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NASA in Silicon Valley Live is a talk show that features conversations with scientists, researchers, engineers and all-around cool people who work at NASA to push the boundaries of innovation. In this episode streamed on Dec. 6, 2018, we talk about SOFIA, the world’s largest flying telescope, and the history of airborne astronomy.
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Audio collage begins. STEVE WALDHERR I’m the first point of contact for anybody wanting to use DSN… KRIS ANGKASA Ultimately, we ensure that the DSN requirements for a specific project or a specific mission are met. STEVE WALDHERR And the [facial] expression of the principal investigator, when they opened up the capsule was just worth it all: like a kid in a candy shop. KATHLEEN HARMON They’re the first spacecraft that humans have tracked that have actually left our solar system, gone into interstellar space, and – believe it or not – we can still talk to them. To…
As part of NASA’s efforts to expand commercial resupply in low Earth orbit, Sierra Space’s uncrewed spaceplane arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of its first flight to the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser spaceplane, named Tenacity, arrived at Kennedy on May 18 inside a climate-controlled transportation container from NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, and joined its companion Shooting Star cargo module, which arrived on May 11. Before arriving at Kennedy, the spaceplane and its cargo module underwent vibration testing atop the world’s highest capacity and most powerful spacecraft shaker system inside the agency’s…
From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers who make it possible. On episode 398, acting vehicle integration office manager for NASA’s Orion Program Chris Edelen discusses the spacecraft that will carry astronauts around the Moon on Artemis II. This episode was recorded August 6, 2025. Transcript Kenna Pell Houston, We Have a Podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, Episode 398:…