BROADCAST
DATE | SUBJECT | DESCRIPTION |
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| January 10
| Foams Aboard International Space Station
| Properties of foams being investigated aboard ISS. (Courtesy NASA) |
| January 10
| Roving Mars Episode 87
| The Mars Exploration Rovers Complete three years exploring Mars. |
| January 10
| New Horizons One Year Into Decade-long Journey To Pluto
| To mark anniversary of launch a look at the mission and its objectives. Included comments from Alan Stern Principal Investigator), Leslie Young (Deputy Project Scientist), Robert Farquhar (Mission Director), Andrew Cheng (Mission Scientist). (Some audio inserts courtesy Johns Hopkins University) |
| Janaury 10
| SMART 1 Ends Mission
| An examination of the European Space Agency's SMART 1 spacecraft and its importance to the European space effort. |
| January 17
| Ancient Planet
| Details of a Jupiter-like planet discovered in the M4 globular cluster by the Hubble Space telescope. (Courtesy NASA) |
| January 17
| Blackouts
| How our Sun can cause electrical power blackouts here on Earth. (Courtesy NASA) |
| January 24
| Roving Mars Episode 88
| Opportunity's story. (Courtesy NASA) |
| January31
| Roving Mars Episode 89
| The past few weeks' activities on Mars. |
| January 31
| Ice Expedition
| The findings of an expedition to expore the sub-ice rivers in Greenland. (Courtesy NASA) |
| January 31
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - Episode 1
| The new capabilities the MRO has brought to the study of the red planet. (Courtesy NASA) |
| February 7
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - Episode 2
| The new capabilities the MRO has brought to the study of the red planet. (Courtesy NASA) |
| February 7
| Lisa Nowak
| A profile of Lisa Nowak, including her STS 121 mission. |
| February 7
| Keeping Tabs On Ozone
| How European scientists are using the Envisat spacecraft to monitor stratospheric ozone concentrations. (Courtesy ESA) |
| February 14
| Bird Tracking By The Argos System
| Owls are being tracked in alpine forest using satellites. (Courtesy ESA) |
| February 21
| Roving Mars Episode 90
| The past few weeks' activities on Mars. |
| February 21
| Space Scents
| Perfume research in space. (Courtesy NASA) |
| February 21
| THEMIS and the Aurora
| The launch of the THEMIS satellite and its mission to study the aurora. |
| February 28
| Rosetta Flyby Of Mars
| How Rosetta altered course using a swingby of Mars. Details of the Rosetta mission objectives. (Included elements courtesy ESA) |
| March 7
| Hibernation
| Research into hibernation that could both benefit humans on Earth and during spaceflight. (Courtesy ESA) |
| March 14
| Rosetta Comet Lander
| The Philae lander and its objectives. (Courtesy ESA) |
| March 7
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - Episode 3
| Launch logistics for the MRO. (Courtesy NASA) |
| March 14
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - Episode 4
| Navigating the MRO to Mars. (Courtesy NASA) |
| March 14
| Atmospheres on Extra-solar Planets
| Discovery of atmospheres on planets outside our solar system. (Courtesy Spitzer Science Center) |
| March 28
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - Episode 5
| Placing the MRO into orbit around Mars. (Courtesy NASA) |
| March 28
| Rotation Period of Saturn
| New measurements by the Cassini spacecraft of radio transmissions from Saturn establish a modified figure for the rotation rate of Saturn's core. |
| April 11
| International Polar Year
| The scientific programme of the International Polar Year. (Courtesy NASA) |
| April 11
| Hunting for Molecules on Faraway Planets
| How the Spitzer Space Telescope is looking for molecules that could indicate the presence of life on exrasolar planets. (Courtesy Jane Platt, JPL) |
| April 18
| Ulysses Again Passes Over Sun's South Pole.
| Discussion of the findings of Ulysses and plans to compare these with measurements to be made in 2008 of the North Pole of the Sun. (Courtesy Space Telescope Science Institute) |
| April 18
| Roving Mars Episode 91
| The past month's activities on Mars. |
| April 18
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - Episode 6
| Altering the MRO's orbit around Mars using aerobraking. (Courtesy NASA) |
| April 26
| The Moon and Industry
| The U.S. Vision for Space Explotation and how some see manned flights to the Moon as a stimulus to industry. |
| May 2
| Launch of the AIM spacecraft
| Description of the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) spacecraft and its mission. Included launch commentary. |
| May 2
| Planetary Nebulae
| New studies of the gas clouds thrown off dying stars. (Courtesy NPR) |
| May 16
| Andromeda
| New findings by the Spitzer Space Telescope about the Andromeda galaxy. (Courtesy Spitzer Science Center) |
| May 30
| Mars Mice
| Plans involving the University of Queensland to fly mice in space under simulated martian gravity. (Courtesy NASA) |
| May 30
| Valles Marineris
| An audio tour of Valles Marineris on Mars. (Courtesy NASA) |
| May 30
| Jupiter and Saturn
| New studies of x-ray emission from Jupiter and Saturn by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. (Courtesy Harvard University) |
| June 6
| Gravity Probe B
| The satellite's mission to study gravito-magnetism. (Courtesy NASA) |
| June 13
| STS 117
| Preparations for flight and launch of the Atlantis on a construction mission to the International Space Station. |
| June 20
| Membranes to help missions to Mars
| New technologies being developed to support human missions to Mars. (Courtesy NASA) |
| June 20
| Why The Moon?
