NASACast Audio

By National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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NASACast combines the content of all the NASACast subject area podcasts into a single omnibus podcast. Here you'll find the latest news and features on NASA's missions as well as the popular "This Week @NASA" newsreel.

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Expedition 1

10.30.2020

Bill Shepherd, former NASA astronaut and commander of Expedition 1, recounts the historic mission that started the International Space Station’s unbroken streak of continuous human presence in space. HWHAP Episode 168.

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10.30.2020 Expedition 1 Bill Shepherd, former NASA astronaut and commander of Expedition 1, recounts the historic mission that started the International Space Station’s unbroken streak of continuous human presence in space. HWHAP Episode 168.
10.30.2020 Gravity Assist: The History of the Future, with Steven Dick Astronomer and historian Steven Dick tells us there are many approaches to consider and many questions we should ask ourselves to get ready, in case extraterrestrial life is found.
10.27.2020 Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 47, ISS 20 – Space Station Complexity International Space Station Flight Director Royce Renfrew discusses the complexity of the orbiting laboratory as NASA counts up to 20 years of continuous human presence in space.
10.27.2020 Season Three, Episode 2: Genesis Have you ever wanted to see the awesome spectacle of an erupting volcano? There’s no better guide for such an adventure than JPL volcanologist Rosaly Lopes.
10.26.2020 Our Cosmic Time Machine, The James Webb Space Telescope The James Webb Space Telescope will explore every phase of cosmic history: from the formation of the very first galaxies in the early universe, to our cosmic backyard of the Solar System. Webb is the largest space telescope NASA has ...
10.23.2020 This Week @ NASA, Oct. 23, 2020 OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid Bennu and more ...
10.23.2020 Crew-1: The Mission Anthony Vareha, the lead flight director at NASA's Johnson Space Center for NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission, details the first crew rotation flight on a U.S. commercial spacecraft. HWHAP Episode 167.
10.20.2020 Season Three, Episode 1: An Astronaut’s View of Earth You might think you know Earth, but astronaut’s views from outer space help us see our world in a whole new light.
10.19.2020 Asteroid Hunting NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will attempt a daring feat: to briefly reach out its mechanical arm and grab a sample from an asteroid’s surface. Dante Lauretta, Heather Enos, and Ron Mink introduce you to NASA’s asteroid hunter and what this sample ...
10.16.2020 This Week @ NASA, Oct. 16, 2020 New Crew Safely Aboard Space Station and more ...
10.16.2020 Crew-1: The Astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi are NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts headed to the International Space Station for the first crew rotation flight on a U.S. commercial spacecraft. They share stories of their families, careers, training, and ...
10.13.2020 Season Three, Episode 0: To the Ends of the Earth In season 3, we’ll travel to the ends of the Earth with scientists who explore different aspects of our unique planet.
10.13.2020 Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 46, ISS 20 - Living in Space American Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson discusses 20 years of continuous human presence on the International Space Station.
10.12.2020 Our Laboratory in Space Orbiting 250 miles above Earth, astronauts aboard the International Space Station explore farther into our solar system and work on thousands of studies that will help us back here on Earth. Join ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and ...
10.09.2020 This Week @ NASA, Oct. 9, 2020 Next Space Station Crew Prepares for Launch in Kazakhstan, and more ...
10.09.2020 Astronaut and Microbiologist Kate Rubins, NASA astronaut and flight engineer for the upcoming Expedition 64 mission on the International Space Station, details her passion for science, and her previous experience on the station, and her anticipation of conducting more research in microgravity. HWHAP ...
10.09.2020 Gravity Assist: Life in the Clouds, with David J. Smith While more research is needed, Smith and others are fascinated by the possibility that airborne microbes could also be found elsewhere in the solar system, and beyond.
10.05.2020 Episode 24: Space Lullaby Astronaut Chris Hadfield flew to space three times, and was the first Canadian to walk in space. His cover of David Bowie's Space Oddity that he recorded on the International Space Station has over 47 million views, and as you're ...
10.05.2020 Introducing NASA’s Curious Universe Season Two Our universe is a wild and wonderful place. Join NASA astronauts, scientists and engineers on a new adventure each week — all you need is your curiosity. Go asteroid hunting, explore faraway galaxies, and watch a black hole as it ...
10.02.2020 Eat Like a Martian Dr. Grace Douglas, lead scientist for NASA's Advanced Food Technology at the Johnson Space Center, shares the challenges of supplying food for a trip to Mars. Douglas describes the importance of variety, preservation, and farming on this sixth episode of ...
10.02.2020 This Week @ NASA, Oct. 2, 2020 The Space Station’s Next Crew Heads to Launch Site and more ...
09.28.2020 Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 45, Digital Transformation NASA Digital Transformation Officer Jill Marlowe discusses the agency’s digital transformation strategy and approach.
09.25.2020 This Week @NASA, September 25, 2020 An update to plans for Artemis … The next space station crew trains for its mission … And collaboration in the interest of space … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
