1 00:00:02,769 --> 00:00:06,006 (rhythmic music) 2 00:00:08,774 --> 00:00:11,477 - Hi, I'm NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, 3 00:00:11,510 --> 00:00:14,113 aboard the International Space Station, with a challenge. 4 00:00:14,146 --> 00:00:16,382 This year, during World Space Week, 5 00:00:16,415 --> 00:00:18,618 I challenge you to go outside and look at the Moon. 6 00:00:18,651 --> 00:00:22,755 Go to your local observatory or look up with your own eyes, 7 00:00:22,788 --> 00:00:25,091 or maybe even make your own telescope. 8 00:00:25,124 --> 00:00:27,693 I am calling on my team to get curious 9 00:00:27,726 --> 00:00:29,762 and figure out how to do it. 10 00:00:29,795 --> 00:00:31,564 Do you want to join the team? 11 00:00:31,597 --> 00:00:33,699 Don't worry, you'll have help from me 12 00:00:33,732 --> 00:00:36,169 and a couple other important people on the way. 13 00:00:36,202 --> 00:00:37,270 Let's do it! 14 00:00:37,303 --> 00:00:39,472 ♪ Get curious ♪ 15 00:00:40,072 --> 00:00:43,543 (Shane): Step one, meet the rest of the team. 16 00:00:43,576 --> 00:00:47,146 - Hi, I'm Emily and I'm from Westwood in New Jersey. 17 00:00:47,179 --> 00:00:49,482 - Hi, I'm Derrick and I'm from Saint-Louis, Missouri. 18 00:00:49,515 --> 00:00:53,419 - Hi, my name is Zhoriel and I'm from Lafayette, Louisiana. 19 00:00:53,452 --> 00:00:57,390 - Hi, my name is Trevor and I'm from Monterey, California. 20 00:00:57,423 --> 00:01:00,293 - Hi, I'm Sydney and I'm from Iowa City, Iowa. 21 00:01:00,326 --> 00:01:02,395 - NASA? - Wait, NASA? 22 00:01:02,428 --> 00:01:03,596 (overlapping chatter) 23 00:01:03,629 --> 00:01:05,398 - Please hold for a transmission 24 00:01:05,431 --> 00:01:07,567 from the International Space Station. 25 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,070 - It's crazy. - No way! 26 00:01:10,737 --> 00:01:13,139 - Oh, my gosh! That's so cool! 27 00:01:13,172 --> 00:01:14,774 - Are we ready to go, team? 28 00:01:14,807 --> 00:01:16,742 The journey starts in DC. 29 00:01:16,775 --> 00:01:19,479 - No way! (overlapping chatter) 30 00:01:19,512 --> 00:01:22,315 (rhythmic music) 31 00:01:30,656 --> 00:01:33,259 (beeping) - Guys, I got a message. 32 00:01:34,026 --> 00:01:36,596 - Hey, team, if you're gonna build your own telescope, 33 00:01:36,629 --> 00:01:39,332 it might help to see how one works first. 34 00:01:39,365 --> 00:01:41,801 Head over to the United States Naval Observatory 35 00:01:41,834 --> 00:01:43,402 to start your adventure. 36 00:01:43,435 --> 00:01:45,105 - We gotta go to the observatory. 37 00:01:46,472 --> 00:01:49,742 - The Naval Observatory was created in 1825 38 00:01:49,775 --> 00:01:52,879 to help the United States learn more about space. 39 00:01:52,912 --> 00:01:55,448 - When the Naval Observatory was built, 40 00:01:55,481 --> 00:01:57,783 they would send out a signal every day at noon 41 00:01:57,816 --> 00:01:59,619 to set the time for the country. 42 00:01:59,652 --> 00:02:02,321 - They still keep time here with the master clock, 43 00:02:02,354 --> 00:02:03,856 a super accurate atomic clock 44 00:02:03,889 --> 00:02:05,658 that sets the time for the Internet. 45 00:02:05,691 --> 00:02:07,927 - And it's been home to some awesome astronomers. 46 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,263 That's Asaph Hall! 47 00:02:10,296 --> 00:02:12,331 He discovered the moons of Mars. 48 00:02:12,364 --> 00:02:16,602 - It has a huge telescope inside that people use to study the stars. 49 00:02:16,635 --> 00:02:20,306 - Geoff Chester, who runs the telescope, showed us around. 50 00:02:20,339 --> 00:02:21,674 - He told us that it works 51 00:02:21,707 --> 00:02:23,543 by using lenses on both ends of the tube 52 00:02:23,576 --> 00:02:26,479 to help to focus the light from things that are far away. 53 00:02:26,512 --> 00:02:29,182 - Sounds like you need to find some lenses and a tube 54 00:02:29,215 --> 00:02:30,483 to build your telescope. 