Innovation Now

Innovation Now

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Innovation Now episodes

  • Space Measurements
    By timing how long it takes individual photons to leave a satellite, reflect off the surface, and return to the receiver telescope on the satellite, NASA can precisely measure surface heights below.
    2 min
  • Shape from Shading
    NASA is using the power of the Pleiades supercomputer to layer thousands of satellite images taken by cameras aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
    2 min
  • Tools to Prepare
    A team of scientists created the Disasters Mapping Portal, a powerful interface that uses the power of Earth-observations to allows users to understand what’s happening on the ground.
    2 min
  • Family of Planets
    Astronomers have a new set of eyes on the TRAPPIST-1 system thanks to the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope.
    2 min
  • Providing Integral Power
    The European Service Module will provide integral power, thermal control, propulsion, and life support commodities for Orion and the astronauts inside.
    2 min
  • Seeing Clearly
    Night Vision Goggles work by amplifying natural light to highlight features, such as buildings or terrain, in the outside environment.
    2 min
  • Supersonic Images
    NASA has captured the first ever images of the interactions of shockwaves between two aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound.
    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…

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