Transcript Space Intro
Home Sweet Home Hurricane from Space Barringer Crater – Arizona, USA On the edge of Barringer Crater Inside Barringer Crater The bottom of Barringer Crater Wolfcreek Crater - Australia Yucatan Crater Aurora Borealis Aurora Borealis from space Apollo 11 on the moon Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the moon ‘Earthrise’ as viewed from lunar orbit Lunar Eclipse Solar Eclipse Our Milky Way Galaxy A Space Shuttle lifts off The CanadaArm on the Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Discovery Space shuttle piggy-back on a Jumbo 747 The International Space Station An astronaut on CanadaArm2 Part of the ISS truss Two astronauts working on the ISS truss Sunrise from the International Space Station Space Shuttle Challenger Space Shuttle Columbia Hubble Space Telescope The Sun Our Solar System Mercury – closest to the sun Venus – our closest planetary neighbor Surface of Venus – the hottest planet in our solar system Mars – the red planet Surface features of Mars The surface of Mars The surface of Mars Phobos – largest moon of Mars The asteroid belt is between Mars and Jupiter The great red spot is a huge storm! Jupiter – king of the planets its mass is greater than all the other planets combined! Io and Europa – moons of Jupiter Europa – ice moon of Jupiter Comet impact on Jupiter Saturn – thousands of rings made of dust and gases Titan – Saturn’s largest moon Uranus – the oddball… It spins vertically and has vertical rings Neptune – fastest winds in the solar system Pluto – no longer a planet The Kuiper Belt orbits outside of Neptune. Pluto is now considered a large Kuiper Belt Object. Pluto – no longer a planet Earth – 6.4 billion km away Comets Comets Asteroids The Eagle Nebula (Pillars of Creation) Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula – a star nursery A planetary nebula Cats Eye planetary nebula Eskimo planetary nebula Whirlpool Galaxy Andromeda Galaxy Sombrero Galaxy Galaxies colliding Hubble Space Telescope ‘deep space shot’ in 2004 Hubble Space Telescope ‘deep space shot’ in 2009 Time to start exploring the Universe!