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A view of the Perseverance rover drill. NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Left Mastcam-Z camera on March 7, 2022 (Sol 371) at the local mean solar time of 15:34:26. Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 105: Samples from Mars
April 5, 2023 // by

Mars Sample Return Deputy Lead Scientist Lindsay Hays discusses plans to bring the first samples of Mars material to Earth.

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover surveys the floor of Jezero Crater on Feb. 5, the 698th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rover began its third year on Mars recently. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Updates from NASA’s Far-flung Missions
March 28, 2023 // by

A unique view of the Sun, gathering Martian dust, and preparing for asteroid samples.

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The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, shown here in an artist’s illustration, will make unprecedented measurements of the water in Earth's lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and oceans. Credit: NASA
SWOT Eyes Earth’s Surface Water
December 19, 2022 // by

Satellite will provide high-definition view of lakes, rivers, and oceans.

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This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 99: Webb Space Telescope’s First Year
December 14, 2022 // by

NASA James Webb Space Telescope Mission Systems Engineer Mike Menzel discusses highlights of the observatory’s first year in space.

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Graphic for podcast episode 97: Mars InSight. An artist's rendition of the InSight lander operating on the surface of Mars. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Podcast Episode 97: Mars InSight
November 17, 2022 // by

NASA Mars InSight Lander Principal Investigator Bruce Banerdt discusses the first mission dedicated to studying the deep interior of Mars.

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Video Feature banner showing Moonikin Campos, named after Arturo Campos, that is flying aboard Artemis I, an uncrewed flight test of the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon. Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
Featured Video: NASA’s Artemis I ‘Passengers’
November 1, 2022 // by

Meet the three “passengers” that are collecting data to help us keep future NASA astronauts safe and understand what they will be experiencing on upcoming Artemis missions to the Moon.

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NASA teams returned to the Black Point Lava Flow, north of Flagstaff, Arizona in October, using the unusual terrain there to simulate conditions at the south pole of the Moon. Credit: NASA
Artemis Astronauts Visit Desert to Prepare for Moon
October 26, 2022 // by

NASA returns to Black Point Lava Flow for analog missions.

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Group of people sitting at desks in an office setting. Credit: NASA
Podcast Episode 95: Developmental Assignments
October 19, 2022 // by

NASA’s Nick Jedrich and Andrew Maynard discuss the benefits of developmental assignments.

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Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Sample Caching System Sterile Flight Model hardware is being prepared for installation on the Mars Perseverance rover on May 21, 2020. Credit: NASA/JPL
Podcast Episode 94: Mars Sample Return
October 5, 2022 // by

Mars Sample Return Scientists Lindsay Hays and Meenakshi Wadhwa discuss the mission to return samples from the surface of Mars to Earth.

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