The Space Race: Honoring the first African-American space explorers
This week on Planetary Radio, we take a peek behind the scenes at National Geographic's new documentary, “The Space Race,” which celebrates the triumphs and struggles of the first African-American spa...
14 Feb 20241h 3min
Exploring solar eclipses through time
This week on Planetary Radio, we delve into the evolution of humanity's relationship with one of our planet's most awe-inspiring phenomena: total solar eclipses. Ed Krupp, the director of Griffith Obs...
7 Feb 202452min
Space Policy Edition: Space isn’t black — it’s grey
It’s a policy paper episode! Laura Delgado López joins the show to break down “Clearing the Fog: The Grey Zones of Space Governance” by Jessica West and Jordan Miller. Grey zones are harmful or disrup...
2 Feb 20241h 20min
The 20th landing anniversary of Spirit and Opportunity
January marks 20 years since NASA’s twin Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, touched down on the surface of the red planet. Matt Golombek, project scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover Project, jo...
31 Jan 20241h 4min
Blazing a trail to the Moon
We're celebrating lunar missions and the space advocacy that helps make them happen this week on Planetary Radio. Casey Dreier and Jack Kiraly, chief of space policy and director of government relatio...
24 Jan 202459min
What’s hidden inside planets?
Venture into the hearts of worlds and uncover how we study planetary interiors this week on Planetary Radio. Sabine Stanley, professor of planetary physics at Johns Hopkins University and author of th...
17 Jan 20241h 13min
JWST finds a new lead in the search for life on a mysterious exoplanet
This week on Planetary Radio, we're diving into one of the most remarkable new exoplanet discoveries with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). JWST has detected signs of methane and carb...
10 Jan 202451min
Space Policy Edition: India’s growing space ambitions
The history of India’s space program is, in many ways, the inverse of that of the US and Russia. While the two superpowers were outpacing each other in space spectaculars in their early decades, India...
5 Jan 20241h 3min
