This video explains the Magnus Effect which describes how spin effects moving objects. The importance of the Magnus Effect extends from the effect of spin on a ball to some travel applications.

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How do you slow test technologies to slow down spacecraft before they land on Mars? NASA created an “outdoor wind tunnel” in the desert to test their ideas.

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How do you test a giant parachute designed to land a rover on Mars? This NASA test involved a helicopter, a one-kilometer-long rope, and a rocket sled!

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This video from Science Friday explains the history and physics of badminton.

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On June 13, 2013, the AeroVelo team and their Atlas aircraft set a world record for human-powered flight.

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In a little more than a century, aviation has gone from a 12-second flight above the dunes of North Carolina to millions of people and millions of tons of cargo moving across the globe every day. Learn about how things fly and the impacts that aviation has on our lives.

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Drag can hurt a racers speed and fuel efficiency. Learn about drag and how engineers deal with it when designing cars.

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On August 5, 2012, NASA will land its latest robotic exploration craft, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity, in the Gale Crater on the surface of Mars. This video shows how they plan to do it.

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Learn about the physics of football and why the the size of the ball is so important!

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Ever wish you could leap off a building and fly? A group of skydivers and BASE jumpers do just that in the sport of wingsuit jumping.

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