NASA Television helped observe the last transit of Venus we’ll see here on Earth until 2117 by showcasing live-streaming Websites the world over, including observations made by scientists in central Australia, by the NASA Edge team, stationed atop the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii, by scientists at NASA Headquarters and other NASA Centers around the country. Also, development of technologies to enable exploration of extreme environments such as those found on Venus, The Voyage of Space Shuttle Enterprise concludes in New York, Girl Scouts Rock at NASA Headquarters, Development of inflatable spacecraft and the NASA family mourns the passing of Ray Bradbury, one of our era’s greatest and most noted science fiction/fantasy writers.
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Tornado in a Bottle – Sick Science! #077
Learn more at http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/tornado-in-a-bottle How long does it take to empty a soda bottle full of water? You’ll amaze your dinner guests and explore some of the scientific properties of air and water when you learn how to empty a full bottle of water in just a few seconds!
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Cloud in a Bottle – Sick Science! #076
Get the supplies! http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/product/cloud-in-a-bottle
Learn more at http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/cloud-in-a-bottle-experiment Have you ever wondered how clouds form? Moist air rises in the atmosphere, cools, and water droplets form into clouds. Making your own cloud is a popular experiment in many science books, but it can be a little tricky. Sometimes the results are a little hard to see, but practice always makes perfect.
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© 2012 Steve Spangler Science all rights reserved
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NASA Experts Assist in Chilean Miners’ Survival and Rescue
On Aug. 31, a NASA team of experts arrived in Santiago for about a week as part of NASA’s commitment to provide U.S. assistance. NASA’s assistance was only a small contribution to the Chilean government’s overall rescue effort. The NASA team included two medical doctors, a psychologist and an engineer. Dr. Michael Duncan, deputy chief medical officer in NASA’s Space Life Sciences Directorate at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston,
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How Instant Snow Polymer Works
Steve Spangler explains how his fake snow Insta-Snow polymer works and gives some cool demonstration ideas.
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Egg in the Bottle Experiment with a Twist
Watch Steve Spangler and Hayley Hammond perform the classic Egg in the Bottle science demonstration with a twist using a water balloon and a juice bottle
