Innovation Now

Innovation Now

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Innovation Now episodes

  • Neutral Buoyancy Lab
    Mastering an extravehicular activity, or spacewalk would be crucial in proving that NASA was ready to actually put a man on the moon.
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  • Lighter Leaves
    Scientists are now able to conduct agricultural experiments in less time with fewer resources, all without beating around the soybean bush.
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  • The Gantry
    When astronauts like Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin came to NASA Langley to train, they could often be found at the Lunar Landing Research Facility, an iconic structure known as the gantry.
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  • Space Navigator
    Currently, a spacecraft’s position in space is determined by measuring the time it takes a signal from Earth to reach a spacecraft and rebroadcast back to Earth. But NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock could change that.
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  • NASA in Your Life
    Explore NASA Home and City, a new interactive web site that showcases about 130 spinoff technologies in a virtual space. From cell phone cameras to fire equipment, NASA is closer than you think.
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  • Share an Earth Image
    You can take snapshots of a location on Earth to share with friends or colleagues with a NASA app that lets you explore Earth your way.
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  • Seeing Art in Science
    James Baughman uses his background in photography and chemistry to understand material failures, but he uses his imagination to see pictures in the electron microscope scans.
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  • Autonomous Agriculture
    In 2004, John Deere contracted with NASA to modify their GPS receivers to tap into NASA’s global network of ground stations, making self-driving tractors a reality.
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