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Elena Constancia Ogilvie.jpg

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Elena Constancia Ogilvie.jpg

Empleada del Observatorio Nacional Argentino (hoy OAC) entre 1906 y 1940, como medidora de placas y calculadora, de destacada actuación en la institución.

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Before NASA, Before Silicon Valley- The 1939 Founding of Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (ARC-20100115-AAV2328-ShouldersOfGiants-Part01-1930s-NASAWeb).webm

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Before NASA, Before Silicon Valley- The 1939 Founding of Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (ARC-20100115-AAV2328-ShouldersOfGiants-Part01-1930s-NASAWeb).webm

It all started with a mission to explore flight. From our establishment in 1939 as the second U.S. national aeronautical research lab – that built the most massive and capable aerodynamics testing facilities in existence – Ames Research Center has grown deep roots of intersecting expertise. How did it all start? Learn more about our origins in the 1930s in this video produced in 2009. Join us from April through December 2019 as we celebrate 80 years of incredible history of what is now NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley.

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Cámaras expedición 1912.jpg

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Cámaras expedición 1912.jpg

Cámaras utilizada en la expedición 1912 en Cristina, Brasil por el Observatorio Nacional Argentino para realizar el primer intento confirmación de la desviación de la luz por la masa del Sol predicha por Einstein(Teoría de la Relatividad). Realizada por pedido expreso de Einstein (a través de Freundlich). No se pudo concretar por una intensa lluvia que azotó la zona. https://historiadelaastronomia.wordpress.com/documentos/primerintento/

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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Science Briefing - 4K (KSC-20260829-VP-FMX01-0001-Roman Space Telescope Science Briefing-4K-WON M26244).webm

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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Science Briefing - 4K (KSC-20260829-VP-FMX01-0001-Roman Space Telescope Science Briefing-4K-WON M26244).webm

NASA and industry leaders participate in a science briefing for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Participants include Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington; Julie McEnery, Roman telescope senior project scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland; Vanessa Bailey, Roman Coronagraph Instrument scientist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California; Kristen McQuinn, Roman Science Operations Center lead, Space Telescope Science Institute; and Lee Armus, Roman Science Support Center lead, Caltech/IPAC. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Science Briefing - 1080p (KSC-20260829-VP-FMX01-0001-Roman Space Telescope Science Briefing-1080p-M26244).webm

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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Science Briefing - 1080p (KSC-20260829-VP-FMX01-0001-Roman Space Telescope Science Briefing-1080p-M26244).webm

NASA and industry leaders participate in a science briefing for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on inside the NASA News Center’s John Holliman Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Participants include Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington; Julie McEnery, Roman telescope senior project scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland; Vanessa Bailey, Roman Coronagraph Instrument scientist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California; Kristen McQuinn, Roman Science Operations Center lead, Space Telescope Science Institute; and Lee Armus, Roman Science Support Center lead, Caltech/IPAC. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy is targeted for no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

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Perseverance Mars Rover Mission Engineering & Science Briefing.webm

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Perseverance Mars Rover Mission Engineering & Science Briefing.webm

Our Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover will search for signs of ancient life beyond Earth. Find out more about the mission from the scientists and engineers on the team. Lori Glaze, Planetary Science Division Director, NASA HQ Jennifer Trosper, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (remote) Farah Alibay, Second engineer about mobility, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Ken Farley, Project Scientist, California Institute of Technology Tanja Bosak, Sedimentology and Astrobiology Science Team Member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Submit your science and engineering questions NOW for the broadcast! Comment using #CountdownToMars.

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NASA Astronaut Discusses Life In Space With New York Hall Of Science Museum – July 18, 2025 (jsc2025m000131).webm

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NASA Astronaut Discusses Life In Space With New York Hall Of Science Museum – July 18, 2025 (jsc2025m000131).webm

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 73 flight engineer Jonny Kim of NASA discussed life and work aboard the orbital outpost during an in-flight interview July 18 with the Rep. Grace Meng and the New York Hall of Science Museum in Queens, New York. Kim is in the midst of a long-duration mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration flights as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.

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NASA Working Remotely- How Astronauts Upgraded a Complex Experiment in Space.webm

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NASA Working Remotely- How Astronauts Upgraded a Complex Experiment in Space.webm

NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory underwent a major hardware upgrade aboard the International Space Station in January 2020. The mission team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California guided astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir through the installation of the new hardware via live video conference. By chilling atom clouds to just above absolute zero, or the coldest temperature matter can reach, Cold Atom Lab enables scientists to directly observe unique atomic behaviors, helping to answer questions about how our world works at the smallest scales. This new hardware will help expand Cold Atom Lab's capabilities.

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Upgrading the Space Station’s Cold Atom Lab With Mixed Reality.webm

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Upgrading the Space Station’s Cold Atom Lab With Mixed Reality.webm

NASA is looking into whether mixed reality technology could help with repairs and upgrades on the cutting-edge Cold Atom Lab aboard the space station. NASA’s Cold Atom Lab is a first-of-its-kind physics laboratory operating in Earth orbit. About the size of a mini-fridge, it hosts multiple experiments that explore the fundamental nature of atoms by cooling them down to nearly absolute zero (the coldest temperature matter can reach). The ultracold atoms provide a window into the quantum realm, where matter exhibits strange behaviors that underpin many modern technologies. In 2020, during her extended stay aboard the space station, NASA astronaut Christina Koch worked with Earth-based mission team members to install upgraded hardware in Cold Atom Lab. Along with adding new capabilities to the novel facility, the effort proved something else: that such maintenance could be performed without the need to lug the laboratory back to Earth. Plans are underway for a series of additional upgrades to Cold Atom Lab in the coming years, so the mission team is investigating ways to make these activities more efficient. Earlier this summer, they successfully tested a new tool that could help with that goal: a Microsoft HoloLens, a mixed reality (also known as augmented reality, or AR) headset. On July 15, astronaut Megan McArthur used the AR headset while she replaced a piece of hardware inside Cold Atom Lab, enabling the facility to produce ultracold potassium atoms in addition to the rubidium atoms that have been used since the facility started operating in 2018.

