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Return to Mars: Mars Phoenix Lander Mission (Webcast)
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Learn more about the new mission to Mars! The Mars Phoenix Lander touched down on the Red Planet on Sunday, May 25, 2008, and began collecting data. Phoenix is designed to study the history of water and search for complex organic molecules in the Martian arctic's ice-rich soil. Join Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty as he walks us through the mission and shows us the first pictures that the Phoenix Lander sends back!
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: May 28, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: mars phoenix lander, mars, soil, poles, space, water, martian arctic, jpl, spacecraft, entry, descent, landing
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: May 28, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: mars phoenix lander, mars, soil, poles, space, water, martian arctic, jpl, spacecraft, entry, descent, landing
Fabricated Realities: Destination Mars (Clip)
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This machinima, a movie made entirely within Second Life (a 3-D virtual world), shows a simulation of the impact of a meteor on the surface of Mars.
Project: Fabricated Realities: Virtual Worlds, Mixed and Augmented Reality | Browse All
Date: January 24, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Art
Keywords: mars, space, asteroid, computer simulation, second life, machinima, film
Project: Fabricated Realities: Virtual Worlds, Mixed and Augmented Reality | Browse All
Date: January 24, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Art
Keywords: mars, space, asteroid, computer simulation, second life, machinima, film
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Return to Mars: Mars Update: Of Asteroids and Craters (Webcast)
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Join Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty as he gives us an update on Mars and examines the possibility of an upcoming asteroid collision with the red planet!
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 23, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, rovers, asteroid, collision
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 23, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, rovers, asteroid, collision
Return to Mars: New Martian Discoveries (Webcast)
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The two Mars Rovers are alive and well after surviving their second Martian winter. Come and see photos of discoveries they made during their third year on Mars, with Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: March 31, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, rovers, spirit, opportunity, red planet, crater, jpl, rocks, rat, solar panels, wheels, sand, dust
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: March 31, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, rovers, spirit, opportunity, red planet, crater, jpl, rocks, rat, solar panels, wheels, sand, dust
Return to Mars: Happy Birthday, Opportunity (Webcast)
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On December 11, 2005, Opportunity, one of the twin rovers exploring Mars, celebrated its first Martian birthday. Opportunity had been on the red planet 687 Earth days, which is one Martian year. (A year is the time it takes a planet to make a complete loop around the sun). Join us for a look back over the those 687 days of discovery: what we learned, what we saw, and what questions remained unanswered.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: December 11, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, rovers, spirit, opportunity, red planet, crater, jpl, rocks, rat, solar panels, wheels, sand, dust
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: December 11, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, rovers, spirit, opportunity, red planet, crater, jpl, rocks, rat, solar panels, wheels, sand, dust
Iron Science Teacher: Alcohol (Webcast)
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This special edition of Iron Scence Teacher is part of our celebration of the Teacher Institute's 21st birthday. Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity.
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: October 22, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Everyday Science
Keywords: cocktails, liquor, density column activity, pickled eggs, naked egg chemistry, osmosis, diffusion, dollar bill activity, convection currents, surface tension
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: October 22, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Everyday Science
Keywords: cocktails, liquor, density column activity, pickled eggs, naked egg chemistry, osmosis, diffusion, dollar bill activity, convection currents, surface tension
| Real: 225K |
Iron Science Teacher: Milk (Webcast)
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Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity. This week’s “secret” ingredient: Milk!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 15, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: acids and bases, curdling milk, making cheese, surface tension, convection currents, blue sky activity, scattering, total internal reflection, ice cream, comets, make a comet activity
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 15, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: acids and bases, curdling milk, making cheese, surface tension, convection currents, blue sky activity, scattering, total internal reflection, ice cream, comets, make a comet activity
| Real: 225K |
Return to Mars: Where Have All the Rovers Gone? (Webcast)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have long outlived their life expectancy of three months. Join us as we sum up the rover data and explain how this information changes our view of Mars.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: February 8, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: February 8, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
Saturn: How Far Have We Gone? (Webcast)
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After a week of analyzing the data from the Huygens probe, do scientists think of Titan differently? What were the unexpected findings? Which hypotheses were wrong? Which were correct? Join us as we talk to mission scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and get the latest on this enigmatic moon.
Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All
Date: January 22, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: titan, atmosphere of titan, cassini spacecraft, gravity on titan demonstration, ice balloon activity, weathering, surface erosion, dendridic rivers, sounds of titan
Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All
Date: January 22, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: titan, atmosphere of titan, cassini spacecraft, gravity on titan demonstration, ice balloon activity, weathering, surface erosion, dendridic rivers, sounds of titan
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Saturn: What Do the Pictures Mean? (Webcast)
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After yesterday's historic mission to the surface of Titan, what happens next? What do the new pictures of Saturn's largest moon tell us, and what does it mean for our understanding of earth?
Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All
Date: January 15, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: cassini spacecraft, surface of titan, sapping, saturn,
Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All
Date: January 15, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: cassini spacecraft, surface of titan, sapping, saturn,
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