Program Archives

EMILY LAKDAWALLA'S SPECIAL REPORT ON THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION FALL MEETING
December 12, 2011
Guests: Emily Lakdawalla, Bill Nye
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More than 22,000 scientists have returned home from the AGU's big meeting in San Francisco. They include our own Emily Lakdawalla, who tells us about some of the fascinating research unveiled at the...  more »

EMILY LAKDAWALLA REPORTS ON THE LATEST PLANETARY SCIENCE
October 10, 2011
Guests: Emily Lakdawalla
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The Planetary Society's Science and Technology Coordinator attended the 2011 Division for Planetary Sciences meeting. She returns with an exciting recap. While Emily was in France, Bill Nye was at...  more »

STARDUST-NEXT ENCOUNTERS COMET TEMPEL 1
February 28, 2011
Guests: Jessica Sunshine, Emily Lakdawalla
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Jessica Sunshine returns to talk about the flyby of comet Tempel 1 by Stardust-NExT. She is joined by Emily Lakdawalla and Mat Kaplan.  more »

LOOKING FORWARD TO A YEAR OF EXPLORATION, WITH EMILY LAKDAWALLA
January 3, 2011
Guests: Emily Lakdawalla
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2011 brings another twelve exciting months in and around the solar system. We'll get an extended preview from the Planetary Society's Science and Technology Coordinator. Bill Nye finds the joy of...  more »

THE CAVES OF MARS AND THE GEYSERS OF ENCELADUS
November 23, 2009
Guests: Emily Lakdawalla, Glen Cushing
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Emily Lakdawalla tells us about the amazing images of Enceladus just taken by the Cassini spacecraft. You have to see them to believe them. Then Glen Cushing of the US Geological Survey talks about...  more »

WE'RE BACK! BILL NYE DESCRIBES THE LIGHTSAIL PROJECT
November 16, 2009
Guests: Bill Nye, Emily Lakdawalla
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Come sailing with us! Bill Nye the Science and Planetary Guy satisfies your curiosity about The Planetary Society's LightSail project in a special conversation. First though, Emily Lakdawalla...  more »

LUNAR SMACKDOWN! SPECIAL LCROSS IMPACT COVERAGE
October 12, 2009
Guests: Bruce Betts, Emily Lakdawalla, Mat Kaplan
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There was no plume of lunar regolith and no confirmation of water, but the Lunar CRarter ObServing Satellite or LCROSS mission smacked into the Moon as planned early Friday morning, October...  more »

REPORT ON THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
December 22, 2008
Guests: Emily Lakdawalla
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Our own Emily Lakdawalla reports on her visit to the AGU, where she heard the latest news about Mars, two moons of Saturn and our own Moon. Bill Nye is inspired by a couple of house-shaking sonic...  more »

PHOENIX ON ICE: ONE WEEK IN THE MARTIAN ARCTIC CIRCLE
June 2, 2008
Guests: Peter Smith, Emily Lakdawalla, Bill Nye, Mike Griffin
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We continue special coverage of the Phoenix mission with an update from Emily Lakdawalla, and excerpts from the Planetary Society's Planetfest celebration during the May 25 landing, featuring Bill...  more »

MESSENGER REVEALS MERCURY
January 21, 2008
Guests: Bruce Betts, Emily Lakdawalla
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The MESSENGER spacecraft reached Mercury last week. Bruce Betts reports from the Applied Physics Lab in Maryland where the mission team celebrated success. Emily Lakdawalla comments on the...  more »