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Gravity Assist

NASA’s interplanetary talk show, hosted by former Chief Scientist Jim Green, introduces you to space professionals working to take exploration into the future.

Gravity Assist: Season 5 Trailer – What’s Your Gravity Assist?
Season 5Episode 4May 14, 2021

Season 5, Episode 4: Always an Astronaut, with Ken Bowersox

In some ways, spaceflight changes you forever,” says Ken Bowersox. Since he was 7 years old, Ken knew he wanted to become an astronaut. In his astronaut career, he participated in many exciting missions, including an extended stay on the International Space Station.

Season 5Episode 3Apr 30, 2021

Season 5, Episode 3: Breaking Barriers, with Dana Bolles

Dana Bolles has worked in many exciting areas of NASA including assuring the safety of experiments and spacecraft going to space, managing environmental programs, and thinking about the possibility of life beyond Earth.

Season 5Episode 2Apr 23, 2021

Season 5, Episode 2: Talking to Ingenuity and Other Space Robots

The Ingenuity helicopter made history on April 19, 2021, with the first powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. How do engineers talk to a helicopter all the way out on Mars? How about other spacecraft? We’ll hear about it from Nacer Chahat of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

Season 5Episode 1Apr 16, 2021

Season 5, Episode 1: Black Hole Mysteries, with Jeremy Schnittman

What is a black hole? How do we study them when we can’t see them? Astrophysicist Jeremy Schnittman from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center joins NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green for a fascinating conversation about the latest black hole research.