Astronomy Vodcasts

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Today's Astronomy, Space and Science Vodcasts

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Astronomy, Space & Science Vodcasts (Video Podcast)

This Week @ NASA, February 3, 2012 3 Feb 2012 at 9:00am  Read more... Space Shuttle Era: M113 2 Feb 2012 at 9:00am  The space shuttle required a unique rescue vehicle, one strong enough to bull its way into a launch pad and carry a flight crew and firefighters to safety. The answer is a group of M113 armored personnel carriers. Read more... GRAIL Mission Returns First Video of Moon's Far Side 1 Feb 2012 at 9:00am  NASA's GRAIL mission has beamed back its first video of the far side of the moon. Read more... NOVA Short | Drinking "Mastodon Juice" 1 Feb 2012 at 8:00am  Move over Evian. While filming "Ice Age Death Trap," the excavation team had some fun and quenched their thirst in an unusual way—by drinking water trapped in ancient mastodon and bison bones. What did they name their new beverage? Mastodon juice, of course! For more information, watch NOVA's "Ice Age Death Trap," airing February 1, 2012 on PBS, and visit our website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/ice-age-death-trap.html NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Lockheed Martin Corporation, and PBS viewers. Read more... What's Up for February 2012? 31 Jan 2012 at 9:00am  Mars gets closer and two comets delight viewers. Read more... This Week @ NASA, January 30, 2012 30 Jan 2012 at 9:00am  Read more... Launching a Mars Rover 26 Jan 2012 at 9:00am  Lift-off of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover to Mars! Read more... The Martians-Launching Curiosity to Mars 26 Jan 2012 at 9:00am  Behind the scenes look at launching the Curiosity rover to Mars. Read more... NOVA Short | Put a Lid on It 25 Jan 2012 at 8:00am  Bill Nye, TV's "Science Guy," conducts a pasta-making experiment that can save you money. Watch NOVA every Wednesday night on PBS. Or join us online at pbs.org/nova. Video podcast produced and edited by Melissa Salpietra. Original footage produced for NOVA by Larry Klein. Stock footage copyright istockphoto.com. Detailed credits available at pbs.org/nova/energy/credits.html. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Lockheed Martin Corporation, and PBS viewers. To learn more, visit http://www.pbs.org/nova/energy Read more... NSN Short | Art Authentication 25 Jan 2012 at 8:00am  Vincent van Gogh has inspired several talented artists to turn their hands to forgery. Can computers be used to identify which works are really his? To find out, NOVA scienceNOW, working in cooperation with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, commissioned an expert in art reconstruction to make a meticulous copy of a van Gogh painting. Then, we challenged three different computer teams—from Princeton, Penn State, and Maastricht universities—to see if they could spot the imitation in a group that included five genuine van Goghs. Watch NOVA every Wednesday night on PBS. Or join us online at pbs.org/nova. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and PBS viewers. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Lockheed Martin Corporation, and PBS viewers. Read more...