09.25.2020 Gravity Assist: Why Icy Moons are So Juicy, with Athena Coustenis A great era of exploration of the icy moons is about to begin. Athena Coustenis of the Paris Observatory talks about missions to the icy moons of the outer solar system and international collaborations with NASA and ESA.
09.25.2020 Next Gen STEM Jamie Semple and Mike McGlone, education specialist and coordinator, respectively, based at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, share how students and teachers get involved in the form of student programs and challenges that contribute to missions across the agency. HWHAP Episode ...
09.18.2020 This Week @NASA, September 18, 2020 Observing Record Atlantic Storm Season from Space and more ...
09.18.2020 CONNECT During Social Isolation Dr. Tom Williams, element scientist for human factors and behavioral performance in the Human Research Program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, details a reminder called CONNECT and how it not only benefits astronauts in space but those on terra firma ...
09.12.2020 Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 44, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite NASA Deputy Director of Astrophysics Jeff Volosin discusses the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission.
09.11.2020 This Week @NASA, September 11, 2020 Space Resources Key to Safe and Sustainable Lunar Exploration and more ...
09.11.2020 Running a Space Center Joel Walker and Linda Spuler, NASA’s Johnson Space Center director of center operations and emergency manager, respectively, describe the daily tasks involved in running a space center and how we prepare for and respond to scenarios like hurricanes or pandemics. ...
09.11.2020 Gravity Assist: Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of Life? With Susan Schneider If astrobiologists find life beyond Earth in the solar system, it will most likely be in the form of tiny organisms called microbes – nothing that would talk to us.
09.04.2020 Packing for Mars Chel Stromgren, Chief Scientist of Binera, Inc. and part of NASA’s Mars Integration Group, lays out the complexities and the innovative strategies needed to pack for a human mission to Mars on this fifth episode of our Mars Monthly series. ...
09.04.2020 This Week @NASA, September 4, 2020 Full-Scale Test of Rocket Flight Support Booster for Artemis Missions and more ...
09.01.2020 Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 43, White Sands Test Facility White Sands Test Facility Manager Bob Cort discusses the history and capabilities of the NASA facility.
08.28.2020 This Week @NASA, August 28, 2020 First Orion Crew Module Element Arrives for Artemis III, and more ...
08.28.2020 Welcome Home, Bob and Doug! Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley recount their return to Earth at their welcome home ceremony and crew news conference in Houston. The NASA astronauts made history in August as the first to splash down in an American spacecraft in 45 ...
08.21.2020 Moon Deliveries Chris Culbert and Camille Alleyne, project manager and deputy project manager, respectively, for the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative explain how NASA will use commercially built and operated landers from American companies to send payloads to the surface of the ...
08.21.2020 This Week @NASA, August 21, 2020 NASA, SpaceX Targeting October for Next Astronaut Launch, and more ...
08.21.2020 Gravity Assist: Our Sun, Our Life, with Vladimir Airapetian Vladimir Airapetian, scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, explains what researchers hope to find as they gaze beyond our solar system.
08.18.2020 Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 42, Game Changing Development Program NASA Game Changing Development Program Executive Niki Werkheiser discusses advancement of space technologies that could lead to new approaches for future space missions.
08.14.2020 This Week @NASA, August 14, 2020 Artemis I Rocket Moves Closer to Hot Fire Test, and more ...
08.14.2020 Gateway Dan Hartman and Lara Kearney, Gateway Program Manager and Deputy Program Manager, respectively, detail the plans for our orbiting lunar outpost and how Gateway will serve as a docking and service station for Artemis missions as we prepare for sustainable ...
08.14.2020 Gravity Assist: Looking For Life in Ancient Lakes As the Perseverance Rover flies toward Jezero Crater on Mars, which once hosted water, astrobiologists are interested in places on Earth that are similar to the rover landing site.
08.07.2020 This Week @NASA, August 7, 2020 First Commercial Crew Flight to Space Station Safely Splashes Down and more ...
08.07.2020 Deep Space Transport Paul Kessler, aerospace engineer at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, discusses what to consider for designing a vehicle – with humans on board – that will enter deep space and make the long journey to Mars on this fourth ...
08.07.2020 Gravity Assist: Gardens at the Bottom of the Sea, with Laurie Barge Laurie Barge, an astrobiologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, studies how plant-looking mineral structures called chimneys grow from chemicals found at the deepest depths of the ocean. In her lab she has glass vials and bulbs full of different chemical ...
08.04.2020 Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 41, Technical Storytelling, Part Two NASA’s Jon Olansen, Jenny Devolites and Ben Asher share technical stories and discuss storytelling technique with Storytelling Strategist Johel Brown-Grant.
07.31.2020 Artemis Moon Tools Trevor Graff and Adam Naids, Project Manager for exploration science and Deputy Project Manager for Artemis geology tools, respectively, share their expertise on the tools needed for the Moon’s unique terrain when we visit our neighboring satellite during Artemis missions. ...
07.28.2020 Episode 23: Mars 2020: In the Midst of a Pandemic The NASA Kennedy Launch team has persevered through a global pandemic to get a Mars Rover named Perseverance to the launch pad on time. The cloud of doubt the virus cast over the Mars mission and how NASA overcame it, ...
07.24.2020 This Week @NASA, July 24, 2020 A Record-Tying Spacewalk to Upgrade the Space Station and more ...

