This video tells the story from inception to launch of NASA's quick scatterometer project (QuikSCAT). It gives a behind-the scenes look at engineers, scientists, and technicians working together to solve problems and successfully accomplish goals. Length:25:22. Full description.

This video describes NASA's Jason mission, a joint U.S.-France oceanography mission, launched in 2001, to monitor global ocean circulation, discover the tie between the oceans and atmosphere, improve global climate predictions and monitor events such as El Nino conditions and ocean eddies. Jason-1 is a follow-on mission to NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon mission. The video was produced before launch, so descriptions ... Full description.

Two student moderators engage the audience with satellite imagery, computer graphics, and historical footage to make the point that the Earth is an interconnected system of air, land, water, and life. The video includes segments on: An introduction to Earth system science; Using satellites to look at Earth from space; El Nino; Global Warming; Drought; Hurricanes, and an Epilogue. Length: 22:00. Full description.

This film taken by astronauts from five Space Shuttle missions with the IMAX camera, dramatically illustrates forces affecting Earth's ecological balance: volcanoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and, ultimately, humankind. Experiments discussed in the videotape focus on infrared detection of atmospheric remnants from volcanic eruptions, ozone concentration levels, and incoming solar ultraviolet radiation ... Full description.

Our Water Planet From Space is a videotape of two previously broadcast (1998) live interactive shows that explore the world's oceans. Program 1: Oceans in Motion (30:00): Ocean Circulation-the movement of water carrying heat and matter - not only affects life in the oceans but also weather and climate around the world. Because the oceans are so expansive, covering two-thirds of Earth, the only way ... Full description.

This video takes the viewer on a rapid tour of Earth's surface as seen from outer space. After explaining how the altitude of the viewer affects the amount of Earth's surfaces seen at one time, the video moves into a travelogue on some of the interesting features of Earth's continents as seen from space. Because the inclination of the Space Shuttle's orbit to Earth's equator did not carry the crew ... Full description.

This video was produced in 1977 and, while some of the footage is dated, it provides historical footage regarding the importance of meteorological information obtained from NASA satellites for predicting and monitoring severe storms. Length: 15:00. Full description.

A collaboration between NASA and the National Park Service, this educational video details how the sciences of astronomy and geography guided slaves to freedom in the 1800s, and how the technologies of satellites and geographic information systems are being used to locate and visualize the secret paths they traveled. Using the North Star as a compass, freedom-seeking slaves went from safe house to ... Full description.

This video contains interviews with scientists and technicians who work in the Genesis cleanroom at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Footage shows scientists donning cleanroom clothing, washing samples, and assembling sampling wafers onto the array frame of the Genesis probe. It also explains the risk of dust to sensitive technology such a space probe and describes how dust concentrations in the air ... Full description.

This 28-minute video shows why the Milky Way appears as it does from the vantage point of the Solar System and explains how astrophysicists have arrived at their current understanding of its structure and composition. Full description.