Program Archives

A VISIT WITH SPIRIT MISSION MANAGER MARK ADLER
January 19, 2005
Guests: Mark Adler
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As the incredibly successful Mars Exploration Rover mission continues, Planetary Radio talks with Spirit's manager about what is being accomplished. We also hear from the second pair of Student...  more »

SWEET SOUND OF SUCCESS...THE HUYGENS PROBE ON TITAN
January 17, 2005
Guests: Wes Huntress, Andre Bormanis, Robert Picardo, John Rhys-Davies
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SPECIAL EDITION: Saturn's moon has been revealed as never before by the European Space Agency's Huygens spacecraft. The Planetary Society lets you not just see but HEAR Titan, as we join the...  more »

DEEP IMPACT: THE REAL THING
January 10, 2005
Guests: Mike A'Hearn
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The launch of the Deep Impact spacecraft this week begins a mission that will end on the 4th of July with the spectacular creation of a crater on a comet. The mission's Principal Investigator, Mike...  more »

A YEAR OF ROVING ACROSS MARS
January 3, 2005
Guests: Steve Squyres, Jim Erickson
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We celebrate one (Earth) year of Mars Exploration Rovers on the red planet with Principal Investigator Steve Squyres and Project Manager Jim Erickson. Emily Lakdawalla goes where no spacecraft has...  more »

HUYGENS PROBE SETS OFF ON ITS OWN FOR SATURN'S MOON TITAN
December 27, 2004
Guests: Jean-Pierre Lebreton, Claudio Sollazzo
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Huygens Mission Manager and Project Scientist Jean-Pierre Lebreton and Mission Operations Manager Claudio Sollazzo join us just as Huygens bids farewell to the Cassini spacecraft. The European probe...  more »

WES HUNTRESS ON THE NASA ADMINISTRATOR'S RESIGNATION AND A NEW SUPER MARS ROVER
December 20, 2004
Guests: Wes Huntress
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Former NASA Associate Administrator for Space Science Wes Huntress brings his expertise to two topics this week, the just announced resignation of Sean O'Keefe, and the selection of instruments for a...  more »

DEFLECTING ASTEROIDS HEADED OUR WAY
December 13, 2004
Guests: Rusty Schweickart
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The B612 Foundation wants to be ready when astronomers find a NEO (Near Earth Object) on a collision course with Earth. Foundation Chairman and Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart described their...  more »

IBM ENTERS SETI@HOME'S GAME
December 6, 2004
Guests: David Anderson
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With the announcement of its World Community Grid, Big Blue may have paid a compliment to SETI@Home, the five year old Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence project that relies on millions of home...  more »

THE DEPTHS OF SPACE: A NEW BOOK ABOUT THE PIONEER PLANETARY PROBES
November 29, 2004
Guests: Mark Wolverton
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All were simple yet amazingly successful trailblazers, and two are carrying a controversial message to the stars. Author Mark Wolverton talks about his new book tracing the history of the Pioneer...  more »

EUROPE'S SMART-1 REACHES THE MOON!
November 22, 2004
Guests: Bernard Foing
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Pushed along by its ion engine, the European Space Agency's SMART-1 probe has just gone into lunar orbit. We talk with ESA Chief Scientist--and SMART-1 Project Scientist--Bernard Foing. Emily holds a...  more »