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THE WILD SPACE CARDS

The Wild Space Cards is an irresistible collection of surprising, edutaining playing video cards, featuring the scientists, engineers and directors of NASA and NOAA, captured during the preparations and launch of the GOES-U Mission in June 2024, at NASA Kennedy Space Center.

Your mission: hover your 🖱 over the card and turn the ♫ on, bottom right corner. Enjoy!

NATIONAL OCEANICAND ATMOSPHERICADMINISTRATION

Discover how NOAA safeguards our lives and saves trillions of dollars! From hurricane hunters, to detecting barn fires, to keeping us safe from solar’s spires, meet Kenneth Graham, Director of NOAA's National Weather Service, whose passion inspires.

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"The Difference Between Miami and Jacksonville"

NOAA Edition

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"A Fire as Small as a Barn"

NOAA Edition

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"A Plate Full of Spaghetti Noodles"

NOAA Edition

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"Best Bargain in Government"

NOAA Edition

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"Gonzo"

NOAA Edition

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"The Space Nerds"

NOAA Edition

NOAA
GOES-U PANEL

Your mission: hover your 🖱 over the card and turn the ♫ on, bottom right corner. Enjoy!

NOAA GOES-U PANEL

How does a satellite work, where does it go, how long will the mission last? Learn everything there is to know about the latest GOES-U satellite, and why it is the most sophisticated weather-observing and environmental-monitoring system to date.

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"How to Stress-Test a Satellite"

NOAA GOES-U NASA Edition

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"How Does a Satellite Unfold?"

NOAA GOES-U NASA Edition

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"Talking with an Invisible Microphone"

NOAA GOES-U NASA Edition

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"AI for Space?"

NOAA GOES-U NASA Edition

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"About Those Coronal Mass Ejections..."

NOAA GOES-U NASA Edition

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"GOES-U's Footprint"

NOAA GOES-U NASA Edition

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"Time Traveling to 2044"

NOAA GOES-U NASA Edition

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"How to Talk to a Satellite"

NOAA GOES-U NASA Edition

Your mission: hover your 🖱 over the card and turn the ♫ on, bottom right corner. Enjoy!

NASAKENNEDYSPACE CENTER

Behind the scenes of Space exploration from the engineers and scientists who build it. Learn little known facts and factoids from Mars, nuclear power to asteroids. Meet our global partners, the diverse Artemis II crew, and discover how NASA's mission continues through.

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"Where are the Astronauts?"

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"Farther than Any Human has Gone Before"

NASA Edition

NASA Edition

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"Four Presidents, One Plan"

NASA Edition

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"Four Presidents, One Plan" (Solo)

NASA Edition

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"To Rehearse a Lunar Landing"

NASA Edition

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"1000 Tampons in Space? Myth Debunked"

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"A Gas Station of the Moon"

NASA Edition

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"180 days"

NASA Edition

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"Gateway: International"

 NASA Edition

NASA Edition

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"And Mars? Ask Congress."

NASA Edition

INSIDE NASA
FOOD IN SPACE

Your mission: hover your 🖱 over the card and turn the ♫ on, bottom right corner. Enjoy!

FOOD IN SPACE

Did you know Astronauts lose weight in Space? That they crave spicier foods? That lettuce could be the currency? Meet microgravity plant scientist and alchemist of light, Matt Mickens, who researches unconventional methods for the unique challenge of growing plants in space. Discover how Matt uses light to influence plant growth, shape, and even taste. Bon Appétit!

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"Plants of the Future"

NASA Edition

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"Quiet. Scientists in the Classroom"

NASA Edition

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"The Martian Potatoes"

NASA Edition

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"The Alchemist of Light Recipes"

NASA Edition

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"Wholly Lettuce!"

NASA Edition

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"Crops From Gateway to Mars"

NASA Edition

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"Teatime Triptych"

NASA Edition

Your mission: hover your 🖱 over the card and turn the ♫ on, bottom right corner. Enjoy!

GOES-U LAUNCH!

Experience the launch of the GOES-U satellite from an insider's view. Beginning with an 80% chance of being scratched, the mission came through! NOAA's Satellite GOES-U spacecraft successfully lifted off at 5:26 p.m. EDT, June 25, 2024, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-U is the final in the GOES-R lore, and will help us face Earth's weather, and space, like never before.

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"The Crawler"

NOAA GOES-U NASA Edition

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"T-1"

NOAA GOES-U NASA Edition

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"One-and-Two Chance"

NOAA GOES-U NASA Edition

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"Lift off for Goes GOES-U"

NOAA GOES-U NASA Edition

LAUNCH

WILD CREDITS

"THE WILD SPACE CARDS"

Conceived, Filmed, Designed, Written, Edited by NATASHA TSAKOS

 

Featuring (in order of appearance)

 

NOAA

 

KENNETH E. GRAHAM, Director of NOAA's National Weather Service

GOES-U SOCIAL PANEL

 

ELLEN RAMIREZ, Deputy Division Chief, Mission Operations Division, NOAA

DAKOTA SMITH, Satellite Analyst And Communicator, NOAA

JADE ZSIROS, Mission Telemetry Engineer, Launch Services Program, NASA

ALLANA NEPOMUCENO, Goes-U Atlo Senior Manager, Lockheed Martin

CHRIS REITH ABI PROGRAM MANAGER, L3 Harris Technologies

 

NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER

BARRY BOHNSACK, Orion Spacecraft Manufacturing Support, Lockheed Martin

MATTHEW WITTAL, AST Automation and Robotics Systems, NASA

MATTHEW MICKENS, NASA Horticulturalist

JOHN GILES, Engineering Operations Manager for Development and Operations NASA

MARK BURGER, Launch Weather Officer, 45th Weather Squadron


 

NASA SOCIAL

MATINA DOUZENIS, Communications Strategist, NASA

MADISON TUTTLE, Public Affairs Specialist, NASA

The Cohort

KATIE NICKOLAOU @weather_katie

NICOLE CHASE @neurogirl07

CAMERON SCHWARTZ  @nyoom.cameron

SAM SHEFFER @samsheffer

AMY ELY @amydylely

BLYTHE BRUMLEVE @blythebrum

SOFIE BATES @nasaearth @nasaclimatechange

LAURA @lau_luna__

SAMANTHA PONZILLO @samanthaponzillo

SHARIFE GACEL @anubis_the_greyt

 

And

ROB MAYEDA @rmaywx, ANDREW MCCARTHY @cosmic_background, TREVOR HICKS @trevor_ryan7, KEON GIBSON @keongibson, SK PHOTOGRAPHY @skphoto1045, ADAM WALTERS @englishtreetv, JULIE MIZUKI @tokyofog, BILL @vegasbill, JADE BOUDREAUX @never.norminal

ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE

NASA

CREDITS

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Watch the full movie of Wild Cards or skim☝︎the bottom to get to a specific card!

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