PODCAST · technology
Innovation Now
by WHRO
Innovation Now is a daily 90-second radio series and podcast that gives listeners a front row seat to hear compelling stories of revolutionary ideas, emerging technologies and the people behind the concepts that are shaping our future.
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Customized Backgrounds
In celebration of X-59’s recent supersonic flights, NASA’s Quesst mission released images of this unique aircraft in action for use on your electronic devices.
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A Marathon Milestone
Appearing as a green speck on the Martian surface, NASA’s Perseverance rover was spotted by the HiRise camera, just before it marked its marathon milestone.
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Summertime Skywatching
It’s summertime. Look up and you might catch a meteor streaking across the sky.
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A Team Sport
Flight testing is a team sport.
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Breathing Easy
Throughout the 2026 World Cup, state and local organizations have used NASA air quality data to provide a clear picture of the air that players and fans are breathing.
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Heart of Health
Through the commercialization of life-preserving technologies, NASA remains at the heart of health solutions.
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2704
Delivering Storm Data
During hurricane season, NASA delivers storm data from satellites, timely flood maps, power outage insights, landslide risk assessments, and more to many state and federal partners, including NOAA.
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2703
Beneath the Volcano
NASA is working with the Smithsonian Institution, monitoring vegetation changes to aid in earlier eruption warnings.
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Clouds of Dust
Dust plays a role in making new molecules of interstellar space.
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Exploring in ERNEST
ERNEST trundled its way across the Colorado Desert in California to see if it has what it takes to rove on the Moon.
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A Fourth to Remember
With a continuous human presence on the International Space Station, at least one American since 2001 has spent the Fourth of July in orbit.
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Batteries Are Included
Using new spinoff batteries, robots may one day map as much of the ocean as NASA has mapped of the Moon.
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Passing By
Each month NASA releases the most recent figures on near-Earth object close approaches and other facts about comets or asteroids that could pose a threat.
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Mundane Tasks
Some of the tasks astronauts complete on the International Space Station are routine inspections.
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High Contrasts
Where the Sun shines at a low angle at the lunar South Pole, high contrasts between lit and shadowed areas are created.
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Weather Cycles
Using the infrared cameras on the Webb Space Telescope, scientists have peered through the yellowish, smoggy haze that shrouds Titan.
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Stormy World
Mount Tambora ejected so much ash and so many aerosols into the atmosphere that the sky darkened and the Sun was blocked from view.
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Halfway to Harvest
As we mark Midsummer Day, many farmers are using NASA Earth science data to help monitor their fields at this critical halfway point.
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Soccer Science
Understanding the relationship between an object’s center of mass and its geometric center is key to predicting its movement.
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Changing Seasons
Earth’s unique tilt on its axis gives us our changing seasons.
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MoonFall
MoonFall will survey the lunar South Pole ahead of the Artemis crewed landings.
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Freeform 3D
An innovative 3D printing process that advanced NASA’s approach to outfitting a lunar habitat is making buildings on Earth beautiful, efficient, and strong.
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Serendipity
A material discovered by accident in the lab could be used on future missions to the Moon.
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2687
Twice in a Full Moon
For LandSat, it happens twice in a blue moon!
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2686
Waste from Mines
Tens of thousands of abandoned mines scattered across the American West have the potential to release sulfuric acid and heavy metals into waterways.
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2685
Flying the Flag
Perhaps one day, the Artemis astronauts will carry a flag with them to the surface of Mars.
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Moon Base
The Moon Base will be home for Artemis astronauts who will live and work at humanity’s first lunar outpost.
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2683
Shock Detectives
The Sun constantly sends out a stream of fastmoving particles called the solar wind.
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High Accuracy Observations
When SpaceX sent its thirty-fourth resupply mission to the International Space Station in mid-May, NASA’s CLARREO Pathfinder was aboard.
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Top Ranked Shortfalls
As NASA lays the foundation for long-term missions to the Moon and paves the way for human exploration on Mars, the top ranked shortfalls in technology reflect the challenges industry is most eager to solve.
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Flyby Complete
Psyche has completed a flyby of Mars, coming within three thousand miles of the planet’s surface.
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Wingman
NASA is dedicated to advancing the capabilities and performance of U.S. aviation.
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Return to the Runway
Last year researchers conducted more than seven hundred fifty investigations in the orbital laboratory of the International Space Station.
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A Swift Rendezvous
The clock is ticking as engineers work to save NASA’s Swift Observatory.
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Upgraded Chips
Once certified for spaceflight, these next generation computer processors will be incorporated into mission hardware and adapted for Earth-based industries.
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2675
Lighting the Way
This game changing fuel cell could revolutionize the way NASA stores energy during future Moon missions.
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SkyFall
NASA had a great run with the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, but next generation aircraft will be able to do even more.
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To the Next Level
NASA offers opportunities for researchers with innovative ideas to take their technology to the next level.
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Ready to Rise
The fifth and smallest crew member from Artemis II is still making public appearances with the astronauts.
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In the Pursuit of Space
Among the monuments throughout Arlington, stand three that serve as tributes to astronauts who lost their lives furthering space exploration.
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Golden Eagles on the Move
NASA satellite observations are shaping conservation work here on the ground.
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Putting Materials to the Test
In the frigid conditions found in space, rubber can shatter like glass, circuit boards may fail, and electrical connections can freeze and fracture.
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Envelope Expansion
NASA’s X-59 is showing off in early flight test maneuvers.
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Cultural Perspectives
A new Sun-centered and science-focused coloring book encourages people to show off their artistic side.
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Not a Routine Sample
Curiosity was drilling a routine sample from a rock on Mars when the unexpected happened.
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Fire and Smoke
This smoke didn’t come from rockets that propel astronauts to space.
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On the Move
Artemis III is already on the move.
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Game Changing Excavator
IPEx is a game changing excavator.
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Sprites
Astronauts in orbit see lightning like no one on Earth.
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A Rendezvous with Hubble
Following a smooth ride to orbit, the NASA crew began the thirteen-day flight that marked the fifth and final servicing mission for Hubble.
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Innovation Now is a daily 90-second radio series and podcast that gives listeners a front row seat to hear compelling stories of revolutionary ideas, emerging technologies and the people behind the concepts that are shaping our future.
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