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Canada's robotic arm for the moon | Canadarm 3 | with Ken Podwalski
In this special episode, I sit down with Ken Podwalski, the Gateway Program Manager at the Canadian Space Agency, for a look at Canada’s next leap in space robotics. Canada’s contributions to space have been groundbreaking, from the Canadarm on the Space Shuttle to Canadarm2 on the ISS, and now, they’re building the most advanced version yet-Canadarm3 for the Gateway Station. Ken dives deep into the challenges of building robotics that can handle the unique demands of lunar orbit, as well as the exciting new Canadian Lunar Utility Rover designed to help build infrastructure on the Moon’s surface. Plus, we even discuss how these innovations set the stage for future missions to Mars. This conversation opened my eyes to just how much Canada is doing to make a long-term human presence on the Moon possible-trust me, you don’t want to miss it!
00:00 - Canada's Executive Director of the Gateway Program, Ken Podwalski
01:16 - Canadarm2 on ISS
02:34 - What comes after the International Space Station?
02:54 - Gateway Station for Artemis
03:36 - Canadarm3
05:49 - Challenges of solar storms
06:10 - Challenges of lunar dust (regolith)
08:01 - Thermal challenges
08:56 - When will Canadarm3 launch?
09:25 - Canadian Lunar Utility Vehicle
10:19 - Canada's mission from Moon to Mars
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Unique space shirts, mugs, stickers and more - Merch Store Announcement
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For the last few months, I've carefully designed unique shirts, stickers, mugs, and more for space nerds like me. Today, I'm thrilled to finally share it with you. This is only a start - I'll be adding new items every once in a while. And if you have any requests, please let me know! Shop the new store on Etsy here www.etsy.com/shop/DigitalAstronautShop
What's an Asteroid? Could an asteroid hit Earth one day (again)?
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Asteroids are rocky objects orbiting the Sun, remnants from the early solar system. Today, we’re exploring some of the largest rocky objects in our solar system. I’ll talk about the asteroid belt and how asteroids sometimes come much closer to Earth than we’d like- such as Apophis, the asteroid that probably won't hit Earth in 2029 or 2036. We’ll dive into NASA’s DART mission, which tested how ...
What is a Comet?
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Comets are some of the most beautiful objects in space and we’ve actually explored them up close. Today is comets 101. I explain exactly what a comet is, where they come from, and how they form those colorful glowing tails as they approach the Sun. We’ll highlight NASA’s Deep Impact mission that crashed a probe into a comet (intentionally), and ESA’s Rosetta mission which studied Comet 67P up c...
Saturn V, Space Shuttle, Space Launch System | The First 3 Minutes | Rocket Launch Comparison
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A real-time comparison of the launches of NASA's three most recent rockets- the Saturn V, the Space Shuttle, and the Space Launch System during the first 3:30 minutes of flight. Saturn V - Apollo 11, 1969 Space Shuttle - STS-129, Atlantis, 2009 SLS - Artemis I, 2022 Mixed with commentary audio from all three launches, this video demonstrates how NASA's rockets operate during the first 3 minutes...
The Farthest Star We've Ever Seen | Earendel | James Webb Space Telescope Astronomy
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Take a look at the most distant star we have ever seen. This tiny red dot in the Sunrise Arc Galaxy is actually a single star- Earendel- and it is 12.9 billion light-years away. Today, we'll explore how astronomers first detected this ancient star, first with the Hubble Space Telescope and then with the James Webb Space Telescope, and the miracle that makes it visible to us despite its mind-blo...
Big news from NASA today- Boeing test astronauts will not return on Starliner. #space #spacex
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Big news from NASA today- Boeing test astronauts will not return on Starliner. #space #spacex
Breaking News: NASA's plans to return the Starliner Astronauts
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This is a different kind episode for me! Today, NASA made a big announcement and it deserved a quick video. So I cover NASA’s critical decision to return astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams from the ISS using SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, instead of the troubled Boeing Starliner. After extensive testing revealed serious safety concerns with Starliner’s thrusters, NASA unanimously voted against a...
Mars’ Moons Are More Mysterious Than You Think
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Most people don’t even know that Mars has moons, but Phobos and Deimos are some of the most intriguing objects in our Solar System. In this short video, I'm going to explain why these tiny, asteroid-like moons are so unique-and what makes them different from our own Moon. From their unusual orbits to the mysteries of their origins, Mars’ moons are a bit more mysterious than you might think.
10 key differences between Apollo and Artemis moon programs
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10 key differences between Apollo and Artemis moon programs
NASA's Moon Plan Overview | Artemis Program Architecture
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NASA's Moon Plan Overview | Artemis Program Architecture
From Apollo to Artemis: We're about to return to the moon (Series Trailer)
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From Apollo to Artemis: We're about to return to the moon (Series Trailer)
The Razor Sharp Mountain on Jupiter's Moon | Steeple Mountain on Io | Visualization
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The Razor Sharp Mountain on Jupiter's Moon | Steeple Mountain on Io | Visualization
Why is Pluto not a planet? Planetary scientists say it is. Here’s why the IAU got it wrong.
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Why is Pluto not a planet? Planetary scientists say it is. Here’s why the IAU got it wrong.
Watching the 2017 in East Tennessee | 2017 Solar Eclipse
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Watching the 2017 in East Tennessee | 2017 Solar Eclipse
That time we went behind-the-scenes at a Space Shuttle Launch
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That time we went behind-the-scenes at a Space Shuttle Launch
Planet Venus: The Hottest Planet of the Solar System
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Planet Venus: The Hottest Planet of the Solar System
Artemis-1 Launch Cinematic 4K (FULL VOLUME) No Music (NASA's SLS Rocket)
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Artemis-1 Launch Cinematic 4K (FULL VOLUME) No Music (NASA's SLS Rocket)
How We FINALLY Explored Pluto: The New Horizons Mission (with Dr. Alan Stern)
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How We FINALLY Explored Pluto: The New Horizons Mission (with Dr. Alan Stern)
Mercury's Spin-Orbit Resonance (Animation)
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Mercury's Spin-Orbit Resonance (Animation)
Planet Mercury: The closest planet to the sun
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Planet Mercury: The closest planet to the sun
How high could you jump on another planet? (VFX experiment)
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How high could you jump on another planet? (VFX experiment)
Artemis-1 Launch Cinematic 4K (with Music)
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Artemis-1 Launch Cinematic 4K (with Music)
America's new moon rocket: The SLS
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America's new moon rocket: The SLS
Why did NASA build a new rocket? A brief history of the SLS
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Why did NASA build a new rocket? A brief history of the SLS
Flying in Space is Weird (Spaceflight Simulator)
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Flying in Space is Weird (Spaceflight Simulator)
The Sun: The star of our solar system
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The Sun: The star of our solar system
The Heaviest Object in the Universe - A Neutron Star
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The Heaviest Object in the Universe - A Neutron Star
(4K 60fps) First Images from the Webb Space Telescope ANIMATED
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(4K 60fps) First Images from the Webb Space Telescope ANIMATED
How did Apollo 11 Get to the Moon? (Lego Model)
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How did Apollo 11 Get to the Moon? (Lego Model)

