Episodes
Tuesday May 25, 2021
NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Mark Baldwin
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Will the Orion get the data it needs from this third key drop test and remain the uncontested bellyflop champion? Mark Baldwin from Lockheed Martin, explains how the massive amount of onboard sensors collect data to help enhance Orion’s performance as it prepares for eventual human space flight for the Artemis Program. The data will take some time to analyze, but check out the splashdown. We give Orion a 10!
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with ChrisKuhl
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
How did MEDLI2 get all of the incredible data during entry, descent, and landing on Mars? Look no further than the engineering. MEDLI2 Chief Engineer Chris Kuhl explains how overcoming several engineering challenges helped gather unprecedented data before Perseverance even began to roll.
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Kurt Leucht
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
If you’re looking to clear some space on the lunar surface, pick up some extra water, and break a few lunar travel distance records, look no further than the Lunar Pilot Excavator! Kurt Leucht, of Swamp Works at NASA Kennedy Space Center, explains how this latest tech demonstration mission will pave the way for NASA’s permenant presence on the moon!
Monday Apr 12, 2021
NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Todd White
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Perseverance is already collecting science on the surface of Mars, but MEDLI2 actually collected significant scientific data on the way to the surface. NASA EDGE Co-Host Franklin Fitzgerald talked with Mars Entry Descent and Landing Instrument 2 (MEDLI2) Principal Investigator Todd White about how NASA is continuing to learn about the very dramatic and mysterious transition through the Martian atmosphere all the way down to the surface. Basically, MEDLI studied and stuck the landing!
Friday Mar 26, 2021
NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Christine St. Germain
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Friday Mar 26, 2021
It is a huge challenge to send astronauts to the Moon, but it is also critical to bring them home safely. NASA EDGE’s Blair Allen talks with Christine St. Germain, NASA’s Test Director for Landing and Recovery at KSC, about the Orion Underway Recovery Tests (URT) for the Orion spacecraft. The URTs are complex simulations of how the Orion spacecraft performs in open water after landing at sea. Plus, both NASA and the NAVY practice multiple spacecraft recovery techniques in the process. Christine moves all of the chess pieces around to get the performance data from the URTs to help NASA engineers prepare the Orion for mission success from launch all the way to landing!
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Henry Wright
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Not only did Mars 2020 and Perseverance survive the seven minutes of terror during entry, descent, and landing on the surface of Mars, they also collected a lot of key performance data! NASA EDGE’s Franklin Fitzgerald chats with Mars Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrument 2 Project Manager Henry Wright about the latest success with Perseverance and how the MEDLI2 data will help future missions to Mars and other planets carry more mass and stay safe at the same time
Friday Feb 12, 2021
NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Michelle Munk 2
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Our resident expert on Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) narrows her focus on the lunar landing with Stereo Camera for Lunar Plume Surface Studies (SCALPSS). Michelle Munk and NASA EDGE’s Blair Allen discuss the impact of lander rocket plumes during a lunar landing both in terms of crater formation and how regolith may be dispersed in the process.
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Carey Scott
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
If you need to capture highly technical imagery of your spacecraft as it reenters the Earth’s atmosphere, look no further than CJ (Carey Scott) and the SCIFLI team at NASA Langley Research Center. Franklin Fitzgerald checks in with CJ to learn more about how SCIFLI works, the many assets in they are able to deploy, and their recent imaging of the Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return down in Australia in 2020.
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Sentinel-6 Prelaunch Show
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
On November 20th, 2020, NASA EDGE provided live prelaunch coverage of the Sentinel-6 Mike Freilich Satellite on L-1. NASA Associate Administrator Thomas Zurbuchen, AMR-C Integration and Test Lead Shannon Statham, ESA Project Manager Pierrik Vuilleumier, and EUMETSAT Head of Flight Operations Gareth Williams share their roles and expectations for this important Earth Science mission. Launch Director Tim Dunn also provides key insight into the final preparation for the launch.
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
NASA EDGE@ Home: Interview with Mike Ciannilli
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Netflix’s new documentary on the Space Shuttle Challenger has caused a lot of reflection and discussion about the tragedy. Blair Allen talks with NASA’s Mike Ciannilli about how NASA pays tribute and respect to our lost astronauts, and how NASA is working hard to learn from its own history to avoid tragedies and secure the safety of our future missions.