EPISODE 145: PAM MELROY: BEHIND THE STRATEGY
Former NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, who left NASA after many years of service, looks back on her career and shares her approach to designing the blueprints for key NASA exploration strategies during her tenure.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps
Tap into the experiences of NASA’s technical workforce as they develop missions to explore distant worlds—from the Moon to Mars, from Titan to Psyche. Learn how they advance technology to make aviation on Earth faster, quieter and more fuel efficient. Each biweekly episode celebrates program and project managers, engineers, scientists and thought leaders working on multiple fronts to advance aeronautics and space exploration in a bold new era of discovery. New episodes are released bi-weekly on Wednesdays.
EPISODE 144: MINING THE MOON WITH NASA’S IPEX ROBOT
What does it take to mine the Moon? Engineers behind NASA's ISRU Pilot Excavator, known as IPEx, are digging into the answers. Read More
EPISODE 143: NASA TRAINING SIMULATORS
Before leaving the ground, astronauts prepare for spaceflight by immersing themselves in life-like training simulators. NASA’s Simulations and Graphics Branch makes it happen, and it’s critical to the success of humans in space. Read More
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. Read More
EPISODE 141: PLANETARY DEFENSE AT NASA
The best planetary defense is a good planetary offense. Learn how NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office works to detect, track, and mitigate threats from asteroids and other near-Earth objects. Read More
EPISODE 140: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT NASA
NASA has a long history with AI, using it in technology like autonomous Mars rover navigation and detecting planets in other solar systems. Today, NASA is embracing AI for more members of the workforce, enabling innovation. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
EPISODE 136: SOFT ROBOTICS
Robots inspired by nature? A novel realm of engineering called soft robotics is being studied at NASA’s Langley Research Center. Engineers are working to understand how soft robotics could one day support space exploration, including missions to the Moon’s surface. Read More