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365 Days of Astronomy Podcast: What's up in the second quarter of 2011
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/07 11:16 CDT
Regular readers of this blog will find the content of today's 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast familiar, because it's an update on what the solar system exploration spacecraft are up to, based on my monthly "what's up" updates.
A radio show on Mercury and a space carnival
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/03/28 03:59 CDT
Today's Planetary Radio features Sean Solomon on the successful arrival of MESSENGER at Mercury. After checking that out, wander over to the 190th Carnival of Space, hosted this week by Paul Gilster over at Centauri Dreams.
Neat video of Curiosity drive testing (plus a code-cracking challenge)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/03/21 01:37 CDT
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has posted a short video showing some recent testing of an engineering model of the Mars Science Laboratory in their outdoor Mars Yard; they're testing the performance of the rover's driving capability over slopes of varying steepness and covered with bedrock, compacted sand, and very loose sand.
365 Days of Astronomy Podcast: A MESSENGER to Mercury
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/03/14 11:18 CDT
I've got another 365 Days of Astronomy podcast airing today, this one an overview of the MESSENGER mission with particular attention to what's been learned in the three Mercury flybys, and what's going to happen when it enters orbit only a little more than three days from now!
365 Days of Astronomy Podcast: Stardust at Tempel 1
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/02/28 11:45 CST
Yesterday the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast aired my contribution, Stardust at Tempel 1: The First Second Trip to a Comet.
Posted by Charlene Anderson on 2011/02/25 03:25 CST
A Planetary Society trifecta -- that's what Neil Tyson calls this episode of his StarTalk radio show broadcast this week. His guests include the Society's Vice President, Heidi Hammel, and its Executive Director, Bill Nye, (along with the Society's friend, Steve Squyres, Principal Investigator for the Mars Exploration Rovers).
Video: The Frontier Is Everywhere
Posted by Charlene Anderson on 2011/01/12 04:09 CST
A young and enthusiastic NASA supporter has married Carl Sagan's writing with images to create a YouTube video in the hope of helping NASA engage the public in its mission of exploration.
"A genuinely weird experience": A video of Steve Squyres explaining a photo of Steve Squyres
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/01/12 10:09 CST
In a lovely talk, in his uncommonly engaging way, Steve Squyres presents the portrait of him that now hangs in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.
365 Days of Astronomy Podcast: Small Worlds
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/12/27 03:56 CST
Today the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast aired my contribution, Small Worlds, about the smaller denizens of the solar system visited in the past year, and due to be visited in the next.
Five amazing engineering camera videos from Chang'E 2
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/11/14 03:26 CST
I couldn't believe these videos when I first saw them: five views from engineering cameras of important events in the Chang'E 2 spacecraft's journey to the Moon.
Carnival of Space #171 and Planetary Radio on Science on the ISS
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/30 11:33 CDT
Carnival of Space #171 is live over at Starry Critters. Every week, a different webmaster or blogger hosts the Carnival, showcasing articles written on the topic of space.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/20 04:32 CDT
I've been itching to get back to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to get a good look at Curiosity, the next Mars rover.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/14 01:29 CDT
The 169th Carnival of Space is live over at Next Big Future. Check it out!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/02 11:09 CDT
A couple of weeks ago Paul Schenk posted a few really cool videos to his personal blog. Paul's subspecialty is the topography of icy moons, and he's been doing a lot of work on the moons of Saturn lately.
The 163rd Carnival of Space is here at The Planetary Society Blog
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/19 01:38 CDT
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step right up to the greatest show off of Earth!
Posted by Ryan Anderson on 2010/06/08 04:35 CDT
Hey, remember when I was randomly interviewed by the Australian radio station triple j a few weeks ago as part of their feature on the 50th anniversary of the laser?
Talking Lasers on Aussie Radio
Posted by Ryan Anderson on 2010/05/13 04:35 CDT
Through a crazy random happenstance, I was just interviewed by a friend of a friend of a friend at Australian radio station 'triple j' for a feature on lasers!
Programming Note: The Pluto Files
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/03/02 05:49 CST
This is just a brief note to advertise this evening's edition of NOVA on public television here in the U.S. The show is "The Pluto Files" and is hosted by former Planetary Society president Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
A Chat on NASA, NEOs, and the Cost of Coffee on the Moon
Posted by Susan Lendroth on 2010/02/22 06:22 CST
We wanted to share a few highlights from Lou Friedman's and Bill Nye's UStream chat on The New NASA Plan.
NSRC: Engaging the Interested Public
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/02/19 10:20 CST
I gave a presentation this morning to the Next-generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC) on "Social Networking Planetary Science."
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