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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Avoiding Bird Strikes
17/07/2019The FAA’s Wildlife Hazard Mitigation Program has grown wings and taken off.
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Cosmic Fireworks
16/07/2019If you missed the fireworks on the 4th of July, you still have time to catch these celestial outbursts in dramatic red, white, and blue.
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Ionospheric Bubbles
15/07/2019These unpredictable bubbles can disrupt key communications and GPS signals without warning.
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A Spirit of Cooperation
12/07/2019Several companies joined NASA to support university teams as they tried to extract water from a simulated lunar surface.
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NASA Is Going Green
11/07/2019This small spacecraft the size of a mini-refrigerator is packed with cutting-edge green technology.
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Aboard a Falcon Heavy
10/07/2019A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket left the launchpad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center early in the morning on June 25. Among the 24 satellites onboard were four NASA technology and science payloads.
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Testing the Launch Abort System
09/07/2019NASA successfully demonstrated that the Orion spacecraft’s launch abort system can outrun a speeding rocket while pulling astronauts to safety.
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Dynamic Dust
08/07/2019Astronauts exploring the Moon’s South Pole are going to need help keeping lunar dust out of hard to reach places.
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Leak Locator
05/07/2019This robotic sniffer has become a valuable asset on the International Space Station.
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Glass Cockpits
04/07/2019The integration of glass cockpits into both future airliners and modern spacecraft like Orion, continue to make this work an aviation success!
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Technology Development
03/07/2019In keeping with the spirit of the Wright Brothers and other American innovators, the Centennial Challenge prizes are offered to independent inventors.
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Testing in the Tunnel
02/07/2019In the adjoining control room at NASA Langley’s Transonic Dynamics Tunnel, researchers analyze what’s happening to the model inside.
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The Mars Helicopter
01/07/2019The Mars Helicopter is what’s called a technology demonstrator. Its sole goal is to show we can actually do this mission.
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Leaf Alerts
28/06/2019On long-duration space missions, astronauts will have to grow their own food and time spent tending plants is time that can’t be spent on scientific exploration.
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Landmark Twins Study
27/06/2019In an unprecedented sharing of discovery, 84 researchers have released their key findings from NASA’s landmark Twins Study.
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Eyes for Mars
26/06/2019Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are building the Mars 2020 rover and the high def cameras the rover will use as eyes are its latest additions.
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Scientific Splashdown
24/06/2019Astronauts on the International Space Station conduct a variety of scientific research, but how do they get the results of those experiments back to Earth?
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Images of Earth
21/06/2019Now some of the spectacular images recorded by Earth-observing satellites have been put together in NASA’s new book, “Earth.”
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Seasons on Mars
20/06/2019A new public tool developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory gives anyone interested in checking out the Mars Weather website – an up-to-date weather report on Mars.