55 00:02:30,516 --> 00:02:31,884 Why don't you look around the library 56 00:02:31,917 --> 00:02:33,419 and see what you can find. 57 00:02:33,452 --> 00:02:36,789 - Where's the library? Maybe it's down here. 58 00:02:37,222 --> 00:02:39,192 - Guys, there it is! 59 00:02:39,225 --> 00:02:40,426 - Whoa! - Oh, my gosh. 60 00:02:42,528 --> 00:02:44,531 - Whoa, check this out! 61 00:02:44,998 --> 00:02:46,699 - There's so many books! 62 00:02:46,732 --> 00:02:48,601 - This place is huge. 63 00:02:48,634 --> 00:02:50,303 - Let's start looking. 64 00:02:51,470 --> 00:02:53,206 - Look at that! 65 00:02:56,709 --> 00:02:58,344 - Whoa! 66 00:02:58,377 --> 00:02:59,946 - Is that like, a necklace or something? 67 00:02:59,979 --> 00:03:01,948 - It's a magnifying glass, I think. 68 00:03:01,981 --> 00:03:03,516 - Or a lens! 69 00:03:03,549 --> 00:03:04,550 Here's another one! 70 00:03:04,583 --> 00:03:05,952 - We found two lenses. 71 00:03:05,985 --> 00:03:07,754 (beeping) 72 00:03:08,454 --> 00:03:10,890 - Your next challenge is to find and meet 73 00:03:10,923 --> 00:03:12,625 the head of the Space Council. 74 00:03:12,658 --> 00:03:14,994 I'll give you a hint: she actually lives 75 00:03:15,027 --> 00:03:16,929 at the Naval Observatory. 76 00:03:16,962 --> 00:03:20,200 - I wonder who the head of the Space Council is. 77 00:03:21,201 --> 00:03:25,371 - Are you kidding me? The head of the Space Council is the vice-president! 78 00:03:25,404 --> 00:03:29,709 - Kamala Harris is the vice-president of the United States. 79 00:03:29,742 --> 00:03:31,711 But she's also the president of the Senate. 80 00:03:31,744 --> 00:03:33,679 - And the head of the Space Council. 81 00:03:33,712 --> 00:03:35,848 - Welcome, you guys. - Thank you so much. 82 00:03:35,881 --> 00:03:38,384 - Thank you. - Ready to start? Okay, go. 83 00:03:38,417 --> 00:03:41,721 - So, I may not always be fast to take my parents' advice, 84 00:03:41,754 --> 00:03:43,823 but what is the best advice your parents have given you 85 00:03:43,856 --> 00:03:45,625 that perhaps you can share with us today? 86 00:03:46,792 --> 00:03:49,829 - You know, one of the most important pieces of advice 87 00:03:49,862 --> 00:03:51,664 that I can offer you guys, 88 00:03:51,697 --> 00:03:54,667 and I want you to really remember this, 89 00:03:54,700 --> 00:03:58,638 never let anybody tell you who you are, 90 00:03:58,671 --> 00:04:00,673 you tell them who you are. 91 00:04:00,706 --> 00:04:03,943 Never let anybody suggest to you 92 00:04:03,976 --> 00:04:05,945 that you are what they think you should be, 93 00:04:05,978 --> 00:04:09,715 you tell them who you are and who you know you are, 94 00:04:09,748 --> 00:04:11,985 and what you intend to be. 95 00:04:12,851 --> 00:04:14,420 Got that? - Yes. 96 00:04:14,453 --> 00:04:16,922 - Alright. I've got more advice. You just let me know. 97 00:04:16,955 --> 00:04:18,791 (laughing) 98 00:04:18,824 --> 00:04:20,526 - So what is the most surprising thing 99 00:04:20,559 --> 00:04:22,428 you found about being vice-president? 100 00:04:22,461 --> 00:04:23,863 - There have been a lot of things 101 00:04:23,896 --> 00:04:25,631 because I've never been vice-president before, so... 102 00:04:25,664 --> 00:04:27,767 (laughing) There are many new things. 103 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,502 But I'll tell you one of the things 104 00:04:29,535 --> 00:04:31,470 I'm really excited about, and one of the reasons 105 00:04:31,503 --> 00:04:34,307 for our visit and the time we're gonna spend together today, 106 00:04:34,340 --> 00:04:35,541 it's the Space Council. 107 00:04:35,574 --> 00:04:37,677 My mom was a scientist. 108 00:04:37,710 --> 00:04:40,780 So she would take us to the lab with her, 109 00:04:40,813 --> 00:04:42,948 like on the weekends and after school 110 00:04:42,981 --> 00:04:44,850 because she had to work long hours, 111 00:04:44,883 --> 00:04:49,722 and I just love the idea of exploring the unknown. 