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JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE STATUS REPORT FROM DEPUTY PROGRAM DIRECTOR ERIC SMITH
February 6, 2012
Guests: Eric Smith
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Headed for a planned 2018 launch, the huge JWST will build on the success of the beloved Hubble Space Telescope. The project remains controversial even as components are completed. Emily Lakdawalla...  more »

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 »

TWO CLOUDED MYSTERIES: JUPITER AND THE PIONEER ANOMALY
August 8, 2011
Guests: Slava Turyshev
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Special coverage of the Juno mission launch for Jupiter, with Bill Nye reporting from the Kennedy Space Center and Emily Lakdawalla on the spacecraft's camera. JPL scientist Slava Turyshev has news...  more »

LEAVING FOR JUPITER WITH THE JUNO MISSION'S SCOTT BOLTON
June 27, 2011
Guests: Scott Bolton
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Juno leaves for our solar system's biggest planet in barely a month. Principal Investigator Scott Bolton updates us from the Kennedy Space Center. Emily Lakdawalla is watching giant asteroid Vesta...  more »

FALCON 9 LAUNCH, ANOTHER JUPITER SMACKDOWN, IKAROS...AND A SURPRISE
June 7, 2010
Guests: Louis Friedman, Bill Nye
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It was a big week for space exploration, and not just because of the successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9. Emily Lakdawalla reports on a new Jupiter impact. ...  more »

ASTRONOMER HEIDI HAMMEL ON THE NEW JUPITER IMPACT
August 10, 2009
Guests: Heidi Hammel
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Jupiter got another black eye on July 19. Heidi Hammel returns to tell how astronomers around the world jumped into action, even turning the newly-refurbished Hubble Space Telescope toward the big...  more »

DIVING EUROPA WITH THE MAKERS OF UNDER THE SEA 3D AND LONNE LANE
February 9, 2009
Guests: Howard Hall, Michelle Hall, Lonne Lane
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Howard and Michelle Hall's stunning new IMAX film "Under the Sea 3D" premieres this week. We sit down with them and JPL's Lonne Lane to talk about how we'll someday explore a different ocean, the...  more »

RETURN TO JUPITER WITH THE JUNO MISSION
January 26, 2009
Guests: Scott Bolton
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Scott Bolton tells us about his new mission to the solar system's largest planet, where it may discover how our own and other worlds formed. Bill Nye smells gas, natural gas plumes on Mars that may...  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 »

BILL MCKINNON AND ICES AND SEAS IN THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM
August 20, 2007
Guests: Bill McKinnon
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Fresh from a conference on satellites of the outer solar system, planetary scientist Bill McKinnon shares his love and fascination for the icy moons at Jupiter, Saturn, and elsewhere, with special...  more »