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Video and audio podcasts from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory feature the latest news on space and science findings from JPL and NASA. Topics include discoveries made by spacecraft studying planets in our solar system, including Mars, Saturn and our home planet, Earth. Missions also study stars and galaxies in our universe. Other topics cover tips for amateur astronomers and updates from the Mars Rover and Cassini missions.
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| 1 | VideoTsunami Makes Waves in More Than Just the Ocean | GPS technology helps scientists track tsunamis and improve future warning systems. | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoCuriosity Rover Scoop Test | Curiosity will be a rolling geology lab on Mars. See how engineers take a soil sample using her stunt double. | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoDawn's Virtual Flight over Vesta | This movie uses data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft to simulate the view from the spacecraft flying over the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta. | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoTouring Vesta's Craters | This video takes viewers on a virtual tour of Vesta's south polar basin, the 'snowman' set of craters and a crater called Oppia. | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoSuper Earth Reveals Itself to Spitzer | NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has, for the first time, captured the light emanating from a distant super Earth, a planet more massive than Earth but lighter than Neptune. | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoBlack-Hole Hunter | A large number of galaxies are hiding black holes that we can't detect, and NASA's NuSTAR will use X-ray vision to find them. | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoWhat's Up for May? | View sunspots and a solar eclipse through solar-safe 'scopes this month. | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoVesta's Shape and Gravity | This video from NASA's Dawn mission shows that the gravity field of Vesta closely matches the surface topography of the giant asteroid Vesta. | 4/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoSaturn's Weirdest Ring | Images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of Saturn's F ring, leaving glittering trails behind them. These trails in the rings, which scientists are calling "mini-jets," fill in a missing link in our story of the curious behavior of the F ring. | 4/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoHow Do You Land on Mars? | Getting a spacecraft to Mars is one thing; getting it safely to the ground is a whole other challenge! This 60-second video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory explains three ways to land on the surface of the Red Planet. | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoRobotic Arm Target Practice | Engineers use Curiositys body double to practice robotic arm placement. | 4/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoMars' Whirling Dust Devil | Animation of a skinny 'dust devil' on the dust-covered Amazonis Planitia region of northern Mars. | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoWhat's Up for April? | View Saturn all night this month, and view icy moons through a telescope. | 3/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoRobot Rumble! | High school teams go head to head in a robotics competition to create March madness robot-style! | 3/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoStorm Chaser on Mars | We're not in Kansas anymore ! Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Catches a Twister in Action | 3/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoThe Challenges of Getting to Mars: The Cruise to Mars | The long journey to Mars through the harsh environment of space confronts the Curiosity navigation team with a long list of challenges to get the spacecraft safely to its destination. | 3/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoNuSTAR in Space | NASA's newest X-ray telescope will have a lengthy structure that unfolds in space, allowing it to see high-energy objects like feeding black holes. | 3/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | Video12-21-2012 Just Another Day | NASA scientist debunks 2012 end of the world doomsday scenarios. | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoLanding Practice | Mars Science Laboratory engineers have a dress rehearsal for Curiosity's landing day on the Red Planet. | 3/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoWhat's Up for March? | Be sure to mark your calendar for an amazing planetary view this month. Many planets continue to put on a show in the west and Venus prepares to transit the Sun. Track Comet Garradd with your backyard telescope and prepare for Sun-Earth Day on March 20th. | 3/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoGRACE Mission Measures Global Ice Mass Changes | Animation shows the location of mountain glaciers and ice caps around the world with data from the GRACE mission to show recent trends in ice mass loss or gain. | 2/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoGRAIL Returns Unique Moon Video | NASA's GRAIL mission has beamed back its first video of the far side of the moon. The imagery was taken on Jan. 19 by the MoonKAM aboard the mission's 'Ebb' spacecraft. | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoWhat's Up for February? | Mars gets closer and two comets delight viewers. | 1/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoThe Challenges of Getting to Mars: Launching a Mars Rover | Video of the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Nov. 26, 2011, onboard an Atlas V rocket. | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoThe Martians: Launching Curiosity to Mars | Mission team members share their excitement and reflections on the launch of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover. | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoOpportunity on Mars | NASA's Opportunity rover celebrates 8th anniversary on