Welcome to the NASA Audio Collection. This collection is administered and maintained by the Houston Audio Control Room, at the NASA Johnson Space Center. The purpose of this collection is to make available the historic audio record of the history of Human Spaceflight at NASA, in an easily accessible and open manner. The audio contained in this collection has been digitized from original reel-to-reel tapes of varying format. Many tapes are the originals, from over 50 years ago. The original file...
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Artist's concept of the Hubble Space Telescope in orbit above Earth. *Image Credit*: NASA and STScI
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Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST),...
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=1867
Ames Research Center Image Library
Topics: Ames, ARC, Ames Research Center, NASA
Nasa Natural Hazards Image Collection
Topics: nasa, natural hazards
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Dec 7, 2010
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The Apollo 11 mission. Digitized, cataloged and archived by the Houston Audio Control Room, at the NASA Johnson Space Center.
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Topics: NASA, Apollo 11, Apollo 11 MOCR ACR Collection
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Nov 25, 2009
11/09
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This dominant cosmological theory suggests the Universe began nearly 13.7 billion years ago, expanding rapidly from a very dense and incredibly hot state. Eventually, stars ignited and galaxies slowly formed. The Big Bang theory has been imporved and advanced especially through NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) and WMAP missions. This animation conceptualizes these explosive beginnings of the Universe. Note: This animation begins with a pinpoint of light as the Big Bang, and continues to...
Topics: HDTV, Astrophysics, Early Universe, Cosmology, Big Bang, WMAP, Universe, What -- Explorer, What --...
Source: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?10128
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Oct 6, 2009
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This artist's concept shows what the very early universe might have looked like, just after its first stars began bursting onto the scene. Scientists theorize that the universe arose around 13.7 billion years ago in an explosion known as the Big Bang. Almost instantaneously afterward, matter began clumping together due to quantum fluctuations. Gravity kicked in next, causing those clumps to grow into larger clouds of invisible hydrogen gas (colored blue here). Eventually, around 200 to 400...
Topics: What -- Sun, What -- Spitzer Space Telescope
Source: http://sscws1.ipac.caltech.edu/Imagegallery/image.php?image_name=ssc2005-22b
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Nov 19, 2009
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Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. In this video clip, Pettit demonstrates laminar flow in a rotating film of water. The demonstration is done by placing tracer particles in a water film held in place by a round wire loop, then stirring the system rotationally. The resulting flow clearly...
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Topics: What -- Opportunity, What -- International Space Station (ISS), What -- WIRE
Source: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=3880
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*Credit:* C.R. O'Dell/Rice University; NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ]
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*Description*: A Hubble Space Telescope view of a small portion of the Orion Nebula reveals five young stars. Four of the stars are surrounded by gas and dust trapped as the stars formed, but were left in orbit about the star. These are possibly protoplanetary disks, or "proplyds," that might evolve on to agglomerate planets. The proplyds which are closest to the hottest stars of the parent star cluster are seen as bright objects, while the object farthest from the hottest stars is...
Topics: NGC 1976, M42, Orion Nebula, What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), What -- Orion, What --...
Source: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1994/24/image/b/
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When a meteorite is found, the ANSMET (Antarctic Search for Meteorites) team records its location, size, color, amount of fusion crust, probable type, and anything else that might be important. Some of their tools are similar to those used by the Apollo astronauts to collect samples, and some are the latest high-tech (like Global Positioning Satellite navigation). The team takes great care not to contaminate the meteorites. Meteorites are handled only with stainless steel instruments, and are...
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, Where -- Johnson Space Center (JSC),...
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=848
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Dec 8, 2010
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Digitized, cataloged and archived by the Houston Audio Control Room.
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Topics: NASA, Apollo 10
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A new Hubble Space Telescope image of a celestial object called the Ant Nebula may shed new light on the future demise of our Sun. The image is available at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/pictures/wfpc . The nebula, imaged on July 20, 1997, and June 30, 1998, by Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, was observed by Drs. Raghvendra Sahai and John Trauger of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; Bruce Balick of the University of Washington in Seattle; and Vincent Icke of Leiden...
