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Houston We Have a Podcast: DNA Sequencing
Dr. Sarah Wallace talks about her instrumental role in sequencing DNA for the very first time in space. DNA sequencing can be used for things in space from monitoring the crew members' health to identifying microbes, and potentially...
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Gravity Assist: A New Set of X-Ray Eyes is Launching, with Martin Weisskopf
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...
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Houston We Have a Podcast: Artificial Gravity
Bill Paloski, former director of the Human Research Program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, explores the idea of artificial gravity within a spacecraft for long-duration missions and explains how it may affect the human body from what we...
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NASA in Silicon Valley: Halloween Costume and Cosplay Contest
In this episode streamed on Oct. 24, 2019, we host our second annual NASA-themed Halloween costume and cosplay contest!
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NASA in Silicon Valley: NASA in Silicon Valley Live - Holiday Unboxing
In this episode streamed on Dec. 20, 2018, we get into the holiday spirit with a special holiday unboxing episode, where we showcase some of the amazing gifts NASA’s Ames Research Center has contributed to the agency’s mission of...
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Houston We Have a Podcast: Hazard 1: Radiation
Dr. Zarana Patel, a portfolio lead scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center, is responsible for management and scientific oversight of degenerative tissue risk of space radiation. This is part one of a five-part series on the hazards of...
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Houston We Have a Podcast: The James Webb Space Telescope
Jonathan Homan, Project Manager for Webb's Chamber A Testing, talks about how the James Webb Space Telescope has been designed, built, and tested, especially in the vacuum chamber here at the Johnson Space Center. He also describes what...
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Houston We Have a Podcast: Hazard 4: Gravity
Dr. Peter Norsk, Senior Research Director and Element Scientist at Baylor College of Medicine based here at NASA, describes the hazard of altered gravity fields and its effects on the human body. This is part four of a five-part series...
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NASA in Silicon Valley: Marianne Sowa and Jack Miller Discuss Radiation Science Using GeneLab
A conversation with and Marianne Sowa, branch chief of the Space Biosciences Research branch at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, and Jack Miller, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, about radiation science using GeneLab.
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Gravity Assist: Freaky Physics on the Space Station, with Ethan Elliott
The laws of physics get very, very weird in the realm of particles too small for the eye to see. Aboard the International Space Station, an experiment called the Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) is exploring how the universe works .
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Houston We Have a Podcast: Hazard 5: Environments
Dr. Brian Crucian, a biological studies and immunology expert, discusses the hazard of hostile and closed environments in space. Crucian serves as the principal investigator for a NASA functional immune study. This is part five of the...
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Houston We Have a Podcast: How NASA Communicates Space
NASA communicators describe the various ways that the agency connects with mass audiences. HWHAP Episode 233.
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Houston We Have a Podcast: Plants in Space
Botany experts Gioia Massa and Anna-Lisa Paul discuss how plants in space and the research being conducted on the International Space Station are key to the future of sustainable human space exploration. HWHAP Episode 172.
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NASA in Silicon Valley: Robin Beck Talks About Designing Heat Shields to Protect Spacecraft
A conversation with Robin Beck, an engineer at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley who develops, designs and tests heat shield materials.
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Gravity Assist: When the Moon Was Like a Magnet, with Sonia Tikoo
From lunar samples brought back in the Apollo program, scientists have figured out that the Moon once had a shield around it called a magnetosphere, just like the Earth has today. As NASA prepares to send humans to the Moon, and...
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On a Mission: Season 3, Episode 4: A World Shaped by Water
Dive to the deepest point of the ocean with an astronaut, brave the high seas with an oceanographer, and meander through sparkling rivers with a hydrologist.
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The Invisible Network: 19. LCRD - The Dream | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
In this second episode of an LCRD-focused season of The Invisible Network podcast, we take a look at the reasons NASA is embracing optical communications technologies and what challenges LCRD will overcome.
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Gravity Assist: The Moon's Holy GRAIL, with Maria Zuber
Recent maps of the Moon's gravity have taught us a lot about its overall shape, and have been invaluable for lunar exploration. Maria Zuber, principal investigator of the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, reflects...
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Houston We Have a Podcast: Sampling Science in a Lab Aloft
International Space Station Program Chief Scientist Kirt Costello talks about some of the interesting new research underway in Earth’s orbiting laboratory right now, and shares results of earlier experiments that are already making a...
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NASA's Curious Universe: Seasons of the Sun
As Earth makes its annual trip around the Sun, we feel the impacts of its journey in the form of seasons. Our planet’s tilt in relation to the Sun determines what season we experience here on Earth. But, did you know that the Sun goes...
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On a Mission: Season Two, Episode 6: The Prospects of Heavy Metal
Asteroids, ho! Pioneering space miners dream of Psyche, the largest metal asteroid in the solar system.
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NASA in Silicon Valley: NASA in Silicon Valley Live - The Science of Heat Shields
In this episode streamed on Nov. 15, 2018, we talk about the science of heat shields, how spacecraft survive the extreme temperatures experienced during atmospheric entry and more!
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NASA in Silicon Valley: NASA in Silicon Valley Live - Let’s Play Space Video Games!
In this episode streamed on Sept. 27, 2018, we talk about space video games, exploring deep space and more.
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Why Quantum? Why Now? NASA Celebrates World Quantum Day
April 14 marks the annual World Quantum Day, and NASA's Space Communications and Navigation program is excited to celebrate! Whether you know it or not, quantum physics touches our lives each day. Everything physical around us is made of...