Observatory Director Francisco Córdova on the Devastating Loss of Arecibo
The 900-ton instrument platform suspended high above the giant Arecibo dish crashed downward in the early morning hours of December 1st. Host Mat Kaplan had recorded a conversation with the leader of ...
2 Des 202045min
More Moon Water and an Update from Venus on Our 18th Anniversary!
We celebrate 18 years of Planetary Radio with two great features and 10 personal questions for host Mat Kaplan from Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts. Astronomer Jane Greaves is back with ...
25 Nov 202053min
Revealing Mars From Above, and Crew Dragon is Go!
Jeffrey Plaut and Richard Zurek are the project scientists for two of the most successful and long-lived Mars missions. Their orbiters, Mars Odyssey and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, are still deli...
18 Nov 20201h 1min
Space Policy Edition: NASA's Post-Election Landscape
The United States' 2020 elections are over. What do the results mean for NASA in the years ahead? To help answer that question, we welcome back Brendan Curry, The Planetary Society's Chief of D.C. Ope...
13 Nov 202056min
A Rogue World Wanders as PlanetVac Heads for the Moon and Mars
In a jam-packed episode, we’ll talk to a discoverer of a distant, lonely planet that wanders the galaxy, and then turn to plans to send a radically-simple sample collection system to the Moon and Mars...
11 Nov 202055min
A Return to Asteroid Mining, and Digging Into Space Ethics with Joel Sercel
At least two ambitious, smart asteroid mining companies have gone bust. Joel Sercel makes the case that his new effort comes at a much better time, and with a better approach. He’ll also share his aud...
4 Nov 20201h 7min
A Deep Dive into Asteroid Bennu With Dante Lauretta
We are joined by the leader of the OSIRIS-REx mission that sampled an asteroid last week. Dante reveals just how brilliantly successful the encounter was, and describes preparations for the journey ba...
28 Okt 202044min
We Have Sampled an Asteroid! And the Search for Life Above Venus
OSIRIS-REx has done it! We have special coverage of the spacecraft’s successful collection of a sample from asteroid Bennu. Then we talk with Jane Greaves, leader of the team that found evidence of ph...
21 Okt 202050min
