Science from the Moon, and former NASA chief scientist Jim Green looks back
Host Mat Kaplan leads with a special announcement. Then we spend a fascinating hour with the former director of NASA’s Planetary Science division and retired chief scientist Jim Green, who reports on ...
20 Jul 20221h 19min
The JWST: An Awesome New Window on the Universe Opens Wide
Have you seen them? Five spectacular images have given us a taste of what’s ahead from the James Webb Space Telescope. Bill Nye will share his reactions after we hear excerpts from NASA’s image reveal...
13 Jul 20221h 16min
A Hero of the New Space Age: Lori Garver and Escaping Gravity
No one deserves more credit for enabling the new era of commercial space development than former NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver. That includes the commercial crew program that brings astronauts...
6 Jul 20221h 19min
Space Policy Edition: Pathfinder and the Birth of the Discovery Program
It’s the 25th anniversary of the Pathfinder Mars mission and Sojourner, the first rover on the Red Planet. Historian Michael Neufeld joins the show to put this path blazing mission in context as the s...
1 Jul 20221h 15min
Asteroid Day! Earth Plays Defense
We Earthlings are making progress toward defending our planet from near-Earth objects, which is reason enough for the annual Asteroid Day celebration. Co-founder Danica Remy tells us what to expect, w...
29 Jun 202255min
Sail on! Bill Nye and others celebrate LightSail 2’s three years in space
The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 rocketed into orbit three years ago. Society CEO Bill Nye, chief operating officer Jennifer Vaughn, and LightSail program manager Bruce Betts join Mat Kaplan for a ...
22 Jun 202257min
Portrait of a Scientist: A Conversation with Psyche mission leader Lindy Elkins-Tanton
Lindy Elkins-Tanton’s wonderful new memoir is titled, “A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman.” Host Mat Kaplan talks with Lindy about this sometimes harrowing, often heroic, and adventurous chr...
15 Jun 20221h 9min
Planetary Radio at the Humans to Mars Summit
Join host Mat Kaplan in Washington D.C. for conversations with outstanding presenters at the first in-person Humans to Mars Summit in three years. You’ll hear from Inspiration 4 astronaut Sian Proctor...
8 Jun 20221h 20min