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  • @VexThePlanet
    @VexThePlanet День тому

    Is this based off of Mark Rober's Scale of The Solar System VIdeo?

  • @gehad-u6p
    @gehad-u6p 9 днів тому

    جوجل ابعتلي احداثيات السدود كمان العالم بالكامل علي الخاص

  • @lusavygnana2404
    @lusavygnana2404 11 днів тому

    Armianis

  • @KodieDrummond-yx8bd
    @KodieDrummond-yx8bd 11 днів тому

    They actually did it holy fuck 😫❤️

  • @ritsakara3476
    @ritsakara3476 12 днів тому

    Someone gave me this prize and he dropped the aeroplane... Not to say anything cause everyone knows

  • @chasingnature
    @chasingnature 12 днів тому

    This on my sound system was absolutely mind blowing

  • @Peter-qb8gf
    @Peter-qb8gf 12 днів тому

    We've come so far as a species.

  • @jllmmjj
    @jllmmjj 17 днів тому

    We rise again. Back to the Moon and Beyond. Still gives me goosebumps. We are living in the shadow of apollo in a NEW space race. This is the future.

  • @kongcarrot1728
    @kongcarrot1728 23 дні тому

    you can really see the moons egg shape in the last couple of seconds

  • @Tzarlisle
    @Tzarlisle 23 дні тому

    Imagine the moon dust we'll be able to collect that will go out on the market for buyers to get a hold of!

  • @digicandy70
    @digicandy70 28 днів тому

    Thanks and I look forward to more great videos on the Artemis Moon Program.

  • @4D4STR4
    @4D4STR4 Місяць тому

    It’s so freaking awesome it gives me goosebumps

  • @seanbaskett5506
    @seanbaskett5506 Місяць тому

    Something tells me this thing is gonna be a near-first casualty when Elon and Vivek let the axe fall. Justified though they may be in doing so.