Mars. | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoStudents Choose Spacecraft Names | NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft have new names, thanks to some enthusiastic 4th graders from Montana, who reveal the names in dramatic fashion. | 1/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoCuriosity Tweaks Course to Mars | NASA rover makes first big maneuver en route to August rendezvous with Mars. | 1/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoNASA Finds Russian Runoff Freshening Canadian Arctic | The transpolar drift (purple arrows) is a dominant circulation feature in the Arctic Ocean that carries freshwater runoff (red arrows) from rivers in Russia across the North Pole and south towards Greenland. Under changing atmospheric conditions, emergent circulation patterns (blue arrows) drive freshwater runoff east towards Canada, resulting in freshening of Arctic water in the Canada Basin. | 1/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoGRAIL-A Spacecraft Arrives at the Moon | -- | 12/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoWhat's Up for January? | Check out a pretty parade of planets this month. Venus at dusk, Jupiter overhead, Mars before midnight, Saturn near sunrise. | 12/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: GRAIL Spacecraft-New Year's Moon Arrival | NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft are due to enter orbit around the moon just in time for 2012. GRAIL will study the moon's gravity, enabling scientists to deduce the moon's structure and composition, and helping them piece together the history of how the moon, Earth and terrestrial planets formed. | 12/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | VideoExplore Space 2011 a Year in Review | -- | 12/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | VideoSleigh Ride Over Mars | Take a virtual sleigh ride over the real landscapes of Mars, courtesy of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. | 12/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | Video2011 Invention Challenge. It's a Kick | JPLers and students compete in the 2011 Invention Challenge. | 12/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | VideoMission to Mars Begins Collecting Science Data While Still Near Earth | Although still nearly eight months from Mars, the Radiation Assessment Detector on NASA's Mars Science Laboratory has begun collecting data that will aid planning of future human missions to Mars. | 12/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | VideoDark Hill on Asteroid Vesta | This video includes images from NASA's Dawn framing camera instrument. The hill is about 26 miles (42.5 kilometers) long by about 17 miles (28 kilometers wide), and appears to be sculpted by impact craters. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI | 12/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | VideoWhat's Up for December? | NASA's Juno spacecraft launched August, arrive Jupiter in 2016. Juno will map the giant planet's magnetic field and help us better understand this strange material. | 12/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | VideoSoar Over Asteroid Vesta in 3-D | Soar over the giant asteroid Vesta in 3-D. Put on your 3-D glasses for this ride over asteroid Vesta. | 12/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | VideoRe-launching History | A rocket hobbyist builds a WAC Corporal replica to honor aeronautics pioneer Frank Malina. | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | VideoCuriosity Heads to Mars | The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft separates from the upper stage of its Atlas V launch vehicle and heads on its way to Mars. | 11/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | VideoThe Challenges of Getting to Mars: Getting a Rover Ready for Launch | Engineers put the rover through thousands of hours of testing. They did drop tests; pull tests; drive tests; load tests, and many other tests to get Curiosity ready for launch. | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 43 | VideoHow Do You Get to Mars? | What does it take to get a spacecraft from Earth all the way to Mars? There are a few key things to consider, as explained in this 60-second video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. | 11/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 44 | VideoThe Challenges of Getting to Mars: Transporting a Mars Rover | Transporting the Curiosity rover from its birthplace in Pasadena, California, to the launch pad in in Cape Canaveral, Florida, took countless hours and careful planning and preparation. The precious rover was placed onto a flatbed truck using a forklift; was driven down the highway for several miles and flew on a military transport plane for its cross country trip. | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 45 | VideoUpdated Radar Movie of Asteroid 2005 YU55 | This radar image of asteroid 2005 YU55 was obtained on Nov. 7, 2011, at 11:45 a.m. PST (2:45 p.m. EST/1945 UTC). | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 46 | VideoMars in a Minute: Is Mars Really Red? | Mars is often known as the 'Red Planet,' but is it really red? This 60-second video answers one of the most frequently asked questions about our planetary neighbor. | 11/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 47 | VideoFirst Movie of Asteroid 2005 YU55 | This six-frame movie of asteroid 2005 YU55 was generated from data obtained by NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar on Nov. 7, 2011. | 11/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 48 | VideoWhat's Up for November? | Planets on parade as we prepare for Curiosity Rover Launch | 11/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 49 | VideoAsteroid 2005 YU55 | An aircraft carrier-sized asteroid will make a safe, close flyby of Earth on Nov. 8, 2011. | 11/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: The American Rocketeer | Frank Malina, a Caltech student, led the first rocket tests 75 years agoHalloween 1936, on the site of what is now NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory . | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 51 | VideoMars Rover Power | Curiosity is the biggest robot explorer ever to rove Mars. How do you power something like that? | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 52 | VideoNASA Surfs the Skies Above Oahu, Hawaii | This flyover of the Hawaiian island of Oahu was made by draping Jan. 13, 2010, image data from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emissions and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft over new ASTER Version 2 digital elevation data. | 10/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 53 | VideoRover's Eye View of Three-Year Trek on Mars | During the three-year trek of NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity from Victoria crater to Endeavour crater, rover planners captured a horizon photograph at the end of each drive. 