Podcast
Are We There Yet?
Hosted by Central Florida Public Media · EN
Your weekly podcast journey into the latest news, missions, and stories shaping space exploration.
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NASA chief’s pledge to STEM education and how VR is bringing people to the cosmos
2w ago00:28:00Tap to summarizeNASA Administrator Jared Issacman is donating $500,000 of his own money to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping STEM college students. Plus, one public exhibit brings space down to Earth.
Transcribe →Life on Mars and the final Space Shuttle mission
3w ago00:28:00Tap to summarizeFor the second installment of Space on Tap, a special “Are We There Yet?” live event series, we asked what scientists and their robotic coworkers are really looking for on Mars. Plus, the crew of the final shuttle mission, STS-135, reunited for the mission’s 15th anniversary.
Transcribe →Starliner’s delay and Rocket Lab’s big buy. The latest on commercial space.
4w ago00:28:00Tap to summarizeA recent NASA audit says Boeing's Starliner is once again delayed from being certified. Plus, after acquiring the satellite company Iridium, Rocket Lab has its own constellation: 66 satellites and 14 spares.
Transcribe →Arctic upgrades on the ISS and human missions to Mars
Jun 3000:28:00Tap to summarizeNASA’s Quantum Lab is about the size of a mini fridge, but it allows NASA and international partners to study some of the biggest physics principles. By studying these atoms at these freezing temperatures, scientists can better understand how subatomic particles work and behave throughout the universe. Plus, human missions to the Mars could soon be a reality.
Transcribe →Moving data to space and rescuing a falling spacecraft
Jun 2300:28:00Tap to summarizeData, it runs the world, and now one company is creating data centers in space. Plus, a rescue mission to save the falling Swift Observatory is launching later this month.
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SpaceX goes public and a Mars mission goes offline
Jun 1600:28:00Tap to summarizeSpaceX’s launched its initial public offering. It’s a big move for SpaceX, not only to continue to develop some of its current projects like Starship, but it also brings a new wave of people hoping to invest in the company’s future. Plus, NASA lost contact with Maven, a satellite studying Mars. After efforts to contact Maven failed, the space agency officially declared the mission unrecoverable.
Transcribe →Artemis III gets a crew and Florida's push to launch at sea
Jun 900:28:00Tap to summarizeNASA has named the crew of the Artemis III mission that the agency is calling “one of the most highly complex missions NASA has undertaken.”
Transcribe →Blue Origin's explosion and the ethics of human space exploration
Jun 2Tap to summarizeBlue Origin says it expects to fly its New Glenn rocket by the end of this year. That’s after an explosion last week destroyed a rocket and damaged the company’s launch facility at Cape Canaveral.
Transcribe →Starship flies again and the hunt for galactic glue
May 2600:28:00Tap to summarizeNPR's Geoff Brumfiel brings us up to speed on SpaceX's latest Starship test. Plus, the Roman space telescope is closer to launch. What might it find?
Transcribe →Listening to the cosmos and cooking up a space menu
May 1900:28:00Tap to summarizeSome things in the universe we just can’t see through visible light, so instead, astronomers rely on radio waves and radio astronomy. Plus, from trips to the International Space Station to flybys around the moon, there’s a lot that goes into meal prepping for crews that leave the planet, including taste and dietary needs.
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