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NASA's Curious Universe

Introducing Season Four

NASA's Curious Universe

Katie Konans

Science

4.51K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

In season four, explore the lifesaving systems of space suits, break through the sound barrier, and search for life among the stars. First-time space explorers welcome.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, Curious Universe listeners. We are back and starting our new intergalactic exploration next week.

0:08.1

We've got some exciting things in store for season four. This season, we'll take you on adventures

0:13.3

with people who have some pretty cool jobs. I'm a planetary scientist at NASA Gardag, and I look for

0:20.7

life on other planets. I'm a planetary scientist at NASA Garden and I look for life on other planets.

0:22.6

I'm a project scientist in space crop production at Kennedy Space Center.

0:27.6

So I'm a plant scientist by training.

0:30.6

I'm a research test pilot at Armstrong Flight Research Center.

0:35.6

I've been a test pilot for, than most people been alive, probably.

0:40.3

You'll hear about exciting work happening all over the world.

0:44.3

You could hear the countdown going on outside,

0:47.3

and all of a sudden it gets a little quiet, and then you hear the big boom,

0:50.3

and you see the rocket taking off.

0:52.3

It was so cool because the pulsating aurora can take up a huge amount of the night sky

0:58.9

so you could watch this rocket going up through the type of thing we wanted to see right in front of you.

1:06.5

To be able to predict the weather properly, It's extremely personal. I remember calling my mother

1:13.6

and saying, I'm sorry I have to tell you this, but you're going to get hit by a hurricane.

1:21.4

I like to think of the moon as this window into the rest of the solar system because we know

1:26.6

more about the moon than we know about most other objects in the solar system because we know more about the moon than we know about

1:29.0

most other objects in the solar system because we have the benefit of having been there.

1:32.7

So join us starting next week on our journey through the stars.

1:39.4

All you need is your curiosity.

1:43.0

This is something that's innate to our being. It's part of the human condition.

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