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Daily Planet: Confronting Nature

This seven-part program explores a variety of topics, from a Canadian robot's role in a possible Hubble Telescope rescue mission to new research on the use of breath analysis in medical testing.


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How the Spirit Exploration Rover Works

How the Spirit Exploration Rover Works (1:28)

The Spirit Exploration Rover is one of two robots exploring the surface of Mars. Find out how it works in the video by HowStuffWorks.

How the Space Shuttle Works

How the Space Shuttle Works (1:27)

The space shuttle is an amazing assembly of technology. Learn how the space shuttle engine works in this video from HowStuffWorks.

How Deep Space 1 Works

How Deep Space 1 Works (1:40)

Deep Space 1 was launched almost a decade ago. Learn about Deep Space 1 and how it works in this video from HowStuffWorks.

How Many Planets Are There?

How Many Planets Are There? (1:19)

How many planets are there? Find out in this HowStuffWorks video!

How Long Does It Take the Sun's Rays To Reach Earth?

How Long Does It Take the Sun's Rays To Reach Earth? (1:21)

How long does it take the sun's rays to reach Earth? Find out in this HowStuffWorks video!

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G Word: Living Green in Space

G Word: Living Green in Space (2:53)

In this clip from Planet Green's "G Word," correspondent Graham Hill interviews Dr. Peggy Whitson at NASA to find out more about how astronauts eat and drink in space.

Hubble's Final Chapter: Training for SM4 Mission

Hubble's Final Chapter: Training for SM4 Mission (2:02)

NASA astronauts train vigorously at their neutral buoyancy lab in preparation for SM4, a massive final mission to revive the Hubble Space Telescope.

Hubble's Final Chapter: SM4 Safety Precautions

Hubble's Final Chapter: SM4 Safety Precautions (2:13)

Since the Columbia space shuttle disaster in 2003, NASA has implemented multiple safety precautions in prepration of the SM4 mission to revive the Hubble telescope.

Hubble's Final Chapter: Costar to Return Home

Hubble's Final Chapter: Costar to Return Home (2:02)

Part of the mission to revive the Hubble Space Telescope includes installing the cosmic origins spectrograph, a tool to examine the structure of the universe. Costar, which corrected the images, must be removed.

Time Warp: Rocket 22 23 24

Time Warp: Rocket 22 23 24 (0:22)

Watch the smoke put out by a small rocket as it lifts off in this slow motion video from Discovery Channel's "Time Warp."

Time Warp: Rocket 37 38

Time Warp: Rocket 37 38 (1:55)

Watch this slow motion video from Discovery Channel's "Time Warp" of a rocket lifting off.

Time Warp: Jeff's Rocket

Time Warp: Jeff's Rocket (0:19)

Watch as Discovery Channel's "Time Warp" host Jeff Lieberman holds a small rocket in his hands as it takes off.

Time Warp: Elvis Rocket

Time Warp: Elvis Rocket (0:39)

Watch the slow motion blast off of the Elvis rocket in this video from Discovery Channel's "Time Warp."

Time Warp: Black Rocket

Time Warp: Black Rocket (2:09)

Red-hot flames shoot out of a rocket as it nears launch. Watch this slow motion video from Discovery Channel's "Time Warp."

Discovery News: 3 Questions about Space: Mars Tectonics

Discovery News: 3 Questions about Space: Mars Tectonics (2:30)

Who's got the biggest volcanoes - Mars or Earth? Find out that answer and more as James Williams poses 3 questions to a scientist who knows.