Program Archives

ALAN STERN: THE BUSIEST MAN IN SPACE EXPLORATION?
March 29, 2010
Guests: Alan Stern
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The Principal Investigator for the New Horizons Pluto Mission returns to talk about some of his new adventures, including prep for his own trips into space. Bill Nye gets a kick out of a turf...  more »

ALAN STERN'S BIGGEST PLANETARY SCIENCE MYSTERIES
June 8, 2009
Guests: Alan Stern
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Planetary scientist and New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern recently came up with his list of the biggest unanswered questions in planetary science. He reviews most of them on this...  more »

NEW HORIZONS AT JUPITER: A REPORT FROM ALAN STERN
May 28, 2007
Guests: Alan Stern
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He may now be an Associate Administrator at NASA, but he's still Principal Investigator for humankind's first trip to Pluto. Alan Stern provides a triumphant report on the recent flyby of Jupiter...  more »

TRIUMPH AT JUPITER!
March 5, 2007
Guests: Alan Stern, John Spencer
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Special coverage of the successful New Horizons encounter with Jupiter and its moons. The Planetary Society's Bruce Betts traveled to the Applied Physics Lab where a team of scientists and engineers...  more »

ALAN STERN AS NEW HORIZONS REACHES JUPITER
February 26, 2007
Guests: Alan Stern, Cheryl Wheeler
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Two very different encounters with Jupiter this week. First up is Alan Stern, Principal Investigator for the New Horizons mission, with an update on this week's flyby. Then a special visit with...  more »

ON THE WAY TO PLUTO WITH NEW HORIZONS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR ALAN STERN
February 20, 2006
Guests: Alan Stern
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Principal Investigator Alan Stern returns for the first time since launch of New Horizons toward Jupiter, Pluto and beyond.  more »

OFF TO PLUTO AND ITS THREE MOONS WITH ALAN STERN
November 21, 2005
Guests: Alan Stern
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New Horizons PI Alan Stern on the mission to Pluto, and discovery of 2 new moons. Q&A: movies from rocket launches. New trivia contest.  more »

PLUTO'S DIAMOND JUBILEE
February 14, 2005
Guests: Reta Beebe, Clyde Tombaugh, Alan Stern
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We talk with astronomer Reta Beebe. She was a colleague and friend of Pluto's discoverer, Clyde Tombaugh. Principal investigator Alan Stern provides a status report on the New Horizons mission to...  more »