Small Steps, Giant Leaps

By National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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NASA’s technical workforce put boots on the Moon, tire tracks on Mars, and the first reusable spacecraft in orbit around the Earth. Learn what’s next as they build missions that redefine the future with amazing discoveries and remarkable innovations.

Episode Date
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 144: Mining the Moon with NASA’s IPEx Robot
Dec 11, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 143: NASA Training Simulators
Nov 27, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 142: Europa Clipper: Voyage to a Water World
Nov 13, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 141: Planetary Defense at NASA
Oct 30, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 140: Artificial Intelligence at NASA
Oct 16, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 139: NASA's Cosmic Origins Program
Oct 02, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 138: The Sun, Star of Our Cosmic Show
Sep 18, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 137: The Roman Space Telescope - Uncovering the Dark Universe
Sep 04, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 136: Soft Robotics
Aug 21, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 135: Biofilm - Dealing with the Scum off the Earth
Aug 07, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 134: The Internet of Animals
Jul 24, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 133: The Science of Space Gardening
Jul 10, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 132: Orbital Debris: Reducing Risk with Cost-Effective Strategies
Jun 26, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 131: The Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle
Jun 12, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 130: Ingenuity’s Final Flight: Lessons Learned
May 29, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 129: Accelerating Discoveries with Open Science
May 08, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 128: Engineering Inflatable Structures for Space
Apr 24, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 127: Chief Program Management Officer
Apr 03, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 126: Gateway: The Logistics of an Outpost at the Moon
Mar 20, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 125: Capstone Project: Artemis I Lessons Learned
Mar 06, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 124: The Game-Changing Potential of In-Space Manufacturing
Feb 21, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 123: Examining Earth’s Atmosphere with NASA’s PACE Mission
Feb 07, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 122: Charting New Horizons: Inside NASA's Orion Mission
Jan 24, 2024
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 121: The Artemis and Ethics Report Explained
Dec 13, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 120: Fueling Innovation: How NASA Shares Knowledge for Progress
Nov 30, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 119: Rocket Propulsion Test Program
Oct 18, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 118: Center Innovation Fund and Early Career Initiative
Oct 04, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 117: NASA Trade and Technical Professionals, Part 3
Sep 20, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 116: NASA Trade and Technical Professionals, Part 2
Sep 06, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 115: NASA Trade and Technical Professionals, Part 1
Aug 23, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 114: Last Stop Before Retirement
Aug 09, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 113: OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Preparation
Jul 26, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 112: TechLeap Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge
Jul 12, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 111: Flight Opportunities
Jun 28, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 110: APPEL Knowledge Services
Jun 14, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 109: NASA Engineering and Safety Center
May 31, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 108: Underwater Training for Astronauts
May 17, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 107: Perovskite Solar Cells
May 03, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 106: Surface Water and Ocean Topography
Apr 19, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 105: Samples from Mars
Apr 05, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 104: Workplace Safety Culture
Mar 22, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 103: Legacy of Inspiration
Mar 08, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 102: Legacy of Connection
Feb 22, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 101: Artemis Missions
Feb 08, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 100: NASA’s Extraordinary Workforce
Jan 25, 2023
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 99: Webb Space Telescope’s First Year
Dec 14, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 98: Voyager
Nov 30, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 97: Mars InSight
Nov 17, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 96: Airworthiness
Nov 02, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 95: Developmental Assignments
Oct 19, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 94: Mars Sample Return
Oct 05, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 93: Circuit Theory Application to Animal Movement
Sep 21, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 92: Evolved Structures
Sep 07, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 91: OSAM-1
Aug 24, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 90, Effects of Space Radiation
Aug 10, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 89, The Big Dig
Jul 27, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 88, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Flight
Jul 13, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 87, NuSTAR
Jun 29, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 86, Astrobiology Research Coordination Networks
Jun 15, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 85, Moon to Mars Habitation
Jun 01, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 84, NASA’s Role in Weather Research
May 18, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 83, NASA’s Role in Climate Research
May 04, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 82, NASA’s Role in Agriculture
Apr 20, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 81, Engineering Best Practices 4
Apr 06, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 80, Engineering Best Practices 3
Mar 22, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 79, Engineering Best Practices 2
Mar 09, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 78, Engineering Best Practices 1
Feb 23, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 77, VERITAS
