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416-Odd Ball
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid soars into the lonely space high above and below the plane of our solar system.

Bought by KENW, KKRN, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
415-Well Done
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A three football field sized asteroid survives on a harrowing path around our Sun.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, KUPR low power FM, and WLPR


  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
413-Fission Rocket
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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To cut the mission time to Mars, the risks, and the mass of supplies required for such a prolonged space mission NASA is looking at alternative mea...

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM, WLPR , KKRN and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
408-Earth's Pet Rock
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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On it's gravitational leash, Earth's pet space rock, 2016 HO3, accompanies us at a distance of between 38 and 100 times the Moon's distance from Ea...

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
402-Above Scotland
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
The CubeSat industry is making relatively low cost exploration of space possible and is creating heretofore undreamed of opportunities for the hum...

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, WTIP and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
400-Roving Venus
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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To survive on Venus where the temperature is 864F and the surface air pressure is 90 times that of Earth, NASA and JPL engineers are exploring the ...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KSFR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
398-Mars Rocks
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A visitor from Mars lands near Tata, Morocco on July 11, 2011. Pieces of it are worth 10 times their weight in Gold.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, WLPR , KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
397-Spotting Meteors
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Meteors, shooting stars, or falling stars are different names for the streaks of light in the night sky which are in reality the dying embers of t...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, WLPR , KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
396-Jupiter
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Jupiter has been observed by humans through out history, shaped our solar system, and made it possible for Earth to form.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, WLPR , KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
394-Tiny Beasts
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A partnership with yeast and algae will enable spacefaring humans to use their waste products to produce food and plastics during long duration spa...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, WLPR , KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KSFR and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
393-Newest Moon
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The moon cycle from new moon through full moon and back to new moon again was used by many nations to regulate their activities and forms the basis...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WLPR , KKRN and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
387-Florence
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Florence is the largest asteroid in more than 100 years to approach the Earth.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KPIP-LP, KUPR low power FM, WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
374-Brute
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Large potentially dangerous asteroids are still being discovered.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 13, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
373-Kepler's Planets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Kepler Space Telescope has discovered more than 50 habitable Earth sized planets orbiting distant stars.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KUPR low power FM, WOUB, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
372-Trappist-1 Planets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
The Trappist-1 solar system consists of a dim red star and 7 Earth sized planets. Humans are beginning to explore this fascinating new potentially ...

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KKRN, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
369-Finding Treasure
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Space miners can up their odds by prospecting with ground based telescopes.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KKRN, KRWG and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
368-Asteroid Alert
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
NASA's Scout and Sentry software systems allow asteroid hunters to study and keep track of potentially dangerous asteroids.

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KRWG, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
367-Future Impactor
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A 33 foot diameter asteroid has about a 1% chance of impacting the Earth in the distant future.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KRWG, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
364-Laser Surfing
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Laser propelled ultra light space probes could be sent to explore nearby worlds.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
363-Scoping Planets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Humans can measure signs of life in nearby worlds.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 08, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
362-Asteroid Day
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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2017 Asteroid day events are being held at more than 500 hundred locations in 72 countries world wide. Participants at Asteroid Day events are enco...

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KUPR low power FM, WLPR , KENW and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
360-Rolling In
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A small space rock streaks past our home planet.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WLPR , KENW, KUPR low power FM, KRWG and more


  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
358-Bigee
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Large potentially dangerous asteroids are still out there.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KRWG, KKRN, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
357-Double Trouble
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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About 16% of the Earth approaching asteroids larger than 600 feet in diameter have orbiting companions. How do we defend against such a complex obj...

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KRWG, KKRN, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
341-Ballooning To Space
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A ride under a balloon can give you several hours to enjoy the wonders of the Earth and its curvature against the back drop of space.

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KKRN, and KRWG


  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5