Planetary Radio Show Archives: 2011
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12/26/2011 | 0:28:50
Guests
- John Callas, Mars Exploration Rover Project Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- KJ Williams, Jazz & Pop Vocalist
- Joy Crisp, MSL Deputy Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Planetary Radio LIVE! With John Callas of the Mars Exploration Rovers and Joy Crisp of the Mars Science Laboratory
Astronaut Rex Walheim: NASA Is Looking for a Few Good Spacemen and Women
12/19/2011 | 0:28:50
Guests
- Rex Walheim, Space Shuttle Astronaut
Astronaut Rex Walheim: NASA Is Looking for a Few Good Spacemen and Women
Emily Lakdawalla's Special Report on the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
12/12/2011 | 0:28:50
Guests
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
- Bill Nye, Chief Executive Officer
Emily Lakdawalla's Special Report on the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Author Dava Sobel's New Book About Copernicus: A More Perfect Heaven
12/05/2011 | 0:28:50
Guests
- Dava Sobel, Author
Author Dava Sobel's New Book About Copernicus: A More Perfect Heaven
New Mexico Space Adventure: Back to the First International Planetary Caves Workshop
11/28/2011 | 0:28:50
Guests
- Roger Wiens, Genesis Mission Team Member
- Diana Northup, Geomicrobiologist
- Tim Titus, planetary scientist, United States Geological Survey
New Mexico Space Adventure: Back to the First International Planetary Caves Workshop
New Mexico Cave Adventure With Penny Boston and the First International Planetary Caves Workshop
11/21/2011 | 0:28:50
Guests
- Penny Boston, Cave and Planetary Scientist
New Mexico Cave Adventure With Penny Boston and the First International Planetary Caves Workshop
Touring the National Solar Observatory at Sacramento Peak
11/14/2011 | 0:28:50
Guests
- Dave Dooling, Education and Public Outreach, National Solar Observatory
Touring the National Solar Observatory at Sacramento Peak
New Mexico Journey: Dale Frail of the Very Large Array Radio Telescope
11/07/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Dale Frail, Astronomer
New Mexico Journey: Dale Frail of the Very Large Array Radio Telescope
One Planet, Two Stars, With Laurance Doyle
11/01/2011 | 0:28:50
Guests
- Laurance Doyle, Principal Investigator
Multidisciplinary scientist Laurance Doyle led the team that has announced discovery of the first extrasolar planet circling two stars. He also talks about his plan to analyze communication by and among other species.
A Cassini Saturn Update From Linda Spilker
10/24/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Linda Spilker, Cassini Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
A Cassini Saturn Update From Linda Spilker
All-Star CalTech Panel Discussion: Moving an Asteroid
10/17/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Louis D. Friedman, Secretary-Treasurer of the Board of Directors, The Planetary Society
- Tom Jones, Astronaut
- Rusty Schweickart, B612 Foundation Chairman and Apollo 9 Astronaut
- John Lewis, planetary scientist
- Bill Nye, Chief Executive Officer
All-Star CalTech Panel Discussion: Moving an Asteroid
Emily Lakdawalla Reports on the Latest Planetary Science
10/10/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
Emily Lakdawalla Reports on the Latest Planetary Science
The Beauty of Space with Space Artists Don Dixon and Jon Ramer
10/03/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
The Beauty of Space with Space Artists Don Dixon and Jon Ramer
Building a Better Galaxy With Javiera Guedes
09/26/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Javiera Guedes, astrophysicist
Building a Better Galaxy With Javiera Guedes
Ending the World With a Song at Dragon Con
09/12/2011 | 0:28:52
Ending the World With a Song at Dragon Con
Opportunity Reaches Endeavour, and Planetary Radio Wins an Award!
09/05/2011 | 0:28:52
Opportunity Reaches Endeavour, and Planetary Radio Wins an Award!
