NASA
NASA names 2021 astronaut candidates as it plans for moon missions
Posted on · The group of would-be astronauts includes four women and reflects a broad stretch of America, from Alaska to Puerto Rico.
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Houston Matters
Katy ISD cancels event with children’s book author: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week
Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2670: Expanding the Human Environment
Posted on · Episode: 2670 The Expanded Human Habitat: Our Solar System as a Defining Environment. Today, we expand the notion of environment.
Houston Matters
Vanessa Wyche Takes The Helm At NASA’s Johnson Space Center (Aug. 26, 2021)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: An update on the COVID-19 situation in Montgomery County, a conversation with the new director of the Johnson Space Center, and poet Rita Dove talks about her latest collection.
Technology
Johnson Space Center’s New Director Leads Where No Black Woman Has Led Before
Posted on · Vanessa Wyche, a 30-year NASA veteran, directs an organization whose current missions include sending astronauts to the International Space Station and returning humans to the Moon.
Technology
For The 1st Time, A Black Woman Will Lead A NASA Center
Posted on · Vanessa Wyche has worked for NASA since 1989, and has held multiple key leadership positions with the agency. Now, she will be the director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Houston Matters
Could Casino Gambling Ever Be Legal In Texas? (May 7, 2021)
Posted on · On Friday's show: An update on key bills in the legislature, why lobbyists from Las Vegas are descending on the Texas Capitol, The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly of the week, and a switchboard operator of sorts for calls to astronauts in space.
Houston Matters
Requiring Refineries To Offer Documents And Meetings In Languages Other Than English (April 22, 2021)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: A new proposal would require refineries and chemical plants to offer documents and public meetings in languages other than English, the history of the Black cowboy in Texas, and an alternate history of the space race.
Houston Matters
How Halting The Keystone XL Pipeline Could Affect Houston (Jan. 22, 2021)
Posted on · On Friday's show: How Pres. Biden's pipeline decision could affect Houston, taking stock of the major natural disasters in 2020, and what you'd add to the Constitution.
Houston Matters
How Entrepreneurs And Astronauts Found Success Through Failure (Dec. 4, 2020)
Posted on · NPR host Guy Raz talks about his book, How I Built This, and retired astronaut Capt. Jim Lovell discusses the “successful failure” of Apollo 13.
Houston Matters
Stories From Daily Life In Space (Dec. 2, 2020)
Posted on · Retired Houston astronaut Terry Virts talks about his book, How to Astronaut.
Houston Matters
Addressing Houston’s Rising Murder Rate, And Riding Out Rising Sea Levels (Nov. 19, 2020)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: Addressing Houston's rising murder rate, how some Gulf Coast residents plan to handle rising sea levels, a conversation with astronaut and Houston native Loral O’Hara, and reflecting on the contributions of the late columnist Molly Ivins.
Houston Matters
Umair Shah On Departing Harris County Public Health (Nov. 18, 2020)
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: The county's top public health official explains why he's leaving the job, and we learn about the extra precautions Texas universities are taking in the face of increasing cases of COVID-19.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3240: Origins of Engines’ Ingenuity
Posted on · Episode: 3240 An Inventive Mind Reaches a Milestone. Today, The Engines of Our Ingenuity honors its own inventor.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1894: Of Accuracy and Story-Telling
Posted on · Episode: 1894 Accuracy and story-telling — a learning experience in four acts. Today, accuracy and story-telling.