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MARS EXPLORATION ROVER FLIGHT DIRECTOR CHRIS LEWICKI
February 2, 2004
Guests: Chris Lewicki
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Opportunity is on a roll and Spirit is almost back to full health as we visit with the young Flight Director for the mission. We also hear from two more of the Student Astronauts, and Bruce Betts...  more »

OPPORTUNITY LANDS AND HOPE BUILDS FOR SPIRIT
January 26, 2004
Guests: Rob Manning
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We celebrate the perfect landing of Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, and the astounding pictures it has already taken of the Meridiani Planum. Special guest Rob Manning is the Entry, Descent and...  more »

THE FIRST STUDENT ASTRONAUTS ARRIVE
January 12, 2004
Guests: Courtney Dressing, Rafael Morozowski
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Courtney Dressing of the United States and Rafael Morozowski of Brazil, both sixteen years old, are the first Student Astronauts to join the Mars Exploration Rover science team at JPL. Hear them this...  more »

SPIRIT LANDS ON MARS!
January 5, 2004
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Follow the incredibly exciting and finally triumphant arrival on Mars of the Mars Exploration Rover as it happened at Wild About Mars, the Planetary Society's big weekend event at the Pasadena...  more »

COLUMBIA'S AFTERMATH: "BUTTERFLY ON A BULLET"
December 29, 2003
Guests: Robert Lee Hotz
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Special guest Robert Lee Hotz talks about his remarkable six-part series just published in the Los Angeles Times. In it, he traces the Columbia investigation, revealing what has been learned as we...  more »

STEVE SQUYRES IS READY FOR MARS
December 22, 2003
Guests: Steve Squyres
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Doctor Steven Squyres is the Principal Investigator for the Athena Science Payloads on the two Mars Exploration Rovers. He talks about the challenges, human and robotic, facing the mission. Emily...  more »

MARS EXPLORATION ROVER UPDATE
December 15, 2003
Guests: Albert Haldemann
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Albert Haldemann is Deputy Project Scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover mission. With the first rover, Spirit, arriving in less than three weeks, Planetary Radio gets a status report from Doctor...  more »

WOMEN IN SPACE
December 8, 2003
Guests: Bettyann Kevles
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Science author Bettyann Kevles has just written Almost Heaven: The Story of Women in Space. She's...  more »

A WES HUNTRESS ENCORE FOR THE BEGINNING OF OUR SECOND SEASON
December 1, 2003
Guests: Wes Huntress
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New Question and Answer and What's Up! segments accompany a post-Thanksgiving encore for Dr. Wes Huntress, former Associate Administrator of NASA and current Planetary Society President.  more »

ONE YEAR OF PLANETARY RADIO
November 24, 2003
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Celebrate one year of our show with highlights from the past. Bruce Betts interviews Mat for a change, as Emily speculates about what Earth's climate would be like if our home planet didn't rotate....  more »