10 of 10 results for "space travel"
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Space Travel: How the Human Body Adjusts

In Space Travel: How the Human Body Adjusts, 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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Human Spaceflight: Milestones in Exploration Beyond Earth
In Human Spaceflight: Milestones in Exploration Beyond Earth, 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: Lemurs in Madagascar

In Losing Land Space: 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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Go Jetters: Up to the Top of the Seattle Space Needle

In Up to the Top of the Seattle Space Needle, the Go Jetters visit 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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The Go Jetters Explore Niagara Falls

In The Go Jetters Explore Niagara Falls, Ubercorn and his crew visit 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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Under the Sea: The Great Barrier Reef

In Under the Sea: The Great Barrier Reef, Ubercorn takes the Go Jetters to 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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Go Jetters: Don't Miss the Solar Eclipse!

In Don't Miss the Solar Eclipse!, the Go Jetters watch 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.