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 24, TechPort
2019/11/26

NASA TechPort’s Patrick Murphy and Ryan Miller discuss how technologists and innovators can use the

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 23, Swamp Works
2019/11/13

NASA Swamp Works Senior Technologist Rob Mueller discusses technologies being developed for missions

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 22, Reflections on Columbia
2019/10/29

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Chief Knowledge Officer Ed Rogers discusses the complex human eleme

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 21, NASA Human Research Program
2019/10/15

NASA Human Research Program Director Bill Paloski discusses methods and technologies to support safe

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 20, Exploration Spacesuit Design
2019/10/2

NASA Exploration EVA System Development Lead Jesse Buffington discusses spacesuit design for spacewa

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 19, Magic Inside the Orion Spacesuit
2019/9/18

Orion Spacesuit Engineer Kirstyn Johnson discusses the internal systems of the Orion spacesuit.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 18, Orion Spacesuit Design
2019/9/4

Orion Crew Survival Systems Project Manager Dustin Gohmert discusses Orion spacesuit design.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 17, Astronaut Training
2019/8/20

NASA Astronaut Candidate Woody Hoburg discusses his experiences as the 2017 NASA Astronaut Class app

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 16, Ocean-Atmosphere Understanding
2019/8/7

Kathleen McIntyre, PACE Deputy Project Manager, discusses NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Eco

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 15, 20 Years of Chandra Discoveries
2019/7/24

Chandra X-ray Observatory Project Manager Helen Cole and Project Scientist Martin Weisskopf discuss

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 14, Apollo Lunar Landing Training
2019/7/10

Lisa Jones, NASA Landing and Impact Research Facility Manager, discusses the facility where the Apol

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 13, Apollo Legacies and Lessons Learned
2019/6/25

Award-winning journalist, space historian and author Andrew Chaikin discusses the Apollo Program, al

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 12, Flight Demonstrations and Capabilities
2019/6/12

Brent Cobleigh, NASA Flight Demonstrations and Capabilities Project Manager, discusses new technolog

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 11, Commercial Crew
2019/5/28

Jon Cowart, a veteran space engineer, discusses NASA’s Commercial Crew Program and progress toward l

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 10, Concurrent Engineering
2019/5/15

The European Space Agency’s Torsten Bieler discusses how ESA uses concurrent engineering.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 9, Mars Opportunity Rover Mission
2019/4/30

Abigail Fraeman, deputy project scientist on the Mars Exploration Rover mission, discusses the Oppor

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 8, Engineering NASA’s Science Missions
2019/4/16

Joe Gasbarre, NASA Science Mission Directorate Chief Engineer, discusses the engineering side of sci

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 7, Space Shuttle Columbia National Tour
2019/4/3

Mike Ciannilli, the agency’s manager of the Apollo, Challenger, Columbia Lessons Learned Program, pr

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 6, Artificial Intelligence
2019/3/20

Brian Thomas, Agency Data Scientist at NASA Headquarters, discusses artificial intelligence.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 5, Big Data
2019/3/6

John Sprague, Deputy Chief Information Officer for Technology, Data and Innovation at NASA Headquart