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International Space Station LEGO Build 🔴 Live

By |2020-12-31T00:22:57-05:00December 31st, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

We're hanging out and building the LEGO version of the International Space Station. There won't be a whole lot of action, but come hang out and say hello to chat about space while we build!Buy this LEGO set here ➡️ https://amzn.to/37YDKRg#NASA #LEGO #ISS❤❤ EXCLUSIVE CONTENT FOR MEMBERS ❤❤➡️http://patreon.com/overlookhorizon➡️https://www.youtube.com/OLHZN/joinTIMESTAMPS0:00 Preshow2:57 Show Starts9:57 Unboxing12:25 Phase 1: Vehicles32:32 [...]

Did an astronaut almost float away from the Space Shuttle?!

By |2020-11-03T08:04:09-05:00November 3rd, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On NASA Space Shuttle flight STS-41C, NASA astronaut George Nelson, had a close call while wearing NASA's Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) which was a self contained rocket pack that astronauts could wear on their EVA suit backpacks to perform untethered EVA spacewalks. While trying to retrieve a broken satellite, the astronaut and Mission Control struggled [...]

Soviet Buran vs. US Space Shuttle

By |2020-10-27T09:00:23-04:00October 27th, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The US Space Shuttle was an iconic spacecraft and a workhorse for the US space program, but did you know that the Soviet Union also built their own Space Shuttle type spacecraft known as the Buran. Russia and the Soviet Union planned an entire fleet of Buran class orbiters that would fly attached to their [...]

How do you pronounce Uranus and should we explore it?

By |2020-06-27T09:03:27-04:00June 27th, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

What's the correct pronunciation here? Momentum is building among planetary scientists to send a major mission to Uranus or Neptune — the most distant and least explored planets in the Solar System. Huge gaps remain in scientists’ knowledge of the blueish planets, known as the ice giants, which have been visited only once by a [...]

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