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Eight stories, one mission to outer space. Follow the drama and hear voices from the InSight mission as it flies to Mars.
In this season 4 finale, Gentry Lee and Rob Manning reveal how surprises, hidden flaws, and uncertainties have always been a part of rovers...
Aaron Yazzie and others explain how, by scooping dirt and drilling rocks, rovers are digging deeper into the mysteries of Mars.
How does a rover keep driving on a planet with no gas stations? Shonte Tucker, Sabah Bux and Rob Manning power us through the ways Mars rove...
Before a rover can make tracks on Mars, it first has to rocket off Earth, speed through space, and then alight gently on the planet’s surfac...
Buckle up for a Mars tour with rover driver Vandi Verma, and learn how NASA’s rovers have evolved to better explore this alien world.
Bob Balaram and Teddy Tzanetos share stories of how the Mars helicopter came to be, and transport us on Ingenuity’s flights through dusty Ma...
The Perseverance rover holds many promises: to look for evidence of life on Mars, to collect rock samples meant to be sent to Earth one day,...
The Curiosity rover is a big nerd at heart, fitted with a science lab to take in the planet Mars. Get the inside scoop on the mission’s many...
Born together, the Spirit and Opportunity twin rovers followed divergent paths after they landed on opposite sides of Mars. Opportunity’s jo...
After two failed missions to Mars, NASA tried to double its odds for success by sending twin rovers to the Red Planet. Part one of the story...
NASA’s first rover on Mars was a cute little bundle of robotic joy. Many thought it was likely to fail. Instead, Sojourner revolutionized ho...
Episode one launches with Jennifer Trosper in the driver’s seat. As she looks in the rearview mirror at twenty-five years of exploring with...
In the fourth season of “On a Mission” we’ll be transported to the Red Planet with all five of NASA’s Mars rovers.
The Voyager 1 spacecraft has traveled farther away from Earth than any human-made object. Candy Hansen and David Grinspoon talk about the Vo...
We hike in the Australian Outback with Abigail Allwood to visit the most ancient fossils on Earth, and track the imprint of life over space...
From fires in outer space to raging wildfires on Earth, fire experts Gary Ruff and Natasha Stavros reveal how fingers of flame reach out aro...
Get swept away as we fly into massive hurricanes, and hear how the rumblings of climate change will cause clouds to gather into ever more po...
As we fly around with NASA pilots, we’ll explore Earth’s air space with scientists Annmarie Eldering and Armin Sorooshian -- from wispy clou...
Bundle up! We’ll be diving into ice-covered waters with an upside-down robot, and exploring Greenland’s massive ice sheet with oceanographer...
Dive to the deepest point of the ocean with an astronaut, brave the high seas with an oceanographer, and meander through sparkling rivers wi...
Like waves of the ocean, our planet’s surface is in constant motion. In this episode, we’ll travel to tropical rainforests to dig into soils...
Have you ever wanted to see the awesome spectacle of an erupting volcano? There’s no better guide for such an adventure than JPL volcanologi...
You might think you know Earth, but astronaut’s views from outer space help us see our world in a whole new light.
In season 3, we’ll travel to the ends of the Earth with scientists who explore different aspects of our unique planet.
Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker’s love of exploration changed our understanding of the cosmos.
Finding black rocks in the darkness of space isn’t easy, but new methods could help spot them all.
Every year, intrepid Antarctica explorers hunt for space rocks that have fallen to Earth.
What’s in a name? Whether you call it a planet or an asteroid, missions that explore small worlds are always exciting.
Asteroids, ho! Pioneering space miners dream of Psyche, the largest metal asteroid in the solar system.
Why are missions like OSIRIS-REx bringing pieces of an asteroid back home?
Unlike the dinosaurs, we have a space program. There are many ways we could steer an asteroid off its path towards Earth.
If a big asteroid is heading our way, how does NASA prepare for the oncoming disaster?
What happens when a giant asteroid hits Earth?
Earth is in a cosmic shooting gallery. With so many asteroids zipping around, how can we find them all before they find us?
The upcoming season will feature stories of asteroid exploration.
What's happened with InSight since it landed on Mars?
InSight is lining up to land on Mars. The trip from the top of the atmosphere to the surface of Mars is 6-and-a-half minutes of sheer terror...
Missions to outer space have come a long way since the days of Cold War competition. Farah Alibay finds that building relationships is a big...
Technology can take you to unexpected places. The MarCO cubesats, flying towards Mars with InSight, are breaking new ground on how far these...
Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu is in charge of the InSight mission’s robotic arm and hand. His work on space robots has led him to give a helping han...
Earth is a living, dynamic world thanks to volcanoes and the planetary heat that fuels them. The InSight mission wants to see if Mars also h...
Space missions often defy the odds, overcoming all obstacles. The people who work on these missions also face challenges to get where they a...
The Earth "rings" when earthquakes strike, just as vibrations through a bell create a ringing sound. The InSight mission will see if tremors...
Many spacecraft have died trying to get to Mars. The current record for Mars missions is 18 successes, and 25 failures. The InSight mission...
Eight stories, one mission to outer space. “On a Mission,” a new podcast from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, launches October 29.