Program Archives

A YEAR OF SATURN DISCOVERIES FROM CASSINI
August 1, 2005
Guests: Linda Spilker
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Cassini Deputy Project Scientist Linda Spilker returns to celebrate Cassini's amazing first year at the great ringed planet. Emily Lakdawalla looks for the biggest rock in the solar system, and Bruce...  more »

A SATURN UPDATE FROM CASSINI'S LINDA SPILKER
March 28, 2005
Guests: Linda Spilker
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The Cassini mission's Deputy Project Scientist gives us a progress report on the constant flow of exciting surprises from Saturn and its moons. Emily Lakdawalla has a Q&A about the light detected...  more »

SAMI ASMAR: THE MAN WHO TOLD US THE HUYGENS PROBE MADE IT
February 7, 2005
Guests: Sami Asmar
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A conversation with Sami Asmar, Manager of the Radio Science Group at the Jet Propulsion Laborartory. He was waiting at one of the world's biggest radios for a billion mile message of success from...  more »

SWEET SOUND OF SUCCESS...THE HUYGENS PROBE ON TITAN
January 17, 2005
Guests: Wes Huntress, Andre Bormanis, Robert Picardo, John Rhys-Davies
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SPECIAL EDITION: Saturn's moon has been revealed as never before by the European Space Agency's Huygens spacecraft. The Planetary Society lets you not just see but HEAR Titan, as we join the...  more »

HUYGENS PROBE SETS OFF ON ITS OWN FOR SATURN'S MOON TITAN
December 27, 2004
Guests: Jean-Pierre Lebreton, Claudio Sollazzo
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Huygens Mission Manager and Project Scientist Jean-Pierre Lebreton and Mission Operations Manager Claudio Sollazzo join us just as Huygens bids farewell to the Cassini spacecraft. The European probe...  more »

BLACK CATS AND OTHER MYSTERIES--CASSINI-HUYGENS AT SATURN'S MOON TITAN
November 1, 2004
Guests: Toby Owen
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Special coverage of the first Cassini-Huygens flyby of smog-shrouded Titan, including an interview with planetary scientist Toby Owen. Emily Lakdawalla sheds new light on the strange moon in this...  more »

GETTING READY FOR TITAN WITH CHRIS MCKAY
October 25, 2004
Guests: Chris McKay
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Famed planetary scientist Chris McKay returns to Planetary Radio, this time to talk about both a close encounter between Cassini and Saturn's moon Titan, and the January descent of the Huygens probe...  more »

A CONVERSATION WITH JET PROPULSION LAB DIRECTOR CHARLES ELACHI
October 18, 2004
Guests: Charles Elachi
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Charles Elachi has been part of many missions in his thirty years at JPL, but his greatest mission may have began three years ago when he became director. Hear him talk about the famous lab, the...  more »

A VISIT WITH NASA ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR ED WEILER
July 12, 2004
Guests: Edward Weiler
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Dr. Weiler spent a few minutes with Planetary Radio during his recent visit to JPL for the arrival at Saturn of the Cassini spacecraft. Hear his view of the "transformation" planned for NASA. Emily...  more »

CASSINI-HUYGENS REACHES SATURN
July 5, 2004
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A special report from JPL on the exciting arrival at Saturn of the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft! Emily Lakdawalla is along for the ride with a special Q and A about Saturn's mysterious moon, Titan. And...  more »