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Meteorite!
From: Matt Hill
Series: Today In History - with The Retrospectors
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The first meteorite to crash land into Earth - and have its date recorded - impacted the hamlet of Ensisheim (in modern-day France, then Austria) o...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 09:33
BD - Apollo 17 at 50 Part 1
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Night Launch of Apollo 17, December 7, 1972(NASA)
Blue Dot's Apollo@50 series nears its conclusion with part one of our look back at the final lunar mission, Apollo 17. The final of three spectacul...

Bought by KUHF and KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Dec 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
BD - Apollo 16 Part 2: Mission to the lunar highlands
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Blue Dot's Apollo@50 series continues with part two of our look back at the flight of Apollo 16 in April of 1972. This ambitious mission to explore...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Apr 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dot - EXPLORING THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON: The Flight of Apollo 15
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Apollo 15Commander Dave Scott with the Lunar Rover at Hadley Rille., Credit: Photo taken by Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin.
Our Apollo@50 series continues with the first truly scientific exploration of the Moon -- the Apollo 15 mission. With new hardware including an orb...

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dot: Apollo 14 Pt. 2 -- Commander Al Shepard and Mission Control
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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We continue our Apollo@50 special with part two of our look back at Apollo 14. In this episode we focus on the Commander and America's first astron...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dot: The Flight of Apollo 14 Part 1
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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In the latest of Blue Dot's Apollo@50 series we look back at the third successful lunar landing mission, Apollo 14, which took place during early F...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dot: Apollo 8 on Christmas
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Blue Dot celebrates Christmas with a repeat of the the look at the very first mission to the Moon -- Apollo 8 - which overlapped Christmas Day. Con...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dot: THE EPIC STORY OF APOLLO 13 Pt. 2
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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In the conclusion of our look back at the Apollo 13 mission 50 years ago, Dave is joined by Barbara Lovell Harrison, John Aaron and Andrew Chaikin....

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach and KCNP


  • Added: Apr 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Blue Dot: LEADERSHIP, PROBLEM SOLVING, SURVIVAL: The epic story of Apollo 13
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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In a time of global crisis, it's good to look to the lessons of history, to help us understand that we do have the ability to overcome terrible adv...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KCNP, and KUHF


  • Added: Apr 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Apollo 11 at 50: a conversation with Apollo 11 backup astronaut Fred Haise and space historian John Logsdon
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Apollo 11 back up crew members Fred Haise (left) and Jim Lovell prepare for an altitude test in the lunar module preparing for Apollo 11.
Fred Haise was made famous by the movie Apollo 13, in which he was portrayed by Bill Paxton in the story of the most famous Apollo mission other th...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Jul 17, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
James the Sixth Becomes James the First
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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How did the sixth James get first in line? It happened when his job description changed from Scottish king to monarch of all Britain...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:25:25
Not Just for the Birds
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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New research shows one key to curtailing West Nile disease may lie in increasing the diversity of birds.

Bought by WCNY, WCWP, Radio Newark, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 53:26
  • Purchases: 4
Here Be Dragons: 400 Years of Icy Exploration in the Hudson Strait
From: Mind Open Media
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400 years (and a little bit) ago, Arctic Explorer Henry Hudson set out from England on one of the most lavishly financed expeditions of his time. ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 05, 2012
  • Length: 11:57
  • Purchases: 3
HAM
From: New Mexico Centennial
Series: Centennial Journeys
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A simple chimpanzee from Cameroon makes space history and becomes a national hero.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:59
Missouri World Trade Center responders still at risk for health problems
From: Veronique LaCapra
Caption: The FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Team, Missouri Task Force 1, Credit: Missouri Task Force 1
In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, more than 50,000 rescue and recovery workers converged at the World Trade Center. Among them were the 62 members o...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:55