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Houston We Have a Podcast: Infamous Meteorites
Dr. Duck Mittlefehldt, Planetary Scientist, talks about some curious findings in meteorites and the adventures endured to procure them. HWHAP Episode 30.
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Houston We Have a Podcast: Be a NASA Astronaut
NASA astronaut Kayla Barron and Anne Roemer, astronaut selection manager, deep dive into the astronaut selection process and astronaut candidate training while taking questions from social media during a live broadcast on March 6, 2020....
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Webb Telescope Milestone: Completion of Telescope Element
Thousands of people, for almost two decades, accomplished the construction of the telescope element of the largest space telescope ever created. The optical and science segment of the James Webb Space Telescope stands complete in one of...
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NASA’s NICER Finds X-ray Boosts in the Crab Pulsar’s Radio Bursts
Scientists using data from NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) telescope on the International Space Station have discovered X-ray surges accompanying radio bursts from the pulsar in the Crab Nebula. The finding...
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NASA | Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of Our Planet
Our planet is a beautiful and awesome place. In a new video, join NASA scientists on a 40-minute visual tour of Earth from space, presented at the IMAX Theater at National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. on September 10. “Vital...
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NASA | Supercomputing the Climate
Goddard Space Flight Center is the home of a state-of-the-art supercomputing facility called the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) that is capable of running highly complex models to help scientists better understand Earth's...
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NASA Missions Unveil Magnetar Eruptions in Nearby Galaxies
On April 15, a brief burst of high-energy light swept through the solar system, triggering instruments on many NASA missions. Now, multiple international science teams conclude that the blast came from a supermagnetized stellar remnant...
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Hubble finds a Black Hole Igniting Star Formation in a Dwarf Galaxy
Black holes are often described as the monsters of the universe—tearing apart stars, consuming anything that comes too close, and holding light captive. Detailed evidence from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, however, shows a black hole in...
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The Rocket Ranch: Episode 2: Some Like it Hot
Even though our Sun shines bright in the sky, it is shrouded in mystery. In this episode, we'll sit down with scientists working to get us closer to the Sun than ever before.
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NASA in Silicon Valley: Doug Caldwell Talks About the Data Pipeline for the TESS Mission
A conversation with Doug Caldwell, instrument scientist for the Kepler Space Telescope, and who’s now working on NASA’s next planet-hunting mission— the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite or TESS.
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NASA in Silicon Valley: Susan Thompson Talks About Creating Kepler Planet Catalogs
A conversation with Susan Thompson, Kepler research scientist for the SETI Institute at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
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NASA in Silicon Valley: Nettie Roozeboom Talks About Designing And Testing Future NASA Aircraft And Spacecraft
A conversation with Nettie Roozeboom, aerospace engineer in the Wind Tunnel Division at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
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NASA in Silicon Valley: "Kitchen Smoke" Molecules in Nebula: NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast
A news feature from NASA’s SOFIA mission originally posted on August 16, 2016.
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Gravity Assist: Planetary Defense and Oumuamua with Kelly Fast
NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green sits down with Dr. Kelly Fast, a planetary astronomer to discuss planetary defense and Oumuamua.
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Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 54, Astrophysics Pioneers Program Small Steps, Giant Leaps
NASA Astrophysicist and Pioneers Program Lead Scientist Michael Garcia discusses the new program’s first mission concepts selected for further development.
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Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 78, Engineering Best Practices – Part 1 Small Steps, Giant Leaps
NASA Chief Engineer Ralph Roe discusses engineering best practices.
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Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 57, Shuttle Program Closeout Complexities Small Steps, Giant Leaps
NASA's Johnny Nguyen discusses insight gained through closeout of the Space Shuttle Program.
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Houston We Have a Podcast: Moon Deliveries
Chris Culbert and Camille Alleyne, project manager and deputy project manager, respectively, for the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative explain how NASA will use commercially built and operated landers from American companies...
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Houston We Have a Podcast: Launch America
Kathy Lueders, Manager of the Commercial Crew Program, gives us a brief history of the program, how it started, and where it is now. Leuders talks about the 2 commercial companies, Boeing and SpaceX, and their space vehicles that will...
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NASA in Silicon Valley: NASA in Silicon Valley Live - Searching for Life Beyond Earth
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.
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NASA in Silicon Valley: Jose Benavides Talks About NASA's Star Wars-inspired Robots Aboard The International Space Station
A conversation with Jose Benavides, engineer with the Advanced Control and Evolvable Systems Group in the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
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NASA in Silicon Valley: Brian Day Talks About Tracking Fireballs
A conversation with Brian Day, the Director of Communication and Citizen Science for NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute.
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Gravity Assist: Lucy and the Space Fossils, with Hal Levison
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...
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Houston We Have a Podcast: Soyuz Landing
Hear a behind-the-scenes narrative into the operational intricacies of a 2018 Soyuz landing and the choreography of personnel, vehicles, and more when recovering the astronauts and cosmonauts returning to Earth from the International...