Houston We Have a Podcast
Episodes
Apollo 17
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Harrison Schmitt, the Apollo 17 lunar module pilot and the only geologist to walk on the Moon, discusses the 50th anniversary of the Apollo progra...
Artemis Spacesuits
29 Nov 2019
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Chris Hansen, manager of the Extravehicular Activity Office, talks about the next generation of spacesuits that will be used during the Artemis Progra...
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer: The Tools
21 Nov 2019
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Heather Bergman, Justin Cassidy, and Drew Hood discuss how unique tools were developed to complete the on-orbit repair of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrome...
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer: The Spacewalks
15 Nov 2019
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Tara Jochim and Brian Mader talk about a unique and difficult set of spacewalks to repair an experiment called the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. The tw...
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer: The Science
08 Nov 2019
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Dr. Brandon Reddell discusses astrophysics, cosmology, and the science behind the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), an experiment looking for evidenc...
Apollo vs. Artemis
01 Nov 2019
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Nujoud Merancy, Exploration Mission Planning Office Chief, returns to the podcast to explain how the mission architecture of the Artemis program diffe...
Air to Space
25 Oct 2019
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General Stephen Wilson, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, and Nick Hague, U.S. Air Force colonel and NASA astronaut, discuss how the Air Forc...
The Value of the Moon
18 Oct 2019
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Samuel Lawrence, planetary scientist and lead lunar exploration scientist, discusses what we’ve learned about the Moon and some of the more interest...
Lessons of Apollo
11 Oct 2019
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Science journalist and Apollo historian Andrew Chaikin discusses why the Moon is a desirable object for exploration and makes the case for applying...
21st Century Space Travel
04 Oct 2019
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A discussion of historical space policy with Stephen Garber and Glen Asner, co-authors of "Origins of 21st Century Space Travel," which examines the f...
The SpaceX Crew Dragon
27 Sep 2019
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Benji Reed, director of Crew Mission Management for SpaceX, talks about the SpaceX Crew Dragon, the testing and training thus far including an uncrewe...
From the Seas to the Stars
18 Sep 2019
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NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir talks about her path to becoming an astronaut, her education in biology and space, her research studying marine mammals an...
Women of JSC: Apollo to Artemis
13 Sep 2019
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Women Excelling in Life & Leadership (WELL) and the Human Systems Integration ERG hosted a panel discussion highlighting the legacy of women in space...
The Boeing Starliner
06 Sep 2019
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Tony Castilleja and Celena Dopart, Boeing engineers, talk about the Boeing Starliner spacecraft and all the testing and training happening to get the ...
The Overview Effect
30 Aug 2019
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Space philosopher and author Frank White discusses the impact of looking down at the Earth from above, and how it can create a shift in the way astron...
Student-Built Space Hardware
23 Aug 2019
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Bob Zeek and Stacy Hale talk about how students can build and fly hardware to the International Space Station as part of a program called HUNCH. Stude...
Recycling Water and Air
16 Aug 2019
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Laura Shaw, the International Space Station Program Lead for Exploration Life Support Systems, discusses the systems on the station that create a liva...
In Case of Emergency
09 Aug 2019
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Jason Hutt, Orion Crew Systems Integrations Lead, explains how the crew is prepared to respond effectively in the unlikely event of an emergency on bo...
Space Tourism and Commercialization
02 Aug 2019
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Mike Read, International Space Station Commercial Space Utilization Manager, discusses NASA's new directive that further opens up the station for comm...
The Next First Steps
26 Jul 2019
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Today's leaders of the human spaceflight programs at NASA discuss how Apollo 11 influenced their lives and careers and share their thoughts on the val...
Lesser-Known Stories of Apollo 11
19 Jul 2019
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NASA historian Jennifer Ross-Nazzal shares some of the lesser-known stories of the Apollo 11 mission 50 years after the historic landing of humans on ...
Apollo 11 to Now
12 Jul 2019
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For the 100th episode, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine discusses the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing as NASA continues to move forwa...
The Best of Year Two
05 Jul 2019
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Houston, we have a birthday! Episode 99 is a special episode to celebrate two years of Houston We Have a Podcast. Host Gary Jordan sits down with audi...
Soldier, Physician, Astronaut
28 Jun 2019
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NASA Astronaut Andrew Morgan shares his journey just before his first spaceflight. Morgan talks about his education, his time as a flight surgeon in t...
Crowdsourcing
21 Jun 2019
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Lynn Buquo and Steve Rader discuss how NASA is using crowdsourcing as a way to support research and development efforts by tapping into the expertise ...
