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Planetary Radio

New Horizons Approaches Jupiter!

Airdate: Monday, January 29, 2007
Running Time: 00:28:52
Listen: Windows Media | MP3

John Spencer returns to preview New Horizons' upcoming encounter with the Jovian system, now less than a month away. John is Deputy Leader of the Jupiter Encounter Science Team. Why does comet McNaught have a striped tail? Emily Lakdawalla knows why, and she'll tell us in this week's Q&A segment. Bruce Betts and Mat Kaplan have another 2007 Year in Space calendar waiting for the winner of the What's Up space trivia contest.

Guests

• John Spencer, New Horizons science team member

Related Information

• All about the New Horizons mission to Pluto
• New Horizons Website