Small Steps, Giant Leaps
139 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsNASA’s technical workforce put boots on the Moon, tire tracks on Mars, and the first reusable spacecraft in orbit around the Earth. Learn what’s next as they build missions that redefine the future with amazing discoveries and remarkable innovations.
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Episodes
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 36, Crowdsourcing Innovation
May 27, 2020 05:15 - 42 minutes - 29 MBNASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation Deputy Manager Steve Rader discusses driving innovation through crowdsourcing and the gig economy.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 35, Launch America
May 13, 2020 02:04 - 30 minutes - 20.6 MBNASA Commercial Crew Program Chief Engineers Steve Sullivan, Chris Lupo and Deborah Crane discuss the new approach for launching American astronauts to space.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 34, Science in the 2020s
April 29, 2020 07:18 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBNASA Scientist Michelle Thaller discusses anticipated discoveries and exciting missions planned during this decade.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 33, Young Innovators
April 15, 2020 02:37 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBKenny Harris, a NASA engineer named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 Class of 2020, discusses his experiences as a young professional.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 32, Europa Clipper
March 30, 2020 21:34 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBEuropa Clipper Project System Engineer Jennifer Dooley discusses NASA’s outer planets flagship mission.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 31, Commercial Lunar Payload Service
March 18, 2020 05:58 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBSteve Clarke, the Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, discusses commercial payload delivery services to the Moon.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 31, Commercial Lunar Payload Services
March 18, 2020 01:58 - 18.1 MBSteve Clarke, the Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, discusses commercial payload delivery services to the Moon.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 30, VIPER Lunar Rover
March 04, 2020 06:14 - 23 minutes - 16 MBVIPER Project Manager Dan Andrews discusses the lunar rover’s upcoming mission to look for water ice on the Moon.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 29, Centennial Challenges
February 19, 2020 00:22 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBMonsi Roman, NASA Centennial Challenges Program Manager, discusses the agency’s flagship prizes and competition program.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 28: Interdisciplinary Interactions
February 04, 2020 22:17 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBAnna McGowan, NASA’s Senior Engineer for Complex Systems Design, discusses the impact of interdisciplinary interactions on mission success.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 27, Megatrends for Engineering Systems
January 22, 2020 00:09 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBAnna McGowan, NASA’s Senior Engineer for Complex Systems Design, discusses engineering trends and the impact of rapid technology changes.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 26, NASA IV&V
January 08, 2020 05:08 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBNASA Independent Verification and Validation Program Director Greg Blaney discusses the impact of IV&V on high-profile NASA missions.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 25, NASA Technology Transfer
December 11, 2019 07:36 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBNASA Technology Transfer Program Executive Dan Lockney discusses the transfer of innovative space and aeronautics technologies for practical, terrestrial applications.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 24, TechPort
November 26, 2019 20:23 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBNASA TechPort’s Patrick Murphy and Ryan Miller discuss how technologists and innovators can use the tool to exchange ideas for groundbreaking solutions.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 23, Swamp Works
November 13, 2019 20:12 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBNASA Swamp Works Senior Technologist Rob Mueller discusses technologies being developed for missions to the Moon and Mars.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 22, Reflections on Columbia
October 29, 2019 23:51 - 36 minutes - 25 MBNASA Goddard Space Flight Center Chief Knowledge Officer Ed Rogers discusses the complex human elements involved in disasters such as the Space Shuttle Columbia accident.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 21, NASA Human Research Program
October 15, 2019 23:52 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBNASA Human Research Program Director Bill Paloski discusses methods and technologies to support safe, productive human space travel to the Moon and Mars.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 20, Exploration Spacesuit Design
October 02, 2019 17:29 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBNASA Exploration EVA System Development Lead Jesse Buffington discusses spacesuit design for spacewalks on the Moon and Mars.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 19, Magic Inside the Orion Spacesuit
