Innovation Now

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Innovation Now episodes

July 11, 2023 LEGO Rover Kit
NASA’s Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter are busy exploring Mars, one-tenth-scale buildable models are touching down in homes around the globe.
2 min
July 10, 2023 Laser Bandwidths
Astronauts, mission controllers, and scientists rely on a communications network to transmit messages and commands.
2 min
July 07, 2023 Message in a Bottle
Members of the public are invited to add their names to an original poem dedicated to NASA’s Europa Clipper mission before the spacecraft begins its journey to Jupiter’s moon.
2 min
July 06, 2023 Generating Power
Power systems that utilize spinning rotors take advantage of dense atmospheres, utilizing drag forces to generate electrical power.
2 min
July 05, 2023 Names on a Map
Geologists studying Mars rely on names on a map to understand the landscape and communicate about the area.
2 min
July 04, 2023 Fourth of July
For the first twenty years of human spaceflight, no astronaut had spent a Fourth of July in space.
2 min
July 03, 2023 Made in the Stars
From the oxygen and potassium that help fireworks burn to the aluminum that makes sparklers sparkle, most of the elements in the universe were produced by the stars.
2 min
June 30, 2023 Endothelial Cells
Growing endothelial cells in microgravity is an accurate way to test the effects and toxicity of new vessel-targeting drugs.
2 min
June 29, 2023 Measuring Lunar Dust
This air quality sensor that measures air quality here on Earth was first developed to measure lunar dust.
2 min
June 28, 2023 Providing Propulsion
The solar cells, engines, radiators, and heat exchangers on the European-built Service Module are an essential part of Artemis missions.
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…