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NASA in Silicon Valley Live is a live show streamed on Twitch.tv that features conversations with the various researchers, scientists, engineers and all around cool people who work at NASA to push the boundaries of innovation. In this episode live streamed on January 26, 2018, we explore autonomy, or “self-driving” technologies with Terry Fong, NASA chief roboticist, and Diana Acosta, technical lead for autonomous systems and robotics.
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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 389, a NASA aircraft operations expert discusses the aviation history and work being done at Ellington Field in Houston as a training ground for astronauts. This episode was recorded April 25, 2025. Transcript Courtney Beasley Houston, We Have a Podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center. Episode 389,…
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 377, Three flight controllers from NASA’s Mission Control Center discuss their roles and how they monitor and maintain a healthy crew aboard the International Space Station. This episode was recorded December 17, 2024. Transcript Nilufar Ramji (Host) Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Episode 377, Mission…
NARRATOR When Emma Nutt arrived at Edwin Holmes Telephone Despatch Company in Boston on Sept. 1, 1878, she became the first female telephone operator. Hours later, her sister Stella followed in her footsteps. Until then, teenaged boys worked the switchboards, large banks of metallic ports that connected users through the earliest telephone networks. These switchboards advanced the telephone from a direct link between two users to a network of interconnected subscribers who connect to each other through a central hub. But, sources report that the boys hired to run the earliest switchboards were notoriously rude and occasionally profane. Immature…