NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration in Silicon Valley is a weekly audio podcast from NASA’s Ames Research Center featuring an in-depth look at the various researchers, scientists, engineers, and all around cool people who work at NASA to push the boundaries of innovation. This episode features engineer Jose Benavides discussing the SPHERES program and how the unique microgravityThe condition of perceived weightlessness created when an object is in free fall, for example when an object is in orbital motion. Microgravity alters many observable phenomena within the physical and life sciences, allowing scientists to study things in ways not possible on Earth. The International Space Station provides access to a persistent microgravity environment. environment of space allows for investigations not possible on Earth.

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