The Royal Observatory, Greenwich and the Quest for Longitude

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich and the Quest for Longitude

Come with us on a visit to the home of the prime meridian for a conversation with the curator of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich about the race to create a practical means for determining longitude.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Jay Barbree on “Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight”

Jay Barbree on “Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight”

In his 55 years as NBC’s space correspondent, Jay Barbree has won the respect and friendship of many astronauts. Neil Armstrong stands above them all. Now Jay has created this very personal chronicle ...

29 Juli 201439min

Keith Cowing and the ISEE-3 Rebooters

Keith Cowing and the ISEE-3 Rebooters

They have generated excitement, enthusiasm and support throughout the world. The ISEE-3 Reboot Project has succeeded in gaining control over the 36-year old spacecraft, but will they be able to move i...

22 Juli 201428min

Planetary Radio Live: The LightSail Countdown Begins!

Planetary Radio Live: The LightSail Countdown Begins!

LightSail, the Planetary Society’s innovative solar sail cubesat, will ride into space on the huge SpaceX Falcon Heavy, now in development. Bill Nye and others join us for a live celebration of this a...

15 Juli 201428min

Discovered: Titan's Magic Island

Discovered: Titan's Magic Island

Cornell grad student Jason Hofgartner reports on the discovery of what appears (and disappears!) to be an island on one of Titan’s frigid lakes.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

8 Juli 201428min

Was a Natural Fuel Cell Key to the Origin of Life on Earth?

Was a Natural Fuel Cell Key to the Origin of Life on Earth?

There’s so much we don’t know about the origin of life here or anywhere else in the universe. But there must have been an energy source. Researcher Laurie Barge led work that simulated the natural for...

1 Juli 201428min

Elisa Quintana on the Discovery of Earth 2.0

Elisa Quintana on the Discovery of Earth 2.0

Kepler-186f is the very first exoplanet that is both the size of our own world and in the habitable zone surrounding its star. SETI Institute scientist Elisa Quintana is lead author of the paper annou...

24 Juni 201428min

Pathways To Exploration: John Logsdon Analyzes the Human Spaceflight Report

Pathways To Exploration: John Logsdon Analyzes the Human Spaceflight Report

The National Research Council released its long-awaited report June 4th. Distinguished space policy analyst John Logsdon returns to Planetary Radio with his take on this latest attempt to determine th...

17 Juni 201435min

Astronomers Without Borders: Spreading the Wonder Worldwide

Astronomers Without Borders: Spreading the Wonder Worldwide

Astronomers Without Borders Founder and President Mike Simmons and his colleagues share the passion, beauty and joy of the night sky from Argentina to Zambia.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

10 Juni 201428min

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