The Coming Descent to Asteroid Bennu
After a year of circling close to near-Earth asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS REx spacecraft is almost ready to dip down and collect a surface sample for return to labs on our home planet. Principal Investi...
22 Jan 20201h 2min
The MILO Institute: Opening the Solar System for Exploration by All
Planetary scientist and bestselling author Jim Bell is joined by space entrepreneur Lon Levin to tell us about the MILO Institute, a new collaboration by Arizona State University, Lockheed Martin and ...
15 Jan 202059min
Space Policy Edition: Houston, We Have a Space Force (with Brian Weeden)
Legislation signed by President Trump in December formally established the 6th branch of the U.S. armed services, the first such expansion in 72 years. What exactly will the new Space Force do? How bi...
10 Jan 20201h 8min
In the Clean Room With the Mars 2020 Rover
Put on your bunny suit! You’re invited to join Mat Kaplan and Emily Lakdawalla in the Jet Propulsion Lab clean room with the Mars 2020 rover. You’ll hear JPL Director Michael Watkins and some of the e...
8 Jan 202047min
Planetary Society All-Stars Look Back at 2019 and Ahead to 2020
Happy new year in space! Editorial Director Jason Davis, Chief Advocate Casey Dreier and Solar System Specialist Emily Lakdawalla join Mat Kaplan for a review of 2019’s biggest news from the final fro...
1 Jan 20201h 17min
What’s Next for Mars Exploration?
The Red Planet is slowly revealing its deepest secrets, but there’s much more to learn. The biggest mystery is whether it has ever been home to life. Caltech and JPL planetary scientist Bethany Ehlman...
25 Des 201946min
Meet the Planetary Society’s Newest Asteroid Hunters
Six amateur astronomers and small observatories around the world have just been named as the recipients of the 2019 Eugene Shoemaker Near Earth Object grants. You’ll meet an Italian who watches the sk...
18 Des 201938min
The Creators of The Expanse
Season 4 of The Expanse is about to begin on Amazon Prime. Host Mat Kaplan visits with the authors of the eight novels (so far) that are the basis of this outstanding hard science fiction series that ...
11 Des 20191h 4min
