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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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Space really is the final frontier, and we’re on the brink of so many new discoveries about it.
The Shuttle Era

The Shuttle Era

2026-04-1301:30

NASA’s space shuttle fleet began setting records with Columbia’s first launch on April 12th, 1981.
A Sight So Profound

A Sight So Profound

2026-04-1001:30

Astronauts describe the moment they first saw our home planet from space as profound and life changing.
The Mercury 7

The Mercury 7

2026-04-0901:30

On April 9th,1959, NASA presented the Mercury 7, America’s first astronauts.
No Threat of Impact

No Threat of Impact

2026-04-0801:30

Recent observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have ruled out any danger to Earth or the Moon from Asteroid 24 YR4.
GlennICE

GlennICE

2026-04-0701:30

When flying in certain weather conditions, tiny freezing water droplets floating in the air can accumulate on an aircraft, posing a serious safety risk.
Monitoring the Sun

Monitoring the Sun

2026-04-0601:30

As Artemis astronauts travel around the Moon, they will venture beyond Earth’s protective magnetic field.
Weekends in Space

Weekends in Space

2026-04-0301:30

Just like many of us, astronauts on the International Space Station look forward to weekends.
In 1960, NASA launched the first weather satellite to determine if Earth could really be studied from space.
Golf on the Moon

Golf on the Moon

2026-04-0101:30

He may have been the fifth person to walk on the Moon, but he was the first to play golf there.
Launch Beans

Launch Beans

2026-03-3101:30

The tradition started with a single crockpot of ham and beans after the first successful shuttle launch.
Tracking Artemis II

Tracking Artemis II

2026-03-3001:30

People around the world will be able to pinpoint Orion during its ten-day trip around the Moon.
Legacy Keepsakes

Legacy Keepsakes

2026-03-2701:30

NASA’s Artemis II mission will carry mementos that honor our nation’s long tradition of exploration.
Cold Tech Electronics

Cold Tech Electronics

2026-03-2601:30

Exploring ocean worlds, like Europa, Enceladus or Titan, require electronics that can function in unforgiving conditions.
Changing Course

Changing Course

2026-03-2501:30

When NASA’s DART spacecraft intentionally impacted the asteroid Dimorphos, one of two asteroids in a binary system, the crash shifted the orbit of both asteroids around the Sun.
Cryocooler

Cryocooler

2026-03-2401:30

The farther the destination, the more fuel a rocket needs. The more fuel the rocket carries, the heavier the spacecraft. The heavier the spacecraft, the more fuel it requires to launch.
Snow covered the ground that Tuesday morning one hundred years ago. A professor, his wife and two colleagues were about to soar into the future.
While meteorologists have been celebrating spring since the first of March, astronomically speaking, spring begins today.
NASA is tackling the challenge of safely integrating air taxi technologies into the national airspace system.
Martian Spiderwebs

Martian Spiderwebs

2026-03-1801:30

NASA’s Curiosity rover has seen the Martian spiderwebs up close.
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Soumava Das Gupta

Loved every episode!

Feb 13th
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