A conversation with New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern and astrobiologist David Grinspoon about their new book, Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto.
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Astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei talk about their recent mission on the International Space Station.
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In 2014, engineer and stratospheric explorer Alan Eustace ascended via balloon to the stratosphere and then took a freefall plunge of more than 135,000 feet.
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NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren discusses what’s new in research on the orbiting laboratory.
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JPL staff members have been working on robotics that are able to climb just like these sticky–footed lizards.
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Mike Leinbach will share his first–hand account of how agencies worked together to bring Columbia home and search for answers.
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NASA’s Nicholas Borer talks about the X–57 “Maxwell,” an all–electric experimental aircraft.
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Sometimes when you are working as a team; you can perform miracles. Andrea Putteet
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JAXA Astronaut Soichi Noguchi was the first person to make sushi in space. Hear about this and what it is like to be a member of an international crew orbiting 250 miles above the earth.
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9/30/2022
Technology and Engineering
Aircraft
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