Program Archives

THE SPACEUP UNCONFERENCE AND A FREE ONLINE ASTRONOMY CLASS
January 23, 2012
Guests: Bruce Betts, Chris Radcliff, Marimikel Charrier
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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 »

EMILY LAKDAWALLA'S SPECIAL REPORT ON THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION FALL MEETING
December 12, 2011
Guests: Emily Lakdawalla, Bill Nye
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More than 22,000 scientists have returned home from the AGU's big meeting in San Francisco. They include our own Emily Lakdawalla, who tells us about some of the fascinating research unveiled at the...  more »

TOURING THE NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY AT SACRAMENTO PEAK
November 14, 2011
Guests: Dave Dooling
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High above the New Mexico desert is one of the world's great solar observatory complexes and a great visitors center. We get the deluxe tour from the NSO's Dave Dooling. Emily Lakdawalla tours the...  more »

SOLAR PROBE PLUS WILL FLY TO THE SUN
September 13, 2010
Guests: Lika Guhathakurta
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How do you protect a spacecraft that will fly right into the Sun's corona? Solar Probe Plus Program Scientist Lika Guhathakurta tells us how NASA will make it work, and the mysteries that may be...  more »

THE END OF ULYSSES -- HOW ENGINEERS KEPT IT ALIVE SO LONG
July 6, 2009
Guests: Nigel Angold
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The European Space Agency's Nigel Angold reveals how the Ulysses spacecraft was kept alive well into 2009 to continue its exploration of the Sun. Bill Nye sees spaceports popping up all over even...  more »

ULYSSES MISSION OPERATIONS MANAGER NIGEL ANGOLD ON THE END OF THE SOLAR POLAR JOURNEY
August 25, 2008
Guests: Nigel Angold
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After eighteen years in space, a trip to Jupiter and flights over the north and south poles of the Sun, the Ulysses mission is nearing its end. We talk with Mission Operations Manager Nigel Angold of...  more »

GENESIS RISES FROM THE ASHES WITH A PIECE OF THE SUN
April 4, 2005
Guests: Roger Wiens
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It has been seven months since the Genesis probe smacked into the Utah desert. We hear good news from mission team member Roger Wiens about recovery of its unprecedented samples of the solar wind,...  more »

GENESIS RISES FROM THE ASHES/PLANETARY PROTECTION
September 13, 2004
Guests: Roger Wiens, Margaret Race
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Incredibly, after a terrible impact, scientists believe some of the solar wind samples from the Genesis spacecraft can be saved. Genesis team member Roger Wiens updates us from the Dugway Proving...  more »

GENESIS RETURNS WITH A BIT OF THE SUN
August 30, 2004
Guests: Don Burnett
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Genesis mission principal investigator and lead scientist Don Burnett is our guest, just as samples of the solar wind are about to be parachuted down into the Utah desert. Emily Lakdawalla offers up...  more »