Innovation Now

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Innovation Now episodes

October 16 Sterile Standards
NASA had to pioneer standards for ultra-clean facilities because a single speck of dust could cause a mission to fail.
2 min
October 15 Changing Technologies
Satellites play a key role in detecting and monitoring wildfires. But new technologies could help us better predict how the landscape burns.
2 min
October 14 A Lifeline from Orbit
While participating in a fishing tournament, a five-person team, forty miles off the Mississippi Gulf Coast, experienced sudden disaster.
2 min
October 13 Spring Down Under
As fall colors spread across North America, spring is blossoming across Australia.
2 min
October 12 Bubbles in Your Beer
To keep their beer from going stale in the tanks, they turned to a solution that was designed for use on Mars.
2 min
October 09 Enterprise
NASA originally planned to name its first space shuttle orbiter Constitution, but a massive letter writing campaign changed that.
2 min
October 08 Fall Colors
In the fall, leaves change colors as they lose chlorophyll, the molecule the plants use to synthesize food.
2 min
October 07 Fuel Savings
Sometimes a course change can bring unexpected rewards.
2 min
October 06 A New Moon Crater
For more than seventeen years, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been circling the Moon, mapping the Moon’s surface and temperature from orbit.
2 min
October 05 Why We Explore
Since the dawn of humanity, people have explored to learn more about the world around them, find new resources, and improve their existence.
2 min

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Innovation Now is a daily 90-second radio series and podcast that gives listeners a front row seat to hear compelling stories of revolutionary ideas, emerging technologies and the people behind the…