In 1959, Project Mercury became the United States’ maiden space programme. This is the story of that programme, told through beautiful archive footage.
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NASA Animation Demonstrates the Unusual Ways the Moons of Pluto Spin in Their Orbits
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NASA headquarters are in Houston, Texas after all, so the music scene must be having some sort of influence on the rocket scientists. The singer (who I really hope is a NASA employee as well) details interesting facts about the station in twanging verse.
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NASA releases half an hour video of the sun in glorious 4K ultra HD
Sure, you could go out in your back yard and make a half hour video of the sun, but it wouldn’t be nearly this badass.
NASA shows off an amazing new look at Jupiter in 4k ultra HD
Read more about how this was made and what kinds of cool things you can find in the Jovian atmosphere here.
