Mat Kaplan
- Username: MatKaplan
- Producer/Host
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Recent Pieces from Mat Kaplan
Chasing New Horizons to Pluto with Alan Stern
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From: Mat Kaplan
The New Horizons mission was a triumph, revealing Pluto as an utterly unique and beautiful world. The entire, surprisingly dramatic tale has now been told by Principal ...
Why Mars? We’ve Got the Answers
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From: Mat Kaplan
The great adventure awaits! Mat Kaplan hosts an entertaining panel discussion at the 2018 Humans to Mars Summit in Washington DC. Eight guests provide their diverse and ...
Amy Mainzer: Asteroid Hunter
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From: Mat Kaplan
After taking over 10 million images of more than 30,000 solar system objects, the NEOWISE mission is finally in its last months. Principal Investigator Amy Mainzer returns ...
All Shook Up: The InSight Mission to Mars
(28:50)
From: Mat Kaplan
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 to reveal its deep interior ...
Yuri’s Night 2018!
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From: 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 hear conversations with ...
Visiting the Earth-Like Worlds of TRAPPIST-1
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From: Mat Kaplan
We have begun to understand the composition of worlds that are hundreds of trillions of kilometers from Earth. Astronomer Nikole Lewis is co-leader of a team that has used ...
AI, Space, and Humanity’s Future—A Conversation with David Brin
(28:50)
From: Mat Kaplan
The multi-award winning science fiction author, futurist and speaker returns to Planetary Radio for a wide-ranging conversation about robots and humans in space, empathetic ...
A Space Station Crashes to Earth
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From: Mat Kaplan
By the time you hear this week’s episode, China’s Tiangong-1 may have spectacularly re-entered our planet’s atmosphere, raining metal on an unpredictable location. The ...
Stephen Hawking: Spaceflight Pioneer!
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From: Mat Kaplan
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 that helped Stephen ...
