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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2722: Voyaging

Michael Barratt

Posted on February 1, 2022 · Episode: 2722 Gathering of Materials and Methods to Craft Sailing and Space-faring Vessels. Today, voyaging at the edge of technology.

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Health & Science

NASA Continues Splashdown Tests, This Time With Dummies

Associated Press

Posted on August 25, 2016 · NASA says it's simulating a splashdown of its Orion spacecraft in Virginia, this time with crash test dummies, as it prepares to eventually send humans to Mars.

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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."

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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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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2806: Thor and Engineering

Haleh Ardebili

Posted on November 15, 2022 · Episode: 2806 Thor, the god of thunder, engineering behind comic books, college courses that deal with fracture. Today, our guest Haleh Ardebili talks about Thor and Engineering.

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Houston Reacts To Mass Shootings In New Zealand, Trump Vetoes Congressional Effort To Limit Border Wall Funding, And Texas’ Shortages Of Low-Income Rentals

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Posted on March 15, 2019 · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.

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Houston Police Increase Patrols At Area Mosques After New Zealand Mass Shootings

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on March 15, 2019 · Mayor Sylvester Turner says "there are no words to describe the horror the victims must have felt."

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Houston Matters

‘Texas Blood’ Explores History Of The Borderlands Through One Ranching Family

Abner Fletcher

Posted on October 13, 2017 · In his book, Texas Blood, journalist Roger D. Hodge explores the history of the Texas borderlands through the lens of seven generations of his own ranching ancestry and illuminates the brutal history of colonization, conquest, and genocide that dominated the West for centuries.

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