112 00:04:49,755 --> 00:04:51,824 And then, there's other things that we just haven't 113 00:04:51,857 --> 00:04:53,626 figured out or discovered yet. 114 00:04:53,659 --> 00:04:56,329 To think about so much that's out there 115 00:04:56,362 --> 00:04:59,598 that we still have to learn, like, I love that. 116 00:04:59,631 --> 00:05:02,835 I love that. And so, I'm very excited about the Space Council. 117 00:05:02,868 --> 00:05:06,539 We're gonna learn so much as we increasingly, I think, 118 00:05:06,572 --> 00:05:09,875 are curious and interested in the potential 119 00:05:09,908 --> 00:05:13,713 for the discoveries and the work we can do in space. 120 00:05:13,746 --> 00:05:16,682 So, that's one of the things I'm most excited about. 121 00:05:16,715 --> 00:05:20,086 But the other, you guys are gonna see, 122 00:05:20,119 --> 00:05:23,689 you're gonna literally see the craters on the Moon 123 00:05:23,722 --> 00:05:25,758 with your own eyes. - Oh, my goodness. 124 00:05:25,791 --> 00:05:28,594 - With your own eyes, I'm telling you! 125 00:05:28,627 --> 00:05:31,063 It is gonna be unbelievable. 126 00:05:31,096 --> 00:05:33,132 So that's one of the things we can do here too 127 00:05:33,165 --> 00:05:35,534 which makes it so exciting. So that's what we're gonna do. 128 00:05:35,567 --> 00:05:36,936 You guys ready to go up there? 129 00:05:36,969 --> 00:05:38,904 (all): Yes! - Come on, let's go. 130 00:05:38,937 --> 00:05:41,374 - We then headed to the Naval Observatory 131 00:05:41,407 --> 00:05:44,443 where we met Captain Kuehn and asked them what they did there. 132 00:05:44,476 --> 00:05:46,779 - We do time and we do space. 133 00:05:46,812 --> 00:05:49,949 The sky and space has been our clock for centuries. 134 00:05:49,982 --> 00:05:53,619 So think of the sun going around the Earth. 135 00:05:53,652 --> 00:05:56,922 You can tell time by a sundial or a telescope like this 136 00:05:56,955 --> 00:06:01,694 which watches stars go through a viewscope, the same star passes every 24 hours. 137 00:06:01,727 --> 00:06:03,529 That's how we used to tell time. 138 00:06:03,562 --> 00:06:06,966 Time's very important because everything that you do every day 139 00:06:06,999 --> 00:06:08,534 somehow relates to time. 140 00:06:08,567 --> 00:06:12,004 Power grids, the Internet, WiFi, 141 00:06:12,037 --> 00:06:14,607 communications, your cellphones. 142 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,675 They all need time to make them work. 143 00:06:16,708 --> 00:06:19,512 Are we ready to start our journey through space and time? 144 00:06:19,545 --> 00:06:21,514 (all): Yes. - Alright, let's do it. 145 00:06:21,547 --> 00:06:23,749 - Yay! Thank you, Captain Kuehn. - Thank you. 146 00:06:23,782 --> 00:06:26,118 - I'm telling you guys, you're gonna have so much fun with this. 147 00:06:26,151 --> 00:06:28,120 Ask any questions that you have, also. Okay? 148 00:06:28,153 --> 00:06:30,923 - We then explored the rest of the observatory, 149 00:06:30,956 --> 00:06:34,593 trying to find the pieces we needed for our telescope. 150 00:06:34,626 --> 00:06:36,863 (rhythmic music) 151 00:06:39,565 --> 00:06:41,567 - Look, a tube. 152 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,570 This side might have everything else we need. 153 00:06:44,603 --> 00:06:47,506 - Good work, team. It's time to make your own telescope. 154 00:06:47,539 --> 00:06:48,841 Let's get building. 155 00:06:48,874 --> 00:06:50,709 - We have two paper tubes. 156 00:06:50,742 --> 00:06:52,545 - Two magnifying glasses. 157 00:06:52,578 --> 00:06:54,547 - Plus, scissors and tape. 158 00:06:54,580 --> 00:06:57,583 - So we start by cutting a cardboard tube. 159 00:06:57,616 --> 00:07:00,853 - Then, we took a magnifying glass and put it at one end. 160 00:07:00,886 --> 00:07:03,489 - After that, we slid on the second paper tube. 161 00:07:03,522 --> 00:07:05,558 - We punched out the other magnifying glass 162 00:07:05,591 --> 00:07:07,660 and put it at the other end of the tube. 163 00:07:07,693 --> 00:07:10,062 Then, all we had to do was decorate. 