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A Planetary Mystery is Solved
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Dwarf planet Ceres is shown in these false-color renderings, which highlight differences in surface materials., Credit: NASA/JPL-CalTech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Former Dawn mission director Marc Rayman of JPL reveals the secrets of the bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres, and we celebrate his 10 years as Pla...

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Wolves at the Well: The Corporate Grab of Public Water
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Columbia River Valley from the Oregon Shore towards Washington, Credit: Chris Light, Wikimedia Commons
Water is critical to maintaining the balance of life. Some corporations claim ownership of fresh water sources to bottle and sell for profit. Other...

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  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Sirens of Mars Call to Us
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A mosaic of 102 Viking orbiter images of Mars, showing a hemisphere of the planet centered on the immense Valles Marineris canyon system. Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey. , Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS
Georgetown University planetary scientist Sarah Stewart Johnson chronicles the long history of our fascination with Mars and the possibility of lif...

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
Katie Mack and The End of Everything
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The detailed, all-sky picture of the infant universe created from nine years of WMAP data. The image reveals 13.77 billion year old temperature fluctuations (shown as color differences) that correspond to the seeds that grew to become the galaxies., Credit: NASA/WMAP Science Team
How will the universe end? That’s the question explored by cosmologist Katie Mack in her very entertaining new book.

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Make Room! Worlds May Crowd Some Habitable Zones
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jupiter's south pole, captured by the Juno orbiter., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
New research reveals why Earth is on its own in this solar system’s habitable zone where liquid surface water flows, but the same isn’t true across...

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Another Ray Gun Heads for Mars. We Hear It Working.
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The two parts of the SuperCam instrument are shown mounted on an optical bench. The units are connected by electronic cables and an optical fiber., Credit: Los Alamos National Lab
SuperCam principal investigator Roger Wiens shares how his new and improved laser-based spectrometer will help look for past life in Jezero Crater,...

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
Crew Dragon Triumphant, and a Planetary Society Founder Remembers
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Sunda, Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Splashdown! An astronaut and former leader of Dragon capsule development at SpaceX is back to celebrate the spacecraft’s successful mission, as a P...

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  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Hope Leads the Way to Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Emirates Mars Mission Hope spacecraft undergoes testing., Credit: UAE Space Agency
Our special guests are the leaders of the Emirates Mars Mission whose Hope spacecraft is now headed for the Red Planet.

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
A Mars Mission Begins and a Comet Exits
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of the UAE Hope spacecraft in orbit above Mars., Credit: UAE Space Agency
The United Arab Emirates is headed for Mars as comet NEOWISE speeds back to the outer reaches of the solar system.

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
3 Billion Years Ago: Was Mars Alive?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Perseverance, NASA's 2020 Mars rover, explores Jezero crater in this artist's concept., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Join a Perseverance mission deputy project scientist to learn how the rover will search for past life on the Red Planet.

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
To Pluto and Beyond with Alan Stern
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: False color image of Pluto taken by the New Horizons spacecraft., Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Principal Investigator Alan Stern returns on the 5th anniversary of the New Horizons encounter with Pluto to tell us about the wealth of knowledge ...

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  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Jim Bell Sends New Eyes to Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Mastcam-Z in the Malin Space Science Systems Clean Room, Credit: Briony Horgan
The leader of the Mastcam-Z team talks about how the best cameras ever on the surface of Mars will help us explore a region that could once have su...

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  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
China on the Final Frontier
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: China's Yutu-2 rover on the Moon., Credit: CNSA
China has big plans for a space station, exploration of the Moon and Mars, and possibly a mission that will follow Voyager beyond the edge of the s...

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
LightSail 2: A Year of Solar Sailing
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This image taken by LightSail 2's camera 2 on 9 February 2020 shows the Red Sea and the Nile River. North is approximately at right. The sail appears slightly curved due to the spacecraft's 185-degree fisheye camera lens. The image has been color adjusted, Credit: The Planetary Society
Sail on! Leaders of the LightSail 2 mission join 50,000 supporters in celebration of a year in space.

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Staying Alive in Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Expedition 50 astronauts on board the International Space Station., Credit: NASA
Are we learning how to keep men and women alive on a 3-year round trip to Mars?

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  • Added: Jun 10, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Crew Dragon Thrills While Mars Chills
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Astronaut Bob Behnken is welcomed aboard the International Space Station from his Crew Dragon spaceship., Credit: BILL STAFFORD / NASA - Johnson Space Center
After a special message we present highlights of the successful arrival at the International Space Station of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, followed ...

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Celebrating 30 Years of Hubble with Astronaut John Grunsfeld
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: In this 30th anniversary Hubble portrait, the giant red nebula (NGC 2014) and its smaller blue neighbor (NGC 2020) are part of a vast star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located 163,000 light-years away., Credit: NASA/STScI
Astrophysicist and former astronaut John “Hubble Repairman” Grunsfeld looks back over three decades of beautiful science and inspiration delivered ...

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  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Looking for Life in Alien Oceans
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's concept of a lander on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
JPL scientist Kevin Hand is endlessly fascinated by the possibility of life in the hidden oceans of the outer solar system’s moons, and now he has ...

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  • Added: May 12, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
The Crew Dragon Countdown Begins, With Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken familiarize themselves with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, the spacecraft that will transport them to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. , Credit: NASA
American astronauts are about to fly from Florida to the International Space Station for the first time in nine years, thanks to the commercial spa...

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  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Life on Mars: Joining the Quest with Penny Boston and Jim Green
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Perseverance, the Mars 2020 rover, explores the Red Planet in this artist's concept., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The search for life on the Red Planet is at a critical stage. What will come next if we find it?

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
NASA Administrator James Bridenstine Returns
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gives remarks on the agency’s Artemis program, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Through Artemis NASA plans to land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024., Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The U.S. space agency’s leader describes how NASA is responding to the pandemic crisis as it works to keep projects and missions on track.

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  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
The Slime Mold and the Universe
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Galaxy cluster IDCS J1426 is located 10 billion light-years from Earth and weighs almost 500 trillion suns., Credit: ESA/Hubble
One of Earth’s lowliest creatures has inspired and guided a team of scientists toward an improved model for the distribution of galaxies and dark m...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
The Next 10 Years: Continuing our Solar System Tour
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: An artist’s impression of the Lucy trojan asteroid explorer, launching in late 2021 for Jupiter., Credit: NASA
Our look ahead at the near-future of solar system exploration continues with Mars, the giant outer worlds, and the smaller bodies that can be found...

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  • Added: Apr 01, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
The Next 10 Years…An Introduction to the Decadal Survey
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s impression of NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover), a planned robotic lunar rover that will prospect for natural lunar resources, especially water ice, within a permanently shadowed region near the lunar south pole., Credit: NASA Ames/Daniel Rutter
Six scientists give us a preview of where planetary science may be taken in the next 10 years by a new NASA decadal survey.

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  • Added: Mar 25, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Building Our Future on Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's rendering of a 3D-printed habitat on Mars., Credit: NASA/Clouds AO/SEArch
Civil engineer Peter Carrato believes we know how to use what’s available on Mars to build the human structures that will be needed by the first ex...

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9