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Planetary Radio: Cosmos Award

Alan Stern of the New Horizons mission joins us for a very special conversation down at Planetary Society HQ in the wake of receiving the Cosmos Award.
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Fate of Schiaparelli

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken a photo of the Schiaparelli landing site with its Context Camera, and things do not look good.
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Remembering Ewen Whitaker

Ewen Whitaker, a lunar expert whose work contributed to the origins of modern planetary science, passed away last week.
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Cosmos Award

Alan Stern and the New Horizons mission team receive The Planetary Society's Cosmos Award for Outstanding Public Presentation of Science.
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Rapidly Rotating Satellites

Pluto’s small moons have unusual rotation rates and states. Now we know a moon of another dwarf planet does as well.
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