NASA Edge

NASA Edge episodes:

• 07.26.2023

  NASA EDGE: CubeSat Launch Initiative Missions Concepts Program

  NASA EDGE attends the Mission Concepts Program workshop to learn more about NASA's role in launching Cubesats through the CubeSat Launch Initiative.

  
• 03.30.2023

  NASA EDGE: Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring Pollution Instrument-TEMPO Partnerships

  NASA is ready to launch TEMPO, and NASA EDGE’s Franklin Fitzgerald talks to two of NASA’s partners about the satellite carrying TEMPO and how all of the data will be managed during mission operation.

  
• 03.27.2023

  NASA EDGE: Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring Pollution Instrument-TEMPO

  NASA is ready to launch TEMPO, its first instrument on a commercial satellite primarily focused on gathering hourly daytime data on air pollutants.

  
• 01.19.2023

  NASA EDGE: Surface Water and Ocean Topography Prelaunch Show

  Get ready for the launch of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission with NASA EDGE.

  
• 01.16.2023

  NASA EDGE: JPSS-2 Tower Rollback Show

  NASA EDGE scores a hat trick with the Best of Live JPSS-2 Tower Rollback show featuring three amazing missions and milestones.

  
• 08.26.2022

  NASA EDGE: Imaging Artemis I with SCIFLI

  Artemis I is launching soon, and even NASA has its own front row seat for the launch with Scientifically Calibrated In-Flight Imagary (SCIFLI). During launch and recovery, the NASA SCIFLI team will capture super high-fidelity imagery of the rocket...

  
• 07.11.2022

  NASA EDGE: Honey, I Shrunk the Payload

  NASA EDGE: Honey, I Shrunk the Payload

  
• 03.23.2022

  NASA EDGE: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-T) Rollout Show

  On February 28, 2022, NASA EDGE provided live coverage of the rollout of NOAA’s GOES-T satellite from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

  
• 12.16.2021

  NASA EDGE: Imagining X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Show

  On December 8, 2021 NASA EDGE provided live coverage for the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

  
• 12.04.2021

  NASA EDGE: The Antarctic Eclipse Show

  NASA EDGE talks NASA Heliophysics, NASA Solar Missions, Eclipses, and Space Weather as the perfect setup for exclusive, high-resolution footage of the 2021 Antarctic Total Solar Eclipse.

  
• 12.03.2021

  NASA EDGE: The DART Show

  On November 22, 2021 NASA EDGE provide coverage of the transition of the SpaceX Falcon 9 going vertical prior to the launch of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

  
• 11.16.2021

  NASA EDGE: Laser Communication Relay Demonstration

  Prior to the launch of the Laser Communication Relay Demonstration, the NASA EDGE Co-Host develops and tests his own version of laser communication as a proof of concept.

  
• 11.16.2021

  NASA EDGE: Lucy Rollout Show

  On October 14th, 2021 NASA EDGE provided live coverage of the Lucy Rollout at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Several members of the Lucy team joined the show.

  
• 10.25.2021

  NASA EDGE: Landsat 9 Prelaunch Show

  On Septenber 27th, 2021 NASA EDGE provided live coverage of the Landsat 9 Tower Roll at Vandenberg Space Force Center in California.

  
• 06.03.2021

  NASA EDGE@ Home with Bryan Russ

  How do you top higher and higher drop tests? You add an extreme swing test to your portfolio.

  
• 05.25.2021

  NASA EDGE@ Home with Mark Baldwin

  Will the Orion get the data it needs from this third key drop test and remain the uncontested bellyflop champion?

  
• 04.28.2021

  NASA EDGE@ Home with Chris Kuhl

  How did MEDLI2 get all of the incredible data during entry, descent, and landing on Mars?

  
• 04.21.2021

  NASA EDGE@ Home with Kurt Leucht

  If you’re looking to clear some space on the lunar surface, pick up some extra water, and break a few lunar travel distance records, look no further than the Lunar Pilot Excavator!

  
• 04.12.2021

  NASA EDGE@ Home with Todd White

  Perseverance is already collecting science on the surface of Mars, but MEDLI2 actually collected significant scientific data on the way to the surface.

  
• 03.26.2021

  NASA EDGE@ Home with Christine St. Germain

  It is a huge challenge to send astronauts to the Moon, but it is also critical to bring them home safely.

  
• 03.17.2021

  NASA EDGE@ Home with Henry Wright

  Not only did Mars 2020 and Perseverance survive the seven minutes of terror during entry, descent, and landing on the surface of Mars, they also collected a lot of key performance data!

  
• 02.12.2021

  NASA EDGE@ Home with Michelle Munk 2

  Our resident expert on Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) narrows her focus on the lunar landing with Stereo Camera for Lunar Plume Surface Studies (SCALPSS).

  
• 01.21.2021

  NASA EDGE@ Home with Carey Scott

  If you need to capture highly technical imagery of your spacecraft as it reenters the Earth’s atmosphere, look no further than CJ (Carey Scott) and the SCIFLI team at NASA Langley Research Center.

