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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2670: Expanding the Human Environment

Michael Barratt

Posted on June 20, 2023 · Episode: 2670 The Expanded Human Habitat: Our Solar System as a Defining Environment. Today, we expand the notion of environment.

Tags Barbara Ward comet cosmic dust earth day environment environmental concerns gaia habitat jupiter Lunar and solar gravity meteor impacts nasa Only One Earth Rachel Carson Rene Dubos Shoemaker-Levy Silent Spring solar radiation solar system tides Voyager Space Probe

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2201: A Big Volcano

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 25, 2022 · Episode: 2201 Mount Toba: the worst volcano and the worst human catastrophe. Today, a very big volcano.

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Artist's impression of Jupiter's Great Red Spot heating the upper atmosphere.

Health & Science

NASA Spacecraft Gets Up Close With Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

Joe Palca, NPR

Posted on July 10, 2017 · NASA's Juno spacecraft will fly directly over the Great Red Spot, a swirling storm on Jupiter, on Monday. Scientists are hoping to gain a better understanding of the storm and why it persists.

Tags Great Red Spot Juno Mission jupiter nasa

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By Jove: NASA Says Juno Craft Is Orbiting Jupiter

Bill Chappell, NPR

Posted on July 5, 2016 · "And now the fun begins," says a leader of the mission to the large planet whose radiation and dust particles posed dangerous challenges. Project leaders call Juno "a milestone for planetary science."

Tags juno jupiter nasa spacecraft

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NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Prepares For Cosmic Date With Jupiter

Associated Press

Posted on July 4, 2016 · A solar-powered spacecraft is spinning toward Jupiter for a close encounter with the biggest planet in our solar system.

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NASA asteroid sample headed to Houston after landing safely in Utah

Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR

Posted on September 25, 2023 · NASA's Osiris-REx mission has successfully returned a pristine sample of asteroid back to Earth. This cupful-or-so of space rock could shed light on the solar system's origins.

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Book chronicles NASA’s pioneering women astronauts

Michael Hagerty / Craig Cohen

Posted on September 14, 2023 · Space journalist and Houston native Loren Grush discusses her book, "The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts."

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High-speed police chases (Sept. 14, 2023)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on September 14, 2023 · On Thursday's show: We discuss an uptick in high-speed car chases involving HPD officers that have left bystanders injured, according to an investigation by the Houston Chronicle. And we learn the latest on the Houston housing market.

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Neil Armstrong’s ‘Moon House’ listed for sale in Houston-area suburb

Sarah Grunau

Posted on September 6, 2023 · The property was listed on the market on Aug. 31 and highlights original features like a wood beam living room ceiling, stone fireplace, pink pool decking, and original staircase railings of the house built in 1964.

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