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NASA

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of NASA.

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Talks about NASA

13:22
Jennifer Heldmann

SpaceX's supersized Starship rocket -- and the future of galactic exploration

13 minutes 22 seconds
08:47
John C. Mather

How the James Webb Space Telescope will unfold the universe

8 minutes 47 seconds
13:01
Marcia Belsky

The 100 tampons NASA (almost) sent to space -- and other absurd songs

13 minutes 1 second
06:54
Dan Goods

How NASA invented a ventilator for COVID-19 ... in 37 days

6 minutes 54 seconds
10:43
Megan McArthur

A NASA astronaut's lessons on fear, confidence and preparing for spaceflight

10 minutes 43 seconds

Exclusive articles about NASA

5 1/2 reasons you shouldn’t miss the solar eclipse, straight from an over-the-moon astrophysicist

Here’s why should stop what you’re doing and look up at the sky on August 21, according to astrophysics researcher Jedidah Isler.
Posted Aug 2017

How should we protect and preserve our history — on the moon?

As new moon-going efforts ramp up, space explorers must remember to safeguard what humans left there previously -- and also study it before it’s too late.
Posted May 2017

The out-of-this-world strategies in place to stop an asteroid impact

NASA has a plan to combat rogue interstellar objects -- and even a Planetary Defense Officer. Asteroid hunter, space scientist and writer Carrie Nugent reveals the array of tactics, from the tested to the far-out.
Posted Mar 2017
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