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Buzz Aldrin and Other Martians
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Apollo astronaut and engineer Buzz Aldrin, Credit: Gage Skidmore
He walked with Neil Armstrong on the moon, but that may not be his greatest legacy. Buzz Aldrin was joined by other space stars at the recent Human...

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  • Added: May 31, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Aerospace Corporation President and CEO Steve Isakowitz
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s concept of Brane Craft about to wrap itself around space debris. The paper-think spacecraft will then slow and deorbit the potentially dangerous object., Credit: The Aerospace Corporation
The Aerospace Corporation has been innovating since 1960. Now it’s headed by a former leader of “New Space” company Virgin Galactic. President and...

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  • Added: Apr 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Earth Microbes! Welcome to Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Bacteria samples in the Pegasus Mars chamber., Credit: University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas grad student Rebecca Mickol and her team have demonstrated that some Earth bacteria can survive in the extremely thin atmosp...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
NASA Science Leader John Grunsfeld
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA Associate Administrator John Grunsfeld and Mat Kaplan show off their space ties., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Astronaut and NASA Associate Administrator John Grunsfeld closes our coverage of the Space Foundation’s 32nd annual Space Symposium in Colorado Spr...

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  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Neil Gehrels and WFIRST—A Space Telescope for the 2020s
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), Credit: NASA/GSFC/Conceptual Image Lab
NASA has given the go-ahead for creation of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope. It might help reveal the nature of dark energy and point the ...

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  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Spice Hits Anchorage Hard
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
And it hasn't slowed down.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 04:34
Humans Orbiting Mars!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's conception of the view above Mars, Credit: NASA
Scott Hubbard and John Logsdon led the Humans Orbiting Mars Workshop last spring. They return with Casey Dreier as the report on that workshop is ...

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  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Zibi Turtle and Exploring the Ice Giants
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Ice Giant Neptune, Credit: NASA
They are the most neglected planets in our solar system, but that status may be changing. Planetary scientist Elizabeth “Zibi” Turtle celebrates NA...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
OSIRIS-REx Readies for Asteroid Bennu
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: PI Dante Lauretta (r.) and Kevin Walsh in the Lockheed Martin clean room with OSIRIS-REx, Credit: Dante Lauretta
Dante Lauretta heads the most ambitious mission to an asteroid ever mounted. With one year left till launch, he returns to Planetary Radio with an ...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Zooming In On Mars With Mastcam-Z
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Early plan for the lenses in a Mastcam-Z camera planned for the 2020 Mars rover., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
Our reporting from the 2nd Mars 2020 Rover Landing Site Selection Workshop continues as we talk with Jim Bell and Justin Maki, leaders of the devel...

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  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
In the Sights
From: War News Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
From "Gridlock" (6/25/10): War News Radio talks to a marine sniper who has fought in the Iraq War.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2010
  • Length: 06:57
Shifting Focus
From: War News Radio
Caption: Iraqi president Jalal Talabani speaking to the press., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

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  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 1

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