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NASACast Audio episodes:

Expedition 1

Gravity Assist: The History of the Future, with Steven Dick

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 47, ISS 20 – Space Station Complexity

Season Three, Episode 2: Genesis

Our Cosmic Time Machine, The James Webb Space Telescope

This Week @ NASA, Oct. 23, 2020

Crew-1: The Mission

Season Three, Episode 1: An Astronaut’s View of Earth

Asteroid Hunting

This Week @ NASA, Oct. 16, 2020

Crew-1: The Astronauts

Season Three, Episode 0: To the Ends of the Earth

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 46, ISS 20 - Living in Space

Our Laboratory in Space

This Week @ NASA, Oct. 9, 2020

Astronaut and Microbiologist

Gravity Assist: Life in the Clouds, with David J. Smith

Episode 24: Space Lullaby

Introducing NASA’s Curious Universe Season Two

Eat Like a Martian

This Week @ NASA, Oct. 2, 2020

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 45, Digital Transformation

This Week @NASA, September 25, 2020

Gravity Assist: Why Icy Moons are So Juicy, with Athena Coustenis

Next Gen STEM

This Week @NASA, September 18, 2020

CONNECT During Social Isolation

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 44, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

This Week @NASA, September 11, 2020

Running a Space Center

Gravity Assist: Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of Life? With Susan Schneider

Packing for Mars

This Week @NASA, September 4, 2020

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 43, White Sands Test Facility

This Week @NASA, August 28, 2020

Welcome Home, Bob and Doug!

Moon Deliveries

This Week @NASA, August 21, 2020

Gravity Assist: Our Sun, Our Life, with Vladimir Airapetian

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 42, Game Changing Development Program

This Week @NASA, August 14, 2020

Gateway

Gravity Assist: Looking For Life in Ancient Lakes

This Week @NASA, August 7, 2020

Deep Space Transport

Gravity Assist: Gardens at the Bottom of the Sea, with Laurie Barge

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 41, Technical Storytelling, Part Two

Artemis Moon Tools

Episode 23: Mars 2020: In the Midst of a Pandemic

This Week @NASA, July 24, 2020

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