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Alan Stern and a Triumph at Pluto
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: New Horizons enhanced color image of Pluto, Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Alan Stern of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond was in Pasadena for the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s Division f...

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Charley Kohlhase and the Greatest Voyage
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: James Blinn (l.) and a young Charley Kohlhase (r.) working at JPL on pioneering computer animations of the Voyager flybys., Credit: Charley Kohlhase
How did the Voyager spacecraft manage to weave their magnificent way through the outer planets of our solar system? Mission Design Manager Charley...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 3
Trekkin’ Across the Universe With Andrew Fazekas
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: One of many illustrations from "Star Trek, The Official Guide to Our Universe", Credit: CBS
The Night Sky Guy, Andrew Fazekas, talks about his beautiful new, Star Trek-inspired guide to the real wonders of astronomy. Emily Lakdawalla has ...

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Farewell Rosetta
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Comet 67P/Churyumov/Gerasimenko, Rosetta’s final resting place., Credit: ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / SSO / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA
The European Space Agency’s magnificent Rosetta mission ended last week as the spacecraft gently touched down on the comet it has revealed. You’ll ...

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Rocket Road Trip!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jason Davis at business end of the SLS RS-25 rocket motor., Credit: Casey Dreier
Planetary Society Digital Editor Jason Davis returns with the story of the ten-day trek across the South he just completed with two Society colleag...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Cassini at Saturn: The Final Year
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Saturn and Cassini, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The great Cassini spacecraft has a year to go before it plunges into the ringed planet. Project Scientist Linda Spilker returns with more amazing m...

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  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
OSIRIS REx: The Voyage to Bennu Begins, With Dante Lauretta
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: OSIRIS REx departs for asteroid Bennu atop an Atlas V, Credit: Jason Davis/The Planetary Society
In two years a Near Earth Asteroid now known as Bennu will have a visitor from Earth. OSIRIS REx Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta reports on h...

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Spinoffs! Sharing NASA Technology
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA Spinoff 2016 Book, Credit: NASA
In its nearly five decades, NASA has created or improved thousands of technologies, processes and innovations. Dan Lockney is in charge of making ...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
The Pale Red Dot: A Planet Called Proxima b
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s impression of planet Proxima b., Credit: European Southern Observatory
The announcement was made just days ago. Co-discoverer Michael Endl tells us about the discovery of a roughly Earth-mass planet orbiting in the hab...

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Could the Soviet Union Have Won the Space Race?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Scale rendering of the Soviet LK moon lander next to the US Lunar Module., Credit: Eberhard Marx
Space historian and policy expert John Logsdon joins Mat Kaplan for a fascinating conversation about how the US could have lost the race to the moo...

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  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Sailing the Canyons of Titan
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cassini radar image of flooded canyons on Titan, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI/Cornell
Steep canyons on Saturn's moon Titan are filled with liquid methane. That's the discovery just announced by an international team of Cassini scient...

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Interstellar Dreams Turn Real
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Breakthrough Starshot, Credit: BreakthroughInitiatives.org
Philip Lubin and his former student Travis Brashears have had quite a year. Their bold plan to send tiny probes to nearby stars is now supported b...

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Anatomy of a Rover--Getting Down to Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: DJ Byrne, Don Heyer, Raul Perez with a TDS electronics "slice", Credit: Mat Kaplan
It takes a lot of terrific components to create a successful spacecraft like Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory. We’ll visit JPL to learn about...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Juno Reaches Jupiter!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Juno Mission PI Scott Bolton, Credit: Mat Kaplan
Return with us to the evening of July 4, 2016 and the exciting arrival at Jupiter of the Juno orbiter. You’ll hear the moment of successful orbita...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Fighting for Space: Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Lori Garver shares with young people at Politicon., Credit: Mat Kaplan
She has spent most of her life working toward a bright future for humanity in space, and Lori Garver has lost none of her passion. She visited the...

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  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Countdown to Jupiter
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s concept of Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Juno will enter Jupiter orbit on July 4th. Mat Kaplan talks with the mission’s Principal Investigator, Scott Bolton at the Jet Propulsion Laborato...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Getting Humans To Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA
Three NASA leaders talk with host Mat Kaplan about the progress we're making toward leaving footprints on the Red Planet. Emily Lakdawalla showcase...

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  • Added: May 31, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
A Big Test for LightSail 2
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: LightSail 2 successfully deployed its sails in the May 23rd Day In The Life Test, Credit: Jason Davis
The Planetary Society’s solar sail spacecraft was in the middle of a critical test as we spoke with the Society’s Bruce Betts and Jason Davis. Mat...

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  • Added: May 23, 2016
  • 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
At Space Symposium with the Leader of the European Space Agency
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A 2016 Space Symposium panel featuring the leaders of many national space agencies., Credit: Mat Kaplan
The annual Space Symposium in Colorado is a must-attend event for space leaders from around the world. Our coverage begins with ESA Director Genera...

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  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Exploring Europa and Mining Asteroids at Yuri’s Night
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: 2) JPL’s Bob Pappalardo and Bobak Ferdowsi at Yuri’s Night, Credit: Mat Kaplan
Our special coverage from the Los Angeles Yuri’s Night party continues with Chris Lewicki of Planetary Resources along with Bob Pappalardo and Boba...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Michel Mayor, Discoverer of the First Extrasolar World
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Professor Emeritus Michel Mayor, discoverer of the first extrasolar planet, and recipient of a 2015 Kyoto Prize., Credit: UC San Diego
Michel Mayor and his team rocked the astronomy world with their 1995 announcement, but this modest man says it was a discovery whose time had come....

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  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 7
Ashwin Vasavada, Leader of Scientists Roving Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Ashwin Vasavada of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory became the project scientist for the Mars Science Laboratory Project in January 2015., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The new Mars Science Laboratory Project Scientist is not new to the mission. Ashwin Vasavada has worked on the Curiosity rover since 2004. Emily L...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Planetary Radio Live: All These Worlds
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artistic rendering of Planet 9 with the distant Sun in the background., Credit: Caltech / R. Hurt (IPAC)
Our live conversation about “Planet 9” and the amazing diversity of our solar system, featuring Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown of Caltech, Senio...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
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