NASA Blueshift
49 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 9 years ago - ★★★★ - 9 ratingsWelcome to Blueshift, produced by the Astrophysics Science Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Since 2007, Blueshift has been your "backstage pass" to science, missions and personnel here at Goddard, with a focus on the Universe beyond the solar system. We'll fill you in on groundbreaking discoveries, innovative technology, new missions, and other exciting stories. Visit us online at http://universe.nasa.gov/blueshift/ or follow us on Twitter or Facebook as NASABlueshift!
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Blueshift - October 6, 2015: Spontaneous Complexity
October 06, 2015 18:00 - 12 minutes - 17 MBJasmin Evans is an undergraduate student in astronomy and physics at the University of Central Lancashire in the UK. She shadowed us for the week and while she was here, she interviewed Nobel Laureate Dr. John Mather for our podcast. She talked to him about what lead him to science, what advice he would give to those young people currently trying to decide in which direction they should take their careers, and (of course) about JWST.
Blueshift - September 26, 2013: Finding Herschel
September 26, 2013 22:05 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBIn July, we featured a guest post on our blog from astronomer Nick Howes about how he was able to image the Herschel observatory, which sat a million miles away from the Earth at the 2nd Lagrange point (and is now being moved into a graveyard orbit). For this podcast, we interviewed him about the back story about how he imaged Herschel, the telescopes he used, and what got him into astronomy.
Blueshift - September 9, 2013: "How We Learn," Part 4 of our interview with Dr. Phil Plait
September 09, 2013 22:12 - 7 minutes - 6.57 MBThis is the last part of our interview with Dr. Phil Plait, the so-called "Bad Astronomer." Phil is a scientist who now writes about science for the public, with a large focus on debunking bad science and astronomy. In this podcast, we talk with Phil about how science works, and how we learn.
Blueshift - June 26, 2013: "Go outside and look up!," Part 3 of our interview with Dr. Phil Plait
June 26, 2013 21:32 - 9 minutes - 8.65 MBThis is part three of four of our interview with Dr. Phil Plait, the so-called "Bad Astronomer." Phil is a scientist, writer, and specializes in debunking bad science. In part 1, we learned how he got started, and in part 2, we talked about science in entertainment. In part 3, we discuss how he busts misconceptions, and the value of looking up at the sky.
Blueshift - May 29, 2013: Ring around the Exoplanet
May 29, 2013 20:49 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBA college friend of Maggie's, Dr. Eric Mamajek, discovered a cool potential exoplanet system that might also have a ring system - we reported on it last January after the American Astronomical Society conference. We checked with Eric a year later to talk more about his discovery, any updates, and the art done of his potential exoplanet system by Ron Miller, who we also recently interviewed in our two-part series about "The Art of Space." Visit our website (http://universe.nasa.gov/blueshift/...
Blueshift - May 15, 2013: The Art of Space, Part 2
May 15, 2013 22:07 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBThis is the second episode of our two-part interview with space artist Ron Miller. In this episode, Ron talks specifically about how he illustrates exoplanets, and we discuss specific pieces of his art. To listen to the first part of this interview, and to see examples of Ron's art, visit our website at: http://universe.nasa.gov/blueshift/
Blueshift - May 6, 2013: The Art of Space, Part 1
May 06, 2013 23:10 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBBlueshift recently interviewed space artist Ron Miller. Not only is he an amazingly talented illustrator, but he’s also the author, consultant, and former art director for the National Air and Space Museum's Albert Einstein planetarium. He's written and illustrated many books, one of which, "Out of the Cradle," is a classic and a huge inspiration to our generation. We recently came across his art illustrating a news article about an unusual exoplanet system which might actually have a ring sy...
Blueshift - April 25, 2013: Studying Simulated Stardust
April 25, 2013 21:26 - 10 minutes - 9.55 MBDust - on Earth, it's a nuisance. But in space, it's a valuable natural resource, a raw material essential to the formation of nearly any object imaginable. NASA Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Christina Richey studies interstellar dust grains through laboratory-created analogs, comparing the properties of simulated stardust to data from missions like SOFIA, Spitzer, and Herschel. This hands-on approach gives Christina and other researchers unique insight into the building blocks of stars, planets, a...
