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NASA's Curious Universe

Katie Konans

Our universe is a wild and wonderful place. Join NASA astronauts, scientists and engineers on a new adventure each week — all you need is your curiosity. First-time space explorers welcome.

Episodes

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Encore: A Year In Mars Dune Alpha

To prepare for the day when humans travel to Mars, NASA is conducting a one-year experiment in a Mars simulation environment. So what’s it l...

26:47Oct 20, 2026

Encore: Welcome to the Dark Side

Normal matter—the kind that makes up our home planet and everything we can see—adds up to just five percent of the known universe. The other...

25:54Sep 22, 2026

Roman Series: Liftoff!

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is in space, taking its first steps to explore the cosmos. Relive Roman’s launch—and the emotion th...

21:37Sep 5, 2026

Roman Series: Why NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Make Unexpected Discoveries

Take a deep dive into the science of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope with Julie McEnery, Roman's senior project scientist. Learn wh...

26:31Aug 27, 2026

Roman Series: The Technology Inside NASA’s Newest Space Telescope

What makes NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope a powerful tool with an unprecedented wide view of the cosmos? NASA engineers who design...

32:56Aug 25, 2026

Roman Series: Jupiters Around Other Suns

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a quest to discover planets outside our solar system. NASA scientists Bertrand Mennesson and...

32:17Aug 18, 2026

Roman Series: NASA’s New View of the Dark Universe

Meet NASA’s newest space telescope: Roman. With similar resolution to Hubble but a field of view 100 times larger, the Nancy Grace Roman Spa...

39:11Aug 11, 2026

Launching Soon: NASA’s Roman Space Telescope

NASA is about to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will change the way we see the universe and settle essential questions...

4:44Aug 4, 2026

There’s More Space in Your Life Than You Think

In its mission to explore the unknown in air and space, NASA ends up inventing a lot of new things. Then, the agency “spins off” those inven...

33:02Jul 21, 2026

Meet the Artemis III Crew

Meet the astronauts who will fly on Artemis III: Commander Randy Bresnik, Pilot Luca Parmitano, and Mission Specialists Frank Rubio and Andr...

52:11Jun 12, 2026

Catching Up With Perseverance on Mars

NASA’s robotic explorers are looking for signs of ancient life on Mars. In its five years and counting on the surface of the Red Planet, the...

40:15Jun 2, 2026

Bonus: Behind the Scenes of Artemis II with NASA Experts

In this bonus episode, go behind the scenes of key moments from Artemis II with NASA experts who made them possible. Engineers who launched...

31:00May 2, 2026

Update: Artemis II Crew Comes Home

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts are back home. Hear reactions from the Artemis II crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy...

15:44Apr 15, 2026

Update: Artemis II Crew Flies Around the Moon

NASA’s Artemis II mission has flown around the Moon, and its four astronauts traveled farther from Earth than anyone in history. Relive this...

39:53Apr 8, 2026

Artemis II: How NASA’s Moon Mission Returns to Earth

Liftoff! NASA’s Artemis II mission launched on April 1, 2026, carrying four Moonbound astronauts. After an approximately 10-day mission, Art...

25:44Apr 2, 2026

Artemis II: The Ground Teams Powering NASA's Moon Mission

Behind NASA’s Artemis II mission and the astronauts who will fly around the Moon, teams on the ground are essential. Explore some of the epi...

33:25Feb 17, 2026

Artemis II: How NASA Will Study the Moon—And the Astronauts Going There

During Artemis II, four astronauts will see the lunar surface as few humans have—and possibly, parts of the Moon’s far side that no one has...

53:12Feb 3, 2026

Artemis II: Inside NASA’s New Ride to the Moon

During Artemis II, humans will fly Orion—NASA’s next-generation spaceship designed to take us to the Moon and beyond—for the first time. Tou...

34:57Jan 27, 2026

Artemis II: What NASA Learned From Launching Artemis I

In 2022, NASA launched Artemis I, an uncrewed test flight of the rocket and spacecraft that will send humans to the Moon. Go inside Firing R...

29:32Jan 20, 2026

Artemis II: Meet the Moonbound Astronauts

This year, four NASA astronauts will fly around the Moon and back for the first time since the Apollo program. Their mission is called Artem...

51:31Jan 13, 2026