Burnett and Selleck
Burnett and Selleck Manly man Tom Selleck joins with pioneering comedienne Carol Burnett to explain how satellites save lives and help the world.
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Ford and Carter Former presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter deliver some stilted lines about global instant communications that brought us views of the Pope and the royal wedding in real-time.
View ArticleGoldberg and Hayes
Goldberg and Hayes Whoopi Goldberg and Helen Hayes are both proud that NASA’s technologies can help people with disabilities.
View ArticleShoemaker and Abdul-Jabbar
Shoemaker and Abdul-Jabbar Willie Shoemaker is a tiny jockey. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a giant basketball player. And they can both deliver hammy puns about shoes and glasses technology moved forward by...
View ArticleMadden and Yeager
Madden and Yeager Search-and-rescue satellites are both endorsed by breaker-of-the-sound-barrier Chuck Yeager and football player, coach, announcer, and videogame maker John Madden.
View ArticleO'Neill and Buckley
O'Neill and Buckley Not only are Tip O’Neill and William F. Buckley giants on opposites sides of the political spectrum, they both have hilariously clashing accents. Buckley sounds like his every word...
View ArticlePerlman and Charles
Perlman and Charles Itzhak Perlman and Ray Charles lend a quick second of their virtuoso performances and discuss how NASA technology has helped disabled people on Earth.
View ArticleSinatra and Nelson
Sinatra and Nelson There might not be that much overlap between Frank Sinatra and Willie Nelson fans, but everyone can enjoy the medical technology derived from space exploration.
View ArticleSteinem and Heston
We’re not sure what we love most in these vintage public service announcements: the retro filming, the awkward dialogue, the sometimes bizarre celebrity combos (Gloria Steinem and Chuck Heston?), or...
View ArticleDec 1, 2012
Teddy Bear Nebula In its first glimpse of the heavens following the successful December 1999 servicing mission, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a majestic view of a planetary nebula, the...
View ArticleDec. 2, 2012
Sinuous Filament of Cosmic Dust This image from the APEX telescope, of part of the Taurus Molecular Cloud, shows a sinuous filament of cosmic dust more than ten light-years long. In it, newborn stars...
View ArticleDec 3, 2012
Saturn and Tiny Tethys Tethys may not be tiny by normal standards, but when it is captured alongside Saturn, it can't help but seem pretty small. Even Saturn's rings appear to dwarf Tethys (660 miles,...
View ArticleThe Pigeon's Tale
The Pigeon's Tale Urban success has given pigeons -- specifically the rock pigeon, or Columbia liva -- a grubby reputation, but their domestic forms are large and marvelously varied. Here a genetic...
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