NASA in Silicon Valley: Recent Episodes
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
An in-depth look at the various researchers, scientists, engineers, and all around cool people who work at NASA to push the boundaries of innovation.
In this episode streamed on Dec. 19, 2019, we talk about air taxis and the future of flight.
In this episode streamed on Dec. 19, 2019, we talk about air taxis and the future of flight.
In this episode streamed on Oct. 24, 2019, we host our second annual NASA-themed Halloween costume and cosplay contest!
In this episode we talk about how we’re developing new tools to search for life on Mars.
In this episode streamed on August 29, 2019, we talk about how we design and build robots to work with humans in space.
On July 20, 1969, humans took their first steps on the Moon. In this episode streamed on July 18, 2019, we talk about this historic achievement and our future plans to go to the Moon and on to Mars.
In this episode streamed on June 19, 2019, we talk about our plans to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024 and how exploring the Moon will help us prepare to send humans to Mars.
In this episode streamed on Dec. 20, 2018, we get into the holiday spirit with a special holiday unboxing episode, where we showcase some of the amazing gifts NASA’s Ames Research Center has contributed to the agency’s mission of exploration and scientific discovery.
A conversation with Jennifer Dungan, a research scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center and project manager for the big-data Earth science initiative, the NASA Earth Exchange.
In this episode streamed on Dec. 6, 2018, we talk about SOFIA, the world's largest flying telescope, and the history of airborne astronomy.
In this episode streamed on Nov. 15, 2018, we talk about the science of heat shields, how spacecraft survive the extreme temperatures experienced during atmospheric entry and more!
In this episode streamed on Nov. 8, 2018, we talk with some brilliant wonder women of NASA about their research, what it’s like to work at NASA’s Ames Research Center and more!
In this episode streamed on Oct. 25, 2018, we host our first-ever NASA-themed Halloween costume and cosplay contest!
A conversation with Linda Jensen, associate director for Workforce Culture and Engagement and Kerry Zarchi, the branch chief for Entry Systems and Vehicle Development and also the acting branch chief for Aerothermodynamics. Both are at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
In this episode streamed on Oct. 11, 2018, we talk about exploring the Moon with robots, NASA’s 60th anniversary and more!
In this episode streamed on Sept. 27, 2018, we talk about space video games, exploring deep space and more.
In this episode streamed on Sept. 13, 2018, we talk about studying life in space. Plus, we share some genius space hacks for doing life science research on Earth and aboard the International Space Station.
In this episode streamed on Aug. 30, 2018, we talk with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and hear from scientists advancing the search for life beyond Earth by exploring an alien world deep in Earth’s ocean.
A conversation with the leadership of NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, Center Director Eugene Tu and Deputy Center Director Carol Carroll.
A conversation with Jon Galazka, project scientist for NASA’s GeneLab, and Ruth Globus, a rodent research project scientist, at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with James De Buizer, the science planning and instrument support manager for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy or SOFIA.
A conversation with Komal Sadhwani, an attorney at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Donovan Mathias and Eric Stern. Eric is a research scientist here at Ames who supports the agency’s Planetary Defense initiative, and Donovan is an aerospace engineer in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division.
A conversation with Alan Rhodes, instrument development manager for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, and Harvey Moseley a senior astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
A rerun of a conversation with Parimal Kopardekar, NASA’s senior technologist for the Air Transportation System at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Lika Guhathakurta, lead program scientist for new initiatives in the Exploration Technology Directorate at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, and Ryan McGranaghan, postdoctoral researcher from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
A conversation with Jon Jenkins, the science lead for the Science Processing Operations Center at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. At the SPOC, the raw data from NASA’s newly launched planet hunter, TESS, is prepared for scientists to analyze.
A conversation with Karen Bradford, chief of staff for the center director at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Robin Aube-Warren, the director of center operations at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Robin Beck, an engineer at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley who develops, designs and tests heat shield materials.
A conversation with Jim Brass, Bruce Coffland from NASA and Susan Benjamin USGS director of the Western Geographic Science Center. They discuss the shared history between NASA and the USGS in remote sensing.
A conversation with Doug Caldwell, instrument scientist for the Kepler Space Telescope, and who’s now working on NASA’s next planet-hunting mission— the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite or TESS.
A rerun of a conversation with Kimberly Ennico Smith, project scientist for SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Sharmila Bhattacharya, senior scientist in the Space Biosciences Research branch at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Jessie Dotson, Kepler’s project scientist, and Geert Barentsen, director of the mission's guest observer office, talking about how NASA’s first planet-hunting mission has contributed so much to the field of astronomy.
A conversation with Charlie Sobeck, Kepler’s former mission manager and now system engineer at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with and Marianne Sowa, branch chief of the Space Biosciences Research branch at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, and Jack Miller, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, about radiation science using GeneLab.
A conversation with Chris McKay from NASA and Ronald Oremland from the U.S. Geological Survey about ocean worlds and the search for life. This is the third episode of a mini-series about NASA and USGS collaboration.