164 00:07:10,095 --> 00:07:12,598 - Yeah, we did it! 165 00:07:12,631 --> 00:07:15,034 Now, we get to look through the Naval Observatory's telescope. 166 00:07:15,067 --> 00:07:17,670 - Geoff told us that looking through in the daylight, 167 00:07:17,703 --> 00:07:19,705 we're gonna see a little black dot on the sun. 168 00:07:19,738 --> 00:07:20,906 - That's a sun spot. 169 00:07:20,939 --> 00:07:22,675 - It's about the size of the Earth. 170 00:07:22,708 --> 00:07:24,643 - Wow! - So, tell me what you saw. 171 00:07:24,676 --> 00:07:26,979 - It's so crazy just to see like, all orange 172 00:07:27,012 --> 00:07:29,682 and to know that little tiny dot is the size of the Earth. 173 00:07:29,715 --> 00:07:31,183 That really tells you how huge the sun is. 174 00:07:31,216 --> 00:07:32,618 - Isn't that something! 175 00:07:32,651 --> 00:07:37,223 It gives us a sense of the magnitude of it all. 176 00:07:37,256 --> 00:07:39,492 Earth is kind of small. 177 00:07:39,525 --> 00:07:40,993 - Yeah. - Right? 178 00:07:41,026 --> 00:07:44,029 The Earth is like a speck. - Yeah. 179 00:07:44,062 --> 00:07:45,965 - Compared to the sun. 180 00:07:45,998 --> 00:07:50,002 ...what we have designed. I mean, look at the design of this thing. 181 00:07:50,035 --> 00:07:52,638 And the people, the smart people, 182 00:07:52,671 --> 00:07:55,841 the scientists and the engineers who came up with the idea 183 00:07:55,874 --> 00:07:58,010 that if you build something that looks like that, 184 00:07:58,043 --> 00:07:59,512 you're gonna see the sun, 185 00:07:59,545 --> 00:08:01,080 and you can see the Moon. Right? (laughing) 186 00:08:01,113 --> 00:08:02,948 Well, wait 'till you guys see the Moon. 187 00:08:02,981 --> 00:08:07,753 I just... I don't know what it is about those craters on the Moon. 188 00:08:07,786 --> 00:08:10,656 Always dream with ambition. 189 00:08:10,689 --> 00:08:12,091 Have big dreams. 190 00:08:12,124 --> 00:08:14,126 You'll remember that? (children): Yes. 191 00:08:14,159 --> 00:08:16,195 - Alright, I'll see you later. (all): Thank you. 192 00:08:16,228 --> 00:08:19,599 - Once the sun set, we were finally able to see the Moon. 193 00:08:20,299 --> 00:08:23,602 - Whoa! - Oh, my gosh! 194 00:08:23,635 --> 00:08:25,838 - I can't believe how close it looks. 195 00:08:25,871 --> 00:08:28,007 - I can see the craters. 196 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:32,011 - There's one crater that's almost 1600 miles in diameter. 197 00:08:32,044 --> 00:08:34,980 - So it's bigger than all the States we come from combined. 198 00:08:35,013 --> 00:08:37,116 - Seeing the Moon up close was incredible 199 00:08:37,149 --> 00:08:39,585 and made us all want to keep getting curious 200 00:08:39,618 --> 00:08:41,687 and exploring space with our telescopes at home. 201 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:44,156 - And share what we were seeing with our families. 202 00:08:44,189 --> 00:08:47,293 - I can't wait to keep exploring with my telescope. 203 00:08:47,326 --> 00:08:49,228 Maybe I can see Mars. 204 00:08:49,261 --> 00:08:52,264 - Congratulations, Get Curious team. You did it! 205 00:08:52,297 --> 00:08:56,302 Remember, the Moon isn't the only awesome thing to discover in space. 206 00:08:56,335 --> 00:08:59,071 You can also see the Milky Way or Mars. 207 00:08:59,104 --> 00:09:00,806 And those are the ones we know. 208 00:09:00,839 --> 00:09:03,676 The universe is full of new discoveries to be made 209 00:09:03,709 --> 00:09:06,278 and maybe you'll be the ones to make those discoveries. 210 00:09:06,311 --> 00:09:09,749 Just get curious and who knows what you'll discover. 211 00:09:13,385 --> 00:09:15,087 - When you were a little girl, 212 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:16,989 what did you wanna be when you grew up? 213 00:09:17,022 --> 00:09:18,791 - I wanted to be a lawyer.