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It’s Rocket Science: Testing PlanetVac in the Mojave Desert
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Masten Space Systems’ Xodiac in flight with PlanetVac as one of its feet, Credit: Bruce Betts
Join Mat Kaplan in California’s Mojave Desert for special coverage of not one but two rocket flights and a real world test of PlanetVac, the innova...

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
A Sacred Place: The National Air and Space Museum with Ellen Stofan
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Mat Kaplan and National Air & Space Museum Director Ellen Stofan, Credit: Mat Kaplan
Planetary geologist Ellen Stofan has just become Director of the most popular museum in the United States. The NASM protects and shares the greate...

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  • Added: May 29, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Why Mars? We’ve Got the Answers
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: “Why Mars?” closing panel at the 2018 Humans to Mars Summit. (l. to r.) Mat Kaplan, Saralyn Mark, Jeff Bingham, Jim Garvin, Keri Kukral, Janey Ivey, Nicholas Agnew, “Astronaut Abby,” Artemis Westenberg, Credit: ©CherylNemazie.com
The great adventure awaits! Mat Kaplan hosts an entertaining panel discussion at the 2018 Humans to Mars Summit in Washington DC. Eight guests pro...

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  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Amy Mainzer: Asteroid Hunter
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of NEOWISE spacecraft in Earth orbit, Credit: NASA/JPL
After taking over 10 million images of more than 30,000 solar system objects, the NEOWISE mission is finally in its last months. Principal Investi...

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  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
All Shook Up: The InSight Mission to Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: InSight PI Bruce Banerdt in the cleanroom with the Planetary Society's Emily Lakdawalla and the spacecraft., Credit: The Planetary Society
No mission to Mars has done what InSight will do. The lander’s spectacularly sensitive instruments will use the Red Planet’s heat and marsquakes t...

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  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Planetary Radio Live! – Celebrating Curiosity on Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The cover of Emily Lakdawalla's new and fascinating book about Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Credit: Springer Praxis
Join us for an utterly fascinating live conversation with Emily Lakdawalla about her brand new book, The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How t...

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  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Yuri’s Night 2018!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Yuri’s Night founder Loretta Whitesides presents an award to Anousheh Ansari, Credit: Mat Kaplan
Host Mat Kaplan once again attends the worldwide party for space. Join him at the Los Angeles celebration under Space Shuttle Endeavour. You’ll h...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Visiting the Earth-Like Worlds of TRAPPIST-1
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of the planets circling the star known as Trappist-1, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
We have begun to understand the composition of worlds that are hundreds of trillions of kilometers from Earth. Astronomer Nikole Lewis is co-leader...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
AI, Space, and Humanity’s Future—A Conversation with David Brin
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Author and futurist David Brin, Credit: Cheryl Brigham
The multi-award winning science fiction author, futurist and speaker returns to Planetary Radio for a wide-ranging conversation about robots and hu...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Stephen Hawking: Spaceflight Pioneer!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Physicist Stephen Hawking enjoys zero gravity during a flight aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp. (Zero G), Credit: Jim Campbell/Aero-News Network
He is known for his breakthrough physics and popularizing of science, but Dr. Hawking also wanted to fly in space. Erik Viirre led the medical team...

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Amateur Astronomers Work To Save Earth From Asteroids!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Australian astronomer Julian Oey has just been awarded a second Shoemaker Near Earth Object grant., Credit: Blue Mountains Observatory
Seven astronomers have been selected to receive Shoemaker NEO (Near Earth Object) grants from the Planetary Society. They and their observatories ...

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  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Visiting the Birthplace of PlanetVac
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: 3D-printed PlanetVac prototypes at Honeybee Robotics., Credit: Bruce Betts
Space is hard. Sample collection and return is harder still. That’s why the radically-simplified PlanetVac system from Honeybee Robotics is so in...

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
The Eyes of a New Mars Rover: Mastcam-Z
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist Concept of the Mars 2020 Rover, with Mastcam-Z, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Mat Kaplan attended a meeting of the science team for the zoom lens camera that will be atop the Mars 2020 rover mast. Planetary Scientist Jim Bel...

