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Here at NASA, we don’t take geology for granite. Enjoy this rock-solid episode of Surprisingly STEM and learn how...
You’ll surely get wrapped-up in this episode of Surprisingly STEM featuring Paula Cain, a thermal blanket technician...
We’re big fans of Sam Zauber and Frank Quinto – two wind tunnel test engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center!...
An elephant supposedly never forgets, but apparently some metals can have a pretty good memory too! Shape memory...
NASA aeronautics researcher Kathryn Chapman is part of a team out of NASA’s Ames Research Center working on...
NASA space food scientist Xulei Wu dishes on what considerations go into preparing food for the astronauts on the...
Get pumped to learn about Corey Twine’s journey from training athletes, to soldiers, to astronauts! Maintaining good...
Matt Mickens, a NASA horticulturalist, is a pretty fun-gi! In his in-tree-guing role, he researches methods for the...
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads... but we still need tires! In this episode, we rolled on over to NASA’s...
As the saying goes, “one person’s trash is another person’s treasure” and at NASA, Annie Meier is that person! Annie...
Want to meet a “rock” star? How about two? Andrea Mosie and Juliane Gross work in the Astromaterials lab at NASA’s...
Grab your swimsuit and goggles, and join us in the warm, pristine waters of a very exclusive dive site – NASA’s...
Practice makes perfect! And when sending humans all the way to Mars, you definitely want things to be perfect....
Soft robotics engineer Jim Neilan and mechanical engineering intern Anthony Dempsey explain the benefits of soft...
You’ll surely get wrapped up in this episode of Surprisingly STEM featuring Paula Cain, a thermal blanket technician...
GRC engineer Heather Oravec explains space tires and the STEM path that led to her NASA career. Sample of longer...
Ep382_This Is Mission Control Houston Gary Jordan Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the...
Courtney Beasley Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Cente,...