Latest Nasa missions Podcast Episodes
Season Two, Episode 4: Deflecting Disaster
On a Mission - October 29, 2019 19:38 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 701 ratingsUnlike the dinosaurs, we have a space program. There are many ways we could steer an asteroid off its path towards Earth.
Season Two, Episode 3: Bracing for a Crash
On a Mission - October 22, 2019 12:25 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 701 ratingsIf a big asteroid is heading our way, how does NASA prepare for the oncoming disaster?
Season Two, Episode 2: Impact!
On a Mission - October 15, 2019 19:55 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 701 ratingsWhat happens when a giant asteroid hits Earth?
Season Two, Episode 1 - The Sky Is Falling
On a Mission - October 08, 2019 15:43 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 701 ratingsEarth is in a cosmic shooting gallery. With so many asteroids zipping around, how can we find them all before they find us?
Season Two, Episode 0 - Asteroids!
On a Mission - October 03, 2019 03:58 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 701 ratingsThe upcoming season will feature stories of asteroid exploration.
Bonus episode: InSight’s Insights
On a Mission - October 02, 2019 01:06 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 701 ratingsWhat's happened with InSight since it landed on Mars?
Episode 5: Contingency
Revisiting Apollo 11: 5 Untold Stories - July 19, 2019 10:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★ - 15 ratingsFor our fifth episode, host Karama Horne introduces a speech read by guest Dany Roth that President Richard Nixon would have read in the event of a moon disaster and the astronauts did not make it back to earth. Thankfully, Nixon never had to read it, but the remarkable words still haun...
Episode 4: The Final Hurdle - Quarantine
Revisiting Apollo 11: 5 Untold Stories - July 18, 2019 10:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn our fourth episode, host Karama Horne and astronomer Phil Plait explore an often overlooked part of the Apollo 11 mission: Quarantine. The three astronauts were kept in quarantine for three weeks, once more suspended in isolation, only this time on Earth. See Privacy Policy at https...
Episode 3: The Photo of Everything
Revisiting Apollo 11: 5 Untold Stories - July 17, 2019 10:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn our third episode, host Karama Horne and astronomer Phil Plait aim to illuminate the significance of not only the man behind the camera, but also the photo taken that didn't just change history, but showed all of it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pri...
Episode 2: The Hardest Task
Revisiting Apollo 11: 5 Untold Stories - July 16, 2019 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn our second episode, Karama Horne takes us through the story behind a surprisingly difficult part of the Apollo 11 mission. Planting the American flag. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. ...
Episode 1: A Troubled Descent
Revisiting Apollo 11: 5 Untold Stories - July 15, 2019 10:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn this first episode, host Karama Horne and contributor astronomer Phil Plait tell the story of the moon landing - not of the accomplishment, but of its near failure. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sel...
Coming Soon!
Revisiting Apollo 11: 5 Untold Stories - July 10, 2019 17:57 - 24 seconds ★★★★ - 15 ratingsYou've heard the story of the moon-landing before, but you probably haven't heard about all the other out of this world stories that happened during the Apollo 11 mission. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not...
Arrival
On a Mission - November 20, 2018 02:09 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 701 ratingsInSight is lining up to land on Mars. The trip from the top of the atmosphere to the surface of Mars is 6-and-a-half minutes of sheer terror.
We Are the World
On a Mission - November 20, 2018 01:34 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 701 ratingsMissions to outer space have come a long way since the days of Cold War competition. Farah Alibay finds that building relationships is a big part of building spacecraft.
Worlds of Wonder
On a Mission - November 13, 2018 22:24 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 701 ratingsTechnology can take you to unexpected places. The MarCO cubesats, flying towards Mars with InSight, are breaking new ground on how far these small satellites can go.
Robots Lend a Hand
On a Mission - November 13, 2018 22:04 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 701 ratingsAshitey Trebi-Ollennu is in charge of the InSight mission’s robotic arm and hand. His work on space robots has led him to give a helping hand back home.
A Matter of Life and Death
On a Mission - November 05, 2018 20:58 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 701 ratingsEarth is a living, dynamic world thanks to volcanoes and the planetary heat that fuels them. The InSight mission wants to see if Mars also has a heartbeat deep inside its cold exterior.
True Grit on the Road to Mars
On a Mission - November 05, 2018 20:08 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 701 ratingsSpace missions often defy the odds, overcoming all obstacles. The people who work on these missions also face challenges to get where they are today. Marleen Martinez Sundgaard, the testbed lead for InSight, personifies this tenacious spirit.
Music of the Spheres
On a Mission - October 29, 2018 19:04 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 701 ratingsThe Earth "rings" when earthquakes strike, just as vibrations through a bell create a ringing sound. The InSight mission will see if tremors cause Mars to chime with its own planetary song.
The Danger of Going to Mars
On a Mission - October 29, 2018 16:30 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 701 ratingsMany spacecraft have died trying to get to Mars. The current record for Mars missions is 18 successes, and 25 failures. The InSight mission hopes to improve the odds.
Episode 0, Trailer
On a Mission - October 16, 2018 19:30 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 701 ratingsEight stories, one mission to outer space. “On a Mission,” a new podcast from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, launches October 29.
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