Sarah Al Amiri and the new UAE mission to the asteroid belt
The chair of the United Arab Emirates space agency returns with news of an ambitious mission to explore seven asteroids. Sarah also shares the latest science from the Emirates Mars Mission Hope orbite...
3 Nov 202148min
Sally Ride: Revisiting our 2005 conversation
Host Mat Kaplan has wanted to reshare his first conversation with the great Sally Ride for years. Sally talks about women in space, the loss of space shuttle Challenger, and her devotion to sharing th...
27 Okt 202130min
Amazing Technology at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium
Planetary Radio host Mat Kaplan interviewed NIAC Fellows about their revolutionary projects as part of the 2021 virtual symposium. You’ll hear highlights including how we might grow structures on the ...
20 Okt 20211h 18min
Leaders of the Lucy asteroid mission
A delightful, exclusive conversation with principal investigator Hal Levison, deputy principal investigator Cathy Olkin and deputy project systems engineer Mike Sekerak on the eve of Lucy’s launch tow...
13 Okt 20211h 2min
Why didn’t Dawn land on dwarf planet Ceres?
It started with a question from a listener. The answer comes from Dawn mission chief engineer and mission director Marc Rayman. Marc also tells us about his new job as chief engineer for mission opera...
6 Okt 202138min
Space Policy Edition: NASA's Congressional Logjam
A polarized U.S. Congress is juggling nearly half a dozen pieces of major legislation, several of which face time-sensitive deadlines that, if missed, could create significant disruption for major NAS...
1 Okt 202157min
Mars Beckons: The 2021 Humans to Mars Summit
Mars all-stars gathered online for September’s annual Humans to Mars summit produced by Explore Mars. Planetary Radio host Mat Kaplan moderated three intriguing panels with participants including lead...
29 Sep 20211h 7min
The Wonderful: a new documentary about the International Space Station
Clare Lewins has created a film that takes us inside the lives of people who have lived and worked on the International Space Station. Cady Coleman is one of the featured astronauts in this beautiful,...
22 Sep 202158min
