PREPARATION VIDEOS                 

 

These are some videos that should be watched at school before coming to ESAC. 

School 

Level

Video Topic

Duration

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Ages 

(years)

Link to videos Video language
Primary  Introducción a la Agencia Espacial Europea (Introduction to the European Space Agency)

6:29

7-12 

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Spanish

Primary Saliendo al Espacio (Going out to Space) 4:02 7-12 internal link Spanish
Primary Misiones que observan la Tierra (Missions that observe planet Earth) 5:11 7-12 internal link Spanish
Primary  Misiones Planetarias (Planetary missions) 13:38 7-12 internal link Spanish
Primary   Mas allá del Sistema Solar (Beyond the Solar System) 6:03 7-12 internal link Spanish
Primary Comunicación por satelite, astronautas y la ISS (Satellite communication, astronauts and the ISS) 8:01 7-12 internal link Spanish
Secondary

Introducción a la Agencia Espacial Europea (Introduction to the European Space Agency)

6:46

12-18

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Spanish

Secondary

Misiones que observan la Tierra (Missions that observe planet Earth)

11:29

12-18

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Spanish

Secondary  Saliendo al Espacio (Going out to Space) 7:19 12-18

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Spanish

Secondary

Misiones Planetarias y más allá del Sistema Solar (Planetary missions and Beyond the Solar System)

12:29

12-18

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Spanish (some parts  in English)

Secondary

Astronautas y la ISS (Astronauts and the ISS)

5:14 12-18 internal link Spanish
  Trailer from "A beautiful planet" 2:23 7-18

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  Who is Paxi? 3:43 7-12

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  Paxi - The Solar System 5:18 7-12

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  Paxi - The Red Planet 5:08 7-12

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  Paxi - Do Martians exists? 4:53 7-12

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  Paxi - Rosetta and comets 5:40 7-12

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  Science@ESA:Episode 1: The Full Spectrum 13:29 12-18

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  Science@ESA:Episode 2: Looking back to the dawn of time (the Planck mission) 15:28 12-18

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  Science@ESA:Episode 3: Exploring the infrared universe (the Herschel mission) 15:01 12-18

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  Science@ESA:Episode 4: Following the redshift - From HST to JWST 14:14 12-18

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  Science@ESA:Episode 5: The Untamed, violent Universe (the XMM-Newton and Integral missions) 18:46 12-18

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  Science@ESA:Episode 6: Charting the galaxy - from Hipparcos to Gaia 19:09 12-18

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  Science@ESA:Episode 7: Exploring our backyard, the Solar System (ESA Planetary missions) 16:43 12-18

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  Science@ESA:Episode 8: The Sun, our local star (Ulysses, Soho and Cluster missions) 24:20 12-18

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  Science@ESA:Episode 9: The Siblings of Earth (the Venus and Mars Express missions) 19:06 12-18

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  Science@ESA:Episode 10: Diverse Worlds: The Moon and Titan (the SMART-1 and Cassini-Huygens missions) 17:21 12-18

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  Science@ESA:Episode 11: Chasing comets (The Rosetta mission, 2013) 20:32 12-18

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Introduction to ESA:

ESA, the European Space Agency is the gateway to Space for Europe. It is formed by 22 European countries together with Canada. Other countries, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia have cooperation agreements with ESA. The coordination of the financial and intellectual resources of the ESA members allows them to undertake programs which could not be possible if they worked alone.

The main goal of ESA is to develop the European industry for the benefit of space exploration and the citizens of Europe and the world. 

ESAC is the  European Space Astronomy Center situated near Madrid, Spain. There are also ESA centers in  France, Germany, Holland, Italy and UK.

 

SPACE EXPLORATION:

This video is about how satellites are built and launched. The satellite that ESA launches explores space and the Earth. ESA also works with industry to develop telecommunications and navigation systems.

Artist’s illustration of the Ariane 64 rocket version, with four solid rocket boosters. Credits: Credit: ESA–David Ducros, 2016

 

Earth missions:

This video is about Earth observation missions, communications missions, and weather conditions.

 

 

Planetary missions:

In this video, we present ESA exploration of the Solar System, from ... all the way to the Rosetta mission, which chased comet ... for 2 years and drop the Philae lander on it.

 

 

Astronomical missions:

This video is about the astronomical missions at ESAC, from missionX to mission Y.

                                          ESA astronomical missions. Credits: ESA

 

Satellite communications, ISS and Astronauts:

Astronauts are superheroes who are also fun. They need to be clever, fit, prepared to work hard but they also have a lot of fun in space!

                   Samantha Cristoforetti, Italian ESA astronaut, obviously a Star Trek fan. Credits: ESA & NASA. 

 

A beautiful planet:

This is a trailer of a film that will take you further into the life of an astronaut. You can also see the exploration of the Earth, the Solar System and the Galaxy.

          Credits: ESA

 

PAXi videos:

Do you know Paxi? He is an ESAkids cartoon that will drive us through space, always with a smile.

 

SCIENCE@ESA EPISODES (by Rebecca Barnes):

These are series of 20 min videos where Rebbeca Barnes aswers the commonly asked questions about the Universe. They are 11 episodes. Do not miss them!