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JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE STATUS REPORT FROM DEPUTY PROGRAM DIRECTOR ERIC SMITH
February 6, 2012
Guests: Eric Smith
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Headed for a planned 2018 launch, the huge JWST will build on the success of the beloved Hubble Space Telescope. The project remains controversial even as components are completed. Emily Lakdawalla...  more »

THE SPACEUP UNCONFERENCE AND A FREE ONLINE ASTRONOMY CLASS
January 23, 2012
Guests: Bruce Betts, Chris Radcliff, Marimikel Charrier
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An opportunity to learn, and an opportunity to hang out with other space geeks—both are presented in this week's show as we talk with planetary scientist Bruce Betts about his free, online Intro to...  more »

BECOME AN ICEHUNTER WITH PAMELA GAY
July 26, 2011
Guests: Pamela Gay
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Icehunters is the new citizen science project from Zooniverse that is looking for the object New Horizons will visit after its Pluto encounter. Astronomer Pamela Gay tells us how to join the search....  more »

MORE PLANETARY RADIO LIVE WITH MIKE BROWN
June 14, 2011
Guests: Mike Brown
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More fun from last week's show in front of a big Pasadena audience. Mike "Pluto Killer" Brown tells Bill Nye and Mat Kaplan about why he is looking forward to our first close-up view of that former...  more »

PLANETARY RADIO LIVE! FEATURING MIKE 'PLUTO-KILLER' BROWN
June 6, 2011
Guests: Mike Brown
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PlanRad goes in front of an enthusiastic Pasadena audience with Mike Brown, author of "How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming," Bill Nye the Science and Planetary Guy, and award-winning...  more »

MIKE BROWN'S NEW BOOK: HOW I KILLED PLUTO AND WHY IT HAD IT COMING
December 13, 2010
Guests: Mike Brown
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The CalTech discoverer and destroyer of worlds celebrates his new book with a party. PlanRad is there to talk with him. Emily Lakdawalla laments the orbital insertion failure of a Japanese Venus...  more »

ALAN STERN: THE BUSIEST MAN IN SPACE EXPLORATION?
March 29, 2010
Guests: Alan Stern
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The Principal Investigator for the New Horizons Pluto Mission returns to talk about some of his new adventures, including prep for his own trips into space. Bill Nye gets a kick out of a turf...  more »

ALAN STERN'S BIGGEST PLANETARY SCIENCE MYSTERIES
June 8, 2009
Guests: Alan Stern
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Planetary scientist and New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern recently came up with his list of the biggest unanswered questions in planetary science. He reviews most of them on this...  more »

NEW HORIZONS AT JUPITER: A REPORT FROM ALAN STERN
May 28, 2007
Guests: Alan Stern
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He may now be an Associate Administrator at NASA, but he's still Principal Investigator for humankind's first trip to Pluto. Alan Stern provides a triumphant report on the recent flyby of Jupiter...  more »

TRIUMPH AT JUPITER!
March 5, 2007
Guests: Alan Stern, John Spencer
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Special coverage of the successful New Horizons encounter with Jupiter and its moons. The Planetary Society's Bruce Betts traveled to the Applied Physics Lab where a team of scientists and engineers...  more »