China on the Final Frontier
Low Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, even Neptune and the edge of the solar system--China’s ambitious plans for space exploration and development are laid out by Planetary Society contributing editor and ...
24 Jun 202051min
LightSail 2: A Year of Solar Sailing
The LightSail 2 team and 50,000 supporters around the world will celebrate the little spacecraft’s first anniversary on orbit in a few days. Planetary Society Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Vaughn r...
17 Jun 202051min
Staying Alive in Space
Keeping humans alive and well in space is hard enough. How will this be accomplished on a 3-year journey to Mars and back? Paragon President and CEO Grant Anderson shares the great progress we’ve made...
10 Jun 202057min
Space Policy Edition: NASA’s Gamble Pays Off
SpaceX's Crew Dragon safely carried 2 astronauts to the ISS, nearly a decade after NASA made a huge bet on commercial partnerships to solve a problem of access to the space station. Casey and Mat expl...
5 Jun 20201h 17min
Crew Dragon Thrills While Mars Chills
This episode opens with a special message about The Planetary Society’s response to recent news, followed by a period of silence that marks the unjust loss of George Floyd and other black men and wome...
3 Jun 202048min
Celebrating 30 Years of Hubble with Astronaut John Grunsfeld
Former astronaut and NASA Associate Administrator John Grunsfeld is often called the Hubble Repairman. He made three space shuttle trips to the space telescope to repair and upgrade it. Now he looks b...
27 Mai 20201h 1min
Crew Dragon Deep Dive with Astronaut Garrett Reisman
Engineer and former astronaut Garrett Reisman spent four months on the International Space Station before moving to SpaceX. Ten years of work at the company are about to climax when a Crew Dragon caps...
20 Mai 202043min
Looking for Life in Alien Oceans
Jet Propulsion Lab astrobiologist Kevin Hand has just written Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space. Kevin and Mat explore these seas and whether they may have nurtured organisms wi...
13 Mai 202053min
