The Space Hour

NASA and science investigators from MIT participate in a science briefing for the agency's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) in the Press Site auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Padi Boyd, TESS Guest Investigator Program lead, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, answered questions during the briefing. TESS is the next step in the search for planets outside of our solar system. The mission will find exoplanets that periodically block part of the light from their host stars, events called transits. The satellite will survey the nearest and brightest stars for two years to search for transiting exoplanets. TESS will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station no earlier than 6:32 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 16.

NASA makes grant awards in program to increase diversity in the STEM fields and its workforce

The Space Hour’s Eric White speaks with Padi Boyd, director of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate Bridge Program.

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In this photo provided by NASA, Juno team members celebrate in mission control of the Space Flight Operations Facility at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory after they received confirmation from the spacecraft that it has successfully entered orbit of Jupiter, Monday, July 4, 2016, in Pasadena, Calif. The Juno mission launched August 5, 2011, and will orbit the planet for 20 months to collect data on the planetary core, map the magnetic field, and measure the amount of water and ammonia in the atmosphere.  (Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via AP)

NASA’s DEIA efforts could use a boost

I spoke with Tekla Colon, Director-Mission Support Audits in NASA’s IG office to discuss the agency’s DEIA efforts.

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Investments in the space industry may be down but that doesn’t mean the money’s going away

Chad Anderson, founder and managing partner of Space Capital, tells us about some of the investment trends in the commercial space sector.

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This Satellite image provided by NASA on Sept. 26, 2022, shows Hurricane Ian pictured from the International Space Station just south of Cuba gaining strength and heading toward Florida.  Hurricane Ian rapidly intensified off Florida's southwest coast Wednesday, Sept. 28, gaining top winds of 155 mph (250 kph), just shy of the most dangerous Category 5 status. (NASA via AP)

Is it time to categorize space assets as critical infrastructure?

I spoke with Vishnu Reddy, professor of planetary sciences at the University of Arizona, about the possibility of classifying space assets as critical infrastructure.

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