Flying With Your Telescope to the Edge of Space
08/22/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Faith Vilas, Planetary Science Institute
Flying With Your Telescope to the Edge of Space
Visiting Vesta Fiesta, With Pablo Gutierrez-Marques of the Dawn Mission
08/15/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Pablo Gutierrez-Marques, Flight Manager, Dawn Framing Camera team
Visiting Vesta Fiesta, With Pablo Gutierrez-Marques of the Dawn Mission
Two Clouded Mysteries: Jupiter and the Pioneer Anomaly
08/08/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Slava Turyshev, Research scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Two Clouded Mysteries: Jupiter and the Pioneer Anomaly
Staying in Shape in Space With Astronaut Clay Anderson
08/01/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Clay Anderson, Astronaut
Staying in Shape in Space With Astronaut Clay Anderson
Become an Icehunter With Pamela Gay
07/26/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Pamela Gay, Astronomer, Astronomy Cast Co-host and CosmoQuest Principal, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Become an Icehunter With Pamela Gay
An Optical SETI Update From Paul Horowitz
07/18/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Paul Horowitz, Astrophysicist, Harvard University
An Optical SETI Update From Paul Horowitz
Atlantis: Space Shuttle Launch Party
07/12/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Bruce Betts, Director of Projects, The Planetary Society
- Mat Kaplan
- Bill Nye, Chief Executive Officer
Atlantis: Space Shuttle Launch Party
NBC Space Correspondent Jay Barbree's MOON SHOT
07/04/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Jay Barbree, Space Correspondent, NBC
NBC Space Correspondent Jay Barbree's MOON SHOT
Leaving for Jupiter with the Juno Mission's Scott Bolton
06/27/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Scott Bolton, Principal Investigator for JUNO
Leaving for Jupiter with the Juno Mission's Scott Bolton
The Mystery and Music of Saturn's Rotation with Don Gurnett
06/20/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Don Gurnett, Radio and Plasma Wave Science Team Lead, Cassini Mission
The Mystery and Music of Saturn's Rotation with Don Gurnett
More Planetary Radio Live With Mike Brown
06/14/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Mike Brown, Planetary Astronomer, California Institute of Technology
More Planetary Radio Live With Mike Brown
Planetary Radio Live! Featuring Mike 'Pluto-Killer' Brown
06/06/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Mike Brown, Planetary Astronomer, California Institute of Technology
Planetary Radio Live! Featuring Mike 'Pluto-Killer' Brown
Scattered Clouds and Fog...On Mars
05/30/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Mark Lemmon, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
Scattered Clouds and Fog...On Mars
05/23/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Francis Everitt, Principal Investigator, Gravity Probe B
Einstein and Gravity Probe B
Dawn Approaches Giant Asteroid Vesta
05/16/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Marc Rayman, Dawn chief engineer and mission director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
After three-and-a-half years of ion-propelled flight, Dawn is finally on final approach to Vesta. We'll get a mission status report from Marc Rayman.
The Moon As You've Never Seen It Before
05/09/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Richard Vondrak, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Scientist
The Moon As You've Never Seen It Before
Another Cassini Update from Project Scientist Linda Spilker
05/02/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Linda Spilker, Cassini Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Another Cassini Update from Project Scientist Linda Spilker
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
04/25/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Rick Hanton, Chair, SEDS-USA
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
LIFE Heads for Space Aboard Shuttle Endeavour
04/18/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Amy Smith, ATCC Scientist
- Tim Lilburn, ATCC Scientist
LIFE Heads for Space Aboard Shuttle Endeavour
Debra Fischer, Discoverer of Worlds
04/11/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Debra Fischer, Astronomer
Debra Fischer, Discoverer of Worlds
Cosmic Rants From Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer
04/04/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Phil Plait, The Bad Astronomer
Cosmic Rants From Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer
PI Sean Solomon's MESSENGER is Orbiting Mercury!
03/28/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Sean Solomon, Principal Investigator for MESSENGER, Carnegie Institution of Washington
PI Sean Solomon's MESSENGER is Orbiting Mercury!
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Captures the Universe
03/21/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Bob Nichol, Scientific Spokesperson, Sloan Digital Sky Survey
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Captures the Universe
Folksinger Peter Mayer Sings of the Cosmos
03/14/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Peter Mayer, Folksinger
Folksinger Peter Mayer Sings of the Cosmos
Life's Building Blocks Found in an "Impossible" Meteorite
03/07/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Mike Callahan, Goddard Spaceflight Center
Life's Building Blocks Found in an Impossible" Meteorite"
Stardust-NExT Encounters Comet Tempel 1
02/28/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Jessica Sunshine, spectroscopist and Deep Impact co-investigator, University of Maryland
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
Jessica Sunshine returns to talk about the flyby of comet Tempel 1 by Stardust-NExT. She is joined by Emily Lakdawalla and Mat Kaplan.
Kepler Discovers Hundreds of Extrasolar Planets!
02/21/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Bill Borucki, Kepler Principal Investigator
Kepler Discovers Hundreds of Extrasolar Planets!
Exploring NewSpace at the 2011 San Diego SpaceUp Unconference
02/14/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
Exploring NewSpace at the 2011 San Diego SpaceUp Unconference
Voyager 1 at the Edge of the Solar System, With Ed Stone
02/07/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Ed Stone, Voyager Interstellar Mission Chief Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Voyager 1 at the Edge of the Solar System, With Ed Stone
Tasting a Super-Earth's Atmosphere
01/31/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Jacob Bean, NASA Sagan Fellow and astronomer
Tasting a Super-Earth's Atmosphere
Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez and Chris McKay Say the Vikings Probably DID Discover Organics on Mars
01/24/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Chris McKay, Famed planetary scientist, NASA Ames Research Center
- Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez, researcher
Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez and Chris McKay Say the Vikings Probably DID Discover Organics on Mars
Microrovers Exploring With Bruce Betts
01/17/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Bruce Betts, Director of Projects, The Planetary Society
Microrovers Exploring With Bruce Betts
Building Spaceships at SpaceX With Jeff Richichi
01/10/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Jeff Richichi, Director of Structural Design, SpaceX
Building Spaceships at SpaceX With Jeff Richichi
Looking Forward to a Year of Exploration, with Emily Lakdawalla
01/03/2011 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
Looking Forward to a Year of Exploration, with Emily Lakdawalla
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