The Canadian Lunar Rover with Peter Visscher
In this week’s episode, Director of Canadensys West Peter Visscher fills us in on the upcoming Canadian lunar rover. Visscher has been working on the rover for years. Bruce Betts also returns to the s...
1 Maalis 202336min
Martian rock collecting: From meteorites to Mars Sample Return
Exciting updates to the plans to return samples from Mars to Earth are underway. Meenakshi Wadhwa, principal scientist for Mars Sample Return at NASA JPL, shares what we have learned from our studies ...
22 Helmi 202346min
Are we alone? The search for alien technosignatures
A new volunteer science project to search for alien technosignatures has launched! Jean-Luc Margot and Megan Li from UCLA join us to share the exciting debut of their Planetary Society STEP Grant-fund...
15 Helmi 202358min
More on Mars’ Watery History
Mars expert Tanya Harrison shares the details on some of the newest discoveries about Mars’ history, including the discovery of an impact crater thought to be linked to a megatsunami in Mars’ ancient ...
8 Helmi 202354min
Space Policy Edition: The White House's Matt Daniels on the U.S.'s New Cislunar Strategy
For the first time in history, the White House laid out a national policy for science and technology in the vast expanse of cislunar space. This policy is not just for NASA — it's an all-of-government...
3 Helmi 20231h 17min
JWST confirms its first exoplanet
The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the discovery of its first exoplanet. Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, one of the leads on the team that made the detection, joins us to discuss the details. We share ...
1 Helmi 202359min
Juno Journeys to Jupiter’s Moons
Dive into the latest discoveries about Jupiter’s moons Ganymede, Europa, and Io with Scott Bolton, the principal investigator for NASA’s Juno mission. We share analysis of the data collected by the sp...
25 Tammi 202355min
Martian Mic Drop
Jason Achilles, a musician who partnered with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to help put one of the first microphones on Mars, shares his journey and the joy of listening to the sounds of Mars. We a...
18 Tammi 202347min