Restoring the Apollo Mission Control Center
14 Jun 2019
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Sandra Tetley and Adam Graves discuss the journey of restoring the historic Apollo Mission Control Center to look and feel exactly as it did in July 1...
Spaceship Crash Testing
07 Jun 2019
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Mark Baldwin, Orion Occupant Protection Specialist, talks about crash testing of the Orion spacecraft and why it is important to keep the crew safe du...
Mental Health with Shinedown
31 May 2019
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In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, NASA chats with the rock band Shinedown about the similarities and importance of mental health for orbiting...
Space Medicine at Comicpalooza
24 May 2019
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Science fiction meets science fact during a live panel discussion at Comicpalooza in Houston about current medical innovations in space with NASA medi...
Apollo 10
17 May 2019
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In this recording of a live panel at the Johnson Space Center, experts discuss the historic Apollo 10 mission and how the lessons learned from that ti...
The Heroes Behind the Heroes: Part 4
10 May 2019
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In part four of this series, the team of scientists and technical staff turns 19,000 hours of digitized audio into transcripts, all of which can be ac...
The Heroes Behind the Heroes: Part 3
03 May 2019
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In part three of a special series, the heroes take on another technical challenge to rescue the Apollo 11 mission control tapes for posterity and for ...
The Heroes Behind the Heroes: Part 2
26 Apr 2019
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In part two of this special edition of the podcast, John Hansen and Greg Wiseman take the first crack at repairing the only machine capable of playing...
The Heroes Behind the Heroes
19 Apr 2019
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In this special edition of the podcast, the voices of the people who saved a piece of American spaceflight history tell the tale of reviving an obsole...
Twins Study
13 Apr 2019
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Dr. Andy Feinberg and Dr. Steve Platts discuss the history and details behind the Twins Study. The experts reveal some of the findings from the multi-...
Pathways
05 Apr 2019
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Jonathan Abary, Pathways program manager, and Alexis Vance, Pathways intern in the crew and thermal systems division, discuss the Pathways internship ...
Space City
29 Mar 2019
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Prominent local business leaders Cindy DeWease, William Harris, and Bob Mitchell discuss how the presence of the Johnson Space Center in Houston impac...
Engage Thrusters
22 Mar 2019
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Steve Barsi, European Service Module Propulsion Subsystem Manager, discusses the Orion spacecraft’s propulsion system, how it works and why it's sui...
How to Plan a Spacewalk
15 Mar 2019
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Spacewalk experts Tara Jochim and Art Thomason discuss the intense planning over months and sometimes years that goes into the complicated choreograph...
Resident Extreme
08 Mar 2019
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NASA Astronaut Christina Koch and her husband, Bob Koch, discuss Christina's path to becoming an astronaut—her childhood in North Carolina, her educ...
The Next Generation of Spaceflight Leaders
01 Mar 2019
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Mohammed Saibu and Juan Carlos Lopez, who are pursuing leadership roles at NASA through a program called FIRST, discuss some of the challenges of lead...
From American Soil
22 Feb 2019
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Steve Stich, Deputy Manager for Commercial Crew, discusses how we are once again launching astronauts from American soil. Stich talks about the astron...
Livable Space
15 Feb 2019
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John Lewis, Orion ECLS (Environmental Control and Life Support) system manager, discusses how the Orion spacecraft will keep the crew inside comfortab...
Apollo 1 Fire
08 Feb 2019
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Expert guests from the Apollo program reveal more behind the challenges faced to successfully land humans on the Moon in less than three years after t...
Apollo 8: Part 2
01 Feb 2019
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Vanessa Wyche, Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center, leads a panel discussion with key players of the Apollo program to learn critical lessons ...
Apollo 8: Part 1
22 Dec 2018
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On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 launch, resident historian Dr. Jennifer Ross-Nazzal recounts one of the most significant missions in human spa...
Radiation Shielding
14 Dec 2018
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Matt Lemke, Orion avionics, power and software deputy manager, discusses how Orion is radiation-hardened so the systems inside can withstand the harsh...
Fly 'Em All
07 Dec 2018
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NASA Astronaut Anne McClain discusses her journey to space, from her education, her time in the Army as an aviator, and her training to become an astr...
The International Space Station Begins: Part 2
30 Nov 2018
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Jerry Ross, former NASA astronaut, talks about the first mission to assemble the International Space Station and his experience conducting the mission...
The International Space Station Begins: Part 1
23 Nov 2018
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Doug Drewry, former FGB Program Manager, discusses leading the joint U.S and Russian teams during the development and launch of Zarya, the first eleme...