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  • Added: Feb 21, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Space, SETI, the Singularity and Shostak
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array in northern California searches the sky for radio signals from an alien intelligence., Credit: The SETI Institute
Where is everybody? That was the question physicist Enrico Fermi asked when he wondered why we hadn’t yet met ET. What will happen if we do? Will ...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Going to Sea to Sail Through Space: Orion Ocean Recovery Testing
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: US Navy divers assist NASA and the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD-23) in recovery of a mock-up capsule designed to roughly simulate the size, shape, mass and center of gravity of the Orion crew module., Credit: US Navy
Join Mat Kaplan on a visit to Naval Base San Diego and the USS Anchorage, the amphibious ship that has just completed a round of Orion spacecraft r...

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  • Added: Jan 30, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Living in Space!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Will humans in the distant future build and live in tremendous space habitats like the one picture here? The first steps are being taken by NASA, SpaceX and many other organizations., Credit: Skyframe Research & Development/Peter Rubin, Iron Rooster Studios
Mat Kaplan talks with participants in the National Space Society’s recent Space Settlement Summit about human destiny in space. There’s a consensus...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
It’s a Hard Rain on Titan
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Radar images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal many lakes on Titan's surface, some filled with liquid, and some appearing as empty depressions. The data were obtained by Cassini's radar instrument from 2004 to 2013., Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASI / USGS
A computer model based on our best data about Saturn’s cloud-shrouded moon says that torrential liquid methane pounds the surface far more frequent...

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  • Added: Jan 17, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Mysterious Tabby’s Star, With Tabby Herself
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of uneven dust ring surrounding “Tabby’s Star” KIC 8462852, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
It may not host an alien “megastructure” but Tabby’s Star still guards many mysteries of science. Astronomer and astrophysicist Tabetha “Tabby” Boy...

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  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Flowing Water on Mars? Not So Much
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Recurring slope lineae or RSLs on Mars are not likely to indicate flowing water according to new research., Credit: NASA/JPL/UA/Emily Lakdawalla
Mars scientists dubbed them recurring slope lineae or RSLs. They sure looked like evidence of liquid water flowing down hillsides and ridges on th...

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
President Trump Sets Course for the Moon
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Representatives of Congress and the National Space Council, along with several astronauts, joined President Donald J. Trump, for the president’s signing of Space Policy Directive 1., Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
On December 11th President Donald Trump signed a memorandum that firmly points the US space effort toward the Moon, but without providing many deta...

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
A Visitor From the Stars: ‘Oumuamua
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This artist's impression shows the first detected interstellar asteroid: `Oumuamua. This unique object was discovered on October 19, 2017 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawai`i. `Oumuamua seems to be a dark red highly-elongated metallic or rocky object,, Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
The first confirmed interstellar visitor to our solar system is a needle-shaped asteroid given the Hawaiian name ‘Oumuamua. Karen Meech leads the ...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Bob Richards and Moon Express
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of Moon Express MX-9 Sample Return Ascent, Credit: Moon Express
Moon Express Founder and CEO Bob Richards shares an inspiring vision for a return to the Moon. It includes introduction of a sophisticated line of...

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
The Honorable Adam Schiff—Another Congressional Space Enthusiast
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: California Congressman Adam Schiff , Credit: Adam Schiff
They may disagree about nearly every other issue, but many Republican and Democratic congressional representatives find common ground where there i...

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  • Added: Nov 15, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
André Bormanis and Emily Lakdawalla on Life, the Universe and Everything
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This beautiful view of the Lagoon Nebula was acquired in May–June 2015. It’s about 55 light years wide, and is just over 4,000 light years from our solar system., Credit: Adam Block / Mount Lemmon SkyCenter / University of Arizona
Join us for a wide-ranging, salon-style conversation about space exploration, science, art and more. Mat’s guests are astronomer, television produ...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Searching for ET With Pete Worden
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Very Large Array in New Mexico, Credit: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Are we alone? The nearly sixty-year effort to answer that question has gotten a big boost from the Breakthrough Initiatives, funded by Yuri Milner ...

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8