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Gravity Assist Podcast

NASA’s interplanetary talk show, hosted by former Chief Scientist Jim Green, introduces you to space professionals working to take exploration into the future.

  1. 12/08/2022

    Season 5, Episode 32: Finale: Thanks for All the Gravity Assists

    On the Gravity Assist podcast we have interviewed dozens of scientists, engineers, and others dedicated to the mission of NASA space exploration. After five years, the show is coming to a close. Here are some final thoughts and episode highlights from the podcast team.

    24 min

  2. 29/07/2022

    Season 5, Episode 31: Meet a Webb Scientist Who Looks Back in Time

    The James Webb Space Telescope awed the world on July 12 with its first images and data. And it’s just getting started with its exploration of the cosmos. Dr. John Mather, the observatory’s senior project scientist, has been working toward this milestone for more than 25 years.

    28 min

  3. 08/07/2022

    Season 5, Ep. 30: Gravity Assist: How We Make Webb (and Hubble) Images

    The world will get a first glimpse of the universe as never before when the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope come out on July 12. And this is only the beginning — the telescope will deliver all kinds of insights about galaxies, planets, and more, for years to come.

    18 min

  4. 01/07/2022

    Gravity Assist: It’s Raining Diamonds on These Planets

    Uranus and Neptune are two of the many exciting and mysterious objects in our universe that the James Webb Space Telescope will soon begin to explore. Learn more about these planets and the Webb telescope’s upcoming observations from astrophysicist Naomi Rowe-Gurney, our guest on this week’s Gravity Assist.

    22 min

  5. 17/06/2022

    Season 5, Episode 28: This is What Mars Sounds Like, with Nina Lanza

    With two microphones aboard the Perseverance rover, we can listen to Mars from its surface like never before. In addition to hearing how wind sounds on Mars, we can also listen to Perseverance driving on the surface, the Ingenuity helicopter flying nearby, and more.

    22 min

  6. 20/05/2022

    Season 5, Episode 27: What Will We Eat on Mars?

    Astronauts on the International Space Station have been conducting experiments to grow food, including peppers and radishes. Christina Johnson, a NASA postdoc fellow at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, has been working on a variety of techniques to grow food in space. Learn what she thinks about the future of growing food beyond our planet.

    25 min

  7. 13/05/2022

    Season 5, Episode 26: How to Grow Food on the Moon

    Space botanists are working on strategies to grow crops on the lunar surface, as NASA makes strides toward sending astronauts to the Moon through the Artemis program.

    21 min

  8. 22/04/2022

    Season 5,Episode 25: Walking on Broken Ice, with Catherine Walker

    An ice shelf collapsed in East Antarctica in March 2022, concerning scientists who track melting glaciers, sea level rise, and other effects of climate change.

    23 min
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NASA’s interplanetary talk show, hosted by former Chief Scientist Jim Green, introduces you to space professionals working to take exploration into the future.

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  • Channel
    NASA
  • Creator
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2022
  • Episodes
    98
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © NASA
  • Show Website
    Gravity Assist

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