Program Archives

OBSERVING EARTH: ANNMARIE ELDERING'S EYE ON OUR ATMOSPHERE
December 17, 2007
Guests: Annmarie Eldering
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JPL atmospheric scientist Annmarie Eldering is Deputy Principal Investigator for the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) on the Earth observing satellite called Aura. She'll tell us how it is...  more »

SPACE ELEVATOR GAMES AND SERIOUS PLANETARY SCIENCE
October 15, 2007
Guests: Ben Shelef, Emily Lakdawalla
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A busy show features a preview of the Spaceward Games from Spaceward Foundation co-founder Ben Shelef, working toward achieving the technology that would enable a space elevator. Then Emily...  more »

CELEBRATING SPUTNIK WITH LOUIS FRIEDMAN IN MOSCOW
October 8, 2007
Guests: Louis Friedman
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The 50th anniversary of the beginning of the space age found Planetary Society Executive Director Louis Friedman in Moscow. We'll talk to Lou about the celebration there, and how the first human...  more »

AT THE EUROPLANET CONFERENCE WITH DOUG ELLISON
August 28, 2007
Guests: Doug Ellison
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Space enthusiast and blogger Doug Ellison reports on the exciting news from the just-completed European Planetary Science Conference in Potsdam, Germany. Emily Lakdawalla tells about the Messenger...  more »

DIGGING FOR DOLLARS ON THE MOON: THE LUNAR REGOLITH CHALLENGE
June 4, 2007
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Special coverage of NASA's Lunar Regolith Challenge, with robot excavators after a $250,000 prize.  more »

A PLANETARY RADIO ENCORE: THE 2006 INTERNATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
January 15, 2007
Guests: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye
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Special coverage of the International Space Development Conference in Southern California last May, featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and Burt Rutan. Also an ISDC What's Up...  more »

THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE REBORN
November 13, 2006
Guests: Mario Livio
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The announcement that a space shuttle crew will be sent to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope has been greeted by astronomers with joy. One of them is Mario Livio of the Space Telescope...  more »

THE SOLAR SYSTEM COMES TO PASADENA: ANNUAL DPS MEETING
October 16, 2006
Guests: Kevin Baines, Hakan Svedhem
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Planetary Radio begins coverage of the 2006 meeting of the American Astronomical Union's Division for Planetary Sciences meeting, held last week in Pasadena, California. We feature conversations...  more »

A VOYAGER MILESTONE WITH ED STONE
August 14, 2006
Guests: Ed Stone
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Voyager 1 is farther from Earth than any other human-made object, reaching 100 Astronomical Units, or 9.3 billion miles, this week. We talk with former Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Ed Stone,...  more »

YOU CAN SEARCH FOR STARDUST!
August 7, 2006
Guests: Andrew Westphal
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UC Berkeley's Andrew Westphal returns to celebrate the public premiere of Stardust@home, the project that will allow you to search for...  more »