Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise
“Never panic early” is both Fred Haise’s motto and the title of his new memoir. Join us for a wonderful hour of stories about the Moon mission that almost didn’t make it home, along with Fred’s memori...
13 Huhti 20221h 10min
Space Policy Edition: NASA's 2023 Budget Request
The Biden administration is proposing $26 billion for NASA next year, with significant increases benefiting the Artemis program, Mars Sample Return and Earth Science missions. But not everything is go...
8 Huhti 20221h 5min
Neptune Odyssey: why we need to visit an ice giant
Recommendations made in the 2023-2032 Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey will be revealed on April 19. One of the 11 design studies commissioned for the survey explores a flagship missi...
6 Huhti 202245min
X-raying the universe with Martin Weisskopf
He helped invent X-ray astronomy more than 50 years ago. Martin Weisskopf still leads the field as project scientist for the spectacular Chandra X-ray Observatory and principal investigator for the br...
30 Maalis 202255min
Legendary Space Physics Pioneer Margaret Kivelson
At 93, Margaret Kivelson is still at the center of space science and policy. In this charming conversation she shares anecdotes about her early life, how she entered the new field of space physics and...
23 Maalis 202252min
Planetary Radio Special Edition: The Voyager Golden Record by Twenty Thousand Hertz
We are honored to offer you this outstanding episode of one of our favorite podcasts. Twenty Thousand Hertz reveals the stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds. Here they p...
18 Maalis 202233min
Meet the first STEP Grant awardees
Citizen scientists will soon have another opportunity to become part of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, and an innovative project will use a subtle effect of sunlight to learn about near...
16 Maalis 20221h 1min
Water, water everywhere with Bethany Ehlmann
Planetary scientist Bethany Ehlmann has co-authored a paper presenting evidence that liquid surface water flowed on Mars as much as a billion years more recently than previously thought. That’s an ext...
9 Maalis 202248min