Blueshift - December 20, 2012: Hubble's Scientific Successor
December 20, 2012 20:29 - 10 minutes - 9.64 MBAs you might imagine, the James Webb Space Telescope is a pretty big deal here at NASA Goddard, because much of it is being assembled here. As a companion to all our tech coverage of Webb, we thought it would be nice to talk about the science it will do and how it is the scientific successor to, rather than the replacement for, the Hubble Space Telescope. We chatted with Dr. Amber Straughn, one of the project scientists on Webb, to learn about what this new observatory will bring to the scien...
Blueshift - December 4, 2012: Science in a Nutshell, Part 2 of our interview with Dr. Phil Plait
December 04, 2012 22:08 - 6 minutes - 6.16 MBAs science educators, encouraging critical thinking and skepticism is something we think is really important. We interviewed the "Bad Astronomer," Dr. Phil Plait, to get his thoughts on the subject. He is a trained scientist who used to work at NASA Goddard... but now he works full-time as a science writer and a public advocate for good science. In Part 1 of our interview with Phil, we learned why he started blogging about hoaxes and misconceptions, about the importance of asking "why," and ...
Blueshift - October 12, 2012: NuStar: NASA's Newest X-Ray Eyes
October 12, 2012 21:54 - 7 minutes - 7.14 MBIt's an exciting experience for any space geek to watch a new satellite launch into orbit. Earlier in 2012, we were excited about the launch of NuSTAR, a small explorer X-ray mission collaboratively created by teams at Caltech, NASA, and over a dozen other institutions around the world. NuSTAR advances the international astronomical community's ability to observe some of the hottest, densest, and most energetic objects in the Universe. We were interested to find out more about NASA Goddard...
Blueshift - September 10, 2012: Keeping Skepticism Alive, Part 1 of our interview with Dr. Phil Plait
September 10, 2012 22:55 - 9 minutes - 8.89 MBAt its heart, science is about asking questions - looking at the universe around us and asking, "How? Why?" Science takes our natural curiosity and adds structure and rigor, examining things methodically to answer our questions and ask the next ones. It's not just a field of study, it's a valuable way to think about the world around you. In this first part in a series, well-known science advocate Dr. Phil Plait talks about his background, how he came to be "The Bad Astronomer," why he blo...
Blueshift - May 21, 2012: Astrophysicist to the Stars, Dr. David Saltzberg
May 21, 2012 21:44 - 8 minutes - 7.57 MBIn a follow-up to our previous interviews with co-creator of "The Big Bang Theory," Bill Prady, we interviewed Dr. David Saltzberg, the show's resident astrophysicist and science consultant. Find out more about his research, adventures in astrophysics, and how he keeps the science of the show fresh, real, and accurate. For more, visit our website!
Blueshift - November 15, 2010: When Science Inspires Comedy
November 15, 2010 16:14 - 10 minutes - 9.34 MBOne of the bonuses of our set visit to The Big Bang Theory was that we got the chance to talk to co-creator and executive producer Bill Prady about how the show came to be, and how they get the science right in every episode. Since much of what we do is about communicating science to the public, we were naturally interested in how real science was worked into what is primarily a comedy. To supplement our podcast interview with Bill, Blueshift's Maggie Masetti wrote a web feature for NASA.gov.
Blueshift - May 20, 2010: In the AstroZone
May 21, 2010 03:14 - 9 minutes - 8.29 MBWouldn't it be exciting to do astronomy in the Amazon, surrounded by the wild plants and animals of the rainforest? In January, visitors to the AstroZone event in Washington, DC, got to do something like that - they met dozens of astronomy professionals at the National Zoo's Amazonia exhibit! AstroZone is a special public event that's offered in conjunction with each meeting of the American Astronomical Society (the major professional organization for astronomers). For one afternoon, astro...
Blueshift - April 30, 2010: At the Edge of Space
April 30, 2010 18:33 - 8 minutes - 8.15 MBWhen you were a kid, dreaming of the future, did you expect to have a flying car someday? Or to live on the Moon? Traveling into space has fueled the dreams of many people, but the reality is that space flight is difficult and expensive. Though escaping Earth's gravity to reach orbit is a real challenge, it is much easier and less expensive to take sub-orbital flights - that is, those that reach an altitude of 100 km (approximately 62 miles) above Earth. This may prove to be an affordable...