309 images taken during the 13-mile journey appear in this video. | 10/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 54 | VideoWhat's Up for October? | What's Up for October? Moons and meteor showers. | 10/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 55 | VideoWISE Finds Fewer Asteroids near Earth | New observations by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, show there are significantly fewer near-Earth asteroids in the mid-size range than previously thought. | 9/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 56 | VideoAquarius Yields NASA's First Global Map of Ocean Salinity | Aquarius is making NASA's first space observations of ocean surface salinity variations, a key component of Earth's climate that is linked to the cycling of freshwater around our planet and that influences ocean circulation. | 9/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 57 | VideoNASA's Journey Above Vesta | Asteroid Vesta as seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 58 | VideoVesta False Color Shape Model | This false-color video of the giant asteroid Vesta was created from images taken by the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft. | 9/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 59 | VideoA Planet With Two Suns | These animations illustrate a planet circling two stars. The planet, Kepler-16b, was discovered by NASA's Kepler mission. | 9/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 60 | VideoMars Technology Finds Earth's Hidden Water | How do you find water in the driest places on Earth? Scientists use Mars to get answers. | 9/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 61 | VideoWhat's Up for September? | Enjoy a tour of lunar landing sites as NASA's GRAIL mission launches to the moon this month. | 9/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 62 | VideoNASA's Moon-Bound GRAIL Mission | NASA's GRAIL mission will explore Earth's nearest neighbor in unprecedented detail. | 8/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 63 | VideoFlow of Ice Across Antarctica | These animations shows the motion of ice in Antarctica as measured by satellite data from the Canadian Space Agency, the Japanese Space Agency and the European Space Agency, and processed by NASA-funded research from the University of California, Irvine. The background image from the Landsat satellite is progressively replaced by a map of ice velocity, which is color-coded on a logarithmic scale. | 8/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 64 | VideoCuriosity Rover Trailer | This animation shows key events of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission Curiosity rover, which will launch in late 2011 and land on Mars in August 2012. | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 65 | VideoFlyover Newton Crater on Mars | Simulated flyover of recurrent, warm-season flows on a slope inside Newton crater on Mars. | 8/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 66 | VideoPossible Water Flows on Mars | Mysterious features on slopes hint there could be water flows on Mars. | 8/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 67 | VideoSimulation of What Juno Will 'See' From Jupiter Orbit | This animation shows how Jupiter will appear to the camera onboard NASA's Juno mission, called JunoCam, as the spacecraft goes through an orbit. | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 68 | VideoWhat's Up August 2011: Windy planets, Juno mission | Windy Saturn and Jupiter, Juno mission launch. | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 69 | VideoVesta Full Rotation Movie | In this movie, strung together from a series of images provided by the framing camera on NASA's Dawn spacecraft, we see a full rotation of Vesta, which occurs over the course of roughly five hours. These images were obtained on July 24, 2011, from a distance of about 3,200 miles (5,200 kilometers). | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 70 | VideoTrojan Asteroid Shares Orbit With Earth | This animation illustrates the orbit of 2010 TK7 (green dots), the first known Earth Trojan asteroid, discovered by NEOWISE, the asteroid-hunting portion of NASA's WISE mission. | 7/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 71 | VideoUnlocking Jupiter's Mysteries | NASA's Juno mission at Jupiter - unlocking the secrets of the solar system. | 7/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 72 | VideoCuriosity at Kennedy Space Center | All the pieces are in place for the NASA Curiosity rover's upcoming launch to Mars. | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 73 | VideoMars Science Laboratory Landing Site: Gale Crater | Get a bird's eye view of Curiosity's landing site on Mars: Gale crater. | 7/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 74 | VideoSpirit's Snapshots of Mars | These views of Mars are just a small sampling from the 124,000 images returned by the Spirit rover. | 7/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 75 | VideoWhat's UpJuly 2011: Learn about asteroids, see Vesta, Dawn mission | This month you can learn about asteroids, and see Vesta, as the Dawn spacecraft closes in. | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 76 | VideoMars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover Animation | A narrated play-by-play of Curiosity's entry, descent, and landing on Mars! | 