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News in Review - March 2021 Farah Alibay: Breaking Ground on the Red Planet
Farah Alibay is a Canadian aerospace engineer working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Her current mission is to help drive the Perseverance rover on the red planet while it goes in search of past life. Alibay, who grew up in Quebec, is not only a top scientist in a male-dominated industry, she’s also a mentor and advocate for all women ...
- 2021
- 00:12:59
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/12/2021
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Canadian Museum of Nature Cool facts about the Moon!
How did the Earth’s moon form? What does the moon tell us about the solar system? Did you know at one point the moon was closer to Earth than it is now? Find out more!
- 2019
- 00:03:53
- 9-12
- Added on: 08/03/2020
Canadian Space Agency Five senses in space: Taste
In space, fluid distribution to the head can cause congestion, dulling the sense of taste. Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield shows us his personal favourite food that has a little extra kick to stir the taste buds.
- 2013
- 00:00:40
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/19/2020
Canadian Space Agency Five senses in space: Hearing
In space, no one can hear you scream, but inside the International Space Station it's a whole other story. Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield describes what he hears every day, and shares a few sweet strands of his own sounds as well.
- 2013
- 00:01:00
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/19/2020
Canadian Space Agency Five senses in space: Smell
Burnt steak and gunpowder in the airlock? Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield describes how the sense of smell is hampered in orbit.
- 2013
- 00:00:40
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/19/2020
Canadian Space Agency Five senses in space: Sight
Flattened eyeballs? Random flashes of light? Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield explains how vision is altered during spaceflight.
- 2013
- 00:01:00
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/19/2020
Canadian Space Agency Sleeping in space
It's bedtime on the International Space Station. Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield shows us how astronauts sleep in space.
- 2013
- 00:02:43
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/19/2020
Canadian Space Agency Five senses in space: Touch
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield describes how astronauts use their feet differently under the near-weightless environment of the International Space Station. See how it affects their sense of touch.
- 2013
- 00:00:41
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/19/2020
Canadian Space Agency Tears in space (don't fall)
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield demonstrates the physics of tears in space.
- 2013
- 00:01:24
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/19/2020
Canadian Space Agency A memorable meeting between Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons and Roberta Bondar
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons chats with her childhood hero, Dr. Roberta Bondar, the first Canadian woman to go to space. Jennifer shows her a scrapbook she made nearly 30 years ago with newspaper clippings from Roberta Bondar’s mission. Listen to her childhood memories to find out how it all started for Jennifer.
- 2019
- 00:02:19
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/17/2020
Canadian Space Agency Canadian astronaut Jennifer Sidey's story
Discover how Canadian astronaut Jennifer Sidey reached her dream of becoming an astronaut thanks to inspiring role models, her passion for science and her mother’s support. She now tries to be a role model herself, encouraging the next generation of Canadians to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
- 2018
- 00:02:13
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/17/2020
Canadian Space Agency Launch Your Dreams: Krishna Nair's story
High-school student Krishna Nair launched her own weather balloon with the help of the Canadian Space Agency. Here's her story.
- 2019
- 00:02:10
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/17/2020
Canadian Space Agency Science with Tim: Why do we do science in space?
Did you know that many science experiments are being conducted on the International Space Station at any given time? But why do we do science in space?
- 2017
- 00:01:31
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/09/2020
Canadian Space Agency Science with Tim: What are asteroids, and why do we study them?
Asteroids are cosmic time capsules that can tell us about the earliest days of our solar system. Did you know that the Canadian Space Agency is contributing to OSIRIS-REx, a mission to collect an asteroid sample? The seven-year journey will bring loose dust and gravel from the surface of asteroid Bennu to Earth in 2023.
- 2018
- 00:02:13
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/09/2020
Canadian Space Agency Science with Tim: What is a gravity assist?
Did you know that a spacecraft can use a planet’s gravity to change its orbit? For example, in September 2017, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft used Earth’s gravity to change its orbit and help put it on course to asteroid Bennu, its target destination. With the help of this gravity assist, OSIRIS-REx arrived at the asteroid in August 2018 and will bring ...
