The technologies that allow NASA to talk to and navigate spacecraft are often overlooked — perhaps because they work so well. Join us as we shine a light on the invisible networks that power space science and exploration.
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Bonus - DSN: Your Questions Answered | NASA’s The Invisible Network
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10:24In this bonus episode of NASA's The Invisible Network podcast, a NASA subject matter expert answers questions about the Deep Space Network (DSN) submitted on social media.By Danny Baird
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28. DSN - Explore Tomorrow | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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21:10In this final episode of the fifth season of NASA's "The Invisible Network" podcast, we discuss the technologies and capabilities key to the Deep Space Network's future.By Danny Baird
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27. DSN - The Ultimate Classroom | NASA's The Invisible Network Pod
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25:13In this fifth episode in the fifth season of NASA's "The Invisible Network" podcast, we discuss a unique educational opportunity that allows students to use a Deep Space Network antenna for real science.By Danny Baird
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26. DSN - Radio Science | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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24:48In this fourth episode in the fifth season of NASA's "The Invisible Network" podcast, we discuss the unique type of radio science empowered by Deep Space Network antennas.By Danny Baird
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25. DSN - Negotiators | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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26:55In this third episode in the fifth season of NASA's "The Invisible Network" podcast, we meet the Mission Interface Managers who furnish missions with Deep Space Network services.By Danny Baird
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24. DSN - Follow the Sun | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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23:37In this second episode in the fifth season of NASA's "The Invisible Network" podcast, we take a tour of the Deep Space Network's worldwide infrastructure.By Danny Baird
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23. DSN - Origins | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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21:28In this first episode in the fifth season of NASA's "The Invisible Network" podcast, we examine the origins, evolution, and basic structure of NASA's Deep Space Network.By Danny Baird
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DSN Season Trailer | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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2:23A new season of NASA's The Invisible Network podcast is coming soon! This time around, we'll focus on the communications and navigation services provided by NASA's Deep Space Network. Based at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Deep Space Network has a global infrastructure of huge importance to NASA's past, present, and future.…
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Bonus - LCRD: Your Questions Answered | NASA’s The Invisible Network
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8:58In this bonus episode of NASA's The Invisible Network podcast, NASA subject matter experts answer questions about the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) submitted on social media.By Danny Baird
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22. LCRD - The Future | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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20:41In this final episode of a five-part series about NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, we look at the future of optical communications technologies at NASA.By Danny Baird
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21. LCRD - The Design: Ground | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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18:45In this fourth episode of a five-part series about NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, we look at the LCRD ground segment, which consists of infrastructure in Hawaii, California, and New Mexico.By Danny Baird
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20. LCRD - The Design: Flight | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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19:36In this third episode of a five-part series about NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, we look at the LCRD flight payload, which launched on the U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program Satellite-6 earlier on December 7.By Danny Baird
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19. LCRD - The Dream | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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13:14In this second episode of an LCRD-focused season of The Invisible Network podcast, we take a look at the reasons NASA is embracing optical communications technologies and what challenges LCRD will overcome.By Danny Baird
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18. LCRD - The Launch | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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11:27Today, Tuesday, December 7, 2021, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program Satellite-6 launched from Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s space coast. The spacecraft contains a revolutionary space communications mission, NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, or LCRD.By Danny Baird
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LCRD Season Trailer | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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1:16Over five episodes, this new season of The Invisible Network will dive into NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD), which will showcase the benefits of optical communications, which uses infrared lasers instead of radio waves to communicate.By Danny Baird
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International Podcast Day 2021 | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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1:51Happy International Podcast Day! The Invisible Network has some exciting things coming up, including seasons about NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration and NASA’s Deep Space Network. In the meantime, you can find all of NASA's out of this world podcasts at nasa.gov/podcasts.By Danny Baird
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2021 Interns | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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21:54Each year, NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Internship Project welcomes students of all levels to develop projects of real benefit to the agency while earning real world experience in their fields. In this episode of The Invisible Network podcast, we'll speak with members of 2021's intern cohort at three different NASA centers.…
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17. Commercialization - LunaNet | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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19:41NASA is fostering a commercial space economy. In this episode of "The Invisible Network" podcast, we look at how NASA's LunaNet communications architecture allows industry to participate in Artemis.By Danny Baird
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16. Commercialization - Marketplace | NASA's The Invisible Network Pod
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21:51NASA is fostering a commercial space economy. In this episode of "The Invisible Network" podcast, we look at how NASA is working with industry to nurture a space communications marketplace.By Danny Baird
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15. Commercialization - Crew | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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15:42NASA is fostering a commercial space economy. In this episode of "The Invisible Network" podcast, we look at space communications support of the Commercial Crew Program.By Danny Baird
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Bonus - NASA Historian Bill Barry | NASA's The Invisible Network Pod
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22:20At its core the NASA History Office ensures that, as we look forward to the Moon, Mars and beyond, we remember the lessons we’ve learned from our predecessors. The race to the Moon in the 1960s occurred against a very different backdrop than today's Artemis program — but both exhibit what humanity can achieve when we set ourselves to lofty aims.…
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Bonus - Dr. Jim Garvin | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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16:33There is perhaps no one better than Jim Garvin to outline the unique opportunities for research that the Artemis missions to the Moon could provide scientists on Earth. Jim is chief scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and a tireless champion for crewed exploration of the Moon.…
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Bonus - Dan Curry | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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23:59Science fiction and science fact have long enjoyed a symbiotic relationship, with ideas in one prompting innovations in the other, and so on. Dan Curry, a filmmaker, artist and visual effects producer best known for his Star Trek work, shares his perspectives.By Rob Garner
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14. Ansible | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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25:52Faster-than-light communications might not be a possibility now — our current understanding of natural laws don’t allow for it. But who knows what innovations await us just beyond the horizon?By Rob Garner
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13. Pony Express | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
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39:10What does the Pony Express of the 19th century have in common with the internet and disruption-tolerant networking? They're all (for their times) innovative communications technologies that revolutionize the way we share data.By Rob Garner
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