Far Out: “Sailing On Sunlight”
Soft robots and solar sails! NASA’s Langley Research Center explores how malleable machines could change how we build in space. Plus, using sunlight to propel spacecraft!
Topic: Technology
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Far Out: “Sailing On Sunlight”
Asteroid Bennu’s Journey
Bennu’s Journey is a 6-minute animated movie about NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, Asteroid Bennu, and the formation of our solar system. Born from the rubble of a violent collision, hurled through […]
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Asteroid Bennu’s Journey
Surprisingly STEM: Space Tire Engineer
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads… but we still need tires! In this episode, we rolled on over to NASA’s Glenn Research Center where engineer Heather Oravec is reinventing […]
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Surprisingly STEM: Space Tire Engineer
Surprisingly STEM: Soft Robotics Engineers
‘Doing the robot’ on the dance floor would look more like ‘doing the worm’ if the dance move was inspired by soft robots! Soft robotics is an exciting subcategory of […]
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Surprisingly STEM: Soft Robotics Engineers
Behind the Spacecraft: Elena Adams
Before NASA’s DART mission slams into an asteroid — in the name of science — it has to be designed, built, launched, and flown. Johns Hopkins APL systems engineer Elena […]
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Behind the Spacecraft: Elena Adams
Behind the Spacecraft: Michelle Chen
NASA’s DART mission will purposely crash a spacecraft into an asteroid to change its orbital period. But in order to hit the mark, this test mission needs to locate its […]
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Behind the Spacecraft: Michelle Chen
Behind the Spacecraft: Andy Rivkin
NASA’s DART mission is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid to try to change its motion in space. But how will we know if this test worked? That’s where Johns […]
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Behind the Spacecraft: Andy Rivkin
Behind the Spacecraft: Justyna Surowiec
NASA searches the skies every night to find, track and catalogue near-Earth objects. But what would they do if there were a threat? NASA is launching its first planetary defense […]
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Behind the Spacecraft: Justyna Surowiec
Behind the Spacecraft: NASA’s DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test
NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid… on purpose! Our DART mission is a first-of-its-kind Planetary Defense test to change the motion of an asteroid in space so that […]
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Behind the Spacecraft: NASA’s DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test
Behind the Spacecraft: Kelly Fast
NASA planetary defender Dr. Kelly Fast has a hard and fast rule: “Find asteroids before they find us.” Working in NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, Kelly is helping send a […]
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Behind the Spacecraft: Kelly Fast
The Science of Dragonfly
Dragonfly is a NASA mission to explore the chemistry and habitability of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The fourth mission in the New Frontiers line, Dragonfly will send an autonomously-operated rotorcraft […]
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The Science of Dragonfly
Tech on Deck: Spacefaring Species
Over the course of six episodes, you’ve heard about some of the ways in which NASA uses the unique environment on The International Space Station to develop and test technologies. […]
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