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How the Human Body Adjusts to Space Travel

In How the Human Body Adjusts to Space Travel, host Harith Iskander explains the challenges astronauts face when traveling in space. These challenges include nausea, dizziness, and disorientation due to the lack of gravity. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science?, a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.

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Everything You Need to Know About Space Travel (Almost)
The article "Everything You Need to Know About Space Travel (Almost)" from BBC Science Focus covers the history of space travel, its importance for science and humanity, the challenges of interstellar travel, and the benefits of space exploration.
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Blast Off to Number Planet With This Numberblocks Game!

Roll the die to color this space scene! Here's how to play:
1. Find a friend and a die to roll. Choose who will be player 1 and who will be player 2.
2. Take turns throwing the die. Color the parts of the picture that contain the number you roll. If they’re already colored in, miss a turn.
3. The first player to color their picture is the winner!
 

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The Challenges of Sending a Crewed Flight to Mars

In The Challenges of Sending a Crewed Flight to Mars, learn how sending a crewed flight to Mars requires a large cargo and even larger rocket power. To overcome the difficult initial part of the journey, NASA is building the largest rocket ever. Explore how the challenges of launching a mission to Mars are being addressed by organizations like NASA and SpaceX, including innovative approaches to rocket design and space travel logistics. This video is excerpted from BBC’s The Big Thinkers, Should We Go to Mars?, where Dr. Kevin Fong explores the complex scientific and technological hurdles of space exploration.

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The Journey to Mars

In The Journey to Mars, scientists explore the challenges astronauts face on a long journey to Mars, including radiation exposure, weightlessness, isolation, and confinement. A journey to Mars could take one to three years, and scientists are working on solutions to these obstacles to make human space travel to Mars possible. This video is excerpted from BBC’s The Big Thinkers, Should We Go to Mars?, where Dr Kevin Fong explores the complex scientific and technological hurdles of space exploration.

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Losing Land Space for Lemurs in Madagascar

In Losing Land Space for Lemurs in Madagascar, host Simon Reeve travels to the Berenty Reserve, home to the lemur, and a shockingly small area of land where human development continues to encroach upon the lemur’s habitat. This video is excerpted from BBC's Incredible Journeys With Simon Reeve, a series that highlights one journalist’s travels across the globe and the diverse cultures and peoples he meets along the way.

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The Go Jetters at the Top of the Seattle Space Needle

In The Go Jetters at the Top of the Seattle Space Needle, the Go Jetters crew visits the Seattle Space Needle in the state of Washington. Ubercorn shares funky facts about this interesting building, including that it was designed to look like a spaceship and that it is earthquake-proof. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four international heroes as they travel the globe visiting landmarks and solving environmental problems with Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn.

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Witness the Thin Blue Line

In Witness the Thin Blue Line, Professor Brian Cox experiences a vertical take-off on the English Electric Lightning, which travels 11 miles into the upper edge of Earth’s atmosphere, where the atmosphere appears as a delicate "thin blue line" separating Earth from space. As the aircraft soars to the edge of space, gain a new perspective on the vital role of Earth’s atmosphere in sustaining life and protecting against the harshness of space. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Wonders of the Solar System, a spellbinding documentary series that explores the most extreme locations on Earth to explain how the laws of physics carved natural wonders across the Solar System.

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Learn All About Butterflies With This Bluey Game

All right, squids. Follow the path to find out all about the life cycle of a butterfly. You can play on your own or with a mate. Travel along to find out how a butterfly grows and do the actions as you go:

  • Caterpillar: Pretend to munch on a yummy leaf and nom-nom-nom to the next space
  • Chrysalis: Keep quiet and stay verrryyy still in your cozy chrysalis. Shhh!
  • Emerge: Say, "Look at me! I'm a butterfly!" Check out your awesome wings
  • Butterfly: Uncurl your long butterfly tongue and wiggle it about
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The Go Jetters Explore Niagara Falls

In The Go Jetters Explore Niagara Falls, the Go Jetters crew visits Niagara Falls, one of the biggest waterfalls in the world. Did you know Niagara Falls is so big it takes up space in two countries — Canada and the United States? With enough water rushing over it every second to fill over 1 million bathtubs, it is a roaring, exciting sight! This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four plucky international heroes as they travel the globe visiting the world’s most famous landmarks with their friend and mentor, Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn.

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The Go Jetters Explore the Great Barrier Reef

In The Go Jetters Explore the Great Barrier Reef, the Go Jetters crew visits the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. This amazing underwater garden is so big you can see it from space! The reef is full of colorful coral gardens made up of tiny creatures, and it is home to many fish and sea animals. People love to visit it because it’s a beautiful place to explore underwater! This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four plucky international heroes as they travel the globe visiting the world’s most famous landmarks with their friend and mentor, Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn.

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The Go Jetters Witness a Solar Eclipse!

In The Go Jetters Witness a Solar Eclipse!, the Go Jetters crew watches a solar eclipse. Ubercorn explains what’s happening during an eclipse and why we should protect our eyes while watching one. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four international heroes as they travel the globe visiting landmarks and solving environmental problems with Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn.