NASA EDGE Audiofiles

Senior Aerospace Technologist Bob Moses joins the show to talk about how NASA plans to keep astronauts safe while living and working on the lunar surface. In order to maintain a sustainable presence on the Moon, NASA is getting more and more creative with their solutions. Check it out.

Join NASA EDGE as Chris and Lunar Architecture guru Pat Troutman talk about the challenge of designing NASA’s first sustainable lunar outpost for Artemis. On the Moon, it’s a bit more complicated than location, location, location. Check it out!

Capturing visual data from a spacecraft traveling at 17,000 plus miles per hour from a safe distance is a big challenge, and that is exactly what Jennifer Inman and the SCIFLI team do when spacecraft return to Earth. Franklin talked to Jennifer, Project Manager for NASA’s Scientifically Calibrated In-Flight Imagery Team (SCIFLI), to learn more about the complex challenge of collecting image data on re-entry and how that data will help improve design and safety as NASA and its partners move forward. Check it out!

You need more than household cleaner to tackle the dust problem on the lunar surface, and NASA Researcher Chris Wohl discusses the many strategies being developed by NASA to keep our equipment and astronauts safe while working on the Moon. 

Franklin checks in with NASA’s Division Chief of Heliophysics, Nicky Fox, to find out how current solar missions for NASA and ESA are providing profound new insight and data about our Sun. Plus, a quick look at some new NASA Sun-centric missions on the horizon. Available for download without needing SPF unless you’re watching outside.

Power is a big part of every NASA mission, and Artemis is no exception.  Chuck Taylor, from the Space Technology and Exploration Directorate at NASA Langley Research Center, joins the show to talk about how NASA is investigating and developing plans to provide power to all assets heading to the lunar surface.  From multiple sources and distribution to the universal real estate mantra “location, location, location”, NASA is leaving no lunar stone uncovered to solve this critical challenge to establish a sustained presence on the Moon.  Check it out.

NASA EDGE continues their series at home with special guest Mic Woltman from NASA Launch Services Program at NASA Kennedy Space Center. Find out how NASA is continually supporting critical missions and preparing for launches during these unique quarantine conditions. Plus, bonus wardrobe commentary from Chris!

Operating safely from their homes, NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green along with Blair and Franklin from NASA EDGE discuss how NASA is continuing its mission during this unique time of telework and sheltering in place.  Find out more about NASA’s ongoing search for life, mission updates for Perseverance and Artemis, and Jim Green’s podcast “Gravity Assist.”  All on NASA EDGE.

Raw uncut audio from the Solar Orbiter Rollout Video featuring ULA's Rocketship Captain.  Warning: Problems may occur during unedited interview, including Co-Host inconsistencies, flubs and mechanical failures.  

Raw uncut audio from the Solar Orbiter Rollout Video featuring Airbus' Solar Orbiter Project Manager.  Warning: Problems may occur during unedited interview, including Co-Host inconsistencies, flubs and mechanical failures.