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LIVE AT THE PACIFIC ASTRONOMY AND TELESCOPE SHOW
September 19, 2011
Guests: Richard Ellis
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The 2011 Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show was just held in Pasadena, California. Planetary Radio was there before a live audience with Emily Lakdawalla, Bill Nye and special guest, CalTech...  more »

ENDING THE WORLD WITH A SONG AT DRAGON CON
September 12, 2011
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Special coverage from the world's biggest science fiction and fantasy convention in Atlanta, Georgia. We present excerpts of a session called "These are the Ways the World Will End." Put on your 3D...  more »

OPPORTUNITY REACHES ENDEAVOUR, AND PLANETARY RADIO WINS AN AWARD!
September 5, 2011
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After years of rolling across the surface of Mars, little Opportunity has reached the rim of huge Endeavour Crater, where it has already found a unique rock that has given Steve Squyres and other...  more »

APOLLO 15 ASTRONAUT AL WORDEN
August 29, 2011
Guests: Al Worden
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Al Worden was the Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot forty years ago. He talks with us about that experience and his new book, "Falling to Earth." more »

FLYING WITH YOUR TELESCOPE TO THE EDGE OF SPACE
August 22, 2011
Guests: Faith Vilas
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Faith Vilas of the Planetary Science Institute leads the effort to put a telescope on XCOR's sub-orbital spaceplane called Lynx. She tells us the hows and whys on this week's show. Emily Lakdawalla...  more »

VISITING VESTA FIESTA, WITH PABLO GUTIERREZ-MARQUES OF THE DAWN MISSION
August 15, 2011
Guests: Pablo Gutierrez-Marques
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JPL and NASA celebrated Dawn's arrival at Vesta, second largest object in the asteroid belt, with a public celebration. The Planetary Society and Planetary Radio join the party in this special...  more »

TWO CLOUDED MYSTERIES: JUPITER AND THE PIONEER ANOMALY
August 8, 2011
Guests: Slava Turyshev
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Special coverage of the Juno mission launch for Jupiter, with Bill Nye reporting from the Kennedy Space Center and Emily Lakdawalla on the spacecraft's camera. JPL scientist Slava Turyshev has news...  more »

STAYING IN SHAPE IN SPACE WITH ASTRONAUT CLAY ANDERSON
August 1, 2011
Guests: Clay Anderson
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Hear Mat Kaplan's 2008 conversation with Clay Anderson about how he came back from five months in low Earth orbit in much better shape than many younger astronauts. Emily reviews what's up for...  more »

BECOME AN ICEHUNTER WITH PAMELA GAY
July 26, 2011
Guests: Pamela Gay
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Icehunters is the new citizen science project from Zooniverse that is looking for the object New Horizons will visit after its Pluto encounter. Astronomer Pamela Gay tells us how to join the search....  more »

AN OPTICAL SETI UPDATE FROM PAUL HOROWITZ
July 18, 2011
Guests: Paul Horowitz
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Are we alone? And if not, is ET using laser flashes to say howdy? The Optical Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence at Harvard University continues under Professor Paul Horowitz. Emily...  more »