  • @Astranamic
    @Astranamic Місяць тому

    Putting Philip Shepard's The Launch theme over this is so cool, I recommend

  • @ravshanoday1073
    @ravshanoday1073 Місяць тому

    The seeds for interstellar existence were planted with Apollo, we’re just making up for lost time

  • @RianJayDecasa
    @RianJayDecasa Місяць тому

    Hi new sub! This month marks the 2 year anniversary of artemis 1!

  • @JuanBriones1219
    @JuanBriones1219 Місяць тому

    That scale is inaccurate. You cannot fit 1.3 million blue push pins into that soccer ball.

  • @РишатСадртдинов
    @РишатСадртдинов Місяць тому

    Спасибо

  • @JogendraMiri
    @JogendraMiri Місяць тому

    परम ब्रह्म परमात्मा है वह जिसका नाम सेत अग्नि खंभा हैं

  • @JogendraMiri
    @JogendraMiri Місяць тому

    ब्रह्मांड का अंतिम छोर सेत अग्नि खंभा है एलियन के बारे में जानता हू बिलासपुर छत्तीसगढ़ जोगेंद्र मिरी सेत।अग्नि खंभा के मतलब ओ अग्नि का बवंडर है अग्नि के बवंडर के अंदर में है

  • @JogendraMiri
    @JogendraMiri Місяць тому

    Brahmand ka antim chhor se taknikhanbha hai alien ke bare se Jaanta hun Bilaspur Chhattisgarh

  • @fortitudevalance8424
    @fortitudevalance8424 Місяць тому

    My grandad was there to see arch Apollo 4 takeoff (first full Saturn V test flight). No words.

  • @KatrinaUribe-b9r
    @KatrinaUribe-b9r Місяць тому

  • @fortitudevalance8424
    @fortitudevalance8424 Місяць тому

    Deleted the countdown caller saying “IDnISHONN”. Had one job.

  • @AndrewReed-wz9xj
    @AndrewReed-wz9xj Місяць тому

    Beautiful guys awesome xx

  • @LBuhlmann
    @LBuhlmann Місяць тому

    Stupid...

    • @zintherv
      @zintherv Місяць тому

      Don't talk about your mom like that.

  • @Circadianic
    @Circadianic 2 місяці тому

    Now that’s sheer bloody power! Unfortunately, until we can leave the planet without all that fire and hells bells, regular commercial space travel similar to getting on a plane at an airport isn’t really doable

  • @Reikken
    @Reikken 2 місяці тому

    would be more enlightening if the closeup showed it relative to the astronaut/planet. or a second closeup that shows that. i.e. with the astronaut stationary. It is hard to notice the part where it goes backwards.

  • @TheHYPO
    @TheHYPO 2 місяці тому

    Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what I'm reading, but it this video "reversed" or shown from "below"? As I am reading that Mercury both orbits and rotates "counter clockwise", while this animation shows both clockwise.

  • @nobody2132
    @nobody2132 2 місяці тому

    i was actually suprised it launched right on my birthday

  • @d0ntreply
    @d0ntreply 2 місяці тому

    i dont think i've seen a launch so cinematic and epic as this was captured. what the heck, this was amazing.

  • @UpInThePocket8611
    @UpInThePocket8611 2 місяці тому

    Look at that thing... Looks like a rusty relic.. NASA get some self landing boosters before you kill a whale .

    • @mustarastas88
      @mustarastas88 Місяць тому

      This launch is cooler than anything SpaceX has ever done, stop sucking off Elon bro

    • @Js17011
      @Js17011 Місяць тому

      @@mustarastas88 nah, this thing is an outdated expensive dinosaur piece of garbage

    • @mustarastas88
      @mustarastas88 Місяць тому

      @@Js17011 nothing you said has anything to do with what I said

  • @James_Dolensky
    @James_Dolensky 2 місяці тому

    It took 1:39 to get 5 seconds into the launch

  • @ph11p3540
    @ph11p3540 2 місяці тому

    Love the ultra low frequency rumble sounds you were able to deal with. A real treat for my high end headphones as they gently massaged by my skull. This took some seriously exotic and hyper expensive pro recording equipment, talent and a willingness to break a few sound tracks down in at least 10 to 20 sound tracks to tweak them and mix them back together again. Very challenging sound engineering work.

  • @Darex718
    @Darex718 2 місяці тому

    And some MF's still say that we can't even build a pyramid with modern Knowledge

  • @lukeuseforce
    @lukeuseforce 2 місяці тому

    Real achievable goals. Not some degen Musk hype.

    • @riot2136
      @riot2136 2 місяці тому

      You didn't find yesterday's events at least a little bit interesting?

