The NRL Podcast

In honor of Women’s History Month, we at NRL would like to recognize one of our most distinguished alum, Dr. Isabella Karle. In a past interview, Dr. Melissa Flagg, senior executive at the Defense Department for research, talked with Dr. Karle about her time at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, the Nobel Prize, and her experience as one of the few women working on the Manhattan Project. And yes, there are frog toxins. Enjoy!

This is a re-release of Episode 5 – History of women in science: Dr. Isabella Karle and pocket plutonium.

Drs. Herb Eppert, Superintendent of Marine Geosciences Division, and Bill Burnett, Deputy Commander and Technical Director of the Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, discuss the 40-year anniversary of Navy’s presence at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi (NRL-SSC). Eppert and Burnett take a nostalgic look at the history, culture, politics, and mission surrounding the inception of NRL-SSC. NRL-SSC serves as the lead Navy laboratory for research in ocean and atmospheric sciences with special strengths in physical oceanography, marine geosciences, ocean acoustics, marine meteorology, and remote oceanic and atmospheric sensing. Enjoy a casual listen into an amazingly historic account in American history!

In a wide-ranging interview, Dr. Melissa Flagg, senior executive at the Defense Department for research, talks with NRL alum Dr. Isabella Karle about her time at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, the Nobel Prize, and as one of the few women working on the Manhattan Project. And yes, there are frog toxins. Enjoy!

Chris Dwyer and Andy Cox from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s space systems development department talk about how the Blossom Point tracking facility evolved and its unique operating model.

Dr. Christoph Englert and Clayton Coker from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s space science department talk about how we’re investigating space weather and why it’s so important.

Chris Dwyer and Andy Cox from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s space systems development department talk about how the Blossom Point tracking facility evolved and its unique operating model.

Dr. Glen Henshaw and Bernie Kelm from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s spacecraft engineering department talk about our approach to creating robots which can service satellites already in orbit.