A conversation with Chad Frost from NASA and Susan De La Cruz from the USGS. This is the second episode of a mini-series about NASA and USGS collaboration. In this episode they focus on tracking wildlife and what that information can tell us about the social networks between animals.
A conversation with Ian Brosnan from NASA and Colin Williams from the USGS. This is the first episode of a mini-series about NASA and USGS collaboration. To hear more from Ian Brosnan, listen to his previous NASA in Silicon Valley episode, Ian Brosnan Talks About How NASA Collaborates and Shares Data with Other Agencies.
In this episode streamed on Feb. 12, 2018, we talk about the exciting research happening at NASA's Ames Research Center with Center Director Eugene Tu and participants of the 2018 #StateOfNASA NASA Social event at Ames.
In our third episode, we’re playing space-based games with NASA gamers! We talk about how true to life space-based games are with NASA researchers/gamers Chad Frost, Thomas Lambot and Mary Beth Wilhelm.
We’ve launched a live video show on Twitch called NASA in Silicon Valley Live! This is an audio-only version of our premiere episode that streamed on Jan. 12. In it, we talk about going back to the Moon with NASA rock stars Jim Green and Greg Schmidt.
A conversation with Jose Benavides, engineer with the Advanced Control and Evolvable Systems Group in the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
For episode 76, we're re-posting episode 24, a conversation with Terry Fong, senior scientist for autonomous systems and lead for the Intelligent Robotics Group at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
We’ve launched a live video show on Twitch called NASA in Silicon Valley Live! This is an audio-only version of our premiere episode that streamed on Jan. 12. In it, we talk about going back to the Moon with NASA rock stars Jim Green and Greg Schmidt.
The rebroadcast of a conversation with veteran astronaut Steven Smith, former Associate Director for International Space Station Science Directorate at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
An end of year compilation of conversations with various NASA scientists, engineers, and researchers throughout 2017 on the NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast.
A conversation with Steven Zornetzer, the associate center director at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, discussing Sustainability Base.
A conversation with Kimberly Ennico Smith, the project scientist for the SOFIA mission at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, and Michael Person, a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discussing the science behind using an occultation to learn more about objects in space, such as Neptune’s moon Triton.
A conversation with John Hogan, an environmental scientist at the bioengineering branch at NASA’s Ames Research Center.
A conversation with Sylvain Costes, the Project Manager for GeneLab, a space biology database run out of NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with project scientist Dennis Leveson-Gower and astronaut Shane Kimbrough on the cargo sent up to the International Space Station, and the science it contains.
A conversation with Kevin Sato, the Project Scientist and Deputy Project Manager of NASA’s Space Biology research projects.
A conversation with Roger Hunter, Program Manager for the Spacecraft Technology Program at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Stevan Spremo, Space Flight Project Manager at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Bron Nelson, a computer programmer with the Data Analysis and Visualization Group at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, and Dimitris Menemenlis, a research scientist working with the Estimation of the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) project at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
A conversation with Adam Moreno, a postdoctoral fellow working with the NASA Earth Exchange at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Chris Potter, a Senior Research Scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A feature from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on August 31, 2017.
A conversation with Ved Chirayath, research scientist and lead for the Laboratory for Advanced Sensing at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A feature from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on September 26, 2017.
A conversation with Leighton Quon, project manager in the Airspace Technology Division at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Jessica Marquez, human systems engineer and research scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center.
A feature from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on September 1, 2017.
A conversation with three members of the original Cassini science team: Jeff Cuzzi, the mission’s interdisciplinary scientist for rings; Dale Cruikshank, an astronomer and planetary scientist studying Saturn’s icy moons; and Chris McKay, a planetary scientist and one of the original collaborators on the Huygens probe.
A feature from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on August 14, 2017.
A conversation with Jeff Cuzzi, interdisciplinary scientist for rings on the Cassini mission and researcher in the Planetary Systems Branch at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A feature from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on August 17, 2017.
A conversation with Chris McKay, senior scientist at the Planetary Systems Branch of NASA's Ames Research Center who works on projects from Cassini to Curiosity.
A conversation with Jerry Davis, the Chief Information Officer at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Madhulika Guhathakurta, lead program scientist for new initiatives in the Exploration Technology Directorate at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, and the lead scientist for the 2017 total solar eclipse.
A feature from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on July 27, 2017.
A conversation with Charlie Sobeck, Kepler mission manager at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Hanwant Singh, atmospheric research director at NASA's Ames Research Center, and finalist for the 2017 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America awards.
A feature from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on July 26, 2017.
A conversation with Uland Wong, senior computer scientist in the Intelligent Robotics Group at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Brian Day, the Director of Communication and Citizen Science for NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute.
