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Jim Bell Welcomes "The Interstellar Age"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jim Bell's new book chronicles the Voyager mission to the outer solar system and beyond., Credit: Dutton Publishing
Planetary scientist and author Jim Bell has just written “The Interstellar Age—Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission.” He talks with Mat Kaplan abo...

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
Found! Beagle 2 Lander is on Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Orbital image of what is believed to be the Beagle 2 lander on surface of Mars., Credit: HiRISE/NASA/JPL/Parker/Leicester
The Beagle 2 Mars lander disappeared after it separated from the Mars Express orbiter on Christmas Day, 2003. Eleven years later, it has been foun...

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
Year of the Icy Worlds
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cassini Saturn mission Project Scientist and host Mat Kaplan touch the plumes of Enceladus at JPL., Credit: Merc Boyan, The Planetary Society
Emily Lakdawalla coined the phrase, and it is exquisitely appropriate. We’ll visit the Jet Propulsion Lab on its Icy Worlds Day to learn more about...

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  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 3
LightSail Prepares to Take Flight
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's conception of the LightSail solar sail., Credit: The Planetary Society
The Planetary Society has just announced that LightSail A will be launched into low earth orbit in May. We’ll talk with Project Manager Doug Stets...

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
2014: The Year in Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Orion spacecraft is recovered by the USS Anchorage, Credit: NASA
Our annual review of the greatest events and accomplishments over the last year features analysis and commentary by Bill Nye the Science Guy, Emily...

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Sara Seager's Quest for Earth's Twin
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: MIT Astrophysicist and Planetary Scientist Sara Seager, Credit: Sara Seager/MIT
MIT planetary scientist and astrophysicist Sara Seager is on a quest. She wants to find a warm, wet exoplanet with signs of life. It could be Earth...

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
Orion Launches Into History
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Orion awaits launch atop its Delta IV Heavy rocket., Credit: Jason Davis/The Planetary Society
NASA’s Orion spacecraft has taken its first step toward Mars and an asteroid mission. The Planetary Society’s Jason Davis was at the Kennedy Space...

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  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
The Future of Higher Education (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The decision by Harvard and MIT to begin providing free courses to anyone, anywhere sparked an intense debate about the future of a bricks and mort...

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
Cassini is Safe! Mission Update From Project Scientist Linda Spilker
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Mighty Saturn and its rings, imaged by the Cassini spacecraft., Credit: JPL/NASA
Project scientist Linda Spilker returns with a regular update on Saturn, its moons and rings not long after learning that the mission is funded thr...

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
Digging Deep With Planetary Deep Drill
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Business end of Planetary Deep Drill, Credit: Mat Kaplan
If there’s life on Mars, it’s probably deep beneath the surface. That’s just one reason we need a tool like Planetary Deep Drill on the red planet ...

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  • Added: Nov 11, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
Planetary Radio Live! We See Thee Rise: The Canadian Space Program
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: "We See Thee Rise" University of Toronto Convocation Hall, October 1, 2014, Credit: The Planetary Society
We welcomed 1,600 Canadian space enthusiasts to the University of Toronto for our October 1st celebration of Canada in space! Join Mat Kaplan and ...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
Smashing Holes in Mars to Find Life
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Explore Mars wants to look for life on the Red Planet. Not past life. Life thriving under the Martian surface right now. Chris Carberry will tel...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
Jay Barbree on "Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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In his 55 years as NBC’s space correspondent, Jay Barbree has won the respect and friendship of many astronauts. Neil Armstrong stands above them a...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Trevor Paglen: Seeing the Surveillance State (Excerpt)
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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We're living in a surveillance state, in the eerie transparency of our words and deeds, 24/7, all of us, under suspicion or not; the presumption of...

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  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 1
Planetary Radio Live: LightSail Countdown Begins!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Bill Nye at the LightSail countdown celebration., Credit: Loren Roberts
LightSail, the Planetary Society’s innovative solar sail cubesat, will ride into space on the huge SpaceX Falcon Heavy, now in development. Bill N...

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
Astronomers Without Borders: Spreading the Wonder Worldwide
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Sky party in Northern Iraq, Credit: Mike Simmons
Astronomers Without Borders Founder and President Mike Simmons and his colleagues share the passion, beauty and joy of the night sky from Argentina...

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  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 3
At Spacefest VI With Apollo Astronaut Gene Cernan and a Host of Proud Space Geeks
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Gene Cernan and Laura Danly are recorded by Mat Kaplan at Spacefest VI, Credit: Barbara David
Spacefest is the annual celebration of all things space, including space art, memorabilia, and the many astronauts who attend. Planetary Radio visi...

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  • Added: May 27, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
Amputees
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Generational discussion on amputee issues over the ages

  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Planetary Radio Live With Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs at the USA Science and Engineering Festival
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Planetary Radio Live at the 2014 USASEF, Credit: Loren Roberts
Join thousands of space and science geeks at the world’s biggest public science event in Washington DC. On the Einstein stage to talk about dirty ...

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 3
A Second Earth? & OSIRIS REx Is Go for Asteroid Bennu
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Finally found: an Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone. You’ll hear lead scientist Elisa Quintana make the announcement. Then OSIRIS REx miss...

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
Planetary Radio Live: Partying Under Shuttle Endeavour on Yuri's Night!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Planetary Radio Host Mat Kaplan, Astronaut and Fragile Oasis Founder Ron Garan, Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides, and Yuri’s Night Executive Director Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides on stage at Yuri’s Night Los Angeles. , Credit: Danielle Hanne
We’re back at the California Science Center, final home of Endeavour, the shuttle that made 25 flights into space. Join the party as we celebrate ...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
Microbes in Orbit--Cheryl Nickerson's Pioneering Biomedical Research
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cheryl Nickerson in her ASU lab, Credit: NASA
You may have heard that the sometimes deadly Salmonella bacterium becomes stronger in microgravity. That was just one of the promising results of e...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
Kidney Allocation
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New guidelines could maximize transplant success by better matching donated kidneys with recipients.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Emily Lakdawalla at the LPSC While Alan Stern Stirs Up the Solar System
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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A busy show, as Emily shares highlights from last week’s Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, and Alan Stern provides updates on the Rosetta com...

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
Getting Humans to Mars Without Breaking the Bank
From: Mat Kaplan
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NASA scientist Harley Thronson tells us about a new initiative that is figuring out how we will get men and women to the red planet at a reasonable...

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  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1