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Jon Olansen and Jenny Devolites, leads for the Orion Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) crew module and AA-2 launch abort vehicle test mission, discuss the critical test of the abort system if a failure were to happen while the Space Launch System rocket was ascending. This episode was recorded on July 20th, 2018.

NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green sits down with solar scientist Alex Young to discuss the Sun’s powerful explosions.

Listen closely to hear the whistling sound of superfluid helium-3 oscillating, getting louder and quieter. The oscillation occurs when the helium-3 is pushed through perforated membranes in a special container. UC Berkeley scientists used the world's most sensitive microphone, which picked up sounds of the equipment, ground and building motion that you hear as background noise. The whistling sound...

For episode 60, Dr. Peter Norsk, Senior Research Director and Element Scientist at Baylor College of Medicine based here at NASA, describes the hazard of altered gravity fields and its effects on the human body. This is part three of a five-part series on the hazards of human spaceflight. This episode was recorded on June 25, 2018.

For episode 59, Dr. Erik Antonsen, element scientist and emergency physician, discusses the hazard of traveling farther away from Earth an ever before, especially how to provide appropriate medical care with limited resources and challenging communications. This is part three of a five-part series on the hazards of human spaceflight. This episode was recorded on June 28th, 2018.

For episode 58, Dr. Tom Williams discusses isolation and confinement. His focus is on habitability and behavioral health and performance risks to space flight, and he leads a research team that looks into isolation. This is part two of a five-part series on the hazards of human spaceflight. This podcast was recorded on June 22, 2018.

Since the end of May, Mars has been enshrouded by a dust storm covering nearly the entire planet. Listen in as NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green discusses the Mars dust storm with a dust storm expert, Melinda Kahre.

Episode 57 features Dr. Zarana Patel, a portfolio lead scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center, who is responsible for management and scientific oversight of degenerative tissue risk of space radiation. This is part one of a five-part series on the hazards of human spaceflight. This episode was recorded on June 29th, 2018.

At NASA, friendship and discovery go hand-in-hand. For over three decades, Earth scientists Compton Tucker and Piers Sellers were co-workers, roommates, neighbors and best friends. They studied the planet and traveled it together. Piers passed away in 2016 after battling pancreatic cancer. In this story, Compton remembers and honors his dear friend and partner in science. Music: Healing by Lee Ros...

While traveling aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2002, astronaut and climate scientist Piers Sellers looked down upon Earth and recorded a warm-hearted greeting to his friends and colleagues at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Piers passed away in 2016 after battling pancreatic cancer, and he often said how fortunate he felt to work with some of his best friends.

Dr. Mike Barratt, NASA astronaut, physician and a flight surgeon, shares his story of living in space. Barratt addresses five hazards of human spaceflight and why these challenges need to be addressed to make deep-space missions successful. HWHAP Episode 56.

Chief Scientist Jim Green and a co-investigator on the Kepler and TESS missions, Jon Jenkins, discuss exoplanet-hunting and all the amazing discoveries the Kepler Space Telescope has made.

Listen to the buzzing and whirring of robots that help shape the future of space exploration. NASA Robotic Technologist Brian Roberts takes you on a sound tour of the lab where robots are tested for spaceflight. Read the full story: https://go.nasa.gov/2v2T6QX Music: Flutterbee by Podington Bear

The sounds you hear come from three sprightly robots: a robotic arm, motion platform and an industrial robot called Motoman SIA20D. These sounds were recorded in NASA Goddard’s Robotic Operations Center. Read the full story: https://go.nasa.gov/2v2T6QX Credit: Produced at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center by Katie Atkinson

Episode 55 features John Gruener and Steve Hoffman who discuss in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), the ability to find and use natural resources beyond Earth. This episode was recorded on May 23, 2018.

Episode 54 features Tabi Taliwaku Kalisa, program manager of NASA's Small Business Programs, who shares how NASA helps small businesses to get involved in space exploration and scientific discovery by working with them from the spark of an idea to literally being a part of the space industry. This episode was recorded on May 15, 2018.

For decades, NASA has been on the lookout for any asteroid that could cause our planet harm and, in the thousands of objects found, determined that none poses a threat to Earth. Tune into this week’s Gravity Assist to learn about how we hunt for asteroids and comets that might threaten Earth.

Episode 53 showcases Dr. Stan Love, NASA astronaut and all-around smart guy, who flew to the International Space Station in 2008 and has worked on a number of flight analog programs to understand how to conduct deep-space missions. Love explores the challenges that will need to be tackled to make a mission to Mars successful. HWHAP Episode 53. This episode was recorded on May 18, 2018.

For Episode 52, Houston, We Have a Podcast celebrates its first year. Gary Jordan (host) sits down with Alex Perryman (audio) and Dan Huot (co-host) to reminisce about their favorite moments and incredible guests. This episode was recorded on June 20, 2018.

NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity rovers were only supposed to rove around Mars for 90 days. Although NASA ended communications with the Spirit rover in 2011, Opportunity continued its mission and still operates today. Listen in with Steve Squyers from Cornell University as he recounts the amazing discoveries we’ve made about the Red Planet because of these two long-lived rovers

Episode 51 features Harry Roberts, Flight Operation Supervisor for the Aircraft Operations Division out at Ellington Field Airport, who talks about aeronautics at NASA. Roberts describes the operations out at Ellington Field and the aircraft itself that helped to make human spaceflight possible. This episode was recorded on April 10, 2018 .

Episode 49 features Kathy Lueders, Manager of the Commercial Crew Program based at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and discussions of a brief history of the space program, how it started, and where it is now. Lueders talks about the two commercial companies, Boeing and SpaceX, and their space vehicles that will carry astronauts into low Earth orbit. This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, May...

Episode 48 features Ryan Zeigler, a planetary scientist and the lunar sample curator, who talks about the moon rocks brought to Earth during Apollo, the facilities that keep them, and what we're still learning from them. This episode was recorded on February 14, 2018.

Episode 47 features Serena Aunon-Chancellor who shares her story about becoming an astronaut from her education in engineering and medicine to her time as a NASA flight surgeon. Aunon-Chancellor discusses her training and expectations before her first trip to space. This episode was recorded on March 9, 2018.

Episode 46 features Stories of Unity. Adam Kalil, Chair of the Asians Succeeding in Innovation and Aerospace Employee Resource Group, conveniently spelling out ASIA, here on site. Also included are guests Krystine Bui the Deputy Manager of Institutional Procurement Office, Doug Wong a Senior Space Systems and Human factors Engineer, Charlene Gilbert a Technology Transfer Officer in the Exploration...