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AUTHOR AND FOUR-TIME SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT TOM JONES
August 8, 2005 Guests: Tom Jones Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Spacewalking astronaut Tom Jones has written several books, including The Complete Idiot's Guide To NASA. We talk to him about that work, and the shuttle's Return to Flight. Emily Lakdawalla soothes... more »
SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT DIRECTOR TALKS ABOUT RETURN TO FLIGHT
July 11, 2005 Guests: Paul Hill, Owen Garriott Select Format: MP3 Windows Media As Flight Director for STS-114, Paul Hill is in the hot seat for the "Return to Flight" launch of space shuttle Discovery. He provides a status report on the mission. Astronaut and scientist Owen... more »
A CONVERSATION WITH SALLY RIDE
April 18, 2005 Guests: Sally Ride Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Twenty-two years after she became the first American woman in space, Sally Ride has devoted herself to bringing the wonder of science to young people, and especially girls. She'll talk about Sally... more »
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON ON THE FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION
March 21, 2005 Guests: Neil deGrasse Tyson Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Director of New York's Hayden Planetarium and host of the NOVA Origins miniseries returns to Planetary Radio for a conversation about the moon, Mars and beyond. He also gives positive marks to the... more »
MOONWALKER HARRISON SCHMITT VISITS PLANETARY RADIO
August 9, 2004 Guests: Harrison Schmitt Select Format: MP3 Windows Media He was one of the last two humans to walk on the moon. Geologist, engineer, entrepreneur and former US Senator Harrison Schmitt talks about the legacy of Apollo, and his current dream of clean, cheap... more »
APOLLO ASTRONAUTS VISIT PLANETARY RADIO
July 19, 2004 Guests: Harrison Schmitt, Rusty Schweickart Select Format: MP3 Windows Media We celebrate the 35th anniversary of the first moon landing by visiting with two Apollo astronauts. Moonwalker Harrison Schmitt talks about the legacy and promise of Apollo, while Rusty Schweickart... more »
A TEENAGER IN SPACE?
May 24, 2004 Guests: Justin Houchin Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Meet the young man who could become the first teen in space. In addition, the Planetary Society's Lou Friedman reflects on China's space exploration plans as he prepares to travel there, and brings... more »
COLUMBIA'S AFTERMATH: "BUTTERFLY ON A BULLET"
December 29, 2003 Guests: Robert Lee Hotz Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Special guest Robert Lee Hotz talks about his remarkable six-part series just published in the Los Angeles Times. In it, he traces the Columbia investigation, revealing what has been learned as we... more »
WOMEN IN SPACE
December 8, 2003 Guests: Bettyann Kevles Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Science author Bettyann Kevles has just written Almost Heaven: The Story of Women in Space. She's... more »
THE PLANETARY SOCIETY GOES TO WASHINGTON
October 27, 2003 Guests: Bruce Murray, Wes Huntress, Louis Friedman Select Format: MP3 Windows Media On October 16, the Planetary Society's President Wes Huntress and its Board Chairman Bruce Murray testified before the House Committee on Science in Washington on the future of space flight. Hear... more » |
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