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Planetary Radio

Stardust Samples Streak Safely Home

Airdate: Monday, January 16, 2006
Running Time: 00:28:50
Listen: Windows Media | MP3

Special coverage of the return of the Stardust Sample Return Capsule, featuring Andrew Westphal of the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab, and Principal Investigator Don Brownlee. You'll hear Westphal's thrilled reaction to the fiery reentry, along with his description of the Stardust@home project. Emily Lakdawalla's Q&A has the secret to photographing the surface of Venus. Bruce Betts has a new prize for this week's What's Up space trivia contest.

Guests

• Don Brownlee, Stardust Principal Investigator
• Andrew Westphal, Stardust science team member

Related Information

• Learn about the Stardust mission
• Participate in Stardust@home
• Stardust Treasure Is Retrieved