Innovation Now

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Innovation Now episodes

June 15, 2022 A Pulverized Puzzle
Not long after Perseverance’s percussive drill pulverized the first rock selected for sampling on Mars, the rover successfully gathered a sample from a different rock.
2 min
June 14, 2022 Pinpointing Positions
The mercury ions in NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock make it the most stable atomic clock ever flown.
2 min
June 13, 2022 3D Printed Medical Instruments
Medical instruments that are 3D printed could help astronauts analyze medical samples in space.
2 min
June 10, 2022 Particular Posture
Rather than simply allowing function to dictate design, health, safety, and productivity became important factors for designing space equipment and space age car seats.
2 min
June 09, 2022 A Vibration Fix
A NASA spinoff that was developed to help with rocket wobble has been adapted to control vibration in skyscrapers and now can be used to stabilize platforms in the ocean.
2 min
June 08, 2022 Songs in the Sea
Because whales use sounds to navigate and communicate, the man-made sound coming from ships creates problems for these underwater mammals.
2 min
June 08, 2022 Songs in the Sea
Because whales use sounds to navigate and communicate, the man-made sound coming from ships creates problems for these underwater mammals.
2 min
June 07, 2022 Science and Technology
Scientists depend on technologies to help them understand the process that creates the auroras, or northern lights.
2 min
June 06, 2022 Virtual Field Studies
NASA is investigating AR and VR technologies as a way to bring new reality to the way NASA does science.
2 min
June 03, 2022 Making Propellant
ISRU, or Insitu Resource Utilization, is basically trying to look around at the resources at your exploration site to see what you can do with them.
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…