Blueshift - March 1, 2010: First Light, Last Paycheck?
March 03, 2010 22:22 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBWorking at NASA can provide unique and exciting job opportunities. It can be the chance of a lifetime to work on a satellite and see the products of your hard work launched into space. The flip side is that many projects only span a few years, so your dream job may not last forever. Many of us change projects routinely - and also have to deal with some level of uncertainty concerning employment. There are, however, some long-running projects at NASA - and the Hubble Space Telescope is one...
Blueshift - January 31, 2010: A Meeting of the Minds
January 29, 2010 23:28 - 6 minutes - 5.97 MBProfessional meetings are a part of the lives of most scientists - but what actually goes on at one of these? It's not just sitting in meetings and listening to talks! These meetings offer an opportunity to share exciting results, catch up with old friends, and pick up some goodies in the exhibit hall. The Blueshift team team attended the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in January and we thought we'd give you a tour of what we were doing there. Because what happens at a profes...
Blueshift - January 19, 2010: Science at the End of the Earth, Part II
January 19, 2010 16:28 - 6 minutes - 6.4 MBA remote research outpost like McMurdo Station in Antarctica draws many different kinds of people - scientists, engineers, writers, artists, and more. The station provides many of the comforts of home, and it's difficult to get bored with the opportunities presented during a visit. Whether it's learning to drive the special ice-friendly vehicles or participating in a chili cook-off, visitors often find themselves embarking on adventures and picking up unusual skills outside the scope of the...
Blueshift - December 31, 2009: Science at the End of the Earth, Part I
December 31, 2009 20:28 - 7 minutes - 7.24 MBHunting for antimatter requires a serious expedition. Scientists aren't looking for run-of-the-mill particles - they're collecting cosmic radiation that could be the signature of primordial black holes or other forms of dark matter. With instruments suspended from enormous scientific balloons, they're looking for a launch site that offers long orbits and lots of particles to detect. Where's one of the best places in the world to go particle hunting? Over the remote Antarctic continent! T...
Blueshift - December 16, 2009: Looking Back to the Future
December 16, 2009 21:44 - 7 minutes - 6.69 MBWe're looking to the future here at NASA Goddard, with the construction of our new Exploration Sciences Building. To celebrate the occasion, we're preparing to seal a time capsule that won't be opened until the year 2059. In this episode of Blueshift, we talked to Dr. Michelle Thaller to find out all the details about this time capsule, and then we went around and talked to our friends and colleagues to find out what they thought might best speak to the people of the future about the NASA of ...
Blueshift - November 30, 2009: The Music of Science
December 01, 2009 20:38 - 7 minutes - 6.72 MBThe evening of November 2, 2009 was the world premiere of "Cosmic Reflection," an orchestral composition inspired by one of NASA's satellites, in Washington, DC. This opus began as a simple prelude inspired by (and performed by a brass quintet at) the launch of the GLAST mission. To celebrate the first birthday of this satellite (since renamed Fermi), composer Dr. Noel Gasser wrote a symphony which uses music to aurally portray the history of the universe. We were able to go backstage at the...
Blueshift - November 17, 2009: Dust in the Interstellar Wind
November 17, 2009 20:39 - 5 minutes - 5.21 MBThe makings of new planets lie in dusty, debris-filled disks rotating around stars, held in place and shaped by the influence of their host stars. But the dust, ice, and small bodies in these planet-forming disks also feel the effects of a system's motion through space - and interaction with interstellar gas can warp a dusty disk into a weird and unexpected shape. We spoke with Goddard astrophysicist John Debes about his team's research into these oddly-shaped disks. Using the Hubble Space...
Blueshift - October 31, 2009: Astrophysical Activity: The Building 2 Chronicle
October 30, 2009 23:19 - 7 minutes - 7.02 MBWelcome to a special Halloween episode of Blueshift! It's a time of transition here at Goddard Space Flight Center - a new Exploration Sciences Building has just been completed and the Blueshift team is on the move. For the past 50 years, Goddard's Building 2 has been the home of cutting-edge research and development for many of NASA's space science missions. In the midst of our packing, we wanted to share some stories from this old building and give you an inside look at one of NASA's lon...
