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Langley Research Center Teacher Resources, Part 6 | Project Discovery - Episode 6

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 Kennedy Space Center, Part 1 | Project Discovery 1

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Kennedy Space Center, Part 1 | Project Discovery
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Jim Gerard, an aerospace education specialists at Kennedy Space Center, discusses the astronauts becoming weightless and demonstrates a ball that, when dropped, alarms as it falls and is momentarily...
 Spaceport USA, Part 2 | Project Discovery 2

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Spaceport USA, Part 2 | Project Discovery
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Spaceport USA is the visitor's center for Kennedy Space Center. Spaceport USA has free parking and free exhibits. The IMAX movies and the bus tour of Kennedy Space Center are the only attractions for...
 Space Shuttle Orbiter Tour, Part 3 | Project Discovery 3

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Space Shuttle Orbiter Tour, Part 3 | Project Discovery
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This segment is a tour of a full-scale model of a shuttle. We see the cargo bay of the shuttle, the containers in which astronauts store their belongings, and the airlock where depressurization of the...
Space Shuttle Orbiter Tour, Part 3 | Project Discovery
   - Episode 3 Crawler Transporter, Part 5 | Project Discovery 5

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Crawler Transporter, Part 5 | Project Discovery
Episode 5
In this segment, we meet the engineer who drives one of the two largest track vehicles in the world, the transporter. Built in 1963, the transporter is approximately 120 feet by 115 feet in width, and...