In 1992, a space shuttle crew deployed a tethered satellite to learn more about centrifugal acceleration and tethered dynamics in microgravity. Although the tether system didn't fully deploy the satellite, the mission did produce a vast amount of data about the application of forces and motion. Results of the research is presented in an interesting video. Because of their small size and rapid growth cycle, results of the experiment have provided scientists with a unique window into the process of living things adapting to microgravity. This research is especially helpful to scientists planning future long-duration missions on the International Space Station.
Video uses entertaining animation to help present information.
Orbital scenes taken during the STS-58 shuttle mission. This program takes the viewer on a rapid video 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 that is seen at one time, the video moves into a traveloggue 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 over Antarctica or the Arctic, these regions are not visited in the program. The program addresses the basic mathematical operations of spacecraft rendezvous in Earth orbit.