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There’s a lot going on up there. Join space reporter Brendan Byrne each week as he explores space exploration. From efforts to launch humans into deep space, to the probes exploring our solar system, "Are We There Yet?" brings you the latest in news from the space beat. Listen to interviews with astronauts, engineers and visionaries as humanity takes its next giant leap exploring our universe.

Are We There Yet‪?‬ Central Florida Public Media

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    • 4.4 • 343 Ratings

There’s a lot going on up there. Join space reporter Brendan Byrne each week as he explores space exploration. From efforts to launch humans into deep space, to the probes exploring our solar system, "Are We There Yet?" brings you the latest in news from the space beat. Listen to interviews with astronauts, engineers and visionaries as humanity takes its next giant leap exploring our universe.

    Spacesuits out of a science fiction novel and sulfur on Mars

    Spacesuits out of a science fiction novel and sulfur on Mars

    Researchers are trying to make a spacesuit that can recycle urine into clean drinking water for astronauts and curiosity accidentally discovered pure sulfur on Mars.

    Two years of JWST science and a Falcon 9 rocket malfunction

    Two years of JWST science and a Falcon 9 rocket malfunction

    A new James Webb Space Telescope image of two galaxies in a cosmic dance was released for the telescope’s two-year anniversary of science operations. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket malfunction resulted in satellites burning up in Earth’s atmosphere, and the rocket grounded.

    • 28 min
    Uncovering the mysteries of Bennu and a space news roundup

    Uncovering the mysteries of Bennu and a space news roundup

    From the OSIRIS-REx mission, phosphate was found in a sample from the asteroid Bennu, a necessary building block for life to exist here on Earth. Then, as NASA grapples with aging space suits on the International Space Station, efforts to build the next generation of space suits hit a major snag.

    • 28 min
    Launching a new weather satellite and fixing a spacecraft in interstellar space

    Launching a new weather satellite and fixing a spacecraft in interstellar space

    The fourth and final satellite of the GOES-R weather satellite constellation is one step closer to tracking weather from space like never before. Plus, after a year of lost communication, Voyager 1 is back online after engineers delivered a fix 15 million miles away from Earth.

    • 28 min
    Mystery lunar domes and missing moon trees

    Mystery lunar domes and missing moon trees

    Scientists are sending instruments to the moon to explore unique domes similar to ones on Earth, but how they were made is a mystery. Plus, one man is trying to save and document moon trees, seedlings sent to orbit the moon that now are scattered across the country.

    • 28 min
    Another Starliner delay and an update from Mars

    Another Starliner delay and an update from Mars

    After helium and thruster malfunctions, Boeing’s Starliner has been delayed once again, with the crew still on the International Space Station. Plus, the rovers on Mars have been hard at work drilling on the red planet to find answers to how and why water flowed abundantly on Mars in the past.

    • 28 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
343 Ratings

343 Ratings

Bill P. Gates ,

Space Man Bren’s Excellent Podcast!

Brenden (The Rocket) Byrne brings his big ‘ol swingin’ space knowledge to each week in this informative, educational podcast.

Andy.Capp ,

Space Coast’s best podcast

This podcast is put on by WMFE, the local Orlando PBS station and is probably THE MOST UNDERRATED space exploration podcast on the air today. Very interesting topics and guests. Very well done show!

johnnyPeps901210 ,

Fantastic Blend

This show is awesome! Are We There Yet?offers an awesome blend of technical and non-technical topics that are broken down so that anyone can understand. I HIGHLY recommend this show to anyone with an inkling of interest in the science of space and the latest and greatest news of the space industry.

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