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Planetary Radio is seven years old. We'll celebrate by looking back to our beginnings, with science fiction writer and futurist Sir Arthur C. Clarke
We're Back! Bill Nye Describes the LightSail Project
Solar sailing returns with LightSail, announced on the 75th anniversary of Carl Sagan's birth.
The Meaning of LIFE
John Callas reports on Spirit and Opportunity, Bill Nye debates the future of humans on the Moon, and Bruce Betts looks to the Perseid meteor shower in his What's Up review of the night sky.
Bruce Banerdt provides a status report on Spirit and Opportunity. Bill Nye has something old and something new to talk about, and Bruce Betts returns from the Planetary Defense Conference in Spain with news of Near Earth Objects and other things in the night sky.
Amateur Astronomers Avoiding Armageddon: New Shoemaker NEO Grant Awardees
Exoplanet Finder Debra Fischer
Jim Bell and Bill Nye talk Spirit and Opportunity in celebration of 5 years on Mars. Emily Lakdawalla's Q&A looks forward to a Mars flyby by the Dawn spacecraft.
Looking for ET's Flashlight: Optical SETI
Planetary Society Exec. Director Lou Friedman on the new plan for human exploration of space.
Longtime partner Ann Druyan is proud of NASA's new Carl Sagan Fellowships. Bill Nye has a tribute for his old professor.
Phoenix on Ice: One Week in the Martian Arctic Circle
Seven Minutes of Terror and Triumph: Phoenix Lands on Mars
Steve Squyres gives us a status report on Spirit and Opportunity, and Bill Nye comments on the rings that appear to surround one of Saturn's small moons. Last week Emily Lakdawalla told us why objects in space are round, but this time her Q&A explains why they're not.
Saving the Planet: The Apophis Mission Design Competition
Examining the Vision for Space Exploration: A Workshop Preview
A Very Good Year: Looking Back at 2007
A New Generation Looking for ET
Stardust@Home Update from Andrew Westphal