Mat Kaplan
- Username: MatKaplan
- Producer/Host
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Recent Pieces from Mat Kaplan

Sail on! Bill Nye and others celebrate LightSail 2’s three years in space
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From: Mat Kaplan
Celebrate the third anniversary of LightSail 2’s launch with Bill Nye and other leaders of The Planetary Society.

Planetary Radio Live in London: The Moons Symphony
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From: Mat Kaplan
Join us for Planetary Radio Live at Imperial College London!

Cassini’s Dramatic End: A Planetary Radio Reprise
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From: Mat Kaplan
We were there when the spacecraft ended 13 years of exploration and revelation at Saturn.

Today Antarctica, tomorrow Europa: Britney Schmidt explores under the ice
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From: Mat Kaplan
Britney Schmidt is preparing us for the day when a submarine will slip into the seas of an ocean world like Europa to search for life.

Perseverance Perseveres: A Mars rover update from Ken Farley
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From: Mat Kaplan
The Mars 2020 rover has rolled into an ancient river delta on the Red Planet. Will we find evidence of past life there?

Heavy Metal: An encounter with the Psyche spacecraft
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From: Mat Kaplan
Suit up for a clean room encounter with the Psyche spacecraft that will soon launch toward the asteroid belt.

The End of Astronauts?
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From: Mat Kaplan
Britain’s Astronomer Royal Martin Rees and science writer Don Goldsmith question the value of putting astronauts in harm’s way at great expense in their new book.

Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise
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From: Mat Kaplan
Fred Haise takes us on board the mission that almost didn’t make it home from the Moon.
