Program Archives

THE ASTROBOTS ARE BACK ON OUR SHOW!
February 9, 2004
Guests: Wayne Lee
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After a long hiatus, Biff Starling and Sandy Moondust return to the air. Hear Biff's exhilarating bounce down onto the surface of Mars! You'll also hear from Mars Exploration Rover Entry, Descent and...  more »

MARS EXPLORATION ROVER FLIGHT DIRECTOR CHRIS LEWICKI
February 2, 2004
Guests: Chris Lewicki
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Opportunity is on a roll and Spirit is almost back to full health as we visit with the young Flight Director for the mission. We also hear from two more of the Student Astronauts, and Bruce Betts...  more »

OPPORTUNITY LANDS AND HOPE BUILDS FOR SPIRIT
January 26, 2004
Guests: Rob Manning
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We celebrate the perfect landing of Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, and the astounding pictures it has already taken of the Meridiani Planum. Special guest Rob Manning is the Entry, Descent and...  more »

THE FIRST STUDENT ASTRONAUTS ARRIVE
January 12, 2004
Guests: Courtney Dressing, Rafael Morozowski
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Courtney Dressing of the United States and Rafael Morozowski of Brazil, both sixteen years old, are the first Student Astronauts to join the Mars Exploration Rover science team at JPL. Hear them this...  more »

SPIRIT LANDS ON MARS!
January 5, 2004
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Follow the incredibly exciting and finally triumphant arrival on Mars of the Mars Exploration Rover as it happened at Wild About Mars, the Planetary Society's big weekend event at the Pasadena...  more »

STEVE SQUYRES IS READY FOR MARS
December 22, 2003
Guests: Steve Squyres
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Doctor Steven Squyres is the Principal Investigator for the Athena Science Payloads on the two Mars Exploration Rovers. He talks about the challenges, human and robotic, facing the mission. Emily...  more »

MARS EXPLORATION ROVER UPDATE
December 15, 2003
Guests: Albert Haldemann
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Albert Haldemann is Deputy Project Scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover mission. With the first rover, Spirit, arriving in less than three weeks, Planetary Radio gets a status report from Doctor...  more »

THE PLANETARY SOCIETY'S RED ROVER GOES TO MARS PROJECT WITH EMILY LAKDAWALLA
November 17, 2003
Guests: Emily Lakdawalla
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Planetary Radio's Emily Lakdawalla is Science and Technology Coordinator for the Planetary Society. We talk with her about the Society's Red Rover Goes to Mars Project on the Mars Exploration Rover...  more »

A SOUTH AFRICAN TEEN JOINS THE STUDENT ASTRONAUTS
November 3, 2003
Guests: Hal Walker, Bettye Walker
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The sixteen Student Astronauts will soon be arriving at JPL from around the world. One of them is 15-year-old Nomathemba Kontyo of South Africa. She and the other teens will join the Mars Exploration...  more »

A TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO MARS
September 1, 2003
Guests: William Hartmann
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A Traveler's Guide to Mars: Don't leave orbit without it! William Hartmann's new book contains a terrific collection of Mars images, some taken as recently as a few months ago. A Traveler's...  more »