Blueshift - October 15, 2009: And the Award Goes to...
October 16, 2009 19:52 - 7 minutes - 7.06 MBFor scientists, winning the Nobel Prize is a lot like winning an Oscar. Winning one comes with prestige and recognition, both from inside and outside of the science community. There are many other prizes and awards in science that are very prestigious, but you may never have heard of them. Science should be awarded and valued - after all, there is a great deal of groundbreaking science that will never win a Nobel Prize, but is still extremely important in the effort to understand the worki...
Blueshift - September 30, 2009: John Grunsfeld: Astronaut and Astronomer
September 30, 2009 20:41 - 7 minutes - 6.8 MBThis summer, the world was watching as seven astronauts visited the Hubble Space Telescope and did the first ever on-orbit repairs in space. This fifth and final Shuttle mission to service Hubble has equipped the telescope with cutting-edge technology and extended its mission lifespan for several additional years. Here at the Astrophysics Science Division, we are excited about the data being captured by Hubble's enhanced instruments, and the discoveries that are sure to come. One of the as...
Blueshift - September 16, 2009: Swift Sees Andromeda in a New Light
September 16, 2009 18:28 - 6 minutes - 6.29 MBScientist Dr. Stefan Immler was part of a team that captured a new and unique view of one of our closest galactic neighbors with the Swift satellite, which has the ability to detect ultraviolet light. The Andromeda Galaxy, or M31, is a beautiful "nearby" spiral galaxy that is actually visible to the naked eye. We talked with Dr. Immler about what his team learned about the galaxy when Swift took a look in the UV.
Blueshift - August 31, 2009: The Science of Pretty Pictures
August 31, 2009 19:26 - 7 minutes - 6.76 MBEarlier this summer, Nobel Laureate Dr. John Mather told us that data are beautiful when they have meaning. Astronomical images communicate information about the way the universe works and how we know what we know. But can a pretty picture be just as lovely even if you don't know what it's about? We interviewed Dr. Randall Smith of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, a collaborator on the Aesthetics and Astronomy project that is looking into how the public perceives multi-wave...
Blueshift - August 14, 2009: Making Hubble's Great Orion Mosaic
August 14, 2009 20:33 - 8 minutes - 7.59 MBThe Hubble Space Telescope is famous for its beautiful images of celestial objects - from planets in our own Solar System to far away galaxies. The Orion Nebula (known to astronomers as Messier object 42, or M42) is a cloud of dust, gas, and stars. It's actually visible with the naked eye, located in the "sword" of the constellation Orion. The nebula contains both an open cluster of stars known as the Trapezium, and many stellar nurseries. Because of this, it's of interest to scientists who ...
Blueshift - July 31, 2009: Summer's Scientists
July 31, 2009 22:39 - 7 minutes - 6.92 MBHow have you spent your summer vacation? An internship at NASA may not be the most relaxing way to spend these summer months, but for hundreds of high school and college students, it's an opportunity to gain valuable experience. The offices and labs here at Goddard Space Flight Center overflow every summer with interns from around the country, working with their mentors to analyze data, design and build instruments, write software, solve problems, and try their hands at unraveling the myste...
Blueshift - July 17, 2009: Blueshift Goes to the Movies
July 17, 2009 21:57 - 6 minutes - 5.55 MBIt's summertime, which means that Hollywood is releasing a bunch of long-awaited, big-budget blockbusters! You can cool off in the theater with action, adventure, and... astronomy? Space science has been written into a variety of films - from the predictable genre of science fiction to romance, drama, and comedy. But do these movies get it right? Occasionally, but many movies have astronomers and other space-savvy members of the audience gritting their teeth and groaning at the misconceptions...
Blueshift - June 30, 2009: Astronomical Data's Long Road Home
July 01, 2009 00:12 - 6 minutes - 6.24 MBIt's easy to think of a satellite as a fancy digital camera - just point, shoot, and look at the pretty picture that emerges. But it's not that simple. Astronomical data has a far longer journey to make it from the satellite to end users. Bounced between satellites, sent to Earth, processed, networked, and archived... each observation has to pass through several steps before it can be analyzed by scientists. And that's not even considering the further effort required to make a pretty pict...