A conversation with Jack Boyd, Senior Advisor to the Center Director at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with William Reach, Deputy Director at the SOFIA Science Center at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Bill Thigpen, Branch Chief of Advanced Computing at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Geert Barentsen, the Guest Observer Office director for the Kepler and K2 mission at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
Originally aired on February 27, 2009, a conversation on the Kepler Mission with Principal Investigator William Borucki, Deputy Principal Investigator David Koch, and Kepler Science Council Member Alan Boss from the Carnegie Institute of Washington.
A conversation with Susan Thompson, Kepler research scientist for the SETI Institute at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A feature from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on June 13, 2017.
A conversation with one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, Natalie Batalha, the Kepler mission project scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A feature from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on May 23, 2017.
A conversation with Bruce Yost, the Director of the Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute (or S3VI) at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Leticha Hawkins, a recruiter at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Parimal Kopardekar, NASA’s senior technologist for the Air Transportation System at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Jessie Dotson, project scientist for the Kepler spacecraft’s K2 mission at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Johnathan Galazka, a scientist in the Space Biosciences Research Branch at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A feature from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on May 2, 2017.
A conversation with Marc Murbach, the Principal Investigator for the Technology Education Satellite (TechEdSat) based at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A feature from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on April 26, 2017.
A conversation with Jose Benavides, engineer with the Advanced Control and Evolvable Systems Group in the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Steve Ord, Technology Manager within the Flight Opportunities Program at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on March 30, 2017.
A conversation with Brian Glass, Principal Investigator of the Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) project at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Jerry Colen, NASA IT Manager for the Office of Public Affairs at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Kimberly Ennico Smith, Project Scientist for SOFIA at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Brian Gore, Human Systems Integration Division at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Dr. Yvonne Pendleton, the Director of the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI).
A conversation with Ali Guarneros Luna, NASA Engineer and Deputy Project Manager at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation about NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) and the Echelon-Cross-Echelle Spectrograph (EXES) science instrument with Matthew Richter, Principle Investigator, and Edward Montiel, Postdoctoral Scholar.
A conversation with Elizabeth Pane, ISS Payload Manager in the Flight Systems and Implementation Branch at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on January 13, 2017.
A conversation with Ian Brosnan, Special Assistant for New National Aeronautics and Space Administration and United States Geological Survey Science Initiatives.
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on January 19, 2017.
A conversation with Jeremy Frank, Principle Investigator for the Autonomous Systems and Operations Project at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on January 5, 2017.
A conversation with Nettie Roozeboom, aerospace engineer in the Wind Tunnel Division at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Terry Fong, Senior Scientist for Autonomous Systems and Lead for the Intelligent Robotics Group at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
An end of year compilation of conversations with various NASA scientists, engineers, and researchers throughout 2016 on the NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast.
A conversation with Lynn Rothschild, astrobiologist and synthetic biologist in the Earth Science Division at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on December 8, 2016.
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on November 15, 2016.
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on December 13, 2016.
A conversation with Michelle Eshow, Software Lead for Air Traffic Management at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Kai Goebel, Tech Area Lead for Discovery and Systems Health at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with John Marmie, Asteroid Redirect Mission Commercial Partnerships & Hosted Payload Lead.
A conversation with Daniel Andrews, Project Manager for NASA’s Resource Prospector mission.
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on November 16, 2016.
A conversation with Darlene Lim, Principal Investigator on NASA’s Biologic Analog Science Associated with Lave Terrains (BASALT) project.
A conversation with U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Leedjia Svec, Director of Military Programs at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on October 14, 2016.
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on October 19, 2016.
A conversation with Stuart Rogers, a NASA Aerospace Engineer in the Advanced Supercomputing Division at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on October 21, 2016.
A conversation with Pamela Marcum, Project Scientist on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy project, also known as SOFIA.
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on October 5, 2016.
A conversation with Elissa Quintana, NASA research scientist for the Kepler and K2 mission at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Dr. Erin Flynn-Evans, Research Psychologist and the Director of the Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on September 28, 2016.
A conversation with Alex Mazhari, Manager of the NASA SpaceShop Rapid Prototyping Lab at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A feature story from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on September 14, 2016.
A conversation with Zachary Burkland, Business Manager with the Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) office.
A news feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on August 24, 2016.
A conversation with Gary Martin, Director of Partnerships at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Rus Belikov and Eduardo Bendek, senior research scientists at NASA’s Ames Research Center, working on next generation technology to directly image planets beyond the solar system.
A conversation with Thomas Barclay, Senior Research Scientist on the Kepler/K2 Mission at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with David J. Smith, NASA Research Scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
A conversation with Laura Iraci, NASA Research Scientist and AJAX Principle Investigator at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
Astronomers Help Focus Research in the Search for Another Earth: NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast
A conversation with Steven Smith, Associate Director for International Space Station Science Directorate at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
Mary Beth Wilhelm, NASA Research Scientist, Planetary Science Branch: NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast
NASA’s Kepler Confirms 100+ Exoplanets During Its K2 Mission: NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast
NASA in Silicon Valley, a new podcast series from NASA’s Ames Research Center located in the heart of Silicon Valley