Engineering

Emirates Mars Mission – Hope Probe to study Martian atmosphere

131. Emirates Mars Mission – Hope Probe to study Martian atmosphere

July 7, 2020 Chuck Astronomy & Space, Podcasts, Science 00:23:45 0 Comments

The United Arab Emirates are just a few days away (July 15, 2020) from launching the Hope Probe to Mars. The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) – Hope Probe will be the first probe to provide a complete picture of the Martian atmosphere and its layers when it reaches the red planet’s orbit in February 2021….

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Mars Helicopter INGENUITY

128. Mars Helicopter INGENUITY with Chief Engineer J. (Bob) Balaram

June 18, 2020 Chuck Astronomy & Space, Podcasts, Science 00:21:39 0 Comments

Mars Helicopter Ingenuity launching July 2020   In this episode J. (Bob) Balaram, Chief Engineer for the Mars helicopter INGENUITY project at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, joins us to discuss the first-ever helicopter designed to fly on Mars. The Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, is a technology demonstration to test powered flight on another world for the…

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Tory Bruno, ULA President & CEO

124. TORY BRUNO, CEO of United Launch Alliance discusses Vulcan Centaur

May 17, 2020 Chuck Astronomy & Space, Podcasts 00:30:25 0 Comments

ULA President & CEO Tory Bruno discusses the new Vulcan Centaur In this episode we welcome Tory Bruno, the president & CEO of United Launch Alliance. Tory joins us by phone to discuss how his interest in model rockets at the age of nine years old let to him pursuing a career in aerospace engineering,…

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Dr. Justin Kasper, SunRISE PI

117. SunRISE – NASA’s new mission to study giant space weather storms

April 3, 2020 Chuck Astronomy & Space, Podcasts, Science 0:20:17 0 Comments

Special Guest: Dr. Justin Kasper, SunRISE Principal Investigator NASA has just selected a new mission to study how the Sun generates and releases giant space weather storms into space. The new mission is called SunRISE, which stands for Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment. This mission will ultimately help protect astronauts traveling to the Moon and Mars…

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