Blueshift - June 18, 2009: Making Data Beautiful
June 18, 2009 23:52 - 7 minutes - 6.62 MBTo kick off our special summer series about data, we interviewed 2006 Nobel Laureate John Mather about the importance of imagery in communicating science and sharing data with the public. More than just "pretty pictures," data can be used to tell a story and explain the mysteries of the cosmos. Not every piece of data would be considered a work of art, but the information contained is at the very heart of NASA science. Working with COBE and the James Webb Space Telescope, Dr. Mather is no ...
Blueshift - May 31, 2009: A Tale of Three Telescopes
June 01, 2009 22:17 - 4 minutes - 4.44 MBThe telescope on everyone's mind during this month's Space Shuttle flight was certainly the Hubble Space Telescope, as astronauts inspected, repaired, and upgraded the satellite for years of additional scientific observations. But two additional telescopes were aboard Atlantis for this historic flight - a museum-quality replica of one of Galileo's telescopes, and a 200-year-old telescope built by master craftsman Jesse Ramsden. To give you the scoop about these telescopes, we interviewed Ma...
Blueshift - May 18, 2009: The C.O.L.B.E.R.T. Episode
May 18, 2009 21:17 - 9 minutes - 8.92 MBNASA is famous for its acronyms and technical jargon. If you've ever watched a rocket launch or a spacewalk, you've heard some of them. Blueshift is produced by the ASD EPO team at NASA GSFC - that is, the Astrophysics Science Division Education and Public Outreach team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Do we need to spell out NASA, too? In this episode, we explore NASA mission names and where they come from. And we make a very special dedication - this one's for you, Stephen Colbert!
Blueshift - April 30, 2009: Stroll the Solar System
April 30, 2009 21:01 - 10 minutes - 9.91 MBJoin Blueshift for a unique tour of the solar system, as we walk the B and A Trail's Planet Walk in Maryland and talk to scientists along the way. Armed with hiking boots and a portable recorder, Francis Reddy brings you the sounds of the solar system and a factoid about each planet along the way. Also featuring the Sun and lonely former-planet Pluto! Recorded during the 100 Hours of Astronomy earlier this month, this episode gives you a taste of the activities organized by NASA Goddard Spac...
Blueshift - April 17, 2009: Professional Tinkering
April 17, 2009 22:28 - 8 minutes - 8.23 MBIn astrophysics, the development of innovative technology is crucial to answering scientific questions about the Universe around us. The types of technology invented are determined, at least in part, by the answers we are seeking. At the heart of this science-technology cycle are "professional tinkerers," scientists and engineers that balance the needs of the astrophysics field and the opportunities afforded by an impressive palette of tools. In this episode, we interviewed Dr. Harvey Mosele...
Blueshift - March 18, 2009: 400 Years, 100 Hours
March 18, 2009 22:01 - 6 minutes - 6.19 MB2009 has been chosen as the International Year of Astronomy because it marks the 400th anniversary of a big event in astronomical history - the first recorded observations of the night sky with a telescope. Galileo Galilei pointed his telescope at the Moon, the stars, and Jupiter, and changed our perceptions of the Universe forever. In celebration, there will be a variety of special events throughout 2009. The first big global event will be the 100 Hours of Astronomy, held April 2-5, 2009. I...
Blueshift - March 3, 2009: There's No Place Like Home... Yet
March 03, 2009 21:03 - 7 minutes - 7.15 MBHD 80606b would not be a fun place to live, with its high winds, intense storms, and temperatures thousands of degrees hotter than any region on Earth. This exoplanet goes on a wild ride around its host star, with an orbit that takes it extremely close - and then extremely far away. This sends the planet through rapid heating and cooling cycles that astronomers are keenly studying to learn more about planetary atmospheres and climate patterns. In this episode, we interviewed Dr. Drake Deming...
