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Since 2002, Planetary Radio has visited with a scientist, engineer, project manager, advocate, or writer who provides a unique perspective on the quest for knowledge about our Solar System and beyond. The full show archive is available for free.
Special Coverage of SETIcon
Talking With Mary Roach, Author of Packing for Mars
Giant Magellan Telescope Director Patrick McCarthy. Emily Lakdawalla on Mars' acne. Bill Nye says a solar sail could test relativity.
The Sun - Thief of Comets
The Eyes of WISE Deliver Sky Survey Prize
Rosetta Swoops Past Asteroid On Way To Comet
An update on the Optical Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence from Harvard's Paul Horowitz.
Kepler Discovers Hundreds of Exoplanets
Going Behind the Scenes With LightSail 1
Dawn is Setting Records On Its Way to Vesta
Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients Protecting Our Planet
Falcon 9 Launch, Another Jupiter Smackdown, IKAROS...and a Surprise
Phoenix is Dead...Long Live Phoenix!
James Cameron on the Science of Avatar
Planetary Society Executive Director Lou Friedman on solar sails IKAROS and LightSail-1
Saturn Update From Cassini Project Scientist Linda Spilker
PlanRad goes before a live audience to talk rockets with Bill Nye, Jeff Richichi of SpaceX, and JPL pioneer James Burke.
Paul Davies, Author of
Bill Nye the Science Guy reports on last week's conference about the future of the US space program.
JPL engineer Daniel Gaines helped develop new software for Opportunity to autonomously select objects for close-up imaging as she races across Mars. Emily Lakdawalla is thrilled by evidence of recently active volcanos on Venus. Bill Nye salutes three decades of service by retiring Planetary Society founder Lou Friedman.