Program Archives

MORE FROM JPL'S LINDA AND TOM SPILKER
February 25, 2008
Guests: Linda Spilker, Tom Spilker
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The couple that explores space together continues their conversation with host Mat Kaplan. Linda and Tom are part of a team that has proposed the first mission to Neptune since Voyager. They also...  more »

A CASSINI AT SATURN PROGRESS REPORT WITH LINDA AND TOM SPILKER
February 18, 2008
Guests: Linda Spilker, Tom Spilker
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Cassini Deputy Project Scientist Linda Spilker rejoins us for another update on the incredibly successful Cassini-Huygens mission, but this time she is joined by her husband and colleague Tom...  more »

CELEBRATING THE MESSENGER MERCURY FLYBY WITH SEAN SOLOMON
February 11, 2008
Guests: Sean Solomon
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Sean Solomon's MESSENGER spacecraft gave us our first close up look at Mercury in thirty-three years. The mission's Principal Investigator returns to tell us about the exciting data and images that...  more »

ASTRONAUT CLAY ANDERSON: STAYING IN SHAPE IN SPACE
February 4, 2008
Guests: Clay Anderson
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Five months of zero-G on the International Space Station can wreak havoc with the human body if you don't work very hard. Clay Anderson did just that. He talks about he managed on this week's show....  more »

EXAMINING THE VISION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION: A WORKSHOP PREVIEW
January 28, 2008
Guests: Louis Friedman
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Planetary Society Executive Director Louis Friedman previews a gathering at Stanford University that will examine the Vision for Space Exploration offered by President George W. Bush four years ago. ...  more »

MESSENGER REVEALS MERCURY
January 21, 2008
Guests: Bruce Betts, Emily Lakdawalla
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The MESSENGER spacecraft reached Mercury last week. Bruce Betts reports from the Applied Physics Lab in Maryland where the mission team celebrated success. Emily Lakdawalla comments on the...  more »

A NEAR MISS FOR MARS AND BILL NYE PAYS TRIBUTE TO MERCURY!
January 14, 2008
Guests: Don Yeomans
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A fifty meter asteroid will narrowly miss Mars according to Don Yeomans, Manager of the NASA Near Earth Object Program Office. We talk with Don at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory about the more than...  more »

A WINGED MESSENGER REACHES MERCURY, AND BILL NYE PREMIERES!
January 7, 2008
Guests: Sean Solomon
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On January 14, MESSENGER will become the first spacecraft to visit Mercury in 33 years. Principal Investigator Sean Solomon prepares us for this historic flyby. Emily Lakdawalla explains how...  more »

A VERY GOOD YEAR: LOOKING BACK AT 2007
December 31, 2007
Guests: Bruce Betts, Emily Lakdawalla
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Mat Kaplan is joined by Emily Lakdawalla and Bruce Betts for a review of 2007's biggest planetary science stories. Bruce sticks around for this week's edition of What's Up, including a more »

ION ENGINES DRIVE DAWN TO ASTEROIDS VESTA AND CERES
December 24, 2007
Guests: Chris Russell
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The Dawn spacecraft is on its way to asteroids Vesta and Ceres, powered by its ion engines. Principal investigator Chris Russell leads the international team behind it. He joins us for a...  more »