Apollo and The Moon
16 Nov 2018
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John Gruener and Dr. Jennifer Ross-Nazzal, planetary scientist and historian, respectively, team up to discuss both the science and history of the Apo...
Organs on Chips in Space
09 Nov 2018
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Dr. Lucie Low, Scientific Program Manager at the National Institutes of Health, talks about tiny devices the size of the thumb drive that replicate th...
Navigating Deep Space
02 Nov 2018
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Dr. Greg Holt, Navigation Lead for the Orion spacecraft, discusses how the vehicle finds its way through deep space and communicates with Earth along ...
NASA in Hollywood
26 Oct 2018
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Bob Jacobs, Bert Ulrich, and Bill Barry share stories of NASA working closely with filmmakers on features and documentaries. The cast and crew of "Fir...
NASA's 60th Anniversary - Live!
19 Oct 2018
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For NASA’s 60th Anniversary, Houston We Have a Podcast took to the stage with science fiction writers Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, Howard Tayler...
5,000°F
12 Oct 2018
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Ronny Baccus, Orion structures and thermal protection system functional area manager, discusses how Orion deals with temperatures around 5,000°F when...
We're Not in Kansas Anymore
05 Oct 2018
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NASA astronaut Nick Hague and his wife, Lt. Col. Catie Hague, talk about Nick’s journey to becoming an astronaut, his education, and his time in the...
Space Weather
28 Sep 2018
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Dr. Steve Johnson, Senior Scientist of the Space Radiation Analysis Group, discusses what's being done right now to document radiation exposure, not o...
Reach New Heights and Reveal the Unknown
21 Sep 2018
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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer describe the mission and direction of America's space agency after a v...
Escaping A Speeding Rocket
14 Sep 2018
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Jon Olansen and Jenny Devolites, leads for the Orion Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) crew module and AA-2 launch abort vehicle test mission, discuss the critica...
Hazard 5: Environments
07 Sep 2018
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Dr. Brian Crucian, a biological studies and immunology expert, discusses the hazard of hostile and closed environments in space. Crucian serves as the...
Hazard 4: Gravity
31 Aug 2018
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Dr. Peter Norsk, Senior Research Director and Element Scientist at Baylor College of Medicine based here at NASA, describes the hazard of altered grav...
Hazard 3: Distance
24 Aug 2018
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Dr. Erik Antonsen, element scientist and emergency physician, discusses the hazard of traveling farther away from Earth an ever before, especially how...
Hazard 2: Isolation
17 Aug 2018
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Dr. Tom Williams leads a research team that looks into isolation and confinement, focusing on habitability and behavioral health and performance risks...
Hazard 1: Radiation
10 Aug 2018
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Dr. Zarana Patel, a portfolio lead scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center, is responsible for management and scientific oversight of degenerative ti...
Dr. Spaceman
03 Aug 2018
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Dr. Mike Barratt, NASA astronaut, physician and a flight surgeon, shares his story of living in space. Barratt addresses five hazards of human spacefl...
Living Off the Land
27 Jul 2018
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John Gruener and Steve Hoffman discuss in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), the ability to find and use natural resources beyond Earth. HWHAP Episode ...
Small Business, Cosmic Goals
20 Jul 2018
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Tabi Taliwaku Kalisa, program manager of NASA's Small Business Programs, shares how NASA helps small businesses to get involved in space exploration a...
Mars is Hard. Here's Why.
13 Jul 2018
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Dr. Stan Love, NASA astronaut and all-around smart guy, flew to the International Space Station in 2008 and has worked on a number of flight analog pr...
Houston, We Have a Birthday
06 Jul 2018
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Houston, We Have a Podcast celebrates its first year. Gary Jordan (host) sits down with Alex Perryman (audio) and Dan Huot (co-host) to reminisce abou...
Airspace
29 Jun 2018
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Harry Roberts, Flight Operation Supervisor for the Aircraft Operations Division out at Ellington Field Airport, talks about aeronautics at NASA. Rober...
DNA Sequencing
22 Jun 2018
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Dr. Sarah Wallace talks about her instrumental role in sequencing DNA for the very first time in space. DNA sequencing can be used for things in space...
Launch America
15 Jun 2018
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Kathy Lueders, Manager of the Commercial Crew Program, gives us a brief history of the program, how it started, and where it is now. Leuders talks abo...
Moon Rocks
07 Jun 2018
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Ryan Zeigler, a planetary scientist and the lunar sample curator, talks about the moon rocks brought to Earth during Apollo, the facilities that keep ...
Astronaut, M.D.
01 Jun 2018
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Serena Auñón-Chancellor shares her story about becoming an astronaut from her education in engineering and medicine to her time at NASA as a flight ...
