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**Innovation Now**

Innovation Now is a daily 90-second radio series and podcast that gives listeners a front row seat to hear compelling stories of revolutionary ideas, emerging technologies and the people behind the concepts that are shaping our future.

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Continuous Eruptions May 16, 2025

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Data from NASA’s Juno mission collected during close flybys of Io, have revealed how volcanoes on this moon are fed.

Give the World a Brake May 15, 2025

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NASA has helped reinvent car brakes.

A Living Fossil May 14, 2025

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An ancient creature that once lived with dinosaurs helps keep NASA's Kennedy Space Center in balance.

Size Matters May 13, 2025

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Our solar system is made up of eight planets of varying sizes that orbit one star, the Sun.

Lessons Learned May 12, 2025

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Oral histories highlight NASA projects and programs that succeeded, while others look at what resulted in failure.

A Birthday Homecoming May 09, 2025

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Astronaut Don Pettit marked his 70th birthday by returning home after 220 days on the International Space Station.

Starfield May 08, 2025

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Europa Clipper has a long way to go before reaching Jupiter’s orbit in 2030.

Lunar PlanetVac May 07, 2025

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Collecting rocks and studying dirt after successfully landing on other worlds is an important part of understanding each unique environment.

Origami Inspired Sails May 06, 2025

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An Early Career Faculty grant, awarded to Purdue University through the Space Technology Research Grants Program, could help shape the future of light-sailing technologies.

Fuel for the Dark Side May 05, 2025

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Both astronauts and robots will need power on the Moon. Solar power just isn’t an option in permanently shaded regions.

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