Astronomy and Space Exploration Lectures

Astronomy and Space Exploration Lectures

Astronomy and Space Exploration Lectures Astronomy and Space Exploration Lectures Astronomy and Space Exploration Lectures

 

Retired NASA Space Shuttle and International Space Station Chief Engineer

Astronomy and Space Exploration Lectures

Astronomy and Space Exploration Lectures

Astronomy and Space Exploration Lectures

Astronomy and Space Exploration Lectures Astronomy and Space Exploration Lectures Astronomy and Space Exploration Lectures

 

Retired NASA Space Shuttle and International Space Station Chief Engineer

Astronomy and Space Exploration Lectures

Lectures

Realm of the Galaxies

Inside the Milky​ Way

Inside the Milky​ Way

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                     Wonders of the Universe

Stunning Hubble Space Telescope photos of majestic Galaxies in our Universe

Inside the Milky​ Way

Inside the Milky​ Way

Inside the Milky​ Way

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                      Wonders of the Universe 

Beautiful planetary nebula, exploding stars, and colorful gaseous nebula seen by the Hubble Space Telescope

Our Solar System

Inside the Milky​ Way

Our Solar System

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                      Wonders of the Universe 

Spectacular Hubble and spacecraft photos of our Solar System planets and moons

Space Shuttle

What has Space Exploration Done for you?

Our Solar System

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                 ​​Reflections of a Chief Engineer 

The  development and use of the first reusable spaceplane by America. Review  of Shuttle’s remarkable capabilities and lessons learned for the future 

Space Station

What has Space Exploration Done for you?

What has Space Exploration Done for you?

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                  Reflections of a Chief Engineer

History of  the development of the International Space Station by 16 nations of the world.  Why Space Station is important to our future exploration.   

What has Space Exploration Done for you?

What has Space Exploration Done for you?

What has Space Exploration Done for you?

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 ​​                 Reflections of a Chief Engineer 

Why do we explore? What technologies do we see every day that benefit all humankind that came directly from space exploration?  What happens to countries that turn away from exploration?

The Exploration of Mars

The Early Years— Birth of Rocketry

The Early Years— Birth of Rocketry

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           Reflections of a Chief Engineer
Mars will be mankind’s next destination.  A history of our exploration of  Mars and findings to date.  

The Early Years— Birth of Rocketry

The Early Years— Birth of Rocketry

The Early Years— Birth of Rocketry

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                 Man's Quest for the Stars
History of the early pioneers of rocketry—Russian, German, and American—and their remarkable vision of the future.

Sputnik, Mercury, Gemini-- Man in Space

The Early Years— Birth of Rocketry

Sputnik, Mercury, Gemini-- Man in Space

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                        Man's Quest for the Stars 

History of early satellites in orbit and Russian and American efforts to put man in space. How Sputnik, Yuri Gagarin, Alan Shepard, and John Glenn changed the world.

The Race to the Moon Apollo and Russia

The Race to the Moon Apollo and Russia

Sputnik, Mercury, Gemini-- Man in Space

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               Man's Quest for the Stars

Russia and America develop new rockets and technologies to race to be first to land men on the moon.