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
The Astronauts: Flight of Freedom 7
The story of Alan Shepard’s May 1961 suborbital flight is presented.
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The Astronauts: Flight of Freedom 7
The Year of Pluto
New Horizons is the first mission to the Kuiper Belt, a gigantic zone of icy bodies and mysterious small objects orbiting beyond Neptune. This region also is known as the […]
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The Year of Pluto
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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Tech on Deck: Spacefaring Species
Tech on Deck: RRM Phase 1 & 2
Last week you heard about how we use the International Space Station to test technologies in space before they’re put to action in NASA missions. In this episode of Tech […]
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Tech on Deck: RRM Phase 1 & 2
Tech on Deck: Raven
What has three “eyes,” swivels, and images spacecraft from its perch on the International Space Station? The Raven module, of course! This technology demonstration uses visible, infrared, and Lidar sensors, […]
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Tech on Deck: Raven
Tech on Deck: NExIS on the ISS
Making sustainable human exploration of space a reality will require a myriad of never-before-seen technologies. Before new tech is used in a mission to the Moon, Mars, or beyond, it […]
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Tech on Deck: NExIS on the ISS
The Secrets behind Earth’s Multi-colored Glow
What does our planet look like from space? Most are familiar with the beloved images of the blue marble or pale blue dot — Earth from 18,000 and 3.7 billion […]
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The Secrets behind Earth’s Multi-colored Glow
Tech on Deck: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
Did you know there is an instrument outside the International Space Station sifting through cosmic ray particles to help us learn more about the origins of our universe? The Alpha […]
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Tech on Deck: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
Operation Earth: Wildfires
When it comes to wildfires, NASA leverages its unique perspective from space to formulate predictive analysis, contribute to active fire monitoring, and assist in post-fire recovery and rehabilitation. Using 2017’s […]
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