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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. 

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
A photo of a deer at Johnson Space Center. Credit: NASA/James Blair

EPISODE 93: CIRCUIT THEORY APPLICATION TO ANIMAL MOVEMENT

Sep 21, 2022 | Transcript | 29:34
The Nature Conservancy's Kim Hall discusses the use of NASA Earth observation data to map animal movement and patterns. Read More
This is an optimized 3D design of spaceflight hardware generated by artificial intelligence. Credit: NASA

EPISODE 92: EVOLVED STRUCTURES

Sep 07, 2022 | Transcript | 27:58
NASA Research Engineer Ryan McClelland discusses digital engineering technologies that are transforming classical engineering tasks and processes. Read More
Artist's concept of OSAM-1 servicing a satellite in space. Credit: NASA

EPISODE 91: OSAM-1

Aug 24, 2022 | Transcript | 31:49
OSAM-1 Lead Systems Engineer Wendy Morgenstern discusses NASA's On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 mission to robotically refuel a satellite that wasn't designed to be serviced. Read More
This is an illustration if Earth and its magnetic field, colored in bright green and yellow. Credit: NASA

EPISODE 90: EFFECTS OF SPACE RADIATION

Aug 10, 2022 | Transcript | 32:17
NASA Space Radiation Element Scientist Robin Elgart discusses research aimed at reducing radiation health risks. Read More
View of the Zakim bridge and Charlestown. Credit: Datawheel LLC

EPISODE 89: THE BIG DIG

Jul 27, 2022 | Transcript | 36:54
Boston University Assistant Professor Virginia Greiman discusses enduring lessons from the largest, most technically challenging highway project in U.S. history. Read More
Illustration of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is the first aircraft humanity has sent to another planet to attempt powered, controlled flight. Credit: NASA

EPISODE 88: INGENUITY MARS HELICOPTER FLIGHTS

Jul 13, 2022 | Transcript | 20:32
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Chief Pilot Håvard Grip discusses the rotorcraft's history-making flights on the Red Planet. Read More