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21/10/2020

Are we going to get hit by an asteroid?

This year has been awful for a lot of reasons: a global pandemic, racial injustice, wildfires and the list goes on but an asteroid crashing into Earth will not be the cherry on top of humanity’s punishment. Simply put, we won’t be going out with a bang this year, 2020 rages on. In this week’s episode of WKMG’s podcast Space Curious planetary scientists help explain how we know where asteroids are and why we’re not all going to get squashed by one this year or anytime soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21/10/2020

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18 min
23/09/2020

What’s that in the sky?

Billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is getting closer with every launch to providing internet to the world-- including remote communities-- by using a fleet of thousands of satellites. BUT he’s not alone, Amazon, Samsung and other private companies plan to follow his lead. And that means low-Earth orbit is about to get even more crowded. In the latest episode of Space Curious, we’ll look at what massive constellations of satellites will mean for our view of the night sky, the research of astronomers who study it and what companies like SpaceX are doing to help mitigate these issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

23/09/2020

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22 min
16/12/2020

How to send a spacecraft to Venus

Mars has been the bell of the planetary ball in the last few decades but that’s not to say other planets in our solar system, like Venus haven't had a fair share of attention over the years. NASA last sent a spacecraft to orbit the planet in 1990. Russia, formerly the Soviet Union, sent a whole slew of mostly successful missions to Venus, and Japan has an orbiter there now. The tricky part is sending a robotic mission to the surface. Most have only survived for a few hours. So why send a robot to a planet that will destroy it? As we learned in the last episode of Space Curious, Venus eats spacecraft for lunch. It used to be -- in the U.S.-- NASA was the only way to fund and send a spacecraft to another world but not anymore. Commercial space companies are taking planetary science on, funding and planning their own missions in record time. In this episode we’ll find out how NASA makes the tough choices-- selecting which missions to send to other worlds and how Rocket Lab plans to be the first private company to go to Venus. Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck, NASA Discovery Program lead scientist Thomas Wagner and Johns Hopkins planetary scientist Sarah Horst join Space Curious Host Emilee Speck to breakdown the process of sending a spacecraft to another world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16/12/2020

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19 min
02/12/2020

Are there 'signs of life' on Venus?

Earlier this year, Venus was in the spotlight because a group of international scientists said they found something peculiar in the Venusian clouds, the discovery would lead to new interest and excitement about potential robotic missions to Earth’s nearest neighbor. A study published in the journal Nature Astronomy reported a potential bio signature, or something that might indicate life is present, had been found in the clouds of Venus. The team of astronomers, led by Professor Jane Greaves of Cardiff University, said they had found a gas called phosphine in the clouds of Venus. It was a big deal because this particular kind of gas is thought to be made in only a few ways on rocky planets and those usually involve life. But then things got complicated. This week on WKMG and Graham Media's Space Curious podcast, National Geographic contributor Nadia Drake and Johns Hopkins University planetary scientist Dr. Sarah Horst help break down this complicated topic and what it takes to confirm great discoveries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

02/12/2020

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19 min
15/09/2021

When Regular Humans Go To Space

SpaceX has been paid to launch four civilians into low-Earth orbit on a multi-day trip. Three of those passengers just learned they’d be going less than a year ago. The mission is called Inspiration4 and it's the first time regular people, not NASA astronauts, will make up the entirety of a space crew. To go into orbit and return home the crew will experience up to 6 G-forces, use a tiny spacecraft toilet for three days and essentially become a meteor crashing through the Earth’s atmosphere on their way back down. Axios space reporter Miriam Kramer and Inspiration4 mission photographer John Kraus join Space Curious to talk about what sets this mission apart and how the ragtag crew was assembled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15/09/2021

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24 min
30/03/2021

The Most Fascinating Woman You’ve Never Heard Of

Jacqueline Cochran turns out to be the most fascinating woman you’ve never heard of. She was the lead the women's Air Force service pilots in World War II and the first woman to break the sound barrier and held more records than any pilot male or female the world over when she died in 1980. In this episode of Space Curious, "Fighting for Space" author and spaceflight historian Amy Shira-Teitel explains how Cochran and fellow pilot Jerri Cobb both wanted to see women become astronauts but went about it in two different ways. Though Jackie Cochran never made it to space her story is one of entrepreneurship and determination that led her to try to reach for the stars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30/03/2021

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21 min
14/04/2021

Pittsburgh Prepares to Return America to the Moon

The commercial space industry has completely changed the game for how NASA is planning to send astronauts back to the moon. It won’t even be NASA-owned landers to put boots on the moon when that does happen and the robotic missions ahead of humans are also commercial. NASA is just along for the ride. Two private American companies are launching moon landers later this year from Florida...kicking off a grand campaign to better understand our nearest neighbor. This week we’ll meet the first of two robots laying the groundwork for astronauts to return to the moon. Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic will launch its Peregrine moon lander with ULA later this year. Astrobotic CEO John Thornton joins Space Curious to explain how it plans to land its first robot on the moon and what it's carrying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

14/04/2021

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17 min
04/08/2021

Meet the Next Generation Moon Spacesuits

NASA is trying to land boots on the moon in the next three years but the current spacesuits American and European astronauts wear haven’t been updated since 1978. And when it comes to moonwalking ... these old-school suits just won’t do. Moonwalkers of the Artemis generation are going to need some new gear and very soon if NASA plans to achieve its goal. In this episode of Space Curious, we’ll hear from the experts developing the very first spacesuits designed for the lunar surface since the 1970s. Retired NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, now with Collins Aerospace, and NASA engineer Kavya Manyapu, a spacewalk planning expert, help explain why a whole new spacesuit is needed and what we learned from the first time humans walked on the moon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

04/08/2021

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28 min
09/09/2020

Who Takes Out the Space Trash?

Humans have been launching spacecraft into low-Earth orbit and out into the universe for more than six decades. Those spacecraft include satellites that provide GPS and weather forecasting down on Earth but they have limited lifespans. After a spacecraft is no longer serving a purpose it becomes junk. This week’s episodes answers the question: Who’s gonna take out all that space trash? To help explain the issues behind space debris Space Curious host Emilee Speck spoke to experts from the Florida Institute of Technology who know a lot about space junk and what challenges humans face in cleaning up the mess we make. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09/09/2020

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14 min
17/04/2023

Surfing Dogs: How to tell if your pup is ready to catch a wave

Usually, when you think of surfing, you don’t think of dogs. Well, that’s about to change. Flagler Beach is preparing to welcome back the Hang 8 Dog Surfing event. The city’s mayor said it all “came about because of Wednesday,” her 8-pound chihuahua. Mayor Suzie Johnston told Florida’s Fourth Estate hosts Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden her pup has no fear of the water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17/04/2023

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22 min

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Are we going to get hit by an asteroid?

What’s that in the sky?

How to send a spacecraft to Venus

Are there 'signs of life' on Venus?

When Regular Humans Go To Space

The Most Fascinating Woman You’ve Never Heard Of

Pittsburgh Prepares to Return America to the Moon

Meet the Next Generation Moon Spacesuits

Who Takes Out the Space Trash?

Surfing Dogs: How to tell if your pup is ready to catch a wave

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