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SATURN UPDATE FROM CASSINI DEPUTY PROJECT SCIENTIST LINDA SPILKER
August 31, 2009
Guests: Linda Spilker
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We check in with Linda Spilker two or three times a year to learn the latest from Saturn, its moons and its rings. Bill Nye has kudos for team that tested an inflatable heat shield. Emily...  more »

A CASSINI SATURN UPDATE FROM LINDA SPILKER
April 13, 2009
Guests: Linda Spilker
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The wonders continue in the Saturnian system, revealed by the Cassini spacecraft that is nearing its fifth anniversary in orbit. Deputy Project Scientist Linda Spilker provides another of her regular...  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 »

CASSINI AT SATURN: AN UPDATE FROM LINDA SPILKER
October 13, 2008
Guests: Linda Spilker
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The Deputy Project Scientist for the Cassini Mission provides another report on the exciting discoveries being made in the Saturnian system. Bill Nye the Science Guy looks for leadership from NASA. ...  more »

RALPH LORENZ AND TITAN UNVEILED
June 16, 2008
Guests: Ralph Lorenz
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Planetary scientist Ralph Lorenz has co-authored a great new book about Saturn's moon and the Cassini-Huygens mission that has revealed its amazingly Earth-like surface. Emily Lakdawalla reaches for...  more »

FLYING THROUGH THE GEYSERS OF ENCELADUS
March 31, 2008
Guests: John Spencer
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The Southwest Research Institute's John Spencer returns to tell us about the Cassini spacecraft's recent flight through the gas and dust plumes shooting out of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Emily...  more »

A CASSINI AT SATURN PROGRESS REPORT WITH LINDA AND TOM SPILKER
February 18, 2008
Guests: Linda Spilker, Tom Spilker
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Cassini Deputy Project Scientist Linda Spilker rejoins us for another update on the incredibly successful Cassini-Huygens mission, but this time she is joined by her husband and colleague Tom...  more »

MARK SHOWALTER: UNRAVELING THE MYSTERIES OF PLANETARY RINGS
October 22, 2007
Guests: Mark Showalter
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Planetary astronomer Mark Showalter of the SETI Institute's Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe is one of our planet's foremost experts on the rings surrounding Saturn and other...  more »

CASSINI AT WEIRD IAPETUS
September 17, 2007
Guests: Tilmann Denk
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The Cassini spacecraft made its one and only close flyby of Saturn's moon Iapetus last week. It confirmed that the black and white sphere is one of the strangest bodies in the solar system. Imaging...  more »

BILL MCKINNON AND ICES AND SEAS IN THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM
August 20, 2007
Guests: Bill McKinnon
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Fresh from a conference on satellites of the outer solar system, planetary scientist Bill McKinnon shares his love and fascination for the icy moons at Jupiter, Saturn, and elsewhere, with special...  more »