With Saturn’s Rings?
Despite being just one minute long, this Ask Smithsonian video hosted by Eric Schulze is crammed full of strange things you never knew – but should – about Saturn’s rings. …
Ask Smithsonian: What Keeps Satellites From Falling Out of the Sky?
Are you the kind of person who needs to know what keeps satellites from plummeting to the Earth in a big, fiery ball? Then you need to watch this one-minute …
Ask Smithsonian: What Would Happen if a Solar Flare Hit the Earth?
“Be prepared” might not cover it when it comes to super storms.
Ask Smithsonian: How Much Stuff Is in Orbit Around the Earth?
Much more than you’d think – and it’s whirling around at dangerously high speeds
Ask Smithsonian: Where Does Space Begin?
Watch to get the answer that surprised the heck out of us
Ask Smithsonian: What Would Happen if a Large Asteroid Hit the Moon?
Think blockbuster movie and you’ve got an idea of how this story ends
Astronomers Create First Realistic Virtual Universe
This video from the Illustris project simulates 13 billion years of the universe in just two minutes
How flies are making space safer for humans
Ask Smithsonian: Why Are Planets Round?
The answer has everything to do with falling flat on your face
Weird Science: It Snows What on Venus?
Sometimes, in fact, nature is stranger than fiction
Ask Smithsonian: What Happens to Your Body in Space Without a Spacesuit?
Obviously it’s a bad idea to go out into space without a trusty spacesuit, but what exactly happens?
SmartNews: 3D Printers in Space
If you need something while up in space, soon all you’ll have to do is print it.
When plasma falls to the surface it results in a dazzling display known as coronal rain
A Comet Zooms Close to Earth This Month
Viewable to the unaided eye, the comet PanSTARRS will speed past our planet for the first and only time
This battery can be stretched to 300% its original size
NASA’s video of a solar flare from June 7, 2011
Watch Insect Outbreaks From Space
LandTrendr technology shows pine beetles infest a forest in the Pacific Northwest
How the American Ingenuity Award winner plans to build a self-sustaining civilization on Mars
Recreating the Discovery Space Shuttle Fly-over With Cans
Follow team LEO A DALY as they replicate the Discovery space shuttle flight over Washington, D.C. for CANstruction
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey recently released the largest ever 3-D map of the sky with some 540,000 galaxies
NASA’s Curiosity rover traveled 154 million miles and will now begin the search for the ingredients of life on the red planet
Is This NASA’s Earliest Timelapse?
One timelapse enthusiast edited footage from Projects Mercury and Gemini to create a stunning look at early space travel
NASA’s Inflatable Spacecraft Heat Shield
Experts are working on a unique experiment that will use an inflatable aeroshell/heat shield to protect a spacecraft when entering a planet’s atmosphere or returning to Earth
Rare Apollo 11 Footage, Remixed and in HD
In 1969, three men traveled to the moon cameras documented their every move
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon
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