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Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
Planetary Radio brings you the human adventure across our Solar System and beyond. We visit each week with the scientists, engineers, leaders, advocates, and astronauts who are taking us across the final frontier. Regular features raise your space IQ while they put a smile on your face. Join host Sarah Al-Ahmed and Planetary Society colleagues including Bill Nye the Science Guy and Bruce Betts as they dive deep into space science and exploration. The monthly Space Policy Edition takes you…
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Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceCan We Touch the Stars? Lou Friedman at the 100-Year Starship Symposium
Only days after Voyager 1 reached interstellar space, forward thinkers met in Houston, Texas to consider how humans can become a starfaring species. Planetary…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceMAVEN Mars Mission's Bruce Jakosky
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) orbiter leaves for the red planet in November of 2013. Bruce Jakosky of the University of Colorado…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and SciencePLANETARY RADIO LIVE: LADEE Launches for Luna
Planetary Radio returned to the Crawford Family Forum for live coverage of the LADEE launch on September 6th.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceRemembering Bruce Murray
The passing of Planetary Society co-founder and former JPL Director Bruce Murray has been marked around the world. Planetary Radio takes its turn with this…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceTaikonauts on the Moon? A Conversation With Leonard David
Leonard David has been writing about space exploration for more than five decades. Now he has turned his attention to China’s ambitious plans.Learn more about…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceNASA's Charlie Bolden Visits Earth Missions at JPL
Two missions are coming together in a high bay clean room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SMAP and ISS RapidScat went on display for a visit by NASA…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceBleeding Edge--NIAC Chooses 12 New Out There Projects
They might be happy if one in ten of the projects they fund makes it in the real world…because that project just might change the world. We talk with Jay…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceThe Ancient Snows of Mars
When she was learning to forecast the weather in Hawaii, Brown University grad student Kat Scanlon didn’t suspect it would help her uncover evidence for rain…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceEuropa Report--New Science Fiction Film Embraces the Science
If you’re willing to accept the premise, the thrilling new independent feature film presents one of the most scientifically and technically accurate tales ever…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceJPL and England Wave at Saturn
Hundreds came out on the JPL mall on Friday, July 19th to salute the Cassini spacecraft as it captured a rare image of Earth from the outer solar system. Among…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceTouring Mt. Wilson with George Ellery Hale's Descendants
On this special vacation edition of the show, we climb to the Mount Wilson Observatory to join a special tour for the descendants of the facility’s fascinating…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceTim Spahr of the Minor Planet Center
There’s a place to go when you find a space rock headed our way, or headed any which way. Tim Spahr directs the Minor Planet Center, the global clearinghouse…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceWater on the Moon!
Amanda Hendrix looks for and studies water in our solar system, where it has been found in surprising locales. Earth's moon, for instance. She talks about…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceA Cosmic Concert: Singer/Songwriter Peter Mayer on Planetary Radio Live
Join us at the intersection of science, nature, music and wonder for a very special Planetary Radio Live with the great Peter Mayer. Bill Nye is with host Mat…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceLanding On Mars With JPL's Matt Golombek
Join us at JPL for a conversation with Mars landing site selection leader Matt Golombek. Matt is also now Project Scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceSaving Science Education With Pamela Gay AND Creating the Blackest Black
A Planetary Radio double header includes a visit with CosmoQuest’s Pamela Gay. She and colleagues are working to replace vital federal funds for science…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceTasting the Air of Distant Worlds
There will soon be one thousand confirmed exoplanets, but how do we learn more about such distant worlds? We talk to the leader of a team that has recently…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceLive at the Space Tech Expo with Bill Nye, Xcor and Zero-G
PlanRad Live takes to the road again, this time visiting the Space Tech Expo in Long Beach, California for a conversation with enthusiastic team members at…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceAdvocating for Planetary Science/Star Trek Meets Spacefarers
The director and cast of Star Trek: Into Darkness meet up with real space travelers. Also: Planetary science funding from NASA is in trouble, so a delegation…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceSun Rings: Music of the Spheres From the Kronos Quartet
The internationally renown string quartet talk about creating and performing Terry Riley's Sun Rings, that incorporates Don Gurnett's space sounds.Learn more…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceSaving Earth: Asteroid Emergency Tabletop Exercise at the 2013 PDC
The last installment of our Planetary Defense Conference coverage makes a deep impact as hundreds of attendees participate in an asteroid mitigation exercise…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceKindred Spirits: Alison Gibbings and Carolyn Shoemaker at the Planetary Defense Conference
Our special coverage of the PDC continues with two planetary scientists separated by almost 60 years in age, but with similar dedication and enthusiasm for…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceLive at the Planetary Defense Conference!