  
• 12.08.2020

  NASA EDGE: Sentinel-6 Prelaunch Show

  On November 20th, 2020, NASA EDGE provided live prelaunch coverage of the Sentinel-6 Mike Freilich Satellite on L-1.

  
• 10.07.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home with Mike Ciannilli

  Netflix’s new documentary on the Space Shuttle Challenger has caused a lot of reflection and discussion about the tragedy.

  
• 09.30.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home with Keri Bean

  Not many people can accurately claim to have driving experience on multiple planets, but Keri Bean can!

  
• 09.23.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home with SPLICE Part 2

  NASA EDGE continues to look at NASA’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) technology suite.

  
• 09.22.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home with SPLICE Part 1

  Technologies to enable exact and soft landings on the Moon and other worlds will fly on Blue Origin’s next New Shepard suborbital rocket launch.

  
• 08.25.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Terry Fong

  To really understand the geology of the Moon, you need to dig. NASA’s very first lunar rover, VIPER, is designed to do just that.

  
• 08.13.2020

  NASA EDGE: Mars 2020 Rollout

  On July 28th, 2020, NASA EDGE provided live coverage of the Mars 2020 Rollout just days ahead of the launch.

  
• 08.04.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home: with In-Space Assembly at NASA Langley & 200th Show

  NASA EDGE takes a look at two technologies related to Space exploration, the Lunar Surface Manipulation System (LSMS) and In Space Assembly.

  
• 07.10.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Michelle Munk

  When it comes to space exploration, it is vitally important to stick the landing! NASA Systems Capability Lead for Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) Michelle Munk joins the show to talk about his challenging process. Check it out!

  
• 07.02.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Rob Mueller

  NASA Swamp Works Senior Technologist Rob Mueller joins the show to talk about the innovation needed as NASA plans its return to the Moon.

  
• 06.26.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Paul Dees

  Lowering the sonic boom with the X-59 still requires a high performance engine, and Franklin, from NASA EDGE, talked with Deputy Propulsion Lead for X-59 QueSST Paul Dees about NASA’s recent engine tests as they continue to develop this uniquely...

  
• 06.22.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Steve Gaddis

  NASA EDGE chats with NASA Deputy for the Launch Vehicle Office for Commercial Crew Steve Gaddis about the successful launch of DM-2 and future missions for NASA Commercial Crew!

  
• 06.17.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Bob Moses

  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.

  
• 06.04.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Pat Troutman

  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.

  
• 05.28.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Jennifer Inman

  Capturing visual data from a spacecraft travelling 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.

  
• 05.21.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Chris Wohl

  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.

  
• 05.15.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Nicky Fox

  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.

  
• 05.07.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Chuck Taylor

  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...

  
• 04.29.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Mic Woltman

  NASA EDGE continues their series at home with special guest Mic Woltman from NASA Launch Services Program at NASA Kennedy Space Center.

  
• 04.24.2020

  NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Jim Green

  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.

  
• 03.02.2020

  NASA EDGE: Solar Orbiter Rollout

  NASA EDGE provides live coverage of the Atlas V Rollout for ESA’s Solar Orbiter Mission. With ESA leading the effort on the Solar Orbiter, science is the real winner as both ESA and NASA continue the focus on Heliophysics...

  
• 02.14.2020

  NASA EDGE: Navigation Doppler Lidar

  NASA EDGE takes a close look at NASA Langley Research Center’s development of Navigation Doppler Lidar (NDL) to provide accurate, surface-relative altitude and vector velocity data to make sure NASA can land spacecraft safely on the Moon and any...

  
• 01.30.2020

  NASA EDGE: Apollo, Challenger, Columbia Lessons Learned Program

  NASA EDGE sits down with Mike Ciannilli of the Apollo, Challeger, Columbia Lessons Learned Program (ACCLLP) to talk about NASA is using the tragedies of the past to make sure we improve our processes moving forward.

  
• 10.01.2018

  NASA EDGE: ICESat-2 Tower Rollback

  NASA EDGE provided live coverage of the scheduled tower rollback for United Launch Alliance’s final Delta II rocket carrying the ICESat-2 spacecraft.

  
• 08.28.2018

  NASA EDGE: Parker Solar Probe Tower Rollback

  NASA EDGE provided live coverage of the scheduled tower rollback for the Delta IV Heavy carrying the Parker Solar Probe just prior to launch from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida.

  
• 07.12.2018

  NASA EDGE: Dragonfly Program Manager

  NASA EDGE interviews Dragonfly Program Manager Jennifer Dawson about the latest developments in robotic assembly in space, and how having this flexibility allows NASA and its partners to think differently about building and operating structures in space.

  
• 07.12.2018

  NASA EDGE: Archinaut Project Manager

  NASA EDGE visits Made in Space at NASA Ames Research Center to learn about Archinaut, a suite of capabilities for space manufacturing, robotic assembly, and verification and validation.