Big or small, we all take risks nearly every day. But how does NASA manage it? Dr. Mary Skow, NASA’s first agency risk management officer, explains.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps

Risk Management at NASA

The Hubble Space Telescope has changed humanity’s understanding of the universe. Now in orbit for 35 years, it remains a remarkable feat of engineering.

Hubble: An Engineering Marvel

Fighting wildland fires by air at night is especially hazardous. NASA’s ACERO Project aims to make firefighting safer, day or night, with drones and smarter airspace management.

Fighting Wildland Fires with Drones

IXPE, or the Infrared X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, is NASA’s first space telescope dedicated to studying X-ray polarization from extreme objects like black holes and quasars.

A New Era of X-ray Astronomy with IXPE

NASA’s Air Traffic Management-eXploration Project aims to accommodate the growing demand of traditional and emerging aircraft that share the friendly skies.

NASA's Air Traffic Management-eXploration Project

NASA's SPHEREx mission will map 450 million galaxies like we’ve never seen before.

The Universe in Living Color with SPHEREx

What can the auroras tell us about our planet’s relationship with the Sun? NASA’s EZIE mission looks into it.

Episode 152: EZIE Does It

NASA’s design labs are where engineers develop concepts for missions and scientific instruments.

Episode 151: Designing Missions

Episode 150: Urban Air Taxis

Originally a fashion designer, Paula Cain is a NASA thermal blanket technician, working to protect spacecraft from the extremes of space.

Episode 149: Spacecraft Thermal Blankets

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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.

Risk Management at NASA

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