Feb 09, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 76, DAVINCI
Jan 26, 2022
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 75, Artemis Progress
Dec 15, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 74, Solar Sails
Dec 01, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 73, James Webb Space Telescope
Nov 17, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 72, Dawn Mission
Nov 03, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 71, Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment
Oct 20, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 70, Lucy Mission
Oct 06, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 69, Parker Solar Probe
Sep 22, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 68, Lessons Learned Information System
Sep 08, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 67, Quiet Supersonic Mission
Aug 25, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 66, Convergent Aeronautics Solutions
Aug 11, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 65, NASA Intern Experiences
Jul 28, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 64, Space Communications and Navigation
Jul 14, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 63, OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Mission
Jun 30, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 62, Laser Communications Relay Demonstration
Jun 16, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 61, Transforming Assessment of Unsteady Aerodynamics
Jun 02, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 60, Dragonfly
May 19, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 59, Spacecraft Window Design
May 05, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 58, SOFIA Airborne Observatory
Apr 21, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 57, Shuttle Program Closeout Complexities
Apr 07, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 56, Model-based Systems Engineering
Mar 24, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 55, Psyche Mission
Mar 10, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 54, Astrophysics Pioneers Program
Feb 24, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 53, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
Feb 10, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 52, Mars Perseverance Rover Science
Jan 26, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 51, Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign
Jan 13, 2021
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 50, Futuristic Space Technologies
Dec 09, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 49, NEEMO Case Study Deconstructed
Nov 24, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 48, Mars Landing Retropropulsion Simulation
Nov 11, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 47, ISS 20 – Space Station Complexity
Oct 28, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 46, ISS 20 - Living in Space
Oct 13, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 45, Digital Transformation
Sep 28, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 44, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
Sep 13, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 43, White Sands Test Facility
Sep 02, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 42, Game Changing Development Program
Aug 19, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 41, Technical Storytelling, Part Two
Aug 05, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 40, Technical Storytelling, Part One
Jul 22, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 39, Plum Brook Station
Jul 08, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 38, Human Factors
Jun 24, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 37, NASA Safety Center
Jun 10, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 36, Crowdsourcing Innovation
May 27, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 35, Launch America
May 13, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 34, Science in the 2020s
Apr 29, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 33, Young Innovators
Apr 15, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 32, Europa Clipper
Mar 30, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 31, Commercial Lunar Payload Service
Mar 18, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 30, VIPER Lunar Rover
Mar 04, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 29, Centennial Challenges
Feb 19, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 28: Interdisciplinary Interactions
Feb 04, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 27, Megatrends for Engineering Systems
Jan 22, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 26, NASA IV&V
Jan 08, 2020
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 25, NASA Technology Transfer
Dec 11, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 24, TechPort
Nov 26, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 23, Swamp Works
Nov 13, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 22, Reflections on Columbia
Oct 29, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 21, NASA Human Research Program
Oct 15, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 20, Exploration Spacesuit Design
Oct 02, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 19, Magic Inside the Orion Spacesuit
Sep 18, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 18, Orion Spacesuit Design
Sep 04, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 17, Astronaut Training
Aug 20, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 16, Ocean-Atmosphere Understanding
Aug 07, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 15, 20 Years of Chandra Discoveries
Jul 24, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 14, Apollo Lunar Landing Training
Jul 10, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 13, Apollo Legacies and Lessons Learned
Jun 25, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 12, Flight Demonstrations and Capabilities
Jun 12, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 11, Commercial Crew
May 28, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 10, Concurrent Engineering
May 15, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 9, Mars Opportunity Rover Mission
Apr 30, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 8, Engineering NASA’s Science Missions
Apr 16, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 7, Space Shuttle Columbia National Tour
Apr 03, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 6, Artificial Intelligence
Mar 20, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 5, Big Data
Mar 06, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 4, APPEL Knowledge Services Overview
Feb 20, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 3, Unleashing Innovation
Feb 07, 2019
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 2, Decision Velocity
Dec 19, 2018
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 1, Orion Spacecraft
Dec 11, 2018
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 0, Preview
Dec 04, 2018