Blueshift - February 17, 2009: Zooming Through the Universe
February 17, 2009 22:22 - 5 minutes - 5.19 MBHave you ever wondered where Google Sky gets the data that lets you pan and zoom your way around the cosmos? Much of it comes from NASA's SkyView Virtual Observatory, a database of astronomy data from a variety of different sources. Google Sky and WorldWide Telescope are two sites that access the database for users, but anyone can use SkyView directly with just a web browser! It's like having a powerful - and versatile - telescope at your fingertips, ready to show you whatever you'd like to s...
Blueshift - January 29, 2009: Confounding Cosmic Questions
January 29, 2009 21:52 - 7 minutes - 6.7 MBThis episode features a strange signal from deep space, which could be a plot straight out of a Hollywood film. But this radio signal was detected by a NASA mission called ARCADE, which flew above the atmosphere suspected from a balloon to capture light from the first stars and galaxies that formed in the Universe. When data showed something totally unexpected, that's when things got interesting. We interviewed Al Kogut and Dale Fixsen about this discovery, ARCADE, and how you can also detec...
Blueshift - January 14, 2009: We're Back!
January 14, 2009 21:19 - 7 minutes - 7.09 MBAfter taking some time off to seek listener feedback and consider the future direction of our podcast, Blueshift is back with a new episode to kick off 2009! For our re-launch, we've focused our first episode on another recently launched NASA project - the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope - and the exciting gamma-ray bursts that it observes.
Blueshift Episode 6: A NASA New Year!
January 02, 2008 21:04 - 13 minutes - 9.04 MBWelcome to the December 2007 episode of Blueshift, from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. We're celebrating the new year with a look at the typical life cycle of NASA missions and the typical day of our science staff. We'll start with a look back at the FUSE mission, which ceased operations earlier this year. Then we'll give you an inside look at what it takes to make a mission happen - from the birth of ideas to the day-to-day operation of a satellite after launch.
Blueshift Episode 5: The Podcast Strikes Back
November 14, 2007 18:35 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBWelcome to the November 2007 episode of Blueshift, from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. This month, find out what it's like to spend a summer vacation at NASA in interviews with some of our 2007 interns. Also, join us for a birthday party that's out of this world... happy 10th birthday, ACE! And finally, we'll share the answer to the Episode 4 brain teaser.
Blueshift Episode 4.5: Up Close with John Mather
October 31, 2007 20:22 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBWelcome to a special episode of Blueshift! As we approach another year of Nobel Prizes, we are releasing our full-length interview with NASA's own Nobel Laureate, John Mather (an edited version appeared in Episode 4). Learn more about cosmology, Dr. Mather's new position at NASA Headquarters, the importance of small missions, and the exciting future of the James Webb Space Telescope.
Blueshift Episode 4: Cool Science for Hot Times
August 06, 2007 16:14 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBWelcome to the July 2007 episode of Blueshift, from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Catch up on the latest astronomy headlines, and listen to our audio scrapbook from the American Astronomical Society meeting in Hawaii. For this episode, we interviewed Dr. John Mather, co-winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics. Dr. Mather talks about cosmology, NASA missions, winning the Nobel Prize, and his induction into a little-known Swedish student organization. We've also got a new brain teaser...
Blueshift Episode 3: X-ray Vision
June 29, 2007 22:38 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBWelcome to the June 2007 episode of Blueshift, from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. We're featuring X-ray astronomy this episode - listening to black holes and learning about what it takes to build an X-ray telescope. We interviewed Jerry Bonnell, co-curator of the Astronomy Picture of the Day, for a behind-the-scenes look at the website. We'll wrap things up with a new question from the mailbag, and a brain teaser.
Blueshift Episode 2: Life and Death
May 24, 2007 17:56 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBWelcome to the May 2007 episode of Blueshift, from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. We'll discuss our search for Earth-like planets outside of our own Solar System. We'll also look into gamma ray bursts, and how the Swift satellite team is working to solve their mysteries. This episode includes a brain teaser and mailbag question.
Blueshift Episode 1: Why So Blue?
April 11, 2007 18:00 - 14 minutes - 12.8 MBWelcome to the first episode of Blueshift, from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. This episode will tell you a little about what we do here, and features the inventions and innovations of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).