Program Archives

HELP US FIND STAR DUST AT HOME!
May 1, 2006
Guests: Andrew Westphal
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Stardust mission researcher Andrew Westphal returns with news about what the spacecraft brought back to Earth, and how the public will help find more.  more »

NEWS FROM THE 37TH LUNAR AND PLANETARY SCIENCE CONFERENCE
March 20, 2006
Guests: Emily Lakdawalla, Scott Sandford
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Emily Lakdawalla reports on the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, while Stardust co-investigator Scott Sandford describes exciting results.  more »

A GREAT WEEK FOR SPACE EXPLORATION
January 23, 2006
Guests: John Spencer, Andrew Westphal
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Andrew Westphal on what's been found in the Stardust Sample Return Capsule and John Spencer on the New Horizons launch and the upcoming Jupiter flyby.  more »

STARDUST SAMPLES STREAK SAFELY HOME
January 16, 2006
Guests: Andrew Westphal, Don Brownlee
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Special coverage of the return of the Stardust Sample Return Capsule, featuring Andrew Westphal of the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab, and...  more »

COUNTDOWN TO SAMPLE RETURN: A STARDUST SPECIAL
January 2, 2006
Guests: Don Brownlee
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With just days to go till the Stardust spacecraft returns comet and interstellar dust to Earth, we present excerpts from a NASA media briefing. ...  more »

STILL MAKING A DEEP IMPACT, WITH JESSICA SUNSHINE
December 26, 2005
Guests: Jessica Sunshine
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Spectroscopist and Deep Impact co-investigator Jessica Sunshine reviews the wonders revealed by Deep Impact's smack down with more »

JAPANESE HAYABUSA PROBE REACHES ASTEROID
September 19, 2005
Guests: Junichiro Kawaguchi, Bruce Murray
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Project Manger Junichiro Kawaguchi celebrates the arrival at asteroid Itokawa, with further insights provided by former JPL Director Bruce Murray. Q&A on ice volcanoes, and a new trivia contest on What's Up.  more »

DEEP IMPACT BEGINS TO REVEAL COMET SECRETS
July 18, 2005
Guests: Lucy McFadden
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Deep Impact Co-Investigator Lucy McFadden joined millions watching the spacecraft's spectacular collision with comet Tempel 1. Now she has to figure out what it all means. Emily Lakdawalla is...  more »

DEEP IMPACT SPECIAL
July 4, 2005
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A special edition of our show looks at the explosively successful Deep Impact mission.  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 »