A historical black and white photo of two young women, Michele Brekke and Susan Creasy, who were working in the shuttle mission simulator. To keep warm, they were wearing coats from the STS-2 crew–Joe Engle and Dick Truly. This image is used as a cover for the book “Making Space for Women” by Jennifer Ross-Nazzal. The image is symbolizing that women became accepted and a part of NASA’s culture as the workforce became more diverse. Credit: NASA

EPISODE 103: LEGACY OF INSPIRATION

NASA Human Spaceflight Historian Jennifer Ross-Nazzal discusses how careers for women have changed over the past 50 years as the workforce has become more diverse.

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EPISODE 102: LEGACY OF CONNECTION

Feb 22, 2023 | Transcript | 18:03

NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Rob Grant discusses the agency’s Black History Month theme: Building a Legacy of Achievement, Connection, and Knowledge. Read More

A realistic 3D rendering of the Orion spacecraft floating close to the Moon, with the Moon in the background. Credit: NASA

EPISODE 101: ARTEMIS MISSIONS

Feb 08, 2023 | Transcript | 30:39

Artemis Mission Manager Mike Sarafin discusses Artemis I and NASA's increasingly complex Moon to Mars missions. Read More

2017 NASA astronaut candidate Jessica Watkins is helped into a spacesuit prior to underwater spacewalk training at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston. Credit: NASA/David DeHoyos

EPISODE 100: NASA’S EXTRAORDINARY WORKFORCE

Jan 25, 2023 | Transcript | 13:33

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy discusses NASA's positive impact on humanity—and the people who make it happen. Read More

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

EPISODE 99: WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE’S FIRST YEAR

Dec 14, 2022 | Transcript | 22:07

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

This is an artist's concept of NASA's Voyager spacecraft flying through space with its antenna pointing to Earth. The background is black and speckled with stars. A vibrant blue streak of gas cloud cuts diagonally through the black of space. Credit: NASA/JPL

EPISODE 98: VOYAGER

Nov 30, 2022 | Transcript | 22:55

Voyager Project Manager Suzanne Dodd discusses NASA's longest-operating mission and the only spacecraft to explore interstellar space. Read More

An artist's rendition of the InSight lander operating on the surface of Mars. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

EPISODE 97: MARS INSIGHT

Nov 17, 2022 | Transcript | 29:43

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

NASA’s X-57 ‘Maxwell’ is the agency’s first all-electric experimental aircraft, or X-plane, and is NASA’s first crewed X-plane in two decades. This is an illustration of this plane flying above a city. Credit: NASA

EPISODE 96: AIRWORTHINESS

Nov 02, 2022 | Transcript | 21:19

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Chief Engineer CJ Bixby discusses what it takes to achieve airworthiness. Read More

Group of people sitting at desks in an office setting. Credit: NASA

EPISODE 95: DEVELOPMENTAL ASSIGNMENTS

Oct 19, 2022 | Transcript | 22:48

NASA's Nick Jedrich and Andrew Maynard discuss the benefits of developmental assignments. Read More

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

EPISODE 94: MARS SAMPLE RETURN

Oct 05, 2022 | Transcript | 27:20

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

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