September 18, 2019 17:04 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBOrion Spacesuit Engineer Kirstyn Johnson discusses the internal systems of the Orion spacesuit.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 18, Orion Spacesuit Design
September 04, 2019 17:45 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBOrion Crew Survival Systems Project Manager Dustin Gohmert discusses Orion spacesuit design.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 17, Astronaut Training
August 20, 2019 23:43 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBNASA Astronaut Candidate Woody Hoburg discusses his experiences as the 2017 NASA Astronaut Class approaches the two-year mark of extensive training for space travel.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 16, Ocean-Atmosphere Understanding
August 07, 2019 04:39 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBKathleen McIntyre, PACE Deputy Project Manager, discusses NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 15, 20 Years of Chandra Discoveries
July 24, 2019 05:38 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBChandra X-ray Observatory Project Manager Helen Cole and Project Scientist Martin Weisskopf discuss 20 years of exploring the extreme universe.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 14, Apollo Lunar Landing Training
July 10, 2019 05:03 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBLisa Jones, NASA Landing and Impact Research Facility Manager, discusses the facility where the Apollo astronauts trained for the lunar landing.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 13, Apollo Legacies and Lessons Learned
June 25, 2019 22:26 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBAward-winning journalist, space historian and author Andrew Chaikin discusses the Apollo Program, almost 50 years after the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 12, Flight Demonstrations and Capabilities
June 12, 2019 05:04 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBBrent Cobleigh, NASA Flight Demonstrations and Capabilities Project Manager, discusses new technologies that could transform air travel.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 11, Commercial Crew
May 28, 2019 18:44 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBJon Cowart, a veteran space engineer, discusses NASA’s Commercial Crew Program and progress toward launching astronauts from American soil.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 10, Concurrent Engineering
May 15, 2019 05:33 - 16 minutes - 11 MBThe European Space Agency’s Torsten Bieler discusses how ESA uses concurrent engineering.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 9, Mars Opportunity Rover Mission
April 30, 2019 22:25 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBAbigail Fraeman, deputy project scientist on the Mars Exploration Rover mission, discusses the Opportunity rover mission.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 8, Engineering NASA’s Science Missions
April 16, 2019 18:54 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBJoe Gasbarre, NASA Science Mission Directorate Chief Engineer, discusses the engineering side of science missions.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 7, Space Shuttle Columbia National Tour
April 03, 2019 03:12 - 19 minutes - 27.1 MBMike Ciannilli, the agency’s manager of the Apollo, Challenger, Columbia Lessons Learned Program, previews the Space Shuttle Columbia National Tour.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 6, Artificial Intelligence
March 20, 2019 01:31 - 20 minutes - 27.7 MBBrian Thomas, Agency Data Scientist at NASA Headquarters, discusses artificial intelligence.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 5, Big Data
March 06, 2019 03:20 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MBJohn Sprague, Deputy Chief Information Officer for Technology, Data and Innovation at NASA Headquarters, discusses big data.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 4, APPEL Knowledge Services Overview
February 20, 2019 07:10 - 22 minutes - 31.5 MBRoger Forsgren, NASA Chief Knowledge Officer and APPEL Knowledge Services Director, discusses the integration of training and knowledge sharing activities.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 3, Unleashing Innovation
February 07, 2019 02:42 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MBDavid Miranda, innovation point of contact for the Exploration Ground Systems Program’s Operations Division, offers tips for unleashing innovation.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 2, Decision Velocity
December 19, 2018 18:07 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MBAn Exploration Ground Systems Program division chief, Jeremy Parsons, discusses practical ways to make quality decisions faster.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 1, Orion Spacecraft
December 11, 2018 00:33 - 31 minutes - 43.5 MBOrion Program Manager Mark Kirasich discusses the challenges and opportunities of managing America’s next-generation spacecraft.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 1, Orion
December 10, 2018 20:33 - 43.5 MBOrion Program Manager Mark Kirasich discusses the challenges and opportunities of managing America’s next-generation spacecraft.
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 0, Preview
December 04, 2018 23:24 - 3 minutes - 5.25 MBAPPEL Knowledge Services presents a preview of the new Small Steps, Giant Leaps podcast.