- 2017
- 00:01:43
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/09/2020
Canadian Space Agency Meet Canadian astronaut Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons
Prior to joining the Canadian Space Program, Jennifer “Jenni” Sidey worked as a mechanical engineer, a combustion scientist and a lecturer at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Engineering, in the United Kingdom. On July 1, 2017, she was recruited by the Canadian Space Agency as one of two new astronauts after a year-long process. Get to know Jennifer better ...
- 2017
- 00:01:19
- 9-12
- Added on: 05/27/2020
Canadian Space Agency Meet Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk
Prior to joining the Canadian Space Program, Joshua Kutryk worked as an experimental test pilot and a fighter pilot for the Canadian Armed Forces in Cold Lake, Alberta. On July 1, 2017, he was recruited by the Canadian Space Agency as one of two new astronauts after a year-long process. Get to know Joshua better through this video profile.
- 2017
- 00:01:10
- 9-12
- Added on: 05/27/2020
Canadian Space Agency Meet Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen
As a young boy growing up on a farm in Southern Ontario, Jeremy Hansen turned his tree house into a spaceship. At the age of 12, he joined the Air Cadets and later became a CF-18 fighter pilot. A modern-day explorer, Jeremy has lived in underground caves, did geological training expeditions in the High Arctic and just generally craves adventure. ...
- 2014
- 00:03:58
- 9-12
- Added on: 05/27/2020
Canadian Space Agency Meet Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques
As a kid, David Saint-Jacques travelled the world with his family, fostering his spirit of exploration, openness, curiosity and caring for others. An engineer and astrophysicist, David later became a family physician and practiced medicine in the Canadian Arctic. On May 13, 2009, he was recruited by the Canadian Space Agency as one of two new astronauts after a year-long ...
- 2014
- 00:03:50
- 9-12
- Added on: 05/27/2020
The National How Apollo 11 inspires these PhD students to chase careers in aerospace
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing has inspired a new generation of Canadians to study space exploration and a possible return to the moon. Nick Purdon visits with female PhD students at the University of Western Ontario, where they are simulating a rover landing on the moon.
- 2018
- 00:10:27
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/15/2020
CBC Kids News David Saint-Jacques unveils Canada’s best little inventors
Check out the best new inventions for space — by kids. It was an experience that was out of this world for Connor Brown and Amy Claerhout. Their unique inventions for space were chosen as the winners of the Canadian Space Agency’s contest called Little Inventors. They were announced by astronaut David Saint-Jacques from the International Space Station last week. ...
- 2019
- 00:02:28
- 9-12
- Added on: 03/20/2020
BBC Documentaries Einstein and Hawking: Masters of Our Universe (Part 2 of 2)
If there was a pantheon for the great minds, Steven Hawking and Albert Einstein would undoubtedly qualify for membership. Their extraordinary theories were transformative in the world of physics. They are undoubtedly the most recognized scientists in the world and between them they have transformed our understanding of everything. Part 2 of 2.
- 2014
- 00:51:46
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/12/2020
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BBC Documentaries Einstein and Hawking: Masters of Our Universe (Part 1 of 2)
If there was a pantheon for the great minds, Steven Hawking and Albert Einstein would undoubtedly qualify for membership. Their extraordinary theories were transformative in the world of physics. They are undoubtedly the most recognized scientists in the world and between them they have transformed our understanding of everything. Part 1 of 2.
- 2014
- 00:51:24
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/11/2020
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Andrew Marr's History of the World Galileo
In the 17th and 18th centuries, people across the world rose up in the name of freedom and equality against the power of the church and monarchy. We investigate the effects of the Enlightenment as it spread throughout Europe, with Galileo in Venice revolutionizing the way we saw humanity’s place in the universe.
- 2012
- 00:06:43
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/28/2020
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Scout & The Gumboot Kids The Case of the Storybook in the Sky
Scout tells the Gumboot Kids he is preparing to watch a storybook in the sky. But what kind of storybook is in the sky?
- 2017
- 00:05:02
- 5-8
- Added on: 12/04/2019
