Category: Space

  Bienvenidos a Universo Curioso de la NASA. Nuestro universo es un lugar salvaje y maravilloso. Acerca de este episodio Nos estamos preparando para volver a la Luna, esta vez para quedarnos. Artemis I, una demostración de tecnología que también permitirá llevar a cabo investigaciones científicas en el espacio profundo, inaugurará una nueva era de la exploración espacial. Abrirá las compuertas a futuras misiones que llevarán a la primera mujer y a la primera persona de color a la superficie lunar, y nos acercarán al próximo destino: Marte. [Song: Luminous Underscore by Opus] Ivette Rivera Aponte El ser humano…

Transcript Announcer: Firing chain is armed, sound suppression water system is armed. Ten remaining to start – Eight, seven, six, five four… [0:16] Narrator:Rockets use an explosive mix of chemicals to propel spacecraft and satellites off the surface of our planet. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center has many ways to prevent the launchpad from igniting, including using millions of gallons of water that both prevent flames from spreading and muffle the powerful sound waves of lift-off. (sound FX: rocket launch) One place you never want to see fire is inside a space vehicle. The International Space Station, or ISS, has…

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 388, NASA and Axiom Space’s mission managers discuss how they work together to enable private astronaut missions ahead of Axiom Mission 4’s launch. 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 388, private astronaut…

Joshua Santora: Most of the time, we launch rockets with the pointy end up. Sometimes, we strap rockets to the belly of commercial airliners and drop them over the ocean. 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: As we’re recording this, we’re in the throes of the launch campaign for the Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON. We’ll get back to the science of the mission in a few minutes, but first we wanted to take some time to talk…

NARRATOR This week, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program Satellite-6 is scheduled to launch from Florida’s space coast, ascending to orbit in the fairing of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The spacecraft contains — among other things — a revolutionary space communications demonstration, the culmination of decades of research and technology investments in optical communications: NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, or LCRD. Over five episodes, this podcast will explain LCRD’s mission and vision, overview the design of the LCRD space and ground systems, and highlight the future of the optical communications technologies this mission is proving…

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 Oct. 11, 2018, we talk about exploring the Moon with robots, NASA’s 60th anniversary and more! Video with captions: Source link

A spacecraft is about to begin its journey to crash into an asteroid on purpose. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test Mission, or DART, will deliberately impact a small asteroid called Dimorphos to deflect its orbit around a bigger object, Didymos. While this system presents no danger to Earth, an asteroid the size of Dimorphos would cause regional devastation if it hit our planet. DART will demonstrate a potential method of protecting Earth from hazards in the future. Nancy Chabot, planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has the details. She also discusses searching for meteorites in…

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dartuniversocurioso-1.mp3 ¡Escucha aquí!   Bienvenidos a Universo Curioso de la NASA Nuestro universo es un lugar salvaje y maravilloso. Acerca de este episodio Los asteroides son una pieza esencial para entender el rompecabezas de nuestros orígenes, la formación de nuestro sistema solar, y el nacimiento de los océanos que sustentan la vida como la conocemos. También son clave en nuestros esfuerzos para proteger esa vida en la Tierra. En este episodio, exploramos estas rocas espaciales y el éxito de la misión de defensa planetaria DART, la primera en cambiar el curso de un asteroide. Transcripción del episodio: [Música: The…

Transcript (sound FX: crunch of footsteps on rocks, wind) [0:04] Narrator: About fifteen years ago, geology student Abigail Allwood was hiking around the red rocks of Northwestern Australia, in a rugged region known as the Pilbara. This part of Australia has some of the most ancient rocks in the world, dating back between two and three-and-a-half billion years. Finding rocks this old on Earth is exceedingly rare, because our planet’s surface is always in flux, and over our planet’s lifespan, most rocks have been recycled — a slow but violent process in which buried rocks become compressed, heated and…

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,…

Joshua Santora: Rockets are dangerous. And before we strap our star sailors in, we need to know there is a proven escape plan. 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: Both of our commercial crew program partners, Boeing and SpaceX, are busy getting ready to transport humans safely to and from the International Space Station. But I managed to get a few minutes with a couple folks who provided some insight on critical test flights that are just around…

NARRATOR Today, Tuesday, December 7, 2021, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program Satellite-6 launched from Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s space coast. The spacecraft ascended to orbit in the faring of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The spacecraft contains — among other things — a revolutionary space communications demonstration, the culmination of decades of research and technology investments in optical communications: the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, or LCRD. I’m Danny Baird. This is “The Invisible Network.” In this first episode of a five-part series about LCRD, NASA’s latest optical communications demo, we’ll overview the basics of…

A conversation with Linda Jensen, associate director for Workforce Culture and Engagement and Kerry Zarchi, the branch chief for Entry Systems and Vehicle Development and also the acting branch chief for Aerothermodynamics. Both are at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. Transcript Matthew Buffington:You are listening to what was the NASA in Silicon Valley podcast. Recently, the podcast has evolved into NASA in Silicon Valley Live, a conversational live, video show where, as always, we talk to the various scientists, engineers, researchers and all-around cool people at NASA. For the original podcast, we had a new 30-minute episode…

