Scientists
Terry Fong is Leading NASA’s New Push into Space Exploration
Terry Fong is leading NASA’s new push into space exploration. Long gone is its legendary space shuttle program. The future belongs to Terry’s Robotics Intelligence Group. His team designs everything from land rovers to droids that help astronauts aboard the International Space Station. We’ll step inside the lab where they’re creating NASA’s latest robots. Astronauts […]
Spy for a Day-a Look at Antique Spy Gear
This week we are at History where we’ll take a look at San Jose’s famous Electric Tower, just one of the many amazing things you’ll discover walking around grounds here. The tower we’ll show you is a replica of the original, which was built in 1881 to ‘light up’ the downtown area. It was hailed […]
Local Doctor’s “Solar Suitcase” Saves Lives Daily
In 2008, Dr. Laura Stachel went to Nigeria to find out why so many women were dying there during childbirth. She was flabbergasted to discover that in many areas, women were giving birth without electricity – sometimes in near total darkness. Doctors and midwives often helped delivered babies with only a cell phone or lantern […]
Hall of Fame Astronaut Talks About His Career in Space
Some people seem to have a destiny and that’s the case with Karol “Bo” Bobko, a member of the Astronaut Hall of Fame. A resident of Half Moon Bay, Bobko grew up in New York and was a member of the very first graduating class of the Air Force Academy in 1959. After being accepted […]
Bear ‘n Bull Fights Were Once Common in San Jose
This week This is Us explores the rich history of San Jose with former president of the California Pioneers of Santa Clara County, Jim Zetterquist. San Jose was founded in 1777 and was once the state capitol. This city is the oldest civil settlement in the Golden State and it’s chock-full of surprising stories. It’s […]
Profile: Astronaut Greg Chamitoff
Astronaut Greg Chamitoff grew up in San Jose and went on to travel on both the Discovery and Endeavor shuttle missions, and also spent six months on the International Space Station. He and his colleagues had plenty of work inside and outside the Space Station but they managed to squeeze in some fun, too. In […]
Profile: Gavin Emmons and Alacia Welsh
Profile on biologists, Gavin Emmons and Alacia Welsh. Emmons and Welsh work for the National Park Service and their office is often the cliffs and rock face at the Pinnacles National Monument. Their duties include feeding, watching and monitoring the California Condors and Prairie and Paragon Falcons along with tracking the birds. The Condor program […]
