Category: Space

[ Mid-tempo music plays ] [ Bird cries ] Joshua Santora:Fifty years ago, NASA was on the precipice of mankind’s most historic small steps. Woman: EGS Program Chief Engineer verify no constraints to launch. Man: 3, 2, 1, and liftoff! Man #2: Welcome to space. Joshua Santora: Today we take you inside the control room and onto the ocean during the Apollo 11 mission. We’re taking a look back at the work done here on Earth to ensure our heroic astronauts succeeded on mankind’s most daring adventure. In a few minutes, we’ll hear from Milt Heflin and Melissa Jones…

NARRATOR NASA has long relied on commercial industry for critical space communications and navigation services and support. Government-owned, contractor-operated infrastructure was fundamental to the success of the agency’s earliest missions. Commercial partnerships have provided NASA with the workforce needed to operate a global network of ground stations, to upgrade and maintain their antennas, and to build the telecommunications satellites that support missions like the International Space Station. Today, in a paradigm shift that seeks to help nurture the U.S. space economy, NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program, or SCaN, is embracing commercialization even further. NASA plans to rely primarily…

A conversation with the leadership of NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, Center Director Eugene Tu and Deputy Center Director Carol Carroll. Transcript Host (Matthew Buffington):You are listening to the 100th episode of the NASA in Silicon Valley podcast! And by a fortuitous aligning of the sun and Earth – today, July 20, is also the anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landing on the Moon. In fact, if you listen to this podcast at roughly 8 p.m. Pacific time, you are right at the anniversary of the famous, “That’s one small step for a man, one…

Janelle Wellons likes to say that she operates “fancy space cameras.” At NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, she creates commands that allow spacecraft to take valuable scientific data in our solar system and here at planet Earth. She also monitors the health of spacecraft, like a space robot doctor. She has worked on the Cassini mission to Saturn, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Sentinel-6/Michael Freilich, and more.In this episode, she reflects on her experiences at JPL and why outreach and diversity and inclusion efforts are so important. Jim Green:Every spacecraft that NASA builds is so unique, whether they orbit Saturn or…

Transcript (sound FX: wind, snowmobiles) [0:04] Narrator:For the past several years, a team of NASA scientists has been trekking to the farthest reaches north and south on a unique mission. A video, made in 2015 about one such trip, features JPL technologist Dan Berisford. Dan Berisford:Here we’re just taking an expedition out to a northern Arctic lake, up near the northernmost point in Alaska. So we’re driving on snow machines, out to take our robot underneath the ice. Narrator: “A robot under ice” may sound like a futuristic cocktail, but it’s actually part of a goal to explore icy…

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 385, two NASA project managers discuss how astronauts will drive on the lunar surface during future Moon missions. This episode was recorded April 28, 2025. Transcript Nilufar Ramji Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Episode 385, Commercial and International Lunar Rovers. I’m Nilufar Ramji, and…

Jon Cowart:One good test is worth a thousand expert opinions. Joshua Santora: You could say we got 1000 expert opinions on the Orion Launch Abort System on July 2. Next on the Rocket Ranch. [intro music] Joshua Santora We are combing through the second, incredibly successful test of the Orion Launch Abort System that happened last month and we had a chance to sit down with Carlos Garcia, the lead for that launch abort system. But first, we caught up with a bit of a test flight expert, Jon Cowart, to learn more about test flights in general. Alright,…

NARRATOR A lunar scientist surveys a dusty crater near the Moon’s South Pole. She’s one of a new generation of astronauts establishing a sustained presence on the Moon as part of the Artemis missions. 92 million miles away, a solar flare erupts from the Sun, sending harsh radiation through the void, hurtling towards the astronaut at the speed of light. She would be in danger, were it not for space communications. You see – a spacecraft identified that spike in solar activity. That data flowed through NASA’s networks, quickly finding its way to the astronaut, warning her to seek…

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 Aug. 30, 2018, we talk with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and hear from scientists advancing the search for life beyond Earth by exploring an alien world deep in Earth’s ocean. Video with captions: Source link

The planets of our solar system didn’t have such stable orbits a few billion years ago. The giant outer planets moved around chaotically in their orbits, and Uranus and Neptune may have even switched places. To get a more complete understanding of the full history of our solar system, NASA is sending a spacecraft called Lucy to investigate the Trojans, mysterious small objects that share an orbit of the Sun with Jupiter. Principal investigator Hal Levison of the Southwest Research Institute’s branch in Boulder, Colorado, discusses this exciting mission, launching Oct. 16, 2021. Learn more about the Lucy mission…

BEGOÑA VILA: Nunca se ha visto al universo como lo va a ver el James Webb. HOST NOELIA GONZALEZ: Bienvenidos a Curious Universe, el Universo Curioso de la NASA. HOST NOELIA GONZALEZ: En solo unos días, podrás escuchar nuestro primer episodio en español, en donde exploraremos el telescopio espacial más grande, complejo y poderoso jamás construido. HOST NOELIA GONZALEZ: Conversaremos con dos miembros hispanos de esta misión histórica sobre la compleja ingeniería de Webb y los desafíos de colocarlo en el espacio; y sobre la ciencia que este telescopio hará posible para ayudarnos a entender mejor el universo y…

Transcript (music) [0:06] Narrator: You could say that NASA came out of thin air. NASA’s roots are in aeronautics, the study of how objects move through air. In 1915, the United States government formed the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or NACA to develop airplane technology for World War I. For more than 40 years, NACA aeronautic research and experiments led to ever-more advanced planes, including ones that could fly supersonically – faster than sound. As we sought ways to go ever faster and higher, and even fly beyond Earth’s atmosphere and travel to the Moon, NACA evolved into…

