Nasa satellites

[ tech sounds ] Hi, my name is Alex Janas. I'm a robotic operator here at the Servicing Technology Center. [ music ] So the test I want to talk to you guys about today is called RROxiTT, and...

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A concerning environmental discovery out of the Middle East: Scientists have realized four countries lining the Tigris and Euphrates river...

(music) (music) (music) When the next generation of NOAA geostationary satellites, GOES-R, launches in 2016, it will deliver highly advanced data and will continue an important legacy of Earth...

When weather struck… The Gloria A Dios was violently rolled over. I was caught by my right knee and dragged under the surface of the Atlantic. saw her sail away and leave me there and I was alone in...

[music] Narrator: Say you're somebody who wants to build a satellite to go around Mars. You've done lots of hard work, your designs are approved, and so you think to yourself,...

Narrator: The Orbital Sciences Corporation test flight of the Antares rocket will be carrying a very small secondary payload into space. Onboard are three nanosatellites that were designed and built...

Intro music. Intro music. Intro music. 22 thousand miles away from Earth, the GOES satellites keep a watchful eye on our planet at all times,sending real-time data to help predict weather days in...

Music We've been together for, I'd say, about two years so much time has gone by we're actually going to get to our first, what I would call, truly complex robotic operation on...

This Week at NASA Three, two, one, zero and liftoff of the Atlas five rocket with TDRS-K broadening, enhancing and improving the capability of space-based tracking. The rocket carrying NASAs new...