Planetary Radio host Mat Kaplan joined Bill Nye and four passionate planetary explorers on stage at the Planetary Defense Conference in Flagstaff…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceYuri's Night 2013 Under Space Shuttle Endeavour
Planetary Radio Live was on stage at the World Space Party with guests George and Loretta Whitesides and Bobak "Mohawk Guy" Ferdowsi.Learn more about your ad…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceBasics of Interplanetary Flight With Dave Doody
JPL’s Dave Doody doesn’t just fly around the solar system, he teaches others how it's done. We talk about what students learn in his non-technical class, the…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceSaturn Update from Cassini Project Scientist Linda Spilker
We pay another visit to the queen of planets with Cassini Mission Project Scientist Linda Spilker. She always brings us fascinating news from Saturn, its moons…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceMore of Our ALMA Adventure in Chile's Atacama Desert
Our special coverage of the ALMA Observatory inauguration continues, with the President of Chile, the incoming ALMA Director, and much more from the Atacama…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceALMA Adventure
The first of two shows about Mat Kaplan's journey to Chile's Atacama Desert for the inauguration of the Atacama Large Millimeter small millimter Array, the…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceDrill Baby Drill! On Mars
With the first use of its drill and delivery of samples to its internal instruments, Curiosity is now a fully-functioning science station on Mars. JPL Sampling…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceAlan Stern's Golden Spike Sets Sights on the Moon
Alan Stern is back to tell us about Golden Spike, his new company that plans to put human clients on the surface of the moon by the end of this decade. Learn…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceOne In A Million!
UC Berkeley SETI researcher Andrew Siemion and his colleagues have put an upper limit on the number of civilizations in our galaxy that are capable of giving…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceChris Lewicki of Planetary Resources: Mining Asteroids For Fun and Profit
Chris Lewicki is the passionate President of Planetary Resources. He leads the company's mission to find, capture and deliver asteroids to its space-resource…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science2012 DA14--Coming Soon to a Planet Near You!
The 45-meter Near Earth Asteroid flies by on February 15. NASA brought together asteroid experts to discuss it and others of its threatening kind.Learn more…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceAn Imminent Asteroid Encounter
Spain’s La Sagra Observatory discovered Asteroid 2012 DA14 just a year ago. Now it’s nearing Earth once again. Jaime Nomen of La Sagra is back to prepare us…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceDebra Fischer Hunts for a Second Earth at Alpha Centauri
Yale Professor of Astronomy Debra Fischer is one of our planet’s most successful discoverers of exoplanets. She has set her sights on Alpha Centauri, where she…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceThe Gigantic ALMA Radio Telescope in Chile
ALMA will make sharper images than the Hubble Space Telescope, yet it’s a radio telescope! ALMA scientists Alison Peck and Al Wooten tell us about this array…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceVisiting the AAS Meeting for a JWST Update and More
The 221st meeting of the American Astronomical Society was a great place to learn about the James Webb Space Telescope from Jason Kalirai and Dean C…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceListening Once Again to Amateur Astronomy Pioneer John Dobson
A reprise of our very popular conversation with the delightful 97-year old John Dobson, inventor of the Dobsonian telescope that brings the universe within…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceLooking Back, Looking Forward: Beginning a New Year In Space
Planetary Society experts review the challenges and triumphs of 2012 and look forward to a new and exciting year. You’ll hear Bill Nye the Science Guy, Emily…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and SciencePLANETARY RADIO LIVE: Special Curiosity Report Continues
Our fascinating, live conversation with Curiosity Project Manager Richard Cook and Project Scientist John Grotzinger continues. Richard and John are joined on…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and SciencePLANETARY RADIO LIVE: Celebrating Rover Curiosity
The leaders of the Curiosity mission join Bill Nye, Emily Lakdawalla and host Mat Kaplan for a live conversation about the thrilling mission on Mars.Learn more…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceFirst Earth-Sized Exoplanet is Next Door!