Stories of Unity
25 May 2018
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For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we team up with our Asian Employee Resource Group to share the stories from 4 guests on their unique paths ...
Digital Space
18 May 2018
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Annette Moore, the Director of Information Resources and the Chief Information Officer at the Johnson Space Center, tells us about data and informatio...
Spacecraft Displays
11 May 2018
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Jeff Fox, Chief Engineer of the Rapid Prototype Lab at the Johnson Space Center, tells the history and evolution of displays and controls in the space...
Diet Like an Astronaut
04 May 2018
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Dr. Scott Smith, NASA nutritionist and the manager for nutritional biochemistry, discusses the differences in the way astronauts have to eat in space ...
The Space Launch System Part 2
27 Apr 2018
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Paul Bookout and David Smith continue their conversation about the most powerful rocket since the Saturn V: The Space Launch System. The experts discu...
The Space Launch System Part 1
20 Apr 2018
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Paul Bookout and David Smith talk about the most powerful rocket since the Saturn V: The Space Launch System. The experts discuss what the rocket is m...
Tough and Competent
13 Apr 2018
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Colonel TJ Creamer shares his story from humble beginnings in the military to tweeting from the International Space Station. Creamer describes his tra...
BEAM and Expandable Spacecraft
06 Apr 2018
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Rajib Dasgupta and Gerard Valle talk about the commercial test module currently attached to the International Space Station called the Bigelow Expanda...
Stories of Her Strength
30 Mar 2018
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For Women's History Month we brought in 4 women in leadership at the Johnson Space Center to share their stories of persevering through challenges and...
Human vs. Machine
23 Mar 2018
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Dr. Tina Holden, Human Factors Technical Fellow with Leidos, talks about the challenges that astronauts may face when interacting with computers. Hold...
Teacher on Board
16 Mar 2018
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Ricky Arnold, NASA Astronaut, talks about his time as an educator, his first flight on the Space Shuttle, and his plans to teach from space during his...
A Ride in Orion
09 Mar 2018
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Jeff Fox, Chief Engineer of the Rapid Prototype Lab, talks about some of the testing and training for Orion. Fox brings the actual audio from inside t...
A Seismic Journey
02 Mar 2018
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Drew Feustel, NASA Astronaut, talks about his education in Geology and Seismology, his previous 2 shuttle missions, and his expectations before launch...
The Zero-G Workout
23 Feb 2018
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Dr. Andrea Hanson, Exercise Countermeasures Operations Lead, talks about what happens to the human body in microgravity, what NASA is doing about it, ...
African American History Month
16 Feb 2018
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For African American History Month, we team up with our African American Employee Resource Group to bring 4 guests from different areas of expertise l...
The James Webb Space Telescope
09 Feb 2018
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Jonathan Homan, Project Manager for Webb's Chamber A Testing, talks about how the James Webb Space Telescope has been designed, built, and tested, esp...
Infamous Meteorites
02 Feb 2018
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Dr. Duck Mittlefehldt, Planetary Scientist, talks about some curious findings in meteorites and the adventures endured to procure them. HWHAP Episode ...
The National Lab in Space
26 Jan 2018
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Patrick O'Neill, Marketing and Communications Manager at CASIS, talks about the part of the International Space Station designated as a U.S. National ...
3 Weeks in a Capsule
19 Jan 2018
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Jessica Vos, Crew Systems Engineer, talks about how astronauts will operate in the Orion capsule for deep-space missions that can go up to 3 weeks: li...
The Search for Life
12 Jan 2018
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Dr. Aaron Burton and Dr. Marc Fries, Planetary Scientists, talk about searching for organic material in meteorites from around the solar system. They ...
Can You Hear Me Now?
05 Jan 2018
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Bill Foster, Ground Controller in Mission Control Houston, talks about how space communication networks work and what they will look like for missions...
A Rocket on a Rocket
29 Dec 2017
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Wahab Alshahin, Guidance, Navigation and Control Engineer, talks about what a launch abort system is, how it works, and why it's necessary to send hum...
Space Habitat
22 Dec 2017
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Lisa Spence, Flight Analogs Project Manager, and Dr. Paul Haugen, HERA Operations Engineer, talk about the space habitat analog here in Texas. They ta...
Test Pilot to Astronaut
15 Dec 2017
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Scott Tingle, NASA Astronaut, talks about his education in mechanical engineering, his time in the Navy as a test pilot, and his astronaut training be...
Astronaut Health
08 Dec 2017
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Dr. Natacha Chough, Flight Surgeon, talks about what flight surgeons do and how they work with astronauts to monitor their health during spaceflight. ...