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NASA’s Cold Atom Lab- The Coolest Experiment in the Universe.webm

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NASA’s Cold Atom Lab- The Coolest Experiment in the Universe.webm

NASA’s Cold Atom Lab will produce clouds of ultra-cold atoms aboard the International Space Station to perform quantum physics experiments in microgravity. Atoms are chilled to about one 10 billionth of a degree above Absolute Zero, or about 10 billion times colder than the average temperature of deep space. At those temperatures, atoms behave in strange ways, allowing scientists to investigate the fundamental nature of matter. The clouds of ultra-cold atoms the Cold Atom Lab produces are called Bose-Einstein Condensates (BECs), a bizarre state of matter in which atoms exhibit quantum behavior at macroscopic a scale you can see. BECs make it possible for researchers to probe the fundamental nature of matter. Hundreds of BEC experiments exist on Earth, but on the International Space Station, free from the pull of gravity, scientists will be able to observe BECs for much longer than what is possible on Earth, and reach even colder temperatures than what is typically achieved on the ground. The Cold Atom Lab will move scientists another step closer to solving some of the biggest mysteries in the universe, such as understanding the nature of dark matter and dark energy and solving the disagreement between quantum mechanics and the theory of gravity. Research done on the Cold Atom Lab can also have practical applications, such as making improvements to atomic clock technologies, which are used in spacecraft navigation, as well as the GPS satellites that provide navigation information to devices like smartphones. Cold Atom Lab research could also lead to improvements to quantum sensors used for remote sensing on spacecraft. These sensors can be used for a variety of applications, including monitoring Earth’s changing climate and remotely studying the internal makeup of planets and asteroids.

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Wikidata Lab XLIV - QuickStatements 3.0.webm

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Wikidata Lab XLIV - QuickStatements 3.0.webm

Join us for this workshop showcasing the latest version of QuickStatements! Learn how this updated tool streamlines your workflow and discover the new features implemented based on community research. When: February 24th Time: 15 UTC Where: Youtube Registration: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Grupo_de_Usu%C3%A1rios_Wiki_Movimento_Brasil/Wikidata_Lab_XLIV Slides: https://w.wiki/DBxU Organization: Wiki Movimento Brasil Support: Wikimedia Deutschland quickstatements #wikidata #wikidatalab

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KSC-05-S-00308 (ksc 101005 bacteria).webm

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KSC-05-S-00308 (ksc 101005 bacteria).webm

Scientists at the Space Life Sciences Lab at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are researching ways to improve the health of astronauts in space. Michele Birmele, a research scientist with Dynamac Corporation at Kennedy, is working with a bacteria bioreporter that will glow when bad bacteria are present. 'We're going to use a virus to detect whether or not there are any bad bacteria in the spacecraft environment.' In her lab, Birmele is testing several different strains of viruses. They're carefully placed in a special computer that will 'read' each well on the test plate to determine if those samples will luminesce, or glow, in response to target bacteria. 'The biosensors have been genetically modified containing a certain set of genes that we wanted....from a marine bacteria called Vibrio fisheri. Now, Vibrio glows, it produces light, when you look at it. It actually has a symbiosis with a marine squid and it glows in the presence of, say, stress, so these cells communicate to each other.' Once Birmele's research is complete, the good bacteria portion will be mated to a microchip smaller than a penny. The technology will eventually be flown on space vehicles and the International Space Station to alert the crew to potential health issues that can be addressed quickly.

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HALLOWEEN EVENT - SCP - Secret Laboratory (Release Trailer).webm

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HALLOWEEN EVENT - SCP - Secret Laboratory (Release Trailer).webm

The Halloween Event is now available, featuring a new playable SCP, revamped SCP-330 candies, and much more! Play the game for free: https://store.steampowered.com/app/700330/SCP_Secret_Laboratory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/scpsl Web page: http://scpslgame.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HubertMoszka SCP-3114 and SCP-330 are based on "Wouldn't it be Chilly?" by DrEverettMann and "Take Only Two" by Dr Kondraki from https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com .

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Best Space Station Science Pictures of 2021.webm

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Best Space Station Science Pictures of 2021.webm

It has been a busy year of research aboard the International Space Station. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1, Crew-2, and Crew-3 missions supported hundreds of science experiments aboard the orbiting laboratory. Multiple Soyuz spacecrafts carried astronauts to and from station. An upgraded cargo Dragon spacecraft returned time sensitive research to scientists on the ground. Astronauts and cosmonauts conducted 13 spacewalks, and their work included installing new solar panels to augment and upgrade the station’s power supply. Chiles and lettuce were harvested as a part of plant research preparing us for deep space missions, and technologies were tested for the upcoming Artemis missions to the Moon. Look at some of the best photos of breakthrough investigations crew members worked on in 2021: https://go.nasa.gov/30Iy8d8

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