Galileo at 30: How a mission transformed our understanding of Jupiter
Thirty years ago, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft became the first mission to orbit Jupiter, opening a new chapter in our exploration of the outer Solar System. Over eight years around Jupiter, Galileo tran...
17 Dec 202557min
Space Policy Edition: The Moral Case for Space Science
Why do we explore space, and why does science matter in the first place? In this Space Policy Edition rerun, Planetary Society Chief of Space Policy Casey Dreier revisits a deeply influential 2020 con...
12 Dec 20251h 8min
Inside the 2025 Mars Society Convention
The 2025 International Mars Society Convention convened at the University of Southern California this October for three days of passionate discussion about humanity’s future on the red planet. Speaker...
10 Dec 202557min
ESCAPADE begins its journey to Mars
NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft have finally launched on their journey to Mars. Designed to study how the solar wind interacts with Mars’ patchy magnetic fields and drives the loss of its atmosphere, ...
3 Dec 20251h 6min
Smart Girl Dumb Questions: Casey Dreier answers why space is worth it
This week on Planetary Radio, we’re sharing a special conversation from our friends at the Smart Girl Dumb Questions podcast. Host Nayeema Raza sits down with The Planetary Society’s Chief of Space Po...
26 Nov 20251h
Book Club Edition: The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America by David Baron
There was a time when almost everyone, from Alexander Graham Bell to the Wall Street Journal, believed there was a supremely intelligent civilization on Mars, one that was probably trying to talk to E...
21 Nov 20251h 3min
Epic Spaceman: Making cosmic scale human
When his filmmaking career stalled during the pandemic, Toby Lockerbie turned to the one place that had never stopped inspiring him: the Universe. With no background in visual effects, he taught himse...
19 Nov 202559min
The Planetary Society goes to TwitchCon 2025
The Planetary Society heads to TwitchCon 2025 to explore how scientists and educators use livestreaming to share the excitement of discovery. We begin with Moohoodles, one of Twitch’s pioneering space...
12 Nov 20251h 1min