Topics: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), What -- Sun, What -- Camera 2, What -- Earth, What --...
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=PIA04216&orgid=10
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In July 1994, 21 chunks of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which had broken apart a year earlier, slammed into Jupiter. The Hubble telescope recorded this spectacular event. These images, beginning at lower right, chronicle the results of one such collision. Hubble began snapping pictures of the impact area just five minutes after the collision. Nothing can be seen. Less than two hours later, a plume of dark debris is visible [bull's-eye pattern, image second from bottom]. Two impact sites are visible...
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Jupiter, What -- Snapshot,...
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=1852
NASA eClips™ are short, relevant educational video segments. These videos inspire and engage students, helping them see real world connections.
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A panoramic view of a vast, sculpted area of gas and dust where thousands of stars are being born has been captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The image, taken by Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, is online at http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/2001/21 and http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/wfpc . The camera was designed and built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. The photo offers an unprecedented, detailed view of the entire inner region of the fertile,...
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Topics: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), What -- Camera 2, What -- Earth, What -- Sun, Where -- Jet...
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=PIA04200&orgid=10
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On May 19th, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. This Panoramic Camera (Pancam) mosaic was taken around 6:07 in the evening of the rover's 489th martian day, or sol. Spirit was commanded to stay awake briefly after sending that sol's data to the Mars Odyssey orbiter just before sunset. This small panorama of the western sky was obtained using Pancam's 750-nanometer, 530-nanometer and 430-nanometer color...
Topics: What -- Mars Exploration Rover (MER), What -- Spirit, What -- Sun, What -- Crater, What -- Mars,...
Source: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07997
Chandra Space Telescope Collection
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Nov 18, 2009
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Mars does not have a single unified magnetic field like Earth. It has smaller, more fractured fields which cover the planet and have different intensities and polarities Note: Mars magnetic fields Animator: Chris Meaney (HTSI).
Topics: Magnetic Fields, Mars, What -- Mars, What -- Earth
Source: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?10295
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jsc2022m000172_Earth_in_4K_Expedition_65_Edition.mp4
Topic: Expedtion 67 Resource Reel
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Mar 4, 2009
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NASA Sci Files segment describing the building blocks of the body.
Topics: Dr. D., Cell, Trillion, Nerve, White Blood Cell, Nucleus, Membrane, Cytoplasm, Skin, Digestive,...
Source: http://nasa.ibiblio.org/details.php?videoid=6176&start=0&subject=Exploration-Systems
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All the planetary moons in our solar system are shown here at their correct relative size and true color. Their diversity of size and appearance is testament to the unique and fascinating geologic history that each of these bodies has undergone. Two of the moons are larger than the planet Mercury, and eight of them are larger than Pluto. Earth's Moon is the fifth largest of the set, with a diameter of 3476 kilometers (2160 miles). Most of the moons are thought to have formed from a disk of...
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Mercury, What -- Pluto, What...
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=181
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GMT137_08_26_Jack-Fischer_88789J_Nanoracks-137_DP014401.MXF
Topics: Expedition 52 Resource Reel, NASA, Nanoracks, nasa johnson, space, exploration, mars, iss, space...
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NASA Why? Files segment describing the scientific method.
Topics: Dr. D., Problem, Hypothesis, Experiment, Data, Observation, Research, Variable
Source: http://nasa.ibiblio.org/details.php?videoid=6169&start=80&subject=Science
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Dec 8, 2010
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Digitized, cataloged and archived by the Houston Audio Control Room.
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Topics: NASA, Apollo 13, Apollo 13 ACR Collection
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Nov 20, 2009
11/09
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The Apollo program demonstrated that men could travel into space, perform useful tasks there, and return safely to Earth. But space had to be more accessible. This led to the development of the Space Shuttle. The Shuttle's major components are the orbiter spacecraft; the three main engines, with a combined thrust of more than 1.2 million pounds; the huge external tank (ET) that feeds the liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer to the three main engines; and the two solid rocket boosters...
Topics: What -- Space Shuttle Orbiter, What -- Earth, Where -- Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
Source: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=1861
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NASA Kids Science News segment explaining how astronauts' bodies change in space.
