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LightSail 2: A Year of Solar Sailing
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This image taken by LightSail 2's camera 2 on 9 February 2020 shows the Red Sea and the Nile River. North is approximately at right. The sail appears slightly curved due to the spacecraft's 185-degree fisheye camera lens. The image has been color adjusted, Credit: The Planetary Society
Sail on! Leaders of the LightSail 2 mission join 50,000 supporters in celebration of a year in space.

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Staying Alive in Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Expedition 50 astronauts on board the International Space Station., Credit: NASA
Are we learning how to keep men and women alive on a 3-year round trip to Mars?

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  • Added: Jun 10, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Crew Dragon Thrills While Mars Chills
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Astronaut Bob Behnken is welcomed aboard the International Space Station from his Crew Dragon spaceship., Credit: BILL STAFFORD / NASA - Johnson Space Center
After a special message we present highlights of the successful arrival at the International Space Station of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, followed ...

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Celebrating 30 Years of Hubble with Astronaut John Grunsfeld
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: In this 30th anniversary Hubble portrait, the giant red nebula (NGC 2014) and its smaller blue neighbor (NGC 2020) are part of a vast star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located 163,000 light-years away., Credit: NASA/STScI
Astrophysicist and former astronaut John “Hubble Repairman” Grunsfeld looks back over three decades of beautiful science and inspiration delivered ...

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  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Looking for Life in Alien Oceans
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's concept of a lander on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
JPL scientist Kevin Hand is endlessly fascinated by the possibility of life in the hidden oceans of the outer solar system’s moons, and now he has ...

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  • Added: May 12, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
The Crew Dragon Countdown Begins, With Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken familiarize themselves with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, the spacecraft that will transport them to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. , Credit: NASA
American astronauts are about to fly from Florida to the International Space Station for the first time in nine years, thanks to the commercial spa...

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  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Life on Mars: Joining the Quest with Penny Boston and Jim Green
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Perseverance, the Mars 2020 rover, explores the Red Planet in this artist's concept., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The search for life on the Red Planet is at a critical stage. What will come next if we find it?

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
NASA Administrator James Bridenstine Returns
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gives remarks on the agency’s Artemis program, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Through Artemis NASA plans to land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024., Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The U.S. space agency’s leader describes how NASA is responding to the pandemic crisis as it works to keep projects and missions on track.

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  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
The Slime Mold and the Universe
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Galaxy cluster IDCS J1426 is located 10 billion light-years from Earth and weighs almost 500 trillion suns., Credit: ESA/Hubble
One of Earth’s lowliest creatures has inspired and guided a team of scientists toward an improved model for the distribution of galaxies and dark m...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
The Next 10 Years: Continuing our Solar System Tour
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: An artist’s impression of the Lucy trojan asteroid explorer, launching in late 2021 for Jupiter., Credit: NASA
Our look ahead at the near-future of solar system exploration continues with Mars, the giant outer worlds, and the smaller bodies that can be found...

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  • Added: Apr 01, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
The Next 10 Years…An Introduction to the Decadal Survey
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s impression of NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover), a planned robotic lunar rover that will prospect for natural lunar resources, especially water ice, within a permanently shadowed region near the lunar south pole., Credit: NASA Ames/Daniel Rutter
Six scientists give us a preview of where planetary science may be taken in the next 10 years by a new NASA decadal survey.

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  • Added: Mar 25, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Building Our Future on Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's rendering of a 3D-printed habitat on Mars., Credit: NASA/Clouds AO/SEArch
Civil engineer Peter Carrato believes we know how to use what’s available on Mars to build the human structures that will be needed by the first ex...

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
The Search for 100 Earths
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Planet Kepler 186f, seen in this artist's concept, is a nearly Earth-sized planet that orbits in its star's habitable zone, where water could be in liquid form., Credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyl
The search for worlds like our own is underway, but the challenges are enormous according to astronomers Debra Fischer and Joe Llama.

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  • Added: Feb 26, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Life=Matter+Information: Paul Davies and the Demon in the Machine
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The double helix of DNA is the main carrier of the information of life, but far from the only one, according to Paul Davies and other scientists., Credit: Public Domain
Physicist and author Paul Davies returns to talk about his new book that explores the defining role information plays in life on Earth and perhaps ...

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  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Another Goldilocks World and the Space Telescope That Discovered It
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's impression of newly-discovered exoplanet TOI 700 d that is in its star's habitable zone., Credit: NASA/GSFC
Another near Earth-sized planet has been found in the habitable zone around a distant star, discovered by a powerful space telescope named TESS.

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
A Great Space Observatory Goes Dark: The Legacy of Spitzer
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This artist's concept depicts NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in space much as it would appear at the end of its mission on January 30, 2020. The backdrop depicts the sky in infrared light much as Spitzer would have seen it early in its mission., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
Leaders of the just-ended Spitzer Space Telescope mission help us celebrate sixteen years of discoveries about our solar system, exoplanets and gal...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Mighty Jupiter Revealed
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jupiter and its Great Red Spot as seen by the Juno orbiter in 2019., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
Juno mission principal investigator Scott Bolton provides an enticing taste of the Jupiter orbiter’s mind-bending discoveries.

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
The Coming Descent to Asteroid Bennu
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 PolyCam images collected on Dec. 2 by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of 15 miles (24 km)., Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
OSIRIS-REx mission leader Dante Lauretta takes us to mysterious asteroid Bennu where a first sample collection site has been selected.

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
The MILO Institute: Opening the Solar System for Exploration by All
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The MILO Institute was introduced at the 2018 International Astronautical Congress in Bremen., Credit: ASU/Antonio Stark
Planetary scientist Jim Bell and space entrepreneur Lon Levin are founders of a new non-profit that aims to make robotic space exploration much mor...

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  • Added: Jan 15, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
In the Clean Room With the Mars 2020 Rover
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Planetary Society solar system specialist Emily Lakdawalla visits the Mars 2020 rover on 27 December 2019 during a media event held at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California., Credit: Father & Sun Productions/The Planetary Society
Host Mat Kaplan and Planetary Society solar system specialist Emily Lakdawalla go inside NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory clean room to see the Mar...

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  • Added: Jan 08, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Planetary Society All-Stars Look Ahead to 2020
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Hellas Basin from the Mars Express orbiter, Credit: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin / Justin Cowart
Planetary Society experts Jason Davis, Casey Dreier and Emily Lakdawalla join host Mat Kaplan to explore what's ahead in 2020.

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2019
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
What’s Next for Mars Exploration?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This artist's rendition depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover studying a martian rock outrcrop., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The Red Planet is slowly revealing its deepest secrets, but there’s much more to learn. The biggest mystery is whether it has ever been home to lif...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2019
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Meet the Planetary Society’s Newest Asteroid Hunters
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Astronomer Alessandro Nastasi at the GAL Hassin International Center for Astronomical Sciences in Sicily, winner of a 2019 Shoemaker NEO grant., Credit: Alessandro Nastasi
Six amateur astronomers and small observatories around the world have just been named as the recipients of the 2019 Eugene Shoemaker Near Earth Obj...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2019
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
The Creators of The Expanse
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The crew of the spaceship Rocinante is at the center of The Expanse novels and TV series., Credit: Amazon
Season 4 of The Expanse is about to begin on Amazon Prime. Host Mat Kaplan visits with the authors of the eight novels (so far) that are the basis ...

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  • Added: Dec 11, 2019
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
A Toast to Alcohol in Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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They are not for everyone, but there’s no doubt that alcoholic beverages have been part of human culture for as long as there has been human cultur...

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7