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

7 More Minutes of Terror: Perseverance Arrives at Mars
(28:50)
From: Mat Kaplan
JPL engineer Gregory Villar prepares us for the perilous descent and landing of the 2020 Mars rover on February 18th.

A Symphony for 7 Moons
(28:50)
From: Mat Kaplan
Composer Amanda Lee Falkenberg is joined by Cassini project scientist Linda Spilker and retired astronaut Nicole Stott as she shares excerpts from The Moons Symphony.

Solar Cruiser: A Giant Sail Prepares for Space
(28:50)
From: Mat Kaplan
NASA has given the green light to Principal Investigator Les Johnson and his team for construction of a solar sail that dwarfs all that have come before.

Planetary Society All-Stars Review 2020 Space Milestones
(28:50)
From: Mat Kaplan
In spite of everything, 2020 was a good year for space exploration according to five of The Planetary Society’s experts.

Astronaut Stephanie Wilson Might Walk on the Moon
(28:50)
From: Mat Kaplan
18 astronauts on the Artemis Team have a shot at walking on the Moon, and Stephanie Wilson is one of them.

What Do You Need to Make Martian Oxygen? MOXIE!
(28:50)
From: Mat Kaplan
Making oxygen from the Martian atmosphere will be essential if humans are ever to visit and work on the Red Planet, and the MOXIE experiment will soon show us how.

Welcoming a New Leader, and China’s Audacious Moon Mission
(28:50)
From: Mat Kaplan
Bill Nye helps us welcome the Planetary Society’s new president who also leads a new Moon mission, while China’s lunar sample return spacecraft is headed home.

More Moon Water and an Update from Venus
(28:50)
From: Mat Kaplan
Astronomer Jane Greaves returns with an update on the phosphine gas floating above Venus, before Casey Honnibal takes us through her team’s discovery of water right out under ...

Revealing Mars From Above, and Crew Dragon is Go!
(28:50)
From: Mat Kaplan
Two pioneering Mars orbiters are still doing great work above the Red Planet, while the first operational Crew Dragon spaceship has delivered four astronauts to the ...