Topics: NASA Kids Science News, Astronauts, Physical Changes, Body Fluids, Bones, Spine, Grow, Exercise,...
Source: http://nasa.ibiblio.org/details.php?videoid=6454&start=20&subject=Exploration-Systems
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This illustration shows the relative sizes of the Sun and the Earth by placing them impossibly close together.
Topics: What -- Sun, What -- Earth
Source: http://sscws1.ipac.caltech.edu/Imagegallery/image.php?image_name=sig07-012
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On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger and her seven-member crew were lost when a ruptured O-ring in the right Solid Rocket Booster caused an explosion soon after launch. On this mission, the Space Shuttle Challenger's payload bay carried an Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) rocket that was to launch an attached Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) from space. Search and recovery teams lifted pieces of the 40,000- pound IUS/TDRS from the Atlantic Ocean. Although the pieces were badly...
Topics: Space Shuttle, Challenger STS-51-L, What -- Space Shuttle Orbiter, What -- Challenger, What --...
Source: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2004-00007.html
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Voyager 2 false-color image of Saturn's rings. Subtle color variations due to differences in surface composition of the particles making up the rings are enhanced in this image produced by combining ultraviolet, clear, and orange frames. The frame was taken from a distance of 8.9 million km on August 17, 9 days before closest approach, and measures about 68,000 km from top to bottom. (Voyager 2, P-23953) *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Voyager 2
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2048
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A collection of high resolution video footage for the One Year Crew mission to the International Space Station. For more footage on archive.org, click here . Description of the files: Selected "best of" video from Scott Kelly's Space Shuttle and ISS missions and associated training. One-Year-Mission.mov Selected "best of" video from Mark Kelly's Space Shuttle mission and associated training. Mark-Kelly-Mission-Highlights_Reel.mxf Mark-Kelly-Mission-Crew-Presentation.mxf...
Topics: NASA, One Year Crew, ISS, Scott Kelly
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The STS-1 mission. Description of individual audio files is in the "NASA-Audio-Archive_Digital-Audio-File_Metadata.pdf" document. The item "STS-001.zip" contains air-to-ground of the entire mission, and was archived from the original 56 track recorders. Digitized, cataloged and archived by the Houston Audio Control Room, at the NASA Johnson Space Center.
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Topics: NASA, STS-1
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The Apollo 8 mission. Audio files coming soon... Digitized, cataloged and archived by the Houston Audio Control Room, at the NASA Johnson Space Center.
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Topics: NASA, Apollo 8
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The Apollo 15 mission. Audio files coming soon... Digitized, cataloged and archived by the Houston Audio Control Room, at the NASA Johnson Space Center.
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Topics: NASA, Apollo 15
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The Apollo 14 mission. Digitized, cataloged and archived by the Houston Audio Control Room, at the NASA Johnson Space Center.
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Topics: NASA, Apollo 14
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A selection of our solar system's natural satellites are shown here to scale compared to the Earth and its moon. *Image Credit*: NASA
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Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Earth, What -- Moon
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2823
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In general, the surface temperature of the planets decreases with increasing distance from the Sun. Venus is an exception because its dense atmosphere acts as a greenhouse and heats the surface to above the melting point of lead (3280C). Mercury rotates slowly and has a thin atmosphere, and consequently, the nightside temperature can be more than 5000C lower than the dayside temperature shown on the diagram. Temperatures for the gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) are shown at a...
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Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Sun, What -- Venus, What --...
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=169
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The original 1960 group of cosmonauts is shown in a photo from May 1961 at the seaside port of Sochi. The names of many of these men were considered state secrets for more than twenty-five years. Sitting in front from left to right: Pavel Popovich, Viktor Gorbatko, Yevgeniy Khrunov, Yuri Gagarin, Chief Designer Sergey Korolev, his wife Nina Koroleva with Popovich's daughter Natasha, Cosmonaut Training Center Director Yevgeniy Karpov, parachute trainer Nikolay Nikitin, and physician Yevgeniy...
Topics: Soviet People-Cosmonauts, Soviet People-Pioneers, Who -- Pavel Popovich, Who -- Viktor Gorbatko,...
Source: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2002-000167.html
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