Sinopsis
Innovation Now is a daily 90-second radio series and podcast that gives listeners a front row seat to hear compelling stories of revolutionary ideas, emerging technologies and the people behind the concepts that are shaping our future.
Episodios
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Flying at Low Altitudes
11/01/2023The FAA regularly issues safety alerts to better prepare pilots to fly in areas where wires present a flight risk or danger.
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Changes in Gravity
10/01/2023Changes in gravity have a significant impact on an astronaut’s body and can affect spatial orientation, hand-eye coordination, locomotion, or balance.
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Predicting Landslides
09/01/2023Researchers are using social media to develop an automatic landslide detection tool.
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Treacherous Terrain
06/01/2023Mission scientists are anxious to begin analyzing the salty substances found in this treacherous terrain, using instruments onboard Curiosity’s roving lab.
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Looking into Dark Pockets
05/01/2023This modern-day prospector will search for water ice in places no light has shined before.
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Practicing on Earth
04/01/2023Today, underwater training is still the primary spacewalk training method for astronauts.
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Stellar Leadership
03/01/2023Here’s hoping Voyager continues to amaze us for decades to come as we thank Edward Stone for his decades of stellar leadership.
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Snowed Under
02/01/2023This innovative material conducts enough electricity to give off heat so the snow or ice that settles on concrete simply melts away.
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Space Tomatoes
30/12/2022The astronauts on the International Space Station are looking forward to a bumper crop of tasty tomatoes.
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Practice Scenarios
29/12/2022These unique training missions support design concepts for future pressurized rovers and help establish important operations protocols for the Artemis astronauts who will be carrying out missions on the Moon.
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Built by NASA
28/12/2022Designed and built by NASA and its fifteen partner nations, each element of the station launched to orbit one by one over a thirteen-year period via 37 space shuttle flights.
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Better Batteries
27/12/2022Carbon black, recovered from recycled tires, is similar to graphite, the conductor currently used in batteries.
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Glimpsing the Nightside
26/12/2022New images taken by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe may provide another glimpse through the clouds to the Venusian surface.
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Off World Holidays
22/12/2022Living aboard the International Space Station, dozens of astronauts have had the opportunity to celebrate holidays in space.
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Proving Your MOXIE
20/12/2022MOXIE has proven that oxygen can be extracted from the Martian atmosphere.
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Honoring JWST
19/12/2022The U.S. Postal Service has released a stamp that honors the remarkable achievements of the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Responding to Eruptions
16/12/2022Breathtaking to look at while dormant, when Alaska’s volcanoes awaken they can pose a serious threat to residents and industry.
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Our Dynamic Earth
15/12/2022Use this app to look at current events like tropical storms, wildfires, or to monitor the Mauna Loa eruptions in near real time.