NASA is about to launch a new spacecraft to look at the universe in X-ray light. The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer, IXPE, will look at extreme objects such as black holes, neutron stars, and supernovae, asking fundamental questions about how high-energy light gets produced. The mission’s principal investigator, Martin Weisskopf, based at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, has been studying these objects for more than 40 years with other telescopes including the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. He discusses some of the fascinating objects Chandra has looked at, and what IXPE may soon reveal about them. Jim Green:To reveal important secrets…

Suscríbete vía Google Podcasts [Música Enchanted Scene, por Daniel Backes y Peter Moslener] HOST NOELIA GONZÁLEZ: ¡Bienvenidos a la temporada piloto completa de Universo curioso de la NASA! Acompáñanos cada semana mientras traemos a la Tierra muestras espaciales, nos sumergimos en nuestros océanos cambiantes, aprendemos qué le sucede al cuerpo humano en el espacio, investigamos nuestra estrella favorita y buscamos vida en el universo. Roser Juanola Parramon Esta es la pregunta del millón, si estamos solos o no. ¿Lo sabemos ahora mismo? No. Estamos trabajando para poder tener los instrumentos y los telescopios necesarios para poder responder a esta…

Transcript (Voyager Golden Record greetings)French: “Hello everybody”Hindi: “Greetings from the inhabitants of this world.”Hebrew: “Peace.” [0:08] Narrator: The Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft left our planet 43 years ago, and they both carry something unique, something no other spacecraft has ever had. Affixed to their sides is a phonograph record, made of copper and coated in gold to keep it from interfering with spacecraft electronics. The identical Golden Records contain greetings from Earth in 55 languages, from Arabic: (Voyager Golden Record greetings: Arabic) “Greetings to our friends in the stars. We wish that we will meet you someday.”…

Episode description:  Take a deep breath, and you’re inhaling oxygen from Earth’s atmosphere. Take a walk outside, and the atmosphere is shielding you from harmful radiation. NASA research provides crucial data to understand air quality and the intricate processes happening in the sky above us. In this episode, hear the inside story of NASA’s research into the ozone layer. Left unchecked, our reliance on ozone-depleting chemicals threatened to expose the entire planet to dangerous UV radiation. We’ll also fly along with Laura Judd, a NASA scientist studying air quality in the U.S. and around the world.    [Music: Curiosity…

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 390, two NASA experts talk about Exploration Park, a research facility near Johnson Space Center will enable collaboration with the agency on space hardware development. This episode was recorded April 24, 2025. Transcript Kenna Pell (Host) Houston, we have a podcast! Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, episode…

NASA has selected CACI, Inc. of Chantilly, Virginia, to maintain and improve IT services across the agency. The NASA Consolidated Applications and Platform Services (NCAPS) award is a hybrid firm-fixed price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity provision and a maximum potential value of about $2 billion. The performance period will extend eight years with a 90-day phase-in period, followed by a base period, seven option periods, and a six-month extension period. The NCAPS award will provide a comprehensive enterprise solution to standardize and centralize NASA’s IT services. This includes the maintenance of IT systems, development of…

Gennaro Caliendo:We will ultimately make sure the vehicle is safe to fly crews. The difference is where we draw the line between us and the commercial partner. Joshua Santora:Commercial and government partnerships and contracts might not sound that fascinating, but when we’re talking about certifying Boeing Starliner to carry humans to space, the challenges and complexities become a whole lot more interesting. Next on the Rocket Ranch. Launch Countdown Sequence: EGS Program chief engineer verifying no constraints to launch. Three, two, one, and lift off. Welcome to space. [ Music ] Joshua Santora:We’ll hear from the certification lead for…

NARRATOR Working from home over the past year or so, I’ve never been more aware of the importance of my high-speed internet connection. Most of the time, I enjoy a reasonably fast, fiber-optic connection, which allows me unfettered access to the files and systems I need to do my work. If I need to upload a large video file to a server or download a slide deck full of high-resolution images, I usually have no trouble logging into NASA’s virtual private network and getting the job done. Having just turned 30, I’m not so young that I don’t appreciate…

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 Oct. 25, 2018, we host our first-ever NASA-themed Halloween costume and cosplay contest! Video with captions: Source link

Climate change is one of the most important issues facing our planet, and NASA has lots of space missions and programs in the works to monitor and understand its drivers and effects. Kate Calvin, NASA’s new chief scientist, is also the agency’s senior climate advisor. In this episode, Kate previews upcoming Earth science missions and discusses cutting-edge research endeavors to explore climate change. Jim Green:The Earth’s climate is changing. And NASA is making key observations to see what it’s all about. Kate Calvin: Climate change is about more than just changes in temperature. There’s a whole host of other…

Suscríbete vía Google Podcasts [Música Hands of Time, por Whittaker-Gilbey] Laura Delgado López Las misiones de retorno son sumamente importantes porque, a pesar de las capacidades tecnológicas tan avanzadas que tenemos siguen siendo limitadas. Porque no es lo mismo tener un pedacito de, por ejemplo, de Marte o de un asteroide o de otra parte del universo, y poder examinarlas con la profundidad y con el detalle y con las tecnologías que tenemos disponibles aquí en la Tierra. [Música Violetta, por Bennett] HOST NOELIA GONZÁLEZ: Bienvenidos a Universo curioso de la NASA, en donde te invitamos a explorar el…