Space Technology Transfer
Here are two examples of how technology developed for space applications has successfully been transferred to other uses.
Category: General
How Can Mars Be Transformed Into A Habitable Planet
A look at how humans may one day make Mars habitable.
Passport to Pluto and Beyond
New Horizons is a NASA mission designed to help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon – a “double planet” and the...
The Future of Space Travel
The urge to explore will eventually save the human race from extinction. This means that space travel will eventually become then norm. Here is a great video featuring new technologies that will be needed...
The Space Shuttle’s Last Flight – 2011 Documentary
This definitive documentary charts the rise and fall of the most ambitious space programme ever undertaken, the space shuttle.
“The Earth Is Not Round” – Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator. In this highlight he talks about how the Earth is not perfectly round, and how your average globe is completely wrong.
Space Travel and the Technology of Interstellar Exploration
A look at the new technologies that will be required for interstellar space travel.
Our Solar System – Music (Voyager) By Steve Henry
“This is my new music called Voyager. As a musician, I have always been intrigued by outer space. I wrote this during the past summer months and chose to feature a very basic tour...
What’s A Supernova and Where Can I See One?
The galaxy M82 is filled with stars being created and dying. At present a star is exploding and you can see it.
The Most Deadliest Planets
This video examines the extreme surface conditions of the planets within our solar system, as well as some that lie beyond. Which of these could one day become inhabited by humans?
Investigating “Genius Materials” On ISS
Space Station Live commentator Pat Ryan talks to Dr. Eric Furst, Principal Investigator for the InSPACE experiment, from the University of Delaware. InSpace, or Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions, studies...
NASA – Planet Hunter
A new NASA-sponsored website, DiskDetective.org, lets the public discover embryonic planetary systems hidden among data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission.
Highlights of NASA Ames Space Operations in 2013
Highlights of 2013 from the Ames Research Center. A look back at the space-related missions, research and technology demonstrations completed during 2013 by scientists, researchers and staff at NASA’s Ames Research Center.
Space Navigation (2) – 1967 NASA
Here is part 2 of a basic introduction to lunar and interplanetary navigation for manned spaceflight. The film was made in 1968 and the footage shows, through animation and live photography, the use of computers and...
Orbital Mechanics
This video details planetary motion or orbital mechanics. It explains Kepler’s and Newton’s Laws plus terminology including perigee, apogee, eccentricity, orbital inclination, launch window, etc.
The Mars Underground – 2
Here is part 2 of this amazing documentary. The Mars Underground is a landmark documentary about renowned aerospace scientist and visionary, Dr. Robert Zubrin, and his struggle to get the first human mission to Mars...
The Mars Underground – 1
The Mars Underground is a landmark documentary about renowned aerospace scientist and visionary, Dr. Robert Zubrin, and his struggle to get the first human mission to Mars off the ground. Here is part 1...
