Live from Washington, D.C.: The future of space politics
Join Sarah Al-Ahmed and Casey Dreier for a special live recording of Planetary Radio at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C., immediately following The Planetary Society’s...
2 Apr 20251h 13min
The Other Moonshot: The untold stories of Apollo’s Black engineers in Los Angeles
The Apollo program put humans on the Moon, but behind that historic achievement were engineers whose stories have gone largely untold. In this episode, “LA Made: The Other Moonshot” host Joanne Higgin...
26 Mars 202558min
The Mars Innovation Workshop
We take you inside the Mars Innovation Workshop, hosted at the SETI Institute’s headquarters and produced by Explore Mars. Planetary Society Senior Communications Advisor Mat Kaplan shares highlights ...
19 Mars 202559min
An extinction-level event for NASA science
NASA's science missions have transformed our understanding of the Universe, from breathtaking images of deep space to robotic explorers on Mars. But now, a reported 50% cut to NASA's science budget th...
12 Mars 20251h 7min
Space Policy Edition: Locke, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (in space)
Philosopher Rebecca Lowe joins us to explore how the ideas of classical liberalism can provide fresh insight into humanity’s activities in space. Our conversation explores the philosophical tensions b...
7 Mars 20251h 17min
Breaking down Bennu: OSIRIS-REx finds life’s building blocks in asteroid sample
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has returned pristine samples from asteroid Bennu to Earth, and the early results are remarkable. Sample analysts have confirmed the presence of abundant organic compounds, n...
5 Mars 202558min
Genesis: The sample return mission that fell to Earth and still succeeded
Twenty years ago, NASA’s Genesis spacecraft returned to Earth carrying precious samples of the solar wind, only to crash-land in the Utah desert. But that wasn’t the end of the mission. Amy Jurewicz, ...
26 Feb 20251h 1min
Astronaut Hayley shares her brave adventure
From IV drips to rocket ships, Hayley Arceneaux has been on a journey. She joins Planetary Radio to discuss her memoir “Wild Ride” and her newly released kid's book “Astronaut Hayley's Brave Adventure...
19 Feb 202559min
