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28 May 2013
- 17:00 UTC NASA's Chandra X-ra... The Flow of Electric Charge While most of us use electricity every day without thinking about it, maybe take a moment to look around.
- 16:00 UTC NASACast An Inside Look at SNC’s Dream Chaser NASA Partner Manager for Sierra Nevada Corporation Cheryl McPhillips discusses the uniqueness of the company's Dream Chaser spacecraft and the milestones it will complete during the agency's Commercial Crew Integrated ...
- 11:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... NASA Lunar Science Institute - Water on the Moon & Earth ... The NASA Lunar Science Institute podcast is produced at the Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California. In this episode Nancy Atkinson talks to the authors of a new paper ...
27 May 2013
- 18:30 UTC NASA Astrobiology M... ZZZZZs Please We've all hit the snooze button when the alarm goes off, but why do we crave sleep in the first place? We explore the evolutionary origins of sleep andhellip; the ...
- 17:05 UTC The Space Show DC-X 20th Anniversary Program, Sunday, 5-26-13 Guests: Dr. William Gaubatz, Cathy Harper, Nino Polizzi, Chris Orwoll. Topics: We discussed the DC-X SSTO rocket & its 20th anniversary celebration. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space ...
- 15:37 UTC RC Hangar Time Episode 20 - RC Air training command In this episode we have Capt Mike and Pilot Ryan from RC Air training command with us. We had a lot of fun with these guys on the show, they ...
- 11:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Astronomy Cast episode 299 - Future Space Station Sometimes a trilogy needs four parts. We've looked at the history and modern era of space stations but now it's time to peer into the future at some space station ...
- 05:00 UTC The Planetary Socie... Live at the Space Tech Expo with Bill Nye, Xcor and Zero-... PlanRad Live takes to the road again, this time visiting the Space Tech Expo in Long Beach, California for a conversation with enthusiastic team members at Xcor Aerospace, where they ...
- 02:59 UTC Sky & Telescope S&T's Audio Sky Tour for July2013 At dusk, you'll find Venus low in the west, Saturn well up in the south, and a celestial scorpion rising up in the east. Near the Scorpion's stinger is a ...
26 May 2013
- 11:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... May Monthly News Roundup This is the Monthly News Roundup with Morgan Rehnberg. This episode was produced by Cosmic Chatter and recorded May 23rd in Boulder, Colorado. The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is ...
25 May 2013
- 17:32 UTC Space Talk with Jim... Just Cruisin w/ Larry Jackson 5/25 Larry talks about what's new with the cruising industry. Just Cruisin w/ Larry Jackson 5/25
- 11:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... GAM: A look back on Global Astronomy Month #GAM: A look back on Global Astronomy Month The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per day, 5 to 10 minutes in duration, ...
- 03:10 UTC The Space Show Dr. Jerome Klingaman, Friday, 5-24-13 Guest: Dr. Jerome (Jerry) Klingaman. Topics: Astrophotography, astronomy, and advanced imagery work. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and ...
24 May 2013
- 23:00 UTC Naked Astronomy The Milky Way's local black hole - 13.05.25 - Naked Astro... We talk to astronomers who study the environments around black holes, ask what we can learn from a meteor which hit the Moon in March, and find out how spacecraft ...
- 16:00 UTC NASACast NASA Administrator Flies Dream Chaser Simulator NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden flew a Dream Chaser simulator during a tour of the Dryden Flight Research Center on May 22.
- 16:00 UTC NASACast This Week @ NASA, May 24, 2013
- 11:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Weekly Space Hangout - May 10, 2013 Join our crew of space journalists and aficionados as we round up this week's space news. We'll have rocket launches, images of a solar eclipse, weird astrophysics and more! Hosted ...
- 07:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Cosmic Swirly Straws Feed Galaxy Created with the help of supercomputers, this simulation shows the formation of a massive galaxy during the first 2 billion years of the universe. Hydrogen gas is gray, young stars ...
23 May 2013
- 17:00 UTC NASA's Chandra X-ra... SGR 0418+5729 in 60 Seconds A magnetar is a type of neutron star that occasionally generates bursts of X-rays.
- 16:00 UTC NASACast Return of the Robots NASA 360: Return of the Robots
- 15:46 UTC The Space Show The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 5-22-13 Guests: John Batchelor, William (Bill) Borucki, Dr. David Livingston: Topics: Kepler Space Telescope, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF). You are invited to comment, ask questions, and ...
