The NASA Science Archive was founded in 1975 as a repository for the science videos that are continuously being created as part of the NASA outreach program. It is our mission to provide entertaining, educational, and useful videos for students of all ages. The NASA digital archive is meant to be a useful resource for teachers, with video topics encompassing scientific concepts ranging from weather and the environment to the exploration of space.
The archive’s video collection is comprised of hundreds of short films dating from the 1970s through the present time. We are continuously producing and adding new videos to the collection as new and relevant topics of research arise.
The current director of the NASA Science Archive, Andrew Rackham, is a planetary scientist and a former professor specializing in outer planets research at Cambridge University. He is in his eighth year of tenure as director.
Hours of Operation
The NASA Science Archive is open from 9 – 6 Monday through Friday, and 10 – 5 on Saturdays. School groups are welcome to visit so long as they provide advance notice. Movies are shown in the theatre each day at 10:30, noon, 2:00, and 4:30.
Please visit our gift shop to purchase fun and educational scientific toys, books, and posters!
Recent Additions to our Video Collection
We are proud to announce the addition of three new collections to the archive. Their acquisition would not have been possible without generous funding from the Planetary Sciences Institute, the Biology Department at the University of Toronto, and the Smithsonian Institution.
- Space: The Final Frontier
- Exploration of Flight
- Endangered Habitats
- Profiles of Women Scientists
In celebration of these new collections, the archive will be presenting a lecture series given by some of the most prominent scientists in the field. For more information, please see the ‘News’ section of our Web site.
“Inspiring Scientific Inquiry in the Scientists of Tomorrow.”
