Seeking the Killer Space App with Space Tango
Organizations are using the microgravity environment of the International Space Station to develop unique new products. One of them is Kentucky-based Space Tango. We’ll meet its chairman and co-founde...
27 Marras 201951min
Space Books and Gifts for Space Kids of all Ages
Our own Emily Lakdawalla, Planetary Society senior editor and book lover, shares her 2019 list of space books for everyone, from infant to adult. She also presents a list of cool space gifts recommend...
20 Marras 201949min
A Passionate Conversation with Carolyn Porco
The outspoken planetary scientist who led the Cassini imaging team finally sits down with Mat Kaplan for a revealing, fun conversation. We also talk with astronomer Jay Pasachoff while he watches tiny...
13 Marras 20191h 27min
Our Mysterious Sister: Venus
Astrophysicist Javier Peralta takes us deep into the thick, fast-moving clouds of the world that is still called Earth's sister by some. Venus is slow to reveal its secrets. Jason Davis helps us celeb...
6 Marras 201949min
Space Policy Edition: How a Report Can Move Mountains
How can a simple report—just words on a page—lead to creation of a spacecraft? We explore how a 2019 report on the need for a dedicated, space-based telescope to find threatening near-Earth asteroids ...
1 Marras 20191h 30min
Finding Wonder and Meaning in a Book by Carl Sagan’s Daughter
Bill Nye says of Sasha Sagan’s new book, “Sagan finds the meaning of life everywhere—with her family, around the world, and especially among the stars of the cosmos. Read her work; you’ll have a deepe...
30 Loka 201950min
How Long Was Mars Wet?
Planetary scientist Briony Horgan and her team want to know how long liquid water flowed on the surface of the Red Planet before that world froze. Long enough for life to appear and thrive? New work c...
23 Loka 201928min
NASA’s Home for the Bleeding Edge: The 2019 NIAC Symposium
The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program gathers its “fellows” each year to share what they’ve learned about some of the most fascinating science and engineering imaginable. Mat Kaplan visits wit...
16 Loka 20191h 17min
