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Browse Past ShowsProgram ArchivesBrowse by Subject: Exploring the Moon
THE SPACEUP UNCONFERENCE AND A FREE ONLINE ASTRONOMY CLASS
January 23, 2012 Guests: Bruce Betts, Chris Radcliff, Marimikel Charrier Select Format: MP3 Windows Media An opportunity to learn, and an opportunity to hang out with other space geeks—both are presented in this week's show as we talk with planetary scientist Bruce Betts about his free, online Intro to... more »
NEW MEXICO CAVE ADVENTURE WITH PENNY BOSTON AND THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PLANETARY CAVES WORKSHOP
November 21, 2011 Guests: Penny Boston Select Format: MP3 Windows Media The last chapter of our New Mexico adventure begins in Carlsbad Caverns National Park with the First International Planetary Caves Workshop. We'll make two descents with our guide, renowned cave... more »
NBC SPACE CORRESPONDENT JAY BARBREE'S MOON SHOT
July 4, 2011 Guests: Jay Barbree Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Jay Barbree has covered human spaceflight for its entire fifty year history. His bestselling book, written with Mercury 7 astronauts Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton, has just been reissued as an... more »
THE MOON AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE
May 9, 2011 Guests: Richard Vondrak Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Almost 200 terabytes of data about the Moon have already been delivered by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. LRO Project Scientist Richard Vondrak returns to PlanRad with an update on this mission... more »
FORMER JPL DIRECTOR BRUCE MURRAY ON THE PERSISTENCE AND IMPORTANCE OF WATER ICE
October 19, 2009 Guests: Bruce Betts, Bruce Murray Select Format: MP3 Windows Media In 1961, Post-Doctoral Fellow Bruce Murray proposed that water ice could persist for millions or even billions of years if cold enough. He went on to lead the Jet Propulsion Lab and co-found The... more »
LUNAR SMACKDOWN! SPECIAL LCROSS IMPACT COVERAGE
October 12, 2009 Guests: Bruce Betts, Emily Lakdawalla, Mat Kaplan Select Format: MP3 Windows Media There was no plume of lunar regolith and no confirmation of water, but the Lunar CRarter ObServing Satellite or LCROSS mission smacked into the Moon as planned early Friday morning, October... more »
WATER ON THE MOON!
October 5, 2009 Guests: Jessica Sunshine Select Format: MP3 Windows Media University of Maryland Senior Research Scientist Jessica Sunshine was part of the recent discovery of water on Earth's Moon. Bill Nye the Science and Planetary Guy says Viking 2 came ever... more »
RAY BRADBURY LOOKS BACK AT APOLLO 11
July 20, 2009 Guests: Ray Bradbury Select Format: MP3 Windows Media The beloved author, poet, dramatist, and visionary Ray Bradbury revisits Planetary Radio to share his memories of the first Moon landing forty years ago this week. Ray also talks about Mars and... more »
ANDREW CHAIKIN AND VOICES FROM THE MOON
July 13, 2009 Guests: Andrew Chaikin Select Format: MP3 Windows Media We begin our celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing with author and space exploration advocate Andrew Chaikin. Andy talks about his great new book, Voices From The... more »
LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER PROJECT SCIENTIST RICHARD VONDRAK
June 30, 2009 Guests: Richard Vondrak Select Format: MP3 Windows Media LRO is now circling the Moon, along with sister mission LCROSS and India's Chandrayaan 1. Richard Vondrak looks forward to the arrival of spectacular data and images that will help pick a landing... more » |
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