- 14:00 UTC Hubblecast HD Hubblecast 66: Hubble uncovers the secrets of the Ring Ne... Episode 66 of the Hubblecast explores the Ring Nebula (Messier 57). Although this nebula is one of the most famous objects in our skies, more than 200 years after its ...
- 11:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Planetary Society - Emily Dean on a Sol in the Life of Op... Casey Dreier talks to Matt Kaplan and then with Emily Dean, who has been involved with the Mars Exploration Rovers since she was in high school. While earning a degree ...
- 04:33 UTC Talking Space Podca... Episode 516: A Quick Debris Avoidance Maneuver On this episode of Talkling Space, the regular gang is dealing with illness and traveling on the road. However, Mark Ratterman comes to the rescue with a phenomenal interview about ...
- 04:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Episode 452: Traces of Rocky Materials on White Dwarf Sta... Astronomers have discovered signs of rocky debris in the vicinity of white dwarf stars in the Hyades star cluster. It's possible that the debris indicates the presence of Earth-sized planets ...
22 May 2013
- 23:19 UTC Scientific American... Mars Rover Sets Distance Record [Eugene Cernan on the moon:] “Okay, here we go.” [More]
- 16:28 UTC The Space Show Open Lines, Tuesday, 5-21-13 Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Our discussion covered wide range of timely topics per the below summary. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) ...
- 13:32 UTC Cheap Astronomy 171. Carnival of space #302 - 22 May 2013 Doing the carnival in a roundabout way.
- 11:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Learning Space - episode 17 Learning Space - Family Science - Nicole Gugliucci with Jake Noel-Storr, RIT Insight Lab. The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per day, ...
- 07:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Mega Galaxy Merger This simulation shows the merging of two massive galaxies, sped up to cover 1.5 billion years of time. The merging galaxies are split into two views: a visible-light view is ...
- 02:23 UTC StarStuff Axe likely for asteroid search program The only program searching for Earth-threatening asteroids in the southern hemisphere could be forced to shut, because of lack of funding. Also: the Sun unleashes a series of four powerful ...
21 May 2013
- 15:50 UTC The Space Show Kimberly Arcand, Megan Watzke, Monday, 5-20-13 Guests: Kimberly Arcand, Megan Watzke. Topics: Touring our Solar System with our two guests. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. ...
- 12:05 UTC Cheap Astronomy 36. Ed White's glove - 19 September 2009
- 12:00 UTC NASA Astrobiology M... Skeptic Check: Hostile Climate It's a record we didn't want to break. The carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere has hit the 400 parts-per-million mark, a level at which some scientists say is a ...
- 12:00 UTC Exposing PseudoAstr... Episode 75: Young-Earth Creationist, David Coppedge, Sues... Back in 2010, David Coppedge, a young-Earth creationist and an Intelligent Design advocate, sued NASA for workplace discrimination, alleging he had been discriminated against due to his religious views. He ...
- 11:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... UNAWE Space Scoop - Orion and the Cool Universe Here you can enjoy the latest Space Scoop, unawe.org's astronomy news service for children aged 8 and above. The idea behind Space Scoop is to change the way science is ...
20 May 2013
- 21:08 UTC StarDate Online Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury Meet in Western Twilight May ... The two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, will help you find a fainter one, Mercury, as all three shine together in the western twilight about half an hour after sunset ...
- 18:30 UTC NASA Astrobiology M... Skeptic Check: Hostile Climate It's a record we didn't want to break. The carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere has hit the 400 parts-per-million mark, a level at which some scientists say is a ...
- 17:17 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazers 1 Min. June 24-30, 2013 The Wonderful Stars Of Summer
- 17:16 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazers 5 Min. June 24-30, 2013 The Wonderful Stars Of Summer
- 17:14 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazers 1 Min. June 17-23, 2013 Comet Report
- 17:12 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazers 5 Min. June 17-23, 2013 Comet Report
- 17:10 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazers 1 Min. June 10-16, 2013 Does That Moon Look Super to You?
- 17:09 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazers 5 Min. June 10-16, 2013 Does That Moon Look Super to You?
- 17:08 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazers 1 Min. June 3-9, 2013 Star Gazing On The Shortest Nights Of The Year
- 17:08 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazers 5 Min. June 3-9, 2013 Star Gazing On The Shortest Nights Of The Year
- 17:03 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazers 1 Min. May 27- June 2, 2013 That Lucky Old Sun
- 17:02 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazers 5 Min. May 27- June 2, 2013 That Lucky Old Sun
- 17:00 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazers 1 Min. May 20-26, 2013 Oh, Venus!
- 16:59 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazers 5 Min. May 20-26, 2013 Oh, Venus!