Small Steps, Giant Leaps

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 99: Webb Space Telescope’s First Year 14.12.2022 22:09 ↓

NASA James Webb Space Telescope Mission Systems Engineer Mike Menzel discusses highlights of the observatory's first year in space.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 98: Voyager 30.11.2022 22:57 ↓

Voyager Project Manager Suzanne Dodd discusses NASA's longest-operating mission and the only spacecraft to explore interstellar space.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 97: Mars InSight 17.11.2022 29:46 ↓

NASA InSight Mars Lander Principal Investigator Bruce Banerdt discusses the first mission dedicated to studying the deep interior of Mars.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 96: Airworthiness 02.11.2022 21:21 ↓

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Chief Engineer CJ Bixby discusses what it takes to achieve airworthiness.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 95: Developmental Assignments 19.10.2022 22:50 ↓

NASA's Nick Jedrich and Andrew Maynard discuss the benefits of developmental assignments.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 94: Mars Sample Return 05.10.2022 27:22 ↓

Mars Sample Return Scientists Lindsay Hays and Meenakshi Wadhwa discuss the mission to return samples from the surface of Mars to Earth.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 93: Circuit Theory Application to Animal Movement 21.09.2022 29:37 ↓

The Nature Conservancy's Kim Hall discusses the use of NASA Earth observation data to map animal movement and patterns.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 92: Evolved Structures 07.09.2022 28:00 ↓

NASA Research Engineer Ryan McClelland discusses digital engineering technologies that are transforming classical engineering tasks and processes.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 91: OSAM-1 24.08.2022 31:52 ↓

OSAM-1 Lead Systems Engineer Wendy Morgenstern discusses NASA's On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 mission to robotically refuel a satellite that wasn't designed to be serviced.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 90, Effects of Space Radiation 10.08.2022 32:20 ↓

NASA Space Radiation Element Scientist Robin Elgart discusses research aimed at reducing radiation health risks.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 89, The Big Dig 27.07.2022 36:58 ↓

Boston University Assistant Professor Virginia Greiman discusses enduring lessons from the largest, most technically challenging highway project in U.S. history.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 88, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Flight 13.07.2022 20:33 ↓

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Chief Pilot Håvard Grip discusses the rotorcraft's history-making flights on the Red Planet.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 87, NuSTAR 29.06.2022 19:09 ↓

NuSTAR Principal Investigator Fiona Harrison discusses NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 86, Astrobiology Research Coordination Networks 15.06.2022 29:17 ↓

NASA Astrobiology Program Senior Scientist Mary Voytek discusses Research Coordination Networks.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 85, Moon to Mars Habitation 01.06.2022 19:23 ↓

NASA's Tiffany Nickens discusses habitats being developed for living on the lunar surface and traveling to Mars.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 84, NASA’s Role in Weather Research 18.05.2022 35:32 ↓

NASA's Edward Kim and NOAA's Pam Sullivan discuss NASA's role in weather research.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 83, NASA’s Role in Climate Research 04.05.2022 14:47 ↓

NASA Chief Scientist and Senior Climate Advisor Kate Calvin discusses the agency's role in climate research.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 82, NASA’s Role in Agriculture 20.04.2022 27:14 ↓

NASA Water Resources and Agriculture Program Manager Brad Doorn discusses how NASA tools and data help solve big problems on Earth.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 81, Engineering Best Practices 4 06.04.2022 28:09 ↓

NASA Johnson Space Center Engineering Director Julie Kramer White discusses the skills required to be a top-notch engineer.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 80, Engineering Best Practices 3 22.03.2022 26:15 ↓

NASA Space Launch System Chief Engineer John Blevins discusses the rigorous engineering of the world's most powerful rocket.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 79, Engineering Best Practices 2 09.03.2022 34:31 ↓

NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Chief Engineer Steve Hirshorn discusses what it takes to be a successful chief engineer.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 78, Engineering Best Practices 1 23.02.2022 19:35 ↓

NASA Chief Engineer Ralph Roe discusses engineering best practices.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 77, VERITAS 09.02.2022 27:29 ↓

NASA's John Brophy discusses the VERITAS mission to Venus.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 76, DAVINCI 26.01.2022 21:41 ↓

NASA's Mike Sekerak discusses the DAVINCI mission to Venus.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 75, Artemis Progress 15.12.2021 22:56 ↓

NASA's Kristin Morgan discusses 2021 progress and what's ahead for the Artemis Program in 2022.