    • @lukeuseforce
      @lukeuseforce 2 місяці тому

      @@riot2136 Sure. Landing on a rocket pad like that was pretty cool.

    • @iiTzKaran_YT
      @iiTzKaran_YT 2 місяці тому

      Lmfao. His starship IS the vehicle which is gonna achieve those goals

    • @lukeuseforce
      @lukeuseforce 2 місяці тому

      @@iiTzKaran_YT No its not. Its degenerate hype bs. He’s a degen billionaire scammer like Eliz Holmes. Facts dont care about your cult feelings. Watch some Common Sense Skeptic for a reality check

    • @lukeuseforce
      @lukeuseforce 2 місяці тому

      @@iiTzKaran_YT No its not. Its degenerate hype bs. He’s a degen billionaire scammer like Eliz Holmes. Facts dont care about your cult feelings. Watch some Common Sense Skeptic for a reality check

  • @Itsallgood842
    @Itsallgood842 2 місяці тому

    CGI is amazing

  • @tenbears4910
    @tenbears4910 2 місяці тому

    Ok, I'm probably being a bit dim here, but shouldn't the 2 solar days be completed at earth day 352 rather than 264 on your animation

  • @denniscruz4991
    @denniscruz4991 2 місяці тому

    Let’s ask Neil and see what he says lol 😂. It sure ain’t a planet

  • @CATinBOOTS81
    @CATinBOOTS81 2 місяці тому

    So, the weird effect of the Sun every now and then apparently moving backward in the sky, as seen from Mercury's surface, is just Kepler's Second law having a relatively strong effect compared to Mercury's own rotation on its axis, just because the Mercurian's year is quite comparable to the Mercurian's day? Amazing 😱

  • @VisionPoetic
    @VisionPoetic 2 місяці тому

    If that’s the case we would be able to somehow see it orbiting our moon (difficult to see but not impossible to track)

  • @VisionPoetic
    @VisionPoetic 2 місяці тому

    I think this is because lenses have either 4 apiture rings or 8 with the second (James Webb)

  • @VisionPoetic
    @VisionPoetic 2 місяці тому

    Finally we catch up to the fastest moving planet in our solar system

  • @JBG1968
    @JBG1968 2 місяці тому

    It’s really really big but was generally considered a bad idea .

  • @aoca3817
    @aoca3817 2 місяці тому

    Ihave 2 admit, those RS25's make Mr Musk's benzeen mass murdering Rapter's look piss weak.

  • @snowdog03
    @snowdog03 2 місяці тому

    Hoping for day launch next time.

  • @TheMichaeloshea
    @TheMichaeloshea 3 місяці тому

    this is great! trying to do a smaller version of this at smaller public park with a basketball / soccer ball. any ideas?

    • @DigitalAstronaut
      @DigitalAstronaut 3 місяці тому

      So if you want to keep the scale of both the objects and the distance, the soccer ball sun is exactly what I used in this video and all the distances are correct - you wouldn't be able to shrink the distances at all. If you want to keep the sun a soccer ball, then maybe consider only showing the first 4 planets to keep it within the park? You could setup a table with the other planets as objects and a label to say how far away the WOULD be if you had the space for it. But if you want to use a smaller sun, such as with a baseball, then all the distances would get smaller, too. If the sun were a baseball, the distance to Mercury would be 3.5 yards and the distance to Earth would be 8.8 yards.The tricky part now becomes that to keep the scale correct, the planets get tiny. If the sun were a baseball, Earth is smaller than 1mm (sand) and Jupiter is about 8mm (small marble). That might work, but your smaller planets like Mercury, Mars, or Pluto are going to get indistinguishably tiny.

  • @RyebertandWhiskey0726
    @RyebertandWhiskey0726 3 місяці тому

    I remember seeing Mark Robers video 3 years before this one on which did the exact same scale and focus on planet 9, which would be a pea 17.5 miles away

  • @prototypical
    @prototypical 3 місяці тому

    Love the videos man

    • @DigitalAstronaut
      @DigitalAstronaut 3 місяці тому

      Thank you! I enjoy making them. Any topic you want to see in a future video?

    • @prototypical
      @prototypical 3 місяці тому

      @@DigitalAstronaut it would be cool if you could talk about possible ways to deflect asteroids (mainly really unconventional ones)

  • @CATDRL2
    @CATDRL2 3 місяці тому

    You may want to create a follow-up video on 2024 PT5, which was discovered yesterday. It will become a near-earth mini-moon for a couple of months.

    • @DigitalAstronaut
      @DigitalAstronaut 3 місяці тому

      So true! This is the one bummer of recording my episodes a few weeks in advance 😂