Astronomy Amy Mainzer explains the phases of the moon.

Amy Mainzer Explains Why the Moon Changes Shape

Ready Jet Go!

Amy Mainzer uses a soccer field to explain the distance of the planets to the sun.

Amy Mainzer Explains How Big Is the Solar System

Astronomer Amy Mainzer talks about infrared light.

Infrared

Astronomer Amy Mainzer makes a homemade comet.

Homemade Comet

Astronomer Amy Mainzer talks about gravity.

Gravity Keeps Us Grounded

Astronomer Amy Mainzer creates an electromagnet.

Electromagnets

Astronomer Amy Mainzer talks about NASA's Voyager space crafts.

Voyager Speed

Astronomer Amy Mainzer talks about the Voyager's Grand Tour.

Voyager Record

Astronomer Amy Mainzer talks about the speed of sound.

Astronomer Amy Mainzer explains what asteroids are.

What Are Asteroids?

Astronomer Amy Mainzer explains what we learned from the Voyager mission.

Voyager Mission

Astronomer Amy Mainzer talks about space capsules, including Gemini 11.

Space Capsule Gemini

Astronomer Amy Mainzer talks about Huygens Probe.

Huygens Probe

Astronomer Amy Mainzer explains how we track our satellites and explore the universe.

Astronomer Amy Mainzer visits the Mars Yard at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Mars Yard

Astronomer Amy Mainzer demonstrates something called the doppler effect.

The Doppler Effect

Astronomer Amy Mainzer describes the things you can see in space with binoculars.

Telescopes and Binoculars

Astronomer Amy Mainzer demonstrates how you can see sound waves.

Sound Waves

Astronomer Amy Mainzer talks about gravity and how we use rockets to get into space.

Gravity

Astronomer Amy Mainzer talks about orbits and how planet years are measured.

Orbits

Amy Mainzer learns more about the Endeavor's payload bay.

The Endeavor's Payload Bay

Astronomer Amy Mainzer explains how a pair of binoculars is similar to a telescope.

Binoculars

Astronomer Amy Mainzer meets with the operations manager at mission control.

Mission Control

Astronomer Amy Mainzer meets with an astronomer at the Palomar Observatory.

Hale Telescope

Amy Mainzer is at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to find out more about 3D printing.

3D Printing

Astronomer Amy Mainzer explains how we can use radio waves to find asteroids.

Asteroid Imaging

Astronomer Amy Mainzer talks all about plants.

Plants and the Planet Earth

Astronomer Amy Mainzer meets with the curator of Aerospace Science

Endeavor

Amy Mainzer meets with the historian at NASA's Armstrong flight research center.

LLRV

Astronomer Amy Mainzer demonstrates what could happen if you took a racquetball to Pluto.

Fun with Temperature

Astronomer Amy Mainzer explains how aerogel can pick up pieces of a comet's tail.

Aerogel

Astronomer Amy Mainzer shows how a prism can split light into a rainbow of colors.

Prisms

Dr. Amy Mainzer teaches us about the importance of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing.

Apollo Mission

Ken Phillips talks about one of his favorite missions.

Endeavor and the Hubble Space Telescope

Machines are everywhere. But what are they, and how do people build them?

Machines are Everywhere!

Dr. Ken Phillips tells us all about Endeavor and it's Payload Bay.

Endeavor's Payload

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