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United States space agency

Videos

Why Artemis II Is Taking Us Back to the Moon
NASA's Artemis program is looking to the Moon—and beyond.
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How does the Hubble Space Telescope work?
Overview of the Hubble Space Telescope, including how it works and its important...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Explore how the X-15, M2-F1 vehicle, and the LLRV at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center contributed to the U.S. space program
At NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California, test flights of the X-15 rocket-powered...
Video: NASA/Dryden Research Aircraft Movie Collection
What is the path of the 2024 total solar eclipse?
Learn about the total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, by watching this NASA visualization...
Video: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio
Why did Kennedy want to go to the Moon?
Pres. John F. Kennedy rallying the people of the United States to support NASA's...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Listen to Dr. Gavin Schmidt discussing the role of climate modeling at NASA
Dr. Gavin Schmidt of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) discussing the...
Video: GSFC/NASA
Get a glimpse of planet Earth as observed from the International Space Station.
Video of Earth as seen from the International Space Station.
Video: Science in Seconds (www.scienceinseconds.com) (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Images

Galileo spacecraft
NASA's Galileo spacecraft making a flyby of Jupiter's moon Io, in an artist's rendering.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (PIA18176)
Johnson Space Center: control room
Control room of the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.
NASA
Stephen Hawking and his daughter, Lucy
Stephen Hawking with his daughter, Lucy, at NASA's 50th Anniversary Lecture Series,...
Paul Alers/NASA
Map of the National Mall, Washington, D.C.
National Mall, Washington, D.C.
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