Xavier Dumusque is the young astronomer who was lead author for the announcement of the first exoplanet found in the Alpha Centauri system, just 4.3 light…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceAll Together Now! The News From Curiosity
Mars Science Laboratory Project Scientist John Grotzinger's fascinating comments at the December 3 press conference, followed by analysis from Emily…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceApproaching Pluto, and Learning About Uwingu From Alan Stern
New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern returns with a Pluto mission update. He also introduces us to Uwingu.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceDawn Mission Update and At Home With Marc Rayman
Dawn is on its way from Vesta to Ceres, the biggest of the asteroids. Mission Director and Chief Engineer Marc Rayman says all is well, with much more great…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceCelebrating Carl Sagan With Lou Friedman, Lynda Obst, Kip Thorne and More
November 9 was Planetary Society founder Carl Sagan's birthday, so we gathered a few of his close friends and several young scientists he inspired in front of…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceCuriosity Sniffs Martian Air/Shuttle Endeavour Opens to the World
Scientists have revealed the first data gathered by Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory Rover, about the Martian atmosphere, while Space Shuttle Endeavour…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceA Vacuum Cleaner on Mars
It’s called PlanetVac, and it’s an amazingly simple way to collect a soil sample on Mars. Or on the moon. Or on an asteroid. We’ll learn about it from Kris…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceAmazing Science at the 2012 DPS Meeting
The 44th Annual Meeting of the AAS Division of Planetary Sciences hosted hundreds of researchers and revealed volumes of scientific results. Join us at the…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceAmateur Astronomers Work to Save Earth!
The Planetary Society's Bruce Betts provides an overview of the Shoemaker NEO grant program, and we meet two dedicated grant recipients.Learn more about your…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceExploring the XDF, The Deepest Image of Our Universe, With Garth Illingworth
UC Santa Cruz astronomer and XDF Principal Investigator Garth Illingworth takes us on a tour of this magnificent new image.Learn more about your ad choices…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceCuriosity Finds a Martian Stream Bed and Endeavour Flies Home
Emily Lakdawalla reports on Curiosity's discovery of an ancient stream bed, and Endeavour flies over the California plant where it was built.Learn more about…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceLive at PATS With OSIRIS REx!
We're live at the Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show, with JPL astrodynamicist Steve Chesley and Planetary Society Director of Projects Bruce Betts. Steve…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceCelebrating 35 Years of the Voyager Mission
Voyagers 1 and 2 just reached 35 years of travel in space. What a great reason to celebrate! Join Voyager Project Scientist Ed Stone, Ann Druyan, Emily…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceA Conversation With Telescope Inventor John Dobson
When John Dobson invented the Dobsonian telescope he changed the face of amateur astronomy. The 96-year old pioneer talks with Mat Kaplan. Emily Lakdawalla…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceAuthor David Brin Considers and Writes "Existence"
Award-winning science fiction author, physicist and futurist David Brin returns to talk about his monumental new novel, Existence. Emily Lakdawalla previews a…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceRemembering Neil Armstrong/ChemCam is Zapping Martian Rocks!
Emily Lakdawalla and Bill Nye the Science Guy join Mat Kaplan for a special remembrance of Neil Armstrong. Then we visit with the principal investigator for…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceMore From Planetfest With Andrew Chaikin and Scott Hubbard
Our Planetary Radio Live celebration of Mars rover Curiosity at Planetfest continues with more from space historian Andrew Chaikin, former NASA Mars czar Scott…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and SciencePlanetary Radio Live at Planetfest 2012!
PlanRad Live welcomes space historian and writer Andrew Chaikin, former NASA Mars Czar Scott Hubbard, and Bill Nye the Science Guy to a live conversation at…
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceAstronaut Tom Jones at SETIcon
Skywalker, scientist and author Tom Jones joins us in a fireside chat about Near Earth Objects and much more. Emily Lakdawalla tours the Applied Physics Lab in…