Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
1,197 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsPlanetary 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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Episodes
Exploring NewSpace at the 2011 San Diego SpaceUp Unconference
February 14, 2011 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBExploring NewSpace at the 2011 San Diego SpaceUp UnconferenceLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Voyager 1 at the Edge of the Solar System, With Ed Stone
February 07, 2011 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBVoyager 1 at the Edge of the Solar System, With Ed StoneLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tasting a Super-Earth's Atmosphere
January 31, 2011 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBTasting a Super-Earth's AtmosphereLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez and Chris McKay Say the Vikings Probably DID Discover Organics on Mars
January 24, 2011 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBRafael Navarro-Gonzalez and Chris McKay Say the Vikings Probably DID Discover Organics on MarsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Microrovers Exploring With Bruce Betts
January 17, 2011 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBMicrorovers Exploring With Bruce BettsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Building Spaceships at SpaceX With Jeff Richichi
January 10, 2011 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBBuilding Spaceships at SpaceX With Jeff RichichiLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Looking Forward to a Year of Exploration, with Emily Lakdawalla
January 03, 2011 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBLooking Forward to a Year of Exploration, with Emily LakdawallaLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cassini's Linda Spilker With Another Report From Saturn
December 27, 2010 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBCassini's Linda Spilker With Another Report From SaturnLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bill Nye Visits the SOFIA Telescope
December 20, 2010 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBBill Nye Visits the SOFIA TelescopeLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mike Brown's New Book: How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
December 13, 2010 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBMike Brown's New Book: How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It ComingLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Arsenic and Odd Life
December 06, 2010 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBArsenic and Odd LifeLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kids in Space!
November 29, 2010 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBKids in Space!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Astounding Comet Hartley 2
November 22, 2010 06:00 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBAstounding Comet Hartley 2Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New Model for the Seas of Mars
November 15, 2010 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBNew Model for the Seas of MarsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Special Launch Coverage From the Kennedy Space Center
November 08, 2010 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBSpecial Launch Coverage From the Kennedy Space CenterLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Lou Friedman: The Rebirth of Russian Space Exploration?
November 01, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBLou Friedman: The Rebirth of Russian Space Exploration?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Return to DPS With Lucy McFadden and Carolyn Crow
October 25, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBReturn to DPS With Lucy McFadden and Carolyn CrowLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listening for the Big Bang With LISA
October 18, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBListening for the Big Bang With LISALearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Special Coverage of the Division for Planetary Sciences Annual Meeting
October 11, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBSpecial Coverage of the Division for Planetary Sciences Annual MeetingLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Gregory and James Benford on Benford Beacons for SETI
October 04, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBGregory and James Benford on Benford Beacons for SETILearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New Era of Science on the International Space Station
September 27, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBNew Era of Science on the International Space StationLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New Beginnings With Lou Friedman
September 20, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBNew Beginnings With Lou FriedmanLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Solar Probe Plus Will Fly to the Sun
September 13, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBSolar Probe Plus Will Fly to the SunLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Water: Now It Has Been Found on an Asteroid!
September 06, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBWater: Now It Has Been Found on an Asteroid!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ray Bradbury Turns 90 and The Best Mars Map Ever
August 30, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBRay Bradbury Turns 90 and The Best Mars Map EverLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Special Coverage of SETIcon
August 23, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBSpecial Coverage of SETIconLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Talking With Mary Roach, Author of Packing for Mars
August 16, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBTalking With Mary Roach, Author of Packing for MarsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Giant Magellan Telescope
August 09, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBGiant Magellan Telescope Director Patrick McCarthy. Emily Lakdawalla on Mars' acne. Bill Nye says a solar sail could test relativity.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Sun - Thief of Comets
August 02, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBThe Sun - Thief of CometsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Eyes of WISE Deliver Sky Survey Prize
July 26, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBThe Eyes of WISE Deliver Sky Survey PrizeLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rosetta Swoops Past Asteroid On Way To Comet
July 19, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBRosetta Swoops Past Asteroid On Way To CometLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Looking for E.T.'s Laser Beam: An Optical SETI Update
July 12, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBAn update on the Optical Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence from Harvard's Paul Horowitz.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kepler Discovers Hundreds of Exoplanets
July 05, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBKepler Discovers Hundreds of ExoplanetsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Going Behind the Scenes With LightSail 1
June 28, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBGoing Behind the Scenes With LightSail 1Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dawn is Setting Records On Its Way to Vesta
June 21, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBDawn is Setting Records On Its Way to VestaLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients Protecting Our Planet
June 14, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBShoemaker NEO Grant Recipients Protecting Our PlanetLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Falcon 9 Launch, Another Jupiter Smackdown, IKAROS...and a Surprise
June 07, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBFalcon 9 Launch, Another Jupiter Smackdown, IKAROS...and a SurpriseLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Phoenix is Dead...Long Live Phoenix!
May 31, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBPhoenix is Dead...Long Live Phoenix!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
James Cameron on the Science of Avatar
May 24, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBJames Cameron on the Science of AvatarLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Planetary Society Executive Director Lou Friedman on solar sails IKAROS and LightSail-1
May 17, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBPlanetary Society Executive Director Lou Friedman on solar sails IKAROS and LightSail-1Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Saturn Update From Cassini Project Scientist Linda Spilker
May 10, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBSaturn Update From Cassini Project Scientist Linda SpilkerLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Planetary Radio Live!
May 03, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBPlanRad goes before a live audience to talk rockets with Bill Nye, Jeff Richichi of SpaceX, and JPL pioneer James Burke.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Paul Davies, Author of The Eerie Silence""
April 26, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBPaul Davies, Author of The Eerie Silence""Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Conference on the Future of the American Space Program with Bill Nye
April 19, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBBill Nye the Science Guy reports on last week's conference about the future of the US space program.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It's Mars Rover Opportunity, Only Smarter
April 12, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBJPL engineer Daniel Gaines helped develop new software for Opportunity to autonomously select objects for close-up imaging as she races across Mars. Emily Lakdawalla is thrilled by evidence of recently active volcanos on Venus. Bill Nye salutes three decades of service by retiring Planetary Society founder Lou Friedman.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This is Global Astronomy Month
April 05, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBThis is Global Astronomy MonthLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Alan Stern: The Busiest Man in Space Exploration?
March 29, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBAlan Stern: The Busiest Man in Space Exploration?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Saving the Hubble Space Telescope in IMAX 3D
March 22, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBSaving the Hubble Space Telescope in IMAX 3DLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Your Personal Photoshoot on Mars?
March 15, 2010 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBYour Personal Photoshoot on Mars?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Stephen Hawking Accepts the Cosmos Award
March 08, 2010 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBStephen Hawking Accepts the Cosmos AwardLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.