Episodios

  • NASA policy, commercial space and nuclear power on the moon

    NASA policy, commercial space and nuclear power on the moon
    Aug 19 2025
    Under the Trump administration the space agency has been undergoing policy changes as it prepares for future missions and goals, like putting a nuclear power plant on the moon. The new budget proposed may be problematic. Plus, a new executive order lifts some launch and flight regulations for commercial space companies.
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  • An astronaut answers questions from kids. Plus, a tasty space read

    An astronaut answers questions from kids. Plus, a tasty space read
    Aug 12 2025
    Veteran NASA Astronaut Winston Scott fields questions from curious kids. Plus, a look at how food plays a crucial role in space in the book Space Bites.
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  • Bridging the gap between Earth and the moon

    Bridging the gap between Earth and the moon
    Aug 5 2025
    From making artificial moon dirt to painting with real moon dust, there are several ways that scientists and space explorers bring the moon to Earth. Plus, Firefly Aerospace is preparing to send several payloads to the moon.
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  • Exploring Earth's deep oceans and the state of commercial space

    Exploring Earth's deep oceans and the state of commercial space
    Jul 29 2025
    Co-hosts, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong, explore Earth's oceans in a special series running this summer from NPR’s science podcast, Short Wave: Sea Camp. Plus, a look at the commercial space company sector.
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  • Searching for life in the clouds of Venus and creating space for birds

    Searching for life in the clouds of Venus and creating space for birds
    Jul 22 2025
    A new proposal suggests sending a spacecraft to Venus to search for gases that are often linked to biological cycles here on Earth. Plus, a look at veteran Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar's book Space for Birds: Patterns and Parallels of Beauty and Flight.
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  • A new NASA leader and searching for life on distant ocean worlds

    A new NASA leader and searching for life on distant ocean worlds
    Jul 16 2025
    The Trump Administration named Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation, to be the interim NASA administrator. Plus, could life exist in an icy ocean on a distant moon within our solar system.
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  • Space reading recommendations and moving AI off the planet

    Space reading recommendations and moving AI off the planet
    Jul 8 2025
    Catching up on your summer reading list? How about adding one more -- a science fiction thriller series set in space? Plus, a new company is taking their design process off Earth and designing sneakers in space using AI designers and 3D printing.
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  • A Chilean observatory comes online. Two rovers explore the watery past of Mars

    A Chilean observatory comes online. Two rovers explore the watery past of Mars
    Jul 1 2025
    A new observatory in Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, is searching the skies for things like asteroids, dark matter and dark energy. What new things might it uncover about the cosmos? Plus, the rovers on Mars are exploring two craters that have evidence of past water. Could they also be home to ancient life? lead scientists closer to finding out if Mars had water flowing on its surface.
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