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The Alaskan Martian
From: Robert Prince
Series: Dark Winter Nights: True Stories from Alaska
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We interview the only person from Alaska to make the first cut for the Mars ONE program and also speak to a scientist who thinks sending humans to ...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
Rocketing Into the Aurora With Neal Brown
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A two-stage rocket lifts off from the Poker Flat Research Range near Fairbanks, Alaska., Credit: NASA/Christopher Perry
It’s back to Alaska, this time to the Poker Flat Research Range, where former Director Neal Brown and his staff launched sounding rockets into the ...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WOUB


  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
Alaska Aurora Adventure
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: March 3, 2014 launch from Poker Flat Research Range, Credit: NASA/Christopher Perry
Join Mat Kaplan and other Aurora “virgins” as they seek the Northern Lights in Fairbanks, Alaska, and meet retired rocketeer and Director of the Po...

Bought by KMXT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WESM 91.3 FM, and WOUB


  • Added: Mar 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
Arctic Pioneers
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Toolik Lake, in Alaska's Arctic wilderness., Credit: Copyright John C. Wingfield
Like the pioneers of the American West, the birds that are now settling the Arctic frontier in response to climate change aren’t necessarily the bi...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:00