6/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 77 | VideoNext Mars Rover in Action | This 11-minute animation depicts key events of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which will launch in late 2011 and land a rover, Curiosity, on Mars in August 2012. | 6/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 78 | VideoBuilding Curiosity: The Big Move for Next Mars Rover | Engineers and technicians have been planning for months and working for weeks on the big move for NASA's Mars Curiosity rover. | 6/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 79 | VideoBuilding Curiosity: Packing for Florida | Time-lapse movie of the NASA Mars Curiosity rover's last days in the clean room before being shipped to Florida for launch. | 6/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 80 | VideoAquarius Update: Episode 5 - Lift-off! | NASA's Aquarius begins its mission to study the salt in Earth's ocean. | 6/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 81 | VideoVesta's Surface Comes into View | This movie shows surface details beginning to resolve as NASA's Dawn spacecraft closes in on the giant asteroid Vesta. | 6/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 82 | VideoAquarius Update: Episode 4 - Ready for Launch | Engineers make the finishing touches readying Aquarius for launch. | 6/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 83 | VideoImagine Mars Overview | The Imagine Mars Project gives students a chance to work with scientists and engineers to build and design a future human community on Mars. | 6/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: NASA's Aquarius Mission to Fly High Over the Salty Seas | NASA prepares for launch of Aquarius, an Earth-orbiting mission that will measure salt content on the ocean surface. This information will provide clues on Earth's ocean currents, water cycle and climate. | 6/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 85 | VideoWhat's Up June 2011: Collisions, impacts, craters | What's up for June? Solar system collisions! Hello and welcome. I'm Jane Houston Jones at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. | 6/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 86 | VideoAquarius Update: Episode 3 | The Aquarius observatory is placed on top of its rocket and is readied for launch. | 5/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 87 | VideoSpirit's Triumphs on Mars | Team members reflect on Spirit's six-years of roving Mars. | 5/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 88 | VideoAquarius Update: Episode 2 - Solar Panels Attached | Engineers attach and test solar panels to the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft, as it's readied for launch. | 5/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 89 | VideoThe Challenges of Getting to Mars: Selecting a Landing Site | Scientists get closer to selecting a landing site for the Curiosity rover. | 5/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 90 | VideoAquarius: Studying the Salt of the Sea | NASA's salt-seeking Aquarius ascends to the heavens this June. Find out how it can help answer questions about climate change. | 5/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 91 | VideoBuilding Curiosity: Going For A Spin | Engineers put the rover through spin tests to ensure smooth sailing in space. | 5/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 92 | VideoAquarius Update: Episode 1 | Aquarius project manager Amit Sen of JPL presents the first in a series of updates leading up to launch of a mission to measure ocean salinity. | 5/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 93 | VideoWhat's Up May 2011: Watch 4 planets and the moon just before sunrise | All month long watch 4 planets and the moon gather just before sunrise. | 5/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 94 | VideoVoyager: Humanity's Farthest Journey | At the edge of the solar system. | 4/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 95 | VideoWhat's Up April 2011: Use the big dipper to find Saturn this month | Use the big dipper to find Saturn this month. | 3/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 96 | VideoBuilding Curiosity: Mars Rover Goes From Shake to Bake | Curiosity will have to survive the extreme temperatures of Mars. Is the rover ready? Engineers put it through thermal tests to find out. | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 97 | VideoMixed Signals from Saturn | Saturn is sending out mixed signals in recent data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. | 3/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 98 | VideoBuilding Curiosity: Curiosity's Stunt Double Takes a Spin | Engineers test Curiosity's hill-climbing capabilities using her Earthbound twin. | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 99 | VideoVirtual Vesta | This video shows the scientists' best guess to date of what the surface of the protoplanet Vesta might look like. It was created as part of an exercise for NASA's Dawn mission involving mission planners at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and science team members at the German Aerospace Center and the Planetary Science Institute. | 3/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 100 | VideoBuilding Curiosity: Rover Shakedown | Engineers put the rover through a human-made earthquake to make sure nothing breaks on its trip to Mars. | 3/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 100 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Short and Sweet
Longer audio and videos can be found on the NASA Web sites. This podcast gives some nice quick audios and videos on current and past missions. Space is so cool.
It's a Wonder!
Some great content presented here along with a rare glance into the complete lack of organization within NASA as evident by the inconsistent branding in the videos and naming of files. It would be most helpful to put someone with media/publishing experience in charge of creating a consistent look and presentation. It's truly a wonder that NASA has achieved so much with this type of chaos going on behind the scenes.
excellent
I love music, but I love listening to these too. Space is so cool!
