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Asteroids & Comets: On Location

How do you pick up a rock off an asteroid? It’s not easy.

Aired 09/17/2015 | Rating TV-G

Science Trek

Asteroids & Comets: On Location

Clip: Special | 4m 5sVideo has Closed Captions

How do you pick up a rock off an asteroid? It’s not easy.

How do you pick up a rock off an asteroid? It’s not easy. NASA’s Micro-GNExT program challenges university students across the country to develop a tool that astronauts could use in space one day. Science Trek follows Boise State University’s NASA Microgravity team as its members create a tool and watch as NASA officials give it a test.

Aired 09/17/2015 | Rating TV-G

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Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation and Idaho National Laboratory. Additional Funding by the Friends of Idaho Public Television and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

The Web Show: Asteroids and Comets

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Did asteroids and comets bring water to Earth? Find out on this Science Trek:The Web Show. (6m 4s)

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Science Trek is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV

Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation and Idaho National Laboratory. Additional Funding by the Friends of Idaho Public Television and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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