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Browse Past ShowsProgram ArchivesBrowse by Subject: Exploring Saturn and Its Moons
JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE STATUS REPORT FROM DEPUTY PROGRAM DIRECTOR ERIC SMITH
February 6, 2012 Guests: Eric Smith Select Format: MP3 Windows Media 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 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 »
HOW "OUTSIDE IN" WILL ROCK YOUR SOLAR SYSTEM
January 16, 2012 Guests: Stephen van Vuuren, Mike Malaska Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Outside In is a spectacular IMAX movie being made out of nothing but actual photos of our solar system and beyond—no computer-generated images. Hear how and why it's coming together from its creator,... more »
IS ANYBODY HOME? ASSESSING A PLANET'S HABITABILITY
January 9, 2012 Guests: Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Bill Nye Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Planets everywhere, and soon we'll have discovered thousands. Now there's a way to score their suitability for life, says astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch and his colleagues. Emily Lakdawalla... more »
PLANETARY RADIO LIVE CONTINUES! WITH JOHN CALLAS OF THE MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS AND JOY CRISP OF THE MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY
January 2, 2012 Guests: John Callas, Joy Crisp, Bill Nye Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Here's the second half of our December show recorded in front of a live audience. It has much more about Opportunity nearing its 8th anniversary exploring the Red Planet, and about Curiosity, the... more »
A CASSINI SATURN UPDATE FROM LINDA SPILKER
October 24, 2011 Guests: Linda Spilker Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Linda Spilker, the Cassini Mission Project Scientist and our most frequent guest, offers the latest news of Saturn, its rings and moons. She also tellsus the spacecraft is in good shape, but its... more »
THE MYSTERY AND MUSIC OF SATURN'S ROTATION WITH DON GURNETT
June 20, 2011 Guests: Don Gurnett Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Saturn's northern and southern hemispheres do not rotate at different rates, but the data might make you think so. We get an explanation from space exploration pioneer Don Gurnett, the Cassini... more »
ANOTHER CASSINI UPDATE FROM PROJECT SCIENTIST LINDA SPILKER
May 2, 2011 Guests: Linda Spilker Select Format: MP3 Windows Media She has become our most frequent guest. It's no wonder. The Cassini mission regularly solves old mysteries and uncovers new ones about Saturn, its moons, and its rings. Emily Lakdawalla says the... more »
CASSINI'S LINDA SPILKER WITH ANOTHER REPORT FROM SATURN
December 27, 2010 Guests: Linda Spilker Select Format: MP3 Windows Media The Cassini Mission Project Scientist returns with more amazing news from Saturn, its rings and its moons, including a possible ice volcano on Titan. Emily Lakdawalla tells us about a dangerous... more »
SATURN UPDATE FROM CASSINI PROJECT SCIENTIST LINDA SPILKER
May 10, 2010 Guests: Linda Spilker Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Linda Spilker now heads the Cassini science team, and her mission has been extended yet again. She rejoins us to review the latest news from the ringed planet. Bill Nye answers Stephen Hawking's... more » |
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