Astronaut Jerry Carr knows space. As commander of Skylab, he spent more than 2,000 hours in space, orbiting the Earth over 1,000 times. Recounting his life story, Carr remembers the enchanting years he spent at NASA in an animated video from TEDEducation.
ARVE error: need id and provider
Hank Green pays tribute to some of the great scientific minds we lost in 2012, beginning with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Sally Ride. Green concludes by apologizing for some mistakes made in recent SciShow episodes.
ARVE error: need id and provider
Astronauts from Earth land on the 13th moon of Jupiter and discover it inhabited by a bevy of nubile, men-hungry, young women in Fire Maidens of Outer Space. The women, it turns out, are transplants from the lost continent of Atlantis! This 1956 entry from Great Britain was but one of many B-grade sci-fi movies that conjured up Amazonian colonies existing beyond the Stratosphere. Other examples of this sub-genre: Cat-Women of the Moon, Queen of Outer Space and Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women.
ARVE error: need id and provider
NASA has announced plans to build a Mars base — a space station beyond the dark side of the Moon that would serve as a way station for future astronauts traveling to Mars. H/T SourceFed
ARVE error: need id and provider
On tap tonight: Tolstyak, Russia.
With the countdown for his launch fast approaching, a Russian astronaut takes a slight detour to join his friends at a pub.
ARVE error: need id and provider
Stephen Green recaps the latest media blunders and political gaffes in a new edition of The Week in Blogs. Learn how:
ARVE error: need id and provider
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon, has died at the age of 82 from complications following a heart surgery several weeks ago. Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon July 20, 1969. He’ll always be remembered for his first words after touching the lunar surface, broadcast live to a half billion people, then one-sixth of the world’s population: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Here, Armstrong talks with the BBC in 1970 about the Apollo expedition after returning to Terra Firma.
ARVE error: need id and provider
Also, NASA has created a vault containing restored HD video footage showing the moon walk, the planting of the American flag and other aspects of the Apollo 11 mission. To visit, go to http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/apollo11.html
Sally K. Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died today after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Ride, 61, journeyed into orbit on June 18, 1983 for a six-day flight on board the Space Shuttle Challenger. Here’s a look back at her historic achievement.
ARVE error: need id and provider
