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PHOENIX MARS LANDER UPDATE: TASTE THE WATER!
August 4, 2008
Guests: Michael Meyer, Peter Smith, Bill Boynton, Victoria Hipkin, Mark Lemmon
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An exciting update from the Phoenix Mars Lander team, with further insights from Emily Lakdawalla. Bill Nye also celebrates Phoenix.  more »

LANDING ON MARS: HOW HARD CAN IT BE?
June 9, 2008
Guests: Rob Manning
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JPL's Rob Manning explores just a few of the challenges of landing a spacecraft on another planet. We also get a Phoenix mission update from Emily Lakdawalla, who says not everything is going well. ...  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 »

SEVEN MINUTES OF TERROR AND TRIUMPH: PHOENIX LANDS ON MARS
May 26, 2008
Guests: Peter Smith
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Special coverage of the Phoenix mission continues following the thrilling touchdown of the spacecraft in the Arctic Circle of Mars. You'll hear exclusive conversations with Principal Investigator...  more »

COUNTDOWN TO TOUCHDOWN ON MARS
May 19, 2008
Guests: Peter Smith, Edward Weiler, Barry Goldstein
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We begin special coverage of the Phoenix mission, landing in the Martian Arctic Circle on May 25. A media briefing featured Principal Investigator Peter Smith, Project Manager Barry Goldstein, NASA...  more »

A MARS ROVER UPDATE FROM STEVE SQUYRES
April 14, 2008
Guests: Steve Squyres
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The Principal Investigator for Spirit and Opportunity gives us a status report on the incredibly successful rovers that continue to explore Mars. Bill Nye the Science Guy comments on the rings that...  more »

LOOK OUT! IT'S A MARTIAN AVALANCHE!
March 17, 2008
Guests: Alfred McEwen
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The latest triumph of the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is the image of a Martian landslide. We talk with Principal Investigator Alfred McEwen about his teams' marvelous...  more »

EXAMINING THE VISION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION: A WORKSHOP PREVIEW
January 28, 2008
Guests: Louis Friedman
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Planetary Society Executive Director Louis Friedman previews a gathering at Stanford University that will examine the Vision for Space Exploration offered by President George W. Bush four years ago. ...  more »

A NEAR MISS FOR MARS AND BILL NYE PAYS TRIBUTE TO MERCURY!
January 14, 2008
Guests: Don Yeomans
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A fifty meter asteroid will narrowly miss Mars according to Don Yeomans, Manager of the NASA Near Earth Object Program Office. We talk with Don at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory about the more than...  more »

MARS EXPLORATION ROVER PROGRAM MANAGER JOHN CALLAS
November 19, 2007
Guests: John Callas
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Hard to believe it has been almost four years (and two Martian years) since the first Mars Exploration Rover crawled onto the surface of the Red Planet. John Callas of JPL provides a status report...  more »