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Artist rendering of the Europa Clipper spacecraft flying near Jupiter's moon, Europa. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Podcast Episode 142: Europa Clipper: Voyage to a Water World

Could Jupiter’s icy moon Europa harbor the conditions for life in the ocean beneath its icy crust? The Europa Clipper mission is on a voyage to find out.

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X9.0 solar flare – as seen in the bright flash in the center – on Oct. 03, 2024. The current solar cycle has reached its maximum. Credit: NASA/SDO
Solar Cycle 25 Reaches Maximum

Powerful geomagnetic solar storms mark new phase of 11-year cycle, as Parker Solar Probe comes ever closer to the Sun’s surface.

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Podcast Episode 139: NASA’s Cosmic Origins Program

Where did we come from? It’s the ultimate question. Drs. Ron Gamble and Swara Ravindranath, scientists for NASA’s Cosmic Origins Program, are working to find out.

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Preparing for Launch and Beyond: Testing Roman's Outer Barrel Assembly.
Featured Video: Preparing for Launch and Beyond: Testing Roman’s Outer Barrel Assembly

This time-lapse covers one tiny part of the intricate dance that all of Roman’s systems have been working their way through on their path to joining together as the complete observatory.

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Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 138: The Sun, Star of Our Cosmic Show

The Sun is the star of our cosmic show, but there’s a lot we don’t know about it. Dr. Joseph Westlake, director of NASA’s Heliophysics Division, talks about how NASA studies the Sun for the benefit of all.

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Roman Space Telescope illustration showing the Small Steps, Giant Leaps logo. The telescope appears to be in space.
Podcast Episode 137: The Roman Space Telescope – Uncovering the Dark Universe

Set to launch in 2027, the Roman Space Telescope will help settle pressing questions about dark matter and dark energy, which make up about 95% of the universe.  

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Featured Video: To an Asteroid and Back Trailer

In this documentary film, follow along with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx team, as they launch a spacecraft to an asteroid, collect a sample of Bennu, and bring it home to Earth.

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Left to right: Tiffany Smith NASA Chief Knowledge Officer, Charles Hunt from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Akosua A. Taylor CPMO support (detail), Adrienne Ross CPMO Executive Assistant, Ellen Stigberg CPMO support, Justin Hornback CPMO support (detail), Kevin Gilligan CPMO support, and Chief Program Management Officer (CPMO) Dave Mitchell. Not Pictured: Tracy Osborne OCE support, Mary Skow OSMA support. Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 127: Chief Program Management Officer

Dave Mitchell brings extensive experience as an engineer and project manager to a new position leading a small team with the broad mandate of improving acquisitions and program and project management across NASA.

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Dr. Nancy Grace Roman records data from a computer display at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, circa 1972. In 1959, she became the first female executive and the first Chief of Astronomy at NASA. Photo Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: A Pioneer Begins

Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief of astronomy, blazes a trail for the Hubble Space Telescope decades before launch. 

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