Mat Kaplan
- Username: MatKaplan
- Producer/Host
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Recent Pieces from Mat Kaplan

The High Frontier: A New Documentary About Gerard K. O’Neill
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From: Mat Kaplan
Gerard K. O’Neill envisioned vast, magnificent human settlements in space. His followers, including Jeff Bezos, are working to turn his vision into reality.

NASA’s TESS Exoplanet Mission Finds Over 2,000 Possible New Worlds
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From: Mat Kaplan
Exoplanet hunter and artist Natalia Guerrero of MIT reveals the discovery of many more possible new worlds by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.

The Perseverance Rover and a Great First Month on Mars
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From: Mat Kaplan
Perseverance rover deputy project scientists Katie Stack Morgan and Ken Williford share the latest developments from Mars’ newest robot resident.

Return From Ryugu: The Hayabusa2 Leader on His Mission’s Success
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From: Mat Kaplan
Hayabusa2 project manager Yuichi Tsuda shares the exciting success of Japan’s sample return mission ti asteroid Ryugu.

InSight’s Mole: A Martian Science Odyssey
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From: Mat Kaplan
NASA engineer and scientist Troy Hudson shares the sad but ultimately inspiring story of a two-year attempt to dig deep beneath the surface of Mars.

Spinoffs: How NASA Technologies Benefit Life on Earth
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From: Mat Kaplan
We examine a few of the thousands of technologies and innovations developed by NASA that are making lives better around our planet.

Planetfest ’21: To Mars and Back Again
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From: Mat Kaplan
Author of The Martian Andy Weir and the leader of the United Arab Emirates’ successful Hope Mars orbiter mission joined other Mars all-stars at Planetfest ’21.

The Big Book of Mars: Our Obsession with the Red Planet
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From: Mat Kaplan
Author Marc Hartzman’s new book celebrates the wonder of the Red Planet and how it entered popular culture.

A Cosmic Odyssey: Decades of Discovery at the Palomar Observatory
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From: Mat Kaplan
How astronomers at California’s Palomar Observatory revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos.
