Space Policy Edition: The Geopolitics of a Successful SETI Detection
What would nation-states do in response to a signal from an alien intelligence? Would they compete for status and control of the message, or hope to gain some technological advantage from its contents...
7 Okt 20221h 2min
Grounded: The director of the SOFIA flying observatory looks back
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) made its last flight on Sept. 30, 2022. Astronomer Margaret Meixner was onboard as the huge telescope built into a 747 aircraft ended its o...
5 Okt 202244min
Bull’s-eye! DART impacts Dimorphos, and we meet space image artist and processor Judy Schmidt
They did it! The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft scored a direct hit on Dimorphos. We’ve got the thrilling last moments before impact, followed by an exclusive, triumphant conversat...
28 Sep 20221h 8min
Countdown to DART: Will We Move an Asteroid?
We are less than a week from the DART spacecraft’s impact on asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as this episode is published. Mission Coordination Lead Nancy Chabot gives us a status update and a preview of w...
21 Sep 202252min
It’s Not Just NASA: Space Agency Leaders at the Artemis 1 Launch Attempt
More than 100,000 came to the Kennedy Space Center hoping to see Artemis 1 head for the Moon on August 29. Among them were leaders of the European Space Agency (ESA), the German Aerospace Center (DLR)...
14 Sep 20221h 17min
Countdown to Artemis, The Return to the Moon
Come with us to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for our special coverage of the first attempt to launch the giant Space Launch System rocket toward the Moon. You’ll hear astronaut Thomas Pesquet, “Everyda...
7 Sep 20221h 10min
Space Policy Edition: Mike Gold on Crafting the Artemis Accords
As we wait for the launch of Artemis 1, we explore the Artemis Accords: a shared set of principles for exploring space, signed now by more than twenty nations. The accords outline a set of peaceful be...
2 Sep 20221h 3min
The Voyager Mission: A 45th Anniversary Celebration
Join us at the Jet Propulsion Lab for the celebration of the two Voyager spacecrafts’ 45-year journey across the solar system and beyond. Stick around for a stimulating conversation with Ann Druyan, c...
31 Aug 20221h 18min
