Program Archives

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 »

A VERY GOOD YEAR: LOOKING BACK AT 2007
December 31, 2007
Guests: Bruce Betts, Emily Lakdawalla
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Mat Kaplan is joined by Emily Lakdawalla and Bruce Betts for a review of 2007's biggest planetary science stories. Bruce sticks around for this week's edition of What's Up, including a more »

SPACE ELEVATOR GAMES AND SERIOUS PLANETARY SCIENCE
October 15, 2007
Guests: Ben Shelef, Emily Lakdawalla
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A busy show features a preview of the Spaceward Games from Spaceward Foundation co-founder Ben Shelef, working toward achieving the technology that would enable a space elevator. Then Emily...  more »

NEWS FROM SATURN AND A NEW COMPANION FOR VENUS
April 17, 2006
Guests: Linda Spilker, Emily Lakdawalla
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The Planetary Society's Emily Lakdawalla reports on the arrival of Venus Express; Cassini Deputy Project Scientist Linda Spilker has news from Saturn.  more »

NEWS FROM THE 37TH LUNAR AND PLANETARY SCIENCE CONFERENCE
March 20, 2006
Guests: Emily Lakdawalla, Scott Sandford
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Emily Lakdawalla reports on the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, while Stardust co-investigator Scott Sandford describes exciting results.  more »