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 386, two NASA experts discuss an experiment that will further our understanding of flame behavior on the lunar surface to keep astronauts safe. This episode was recorded May 9, 2025. Transcript Gary Jordan Houston, We Have a Podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, episode 386, Moon Material…

Joshua Santora: Every member of the NASA team is critical to our success, even if they’re still finishing school. Next on the “Rocket Ranch.” Launch Countdown Sequence: EGS Program Chief Engineer, verify no constraints to launch. 3, 2, 1, and lift-off. Welcome to space. Joshua Santora: Today I’m in the booth with two summer interns that we rounded up. We thought it would be fun to catch them during their first week and get some first impressions. So, I am here now with Amber George and Peter Henson. Thank you all for joining me. Amber George: Thank you for…

NARRATOR Interns are empowering the next generation of NASA innovation. The Space Communications and Navigation program, or SCaN, at NASA Headquarters in Washington oversees much of NASA’s communications and navigation infrastructure and technology development portfolio. They also take responsibility for developing the future communications and navigation workforce, growing the skills of the young innovators who will support NASA, industry, and academia well into the future. The crown jewel of SCaN’s workforce development efforts is the SCaN Internship Project, or SIP, which connects students with NASA mentors to perform work of real benefit to the agency. SIP provides supplementary events…

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 Sept. 13, 2018, we talk about studying life in space. Plus, we share some genius space hacks for doing life science research on Earth and aboard the International Space Station. Video with captions: Source link

Our Sun lights up the solar system, but it’s as not calm or predictable as it may seem. Flares and explosions called coronal mass ejections unleash fast-moving particles and radiation that pose dangers to spacecraft and astronauts alike. Yaireska Collado-Vega leads a team at NASA’s Goddard Spacecraft Center that is studying the solar weather environment so that robots and people exploring space can be protected. In this episode of Gravity Assist, she describes the excitement and challenges of understanding space weather, and how she got to be a NASA scientist. Jim Green:When we look into space, it looks black…

Bienvenidos a Universo Curioso de la NASA Nuestro universo es un lugar salvaje y maravilloso y, en este podcast, ¡la NASA es tu guía turística a las estrellas! Acerca de este episodio En el primer episodio en español de la NASA, te presentamos al telescopio espacial James Webb, el más grande, complejo y poderoso jamás construido. Webb abrirá una nueva ventana al cosmos, desde donde veremos estrellas, galaxias, planetas y otros objetos como nunca antes. En este episodio nos enfocamos en la ciencia que Webb hará posible para ayudarnos a entender mejor el universo y nuestro lugar en él.…

Transcript (music) ABC news report, Hurricane Laura, Aug 26, 2020Reporter:We’ve been watching here as this hurricane grows in strength, now upgraded to a Cat 4. And just look at the size and scope of this hurricane, these images from the International Space Station. It is 400 miles across… [0:13] Narrator: It seems like there’s always a storm somewhere in the world. ABC news report, continuedReporter:Hurricane Laura speeding towards the Gulf Coast, Texas and Louisiana, emergency evacuations… CNN news report, Super Cyclone Amphan, May 19, 2020Reporter:…people are evacuating along the India-Bangladesh border, they’re trying to get to safety ahead of…

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 387, a NASA Flight Director and Capsule Communicator, or CAPCOM, discuss their roles and journeys to some of the most recognizable positions in Mission Control. This episode was recorded December 18, 2024. Transcript Leah Cheshier Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, episode 387,…

Amanda Mitskevich: We just had a new name get attributed to us, and it’s called the Jedi Masters of Launchery. Launch Countdown Sequence: EGS Program Chief Engineer, verify no constraints to launch. 3, 2, 1, and lift-off. Welcome to space. Joshua Santora: For over 20 years, NASA’s Launch Services Program has been the workhorse of uncrewed spaceflight, enabling exploration of Pluto, the sun, the Earth, and other worlds, next on the “Rocket Ranch.” Alright, I am here in the booth now with Amanda — correct me if I get this wrong, I’m sorry — Mitskevich? Amanda Mitskevich: Mitskevich. Joshua…

JOHN GLENN(Friendship 7) Roger. Reading you loud and clear! COMMENTATOR(Apollo 11) Ignition sequence starts. 6. 5. 4. NEIL ARMSTRONG(Apollo 11) That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. NARRATOR Hello and happy International Podcast Day! Thank you for joining “The Invisible Network,” NASA’s space communications and navigation podcast. We’ve got some exciting things coming up, including seasons about NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, which will showcase high data rate optical communications technologies, and NASA’s Deep Space Network, which keeps scientists on Earth connected to far off missions at places like Mars or Jupiter. In the…

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 Sept. 27, 2018, we talk about space video games, exploring deep space and more. Video with captions: Source link

As NASA prepares to send astronauts to the Moon through the Artemis program, engineers are working on technologies that will give these explorers power – solar power, that is. In space, the harsh radiation and huge temperature changes make for a challenging environment.Lyndsey McMillon-Brown at NASA’s Glenn Research Center leads a study of solar cells made from a material called perovskite. This material has the potential to help power lunar habitats one day. Learn about this innovation andLyndsey’sjourney to NASA. Jim Green: We get energy here on Earth in many different ways, such as using the Sun with solar…