Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

Planetary Radio brings you the human adventure across our Solar System and beyond. We visit each week with the scientists, engineers, leaders, advocates, and astronauts who are taking us across the final frontier. Regular features raise your space IQ while they put a smile on your face. Join host Sarah Al-Ahmed and Planetary Society colleagues including Bill Nye the Science Guy and Bruce Betts as they dive deep into space science and exploration. The monthly Space Policy Edition takes you inside the DC beltway where the future of the US space program hangs in the balance. Visit planetary.org/radio for an episode guide and much more.

  1. Mars “spiders” recreated in the lab

    4 DAYS AGO

    Mars “spiders” recreated in the lab

    Lauren Mc Keown, a postdoctoral fellow at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, discusses her experiences recreating Martian araneiform terrain, also called Mars spiders, in the lab.

    1 hr
  2. Space Policy Edition: The Myth of Presidential Leadership

    13 DEC

    Space Policy Edition: The Myth of Presidential Leadership

    We revisit a classic book on the limits of presidential power in setting the nation’s space agenda and explore how the increasingly powerful executive branch might be rewriting those expectations.

    47 min
  3. StarTalk with Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson

    11 DEC

    StarTalk with Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson

    We take you to Planetary Society headquarters, where Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of StarTalk, interviews Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye.

    58 min
  4. A hundred weeks in space exploration

    4 DEC

    A hundred weeks in space exploration

    Sarah Al-Ahmed, the host of Planetary Radio, marks her one-hundredth episode with a look back at the defining moments of the past 100 weeks of space exploration.

    1 hr
  5. Seven worlds, one mission: The United Arab Emirates aims for the asteroid belt

    27 NOV

    Seven worlds, one mission: The United Arab Emirates aims for the asteroid belt

    Mohsen Al Awadhi and Hoor Al Hazmi, the director and science team lead for the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt, join Planetary Radio for an update on the mission’s progress.

    55 min
  6. What does the U.S. election mean for NASA?

    20 NOV

    What does the U.S. election mean for NASA?

    Casey Dreier, the chief of space policy at The Planetary Society, analyzes what the incoming Trump administration could mean for NASA’s funding, human spaceflight, and its Science Mission Directorate.

    1 hr
  7. EELS: AI-enabled snake robots and the search for life on Enceladus

    13 NOV

    EELS: AI-enabled snake robots and the search for life on Enceladus

    Morgan Cable and Hiro Ono from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory join Planetary Radio to discuss the Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS) robot concept.

    1h 2m
  8. Spaceport Nova Scotia

    6 NOV

    Spaceport Nova Scotia

    This week, we learn more about Spaceport Nova Scotia, Canada’s first commercial launch site, with Steve Matier and Sasha Jacob, the CEO and Chairman of Maritime Launch Services.

    58 min
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Planetary Radio brings you the human adventure across our Solar System and beyond. We visit each week with the scientists, engineers, leaders, advocates, and astronauts who are taking us across the final frontier. Regular features raise your space IQ while they put a smile on your face. Join host Sarah Al-Ahmed and Planetary Society colleagues including Bill Nye the Science Guy and Bruce Betts as they dive deep into space science and exploration. The monthly Space Policy Edition takes you inside the DC beltway where the future of the US space program hangs in the balance. Visit planetary.org/radio for an episode guide and much more.

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