From her experience working with the Commercial Crew Program, which sends astronauts to the International Space Station aboard commercial spacecraft, to the Artemis missions to the Moon, aerospace engineer Jennifer Lu shares how working with a variety of teams — including circus performers before coming to NASA — has helped her see the bigger picture. 

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 167: The Many Hats of NASA Engineer Jennifer Lu

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On episode 412, NASA leaders Joel Montalbano and Ryan Landon reflect on 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station, the milestones that shaped its legacy, and how international cooperation has been essential to the station’s success. 

Houston We Have A Podcast: Around the World for 25 Years

Bienvenidos a un vuelo imaginario con destino a un agujero negro. Con el astrofísico de la NASA Javier García como piloto, nos embarcamos en una odisea espacial donde el tiempo se dilata, la luz se curva, y las leyes de la física colapsan. Descubre cómo la NASA detecta y estudia estos fascinantes objetos cósmicos, qué es la espaguetización, y qué misterios aguardan más allá del horizonte de eventos. Advertencia: este es un viaje solo de ida. ¿Te atreves a sumarte a la aventura?

Viaje al centro de un agujero negro

During Artemis II, four astronauts will see the lunar surface as few humans have—and possibly, parts of the Moon’s far side that no one has seen before. Learn what lunar science questions NASA hopes to answer through the astronauts’ eyes with lunar geologist Kelsey Young. And those astronauts will also be subjects of science. Jancy McPhee, associate chief scientist of NASA’s Human Research Program, explains how studying human health on Artemis II will prepare us for exploration deeper into space than ever before.  

NASA's Curious Universe: Artemis II: How NASA Will Study the Moon—And the Astronauts Going There

Behind NASA’s Artemis II mission and the astronauts who will fly around the Moon, teams on the ground are essential. Explore some of the epic equipment that makes Artemis II possible—the mobile launcher, crawler-transporter, and NASA’s barge Pegasus—and meet a few of the many specialists who act as the shoulders lifting astronauts into space.      

NASA's Curious Universe: Artemis II: The Ground Teams Powering NASA's Moon Mission

Artemis II: She's Calling Us

On Episode 413, NASA’s International Space Station Program Manager Dana Weigel and Director of the International Space Station and Commercial Spaceflight Divisions Robyn Gatens reflect on more than 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station and discuss how the orbiting laboratory is paving the way for Artemis, the Moon, and eventually Mars. 

Houston We Have a Podcast: Low Earth Orbit and Beyond

NASA's Dragonfly spacecraft, a rotorcraft the size of a small car, is set to ex-plore Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Rich in organic compounds, Titan offers a rare window into the kinds of chemical conditions that may have existed on Earth long before life began.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 168: Dragonfly - Mission to Titan

On Episode 414, Dr. Lisa Carnell, division director for NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences, discusses how research in microgravity, the Moon, and Mars can transform our understanding of biological and physical phenomena, from translational science to space radiation countermeasures. 

Houston We Have a Podcast: Science in Space

Composed for and with the help of Martin Lorenz.
Performed by Martin Lorenz and recorded by Ronald Boersen.

5 Perspectives on a theme that is yet to be composed - II. - percussion and live electronics

Hadas Pe'ery is a composer, sound artist, audio professional, educator and activist. Currently residing in Tel Aviv, Hadas teaches electro-acoustic composition and musicology at the University of Tel Aviv and is responsible for developing the university’s electronic music studies curriculum. She is curator of “This is what happens when you play with electricity”, a concert series for experimental electro-acoustic music that aims to introduce new audiences to electronic music and to promote women composers and performers. A social and political activist, Hadas is involved in numerous initiatives that advocate for Palestinian, refugee, women and worker rights, such as “the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality” and “Elifelet - Citizens for Refugee Children”.

Hadas’s works are regularly commissioned and performed throughout America, Europe and Israel by institutes and ensembles such as Court-Circuit (Fr), MusikFabrik (De), Akademie der Künste Berlin (De), Meitar Ensemble (Isr), Lunatics at Large Ensemble (USA) among others, and at festivals such as Manifeste (Paris), Zeitkunst (Berlin), Sound Ways (St. Petersburg) among others. An interdisciplinary artist, she collaborates with choreographers, directors and visual artists throughout the world to create interactive, live electronic performances.

A laureate of awards and grants from the Theodore Presser Foundation (NY), the Fondation International Nadia et Lili Boulanger (Paris), New Music USA (NY) and the Tel Aviv Foundation for the Arts amongst others, Hadas also received residencies from the Camargo Foundation (Fr) and Herrenhaus Edenkoben (De). She was recently awarded the prestigious Israel Prime Minster’s Prize for Composers.

Hadas holds B.Mus degrees in composition and music theory from the Mannes College of Music in New York, an M.A. in musicology specialised in computer-aided composition from Université Paris 8 and an M.Mus. in electronic music from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. Her principal composition teachers have included: Wolfgang Heiniger, Jean-Luc Hervé, Philippe Leroux, Christine Groult and Robert Cuckson. Additional teachers have included: Johannes Schöllhorn, Rebecca Saunders and Chaya Czernowin.

5 Perspectives on a theme that is yet to be composed - II. - percussion and live electronics

Hadas Pe'ery Composer