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What’s New in Aerospace: Spying From the Edge of Space: Colonel Buz Carpenter and the SR–71 Blackbird

Join us for a conversation with Col. Carpenter about flying this legendary aircraft.

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Grade 3, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 4, Grades 17-20, Grades 13-14, Grades 15-16, Grade 12, Grade 10, and Grade 11
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Aircraft, Interwar aviation, Reconnaissance, and Technology and Engineering
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk_xV6bb6MU&feature=youtu.be
Lecture Video

What’s New in Aerospace: NASA’s X–57: Learn How Electric is the Shape of Things to Come (Nick Borer)

NASA’s Nicholas Borer talks about the X–57 “Maxwell,” an all–electric experimental aircraft.

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Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grades 17-20, Grades 15-16, Grades 13-14, Grade 12, Grade 11, Grade 10, and Grade 9
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Commercial aviation, Aviation, and Technology and Engineering
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FYn6O5t1L4
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What’s New in Aerospace: The Story Behind the Space Shuttle Columbia Recovery Mission (Bringing Columbia home)

Mike Leinbach will share his first–hand account of how agencies worked together to bring Columbia home and search for answers.

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Grades 13-14, Grades 15-16, Grades 17-20, Grade 12, Grade 11, Grade 10, Grade 9, Grade 8, Grade 6, and Grade 7
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Human spaceflight, and Space Shuttle program
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https://youtu.be/VW-ZOv-UaLs
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What’s New in Aerospace: How Geckos Helped JPL Make Some Really Cool Robotics

JPL staff members have been working on robotics that are able to climb just like these sticky–footed lizards.

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Grade 6, Grades 15-16, Grades 17-20, Grades 13-14, Grade 12, Grade 11, Grade 10, Grade 9, Grade 8, Grade 7, Grade 5, Grade 4, and Grade 3
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Robotics, and Technology and Engineering
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck29P4erDdU
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What’s New in Aerospace: Space Station Science (Kjell Lindgren)

NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren discusses what’s new in research on the orbiting laboratory.

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Grades 13-14, Grades 15-16, Grades 17-20, Grade 12, Grade 11, Grade 10, Grade 9, Grade 8, Grade 7, Grade 6, Grade 5, Grade 4, and Grade 3
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Human spaceflight, Space stations, and Science
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtLZxxsbnXc
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What’s New in Aerospace: Alan Eustace Looks Back at His Record–Breaking Freefall

In 2014, engineer and stratospheric explorer Alan Eustace ascended via balloon to the stratosphere and then took a freefall plunge of more than 135,000 feet.

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Grades 13-14, Grades 15-16, Grades 17-20, Grade 12, Grade 11, Grade 9, Grade 8, Grade 7, Grade 10, Grade 6, Grade 5, Grade 3, and Grade 4
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Physical science, Sports aviation, and Technology and Engineering
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https://youtu.be/u34XybTD7WU
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What’s New in Aerospace: NASA Astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei

Astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei talk about their recent mission on the International Space Station.

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Grades 13-14, Grades 15-16, Grades 17-20, Grade 12, Grade 11, Grade 10, Grade 9, Grade 8, Grade 7, Grade 6, Grade 5, and Grade 4
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Asian American or Asian people, Human spaceflight, and Space stations
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https://www.facebook.com/airandspace/videos/10155373791672797/
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My Path: Every Team is Better with Diverse Viewpoints Andrea Putteet

Sometimes when you are working as a team; you can perform miracles. Andrea Putteet

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Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, and Grade 9
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Aircraft, Commercial aviation, Behind the scenes, General aviation, People, Technology and Engineering, and Women
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMsgUJ08UPc
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My Path: Space Sushi with JAXA Astronaut Soichi Noguchi

JAXA Astronaut Soichi Noguchi was the first person to make sushi in space. Hear about this and what it is like to be a member of an international crew orbiting 250 miles above the earth.

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Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, and Grade 9
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Asian American or Asian people, Behind the scenes, Human spaceflight, Life sciences, People, Records and Firsts, Science, Space stations, Spacecraft, and Technology and Engineering
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwOoIxrNN70
Lecture Video

What’s New in Aerospace: From Hurricanes to Your Street Corner: Photography from Space (Jim David)

So what exactly can be be captured from space and how is satellite imagery being used today?

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Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 5, Grades 17-20, Grades 15-16, Grades 13-14, Grade 12, Grade 11, Grade 10, Grade 9, Grade 8, and Grade 7
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Satellites
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-hjlJ4z_w4
Lecture Video

What’s New in Aerospace: Astronaut Calls Space Experience A Burrito of Awesomeness Smothered in Awesome Sauce (Jack Fischer)

Watch the video to hear what Fischer’s descriptions about his journey to space.

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Grades 13-14, Grades 15-16, Grades 17-20, Grade 12, Grade 11, Grade 10, Grade 9, Grade 8, Grade 7, Grade 6, Grade 5, Grade 4, and Grade 3
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Human spaceflight
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5b7D4Wp6mM
Lecture Video

What’s New in Aerospace: Leading Kepler Scientist: I Didn’t Plan on Being a Scientist (Natalie Batalha)

Batalha is an astrophysicist at NASA Ames Research Center and the project scientist for NASA’s Kepler Mission. Hear about what she is working on and how she got to where she is today.

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Grades 13-14, Grades 15-16, Grades 17-20, Grade 12, Grade 10, Grade 9, Grade 8, Grade 7, Grade 6, and Grade 11
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Exoplanets
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu78fL2iKds&feature=youtu.be