Small Steps, Giant Leaps

NASA’s technical workforce put boots on the Moon, tire tracks on Mars, and the first reusable spacec

Episodes

Total: 145

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 44, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
2020/9/13

NASA Deputy Director of Astrophysics Jeff Volosin discusses the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellit

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 43, White Sands Test Facility
2020/9/2

White Sands Test Facility Manager Bob Cort discusses the history and capabilities of the NASA facili

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 42, Game Changing Development Program
2020/8/19

NASA Game Changing Development Program Executive Niki Werkheiser discusses advancement of space tech

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 41, Technical Storytelling, Part Two
2020/8/5

NASA’s Jon Olansen, Jenny Devolites and Ben Asher share technical stories and discuss storytelling t

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 40, Technical Storytelling, Part One
2020/7/22

Storytelling Strategist Johel Brown-Grant with the U.S. State Department discusses organizational be

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 39, Plum Brook Station
2020/7/8

Plum Brook Station Director David Stringer discusses world-unique test facilities at the NASA statio

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 38, Human Factors
2020/6/24

NASA Armstrong Operations Engineering Branch Chief Kate McMurtry discusses the value of understandin

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 37, NASA Safety Center
2020/6/10

NASA Safety Center Director Harmony Myers discusses resources to help achieve technical excellence i

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 36, Crowdsourcing Innovation
2020/5/27

NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation Deputy Manager Steve Rader discusses drivin

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 35, Launch America
2020/5/13

NASA Commercial Crew Program Chief Engineers Steve Sullivan, Chris Lupo and Deborah Crane discuss th

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 34, Science in the 2020s
2020/4/29

NASA Scientist Michelle Thaller discusses anticipated discoveries and exciting missions planned duri

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 33, Young Innovators
2020/4/15

Kenny Harris, a NASA engineer named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 Class of 2020, discusses his experiences

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 32, Europa Clipper
2020/3/30

Europa Clipper Project System Engineer Jennifer Dooley discusses NASA’s outer planets flagship missi

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 31, Commercial Lunar Payload Service
2020/3/18

Steve Clarke, the Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration in NASA’s Science Mission Directora

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 30, VIPER Lunar Rover
2020/3/4

VIPER Project Manager Dan Andrews discusses the lunar rover’s upcoming mission to look for water ice

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 29, Centennial Challenges
2020/2/19

Monsi Roman, NASA Centennial Challenges Program Manager, discusses the agency’s flagship prizes and

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 28: Interdisciplinary Interactions
2020/2/4

Anna McGowan, NASA’s Senior Engineer for Complex Systems Design, discusses the impact of interdiscip

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 27, Megatrends for Engineering Systems
2020/1/22

Anna McGowan, NASA’s Senior Engineer for Complex Systems Design, discusses engineering trends and th

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 26, NASA IV&V
2020/1/8

NASA Independent Verification and Validation Program Director Greg Blaney discusses the impact of IV

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 25, NASA Technology Transfer
2019/12/11

NASA Technology Transfer Program Executive Dan Lockney discusses the transfer of innovative space an