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[Música: Return to the Moon, por Dehlinger] HOST NOELIA GONZÁLEZ: Era agosto de 1972. Solo unos años atrás, la humanidad había pisado la superficie lunar por primera vez.   [Audio de archivo del astronauta Neil Armstrong: “Este es un pequeño paso para un hombre, un gran salto para la humanidad”]  HOST NOELIA GONZÁLEZ: Pocos meses antes de que la NASA lanzara Apolo 17, la misión que cerraría la era de vuelos tripulados a la Luna por décadas, algo ocurría en el Sol.   [Sonido de llamaradas solares]  HOST NOELIA GONZÁLEZ: A 150 millones de kilómetros, nuestra estrella estaba repleta de manchas…

Andres Almeida (Host): There’s a program at NASA that taps into the power of the public to solve some of the toughest problems in space exploration. It’s called Centennial Challenges, a prize competition that has awarded more than $24 million to hundreds of people ranging from academics, startup founders, small business owners, and independent inventors from across the U.S. and 86 countries.  For 20 years, these prize competitions have opened the door for teams to bring bold ideas to NASA. In some cases, these ideas spin off into real technologies shaping missions today, like 3D-printed habitats, robotics, and sustainable…

Transcript CBS news report:CBS television presents a special report on Sputnik 1, the Soviet space satellite. Douglas Edwards reporting… [0:09] Narrator:The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union began with Sputnik 1, the first satellite to orbit the Earth, in October 1957. The U.S. quickly responded with the satellite Explorer 1. News Announcer:Meanwhile, far across the country at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a sprawling 80-acre research and development complex in Pasadena California, scientists and engineers were racing toward the same deadline, 90 days to put a satellite into orbit… Narrator:Just a few years later, in 1961,…

Episode description:   In the space between stars, dark clouds of gas, dust, and ice mingle in a chemical laboratory unlike any on Earth. Ewine van Dishoeck, an astronomer who studies molecules in space and who helped develop an instrument aboard NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, explains how Webb is revealing new details about the formation of stars and planets. This research could help unlock a key question about Earth: how did our planet end up with water and the ingredients for life?   [Music: Curiosity by SYSTEM Sounds]  HOST JACOB PINTER: You’re listening to NASA’s Curious Universe. I’m your host, Jacob…