| Reasons for returning humans to the Moon include advancing human civilisation, scientific knowledge, forging global partnerships, encouraging economic expansion and engaging the public in exploration. (Courtesy NASA) |
| July 4
| Roving Mars Episode 92
| The past two month's activities on Mars. |
| July 4
| STS117 Landing
| Description of the final days and landing of the STS 117 mission. |
| July 4
| Journey To The Giant Asreroids
| The Dawn mission to Ceres and Pallas. (Courtesy Marshall Space Flight Center) |
| July 11
| Fly With Me In Space
| Music recounting the joys of living aboard the International Space Station. |
| July 11
| Mysterious Titan Revealed
| Astonishing new details about Titan. (Courtesy ESA) |
| July 11
| Magnetospheric Cracks
| Results from the Image spacecraft which shows how the solar wind can eneter the Earth's magnetosphere. |
| July 18
| The SOHO 19/GONG Conference
| A report on the helioseismology conference held in Melbourne. Description of the solar research reported at the confernce, which was organised by Paul Cully of Monash University. |
| August 1
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 22
| Submissions made to the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond. Public submissions from Lyle Kelly, Gerald Zakinsky, Alan Thompson, Steven Solich, John Berneki, John Livingston, Danny Cooper and Monica Ice in Dayton, Ohio. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| August 1
| Future Mars Spacecraft
| Plans for continued exploration of mars in the coming decade. |
| August 1
| Roving Mars Episode 93
| The past month's activities on Mars, including the effect of dust storms on the Mars Exploration Rovers. |
| August 1
| The Phoenix Mission
| Plans to land the space probe in the polar region of Mars. Included Arizona University's Peter Smith, Principal Investigator of the Phoenix mission. (Courtesy University of Arizona) |
| August 8
| Phoenix On Its Way
| The launch of the Phoenix spacecraft towards Mars. |
| August 8
| STS 118
| Comments by the crew of STS 118 on their mission. (Courtesy JSC) |
| August 15
| The Phoenix Polar Lander Mission
| Report on the mission preparations and objectives. Included Ron Meuller, Mission Manager, NASA Launch Services; Chuck Dovale, Launch Manager, NASA Launch Services; and Peter Smith, Principal Investigator, Phoenix, University of Arizona. (Courtesy Tiffany Nail, NASA Launch Services) |
| August 15
| STS 118 Launch
| Commentary on the launch of STS 118, from countdown to orbital insertion. |
| August 22
| Roving Mars Episode 94
| The past week's activities on Mars, including an update on the effect of dust storms on the Mars Exploration Rovers. |
| August 22
| Landing of STS 118
| Commentary of the landing of the space shuttle. |
| August 29
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 23
| Submissions made to the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond. Press conference in which members of the Commission answer questions from members of the media in Dayton, Ohio. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| Auguist 29
| Black Holes
| The critical role supermassive black holes have in the lives of stars and galaxies. (Courtesy Spitzer Science Center) |
| August 29
| Yoyager 30 Years Later
| A look at the status of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft 30 years after their launch, and a look forward to what they will be doing over the next few years. (Courtesy Jane Platt, JPL) Also an update on the location and trajectory of the Voyagers, and a musical tribute. |
| September 5
| Destination Tomorrow
| The aims of the Phoenix mission to land on the polar region of Mars. Included comments fom Peter Smith, the Phoenix Lander Principal Investigator, University of Arizona. (Courtesy Tanya St. Romain) |
| September 12
| Roving Mars Episode 95
| The past fortnight's activities on Mars. |
| September 12
| Chandra's Eighth Birthday
| What the Chandra Xray Observatory has achieved in the 8 years since its launch. (Courtesy Chandra Xray Center) |
| September 12
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 24
| Submissions made to the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond. From the Georgia Center for Advanced telecommunications Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Witnesses included Narayanan Komerath (Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology) and Daneil Hegeman (student, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology). (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| September 26
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 25
| Submissions made to the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond. From the Georgia Center for Advanced telecommunications Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Paul Olume (Director, Center for Education, Integrating Science, mathematics and Computing) on how to support the Moon-Mars Initiative through making education more effective. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| September 26
| Mars Express Probes Underground
| How the European craft is using the Mars Advanced Radar to detect where water ice lies under the martian surface. (Courtesy ESA) |
| September 26
| 500 Days At Venus
| The preliminary findings of the Venus Express spacecraft, which earleir this month passed 500 days in orbit around Venus. |
| September 26
| Stardust and Wild 2
| A look back at the findings of the Stardust spacecraft about the Comet Wild 2. (Courtesy MSFC) |
| October 3
| Sputnik Plus 50 years
| A 45 minute special tracing the development of rocketry from the 1940's to the late 1950's, leading the launch of Sputnik1, the American response with Vanguard and Explorer, the early manned missions, the advent of communications satellites, and the subsequent race to the Moon. |
| October 3
| Dawn Launch
| Coverage of the launch of the Dawn spacecraft towards Vesta and Ceres. Included comments by Omar Baez, NASA Launch Director. |
| October 17
| Sputnik 1 - America's Reaction
| How American's reacted to the launch of Sputnik 1. (Courtesy Jane Platt, JPL) |
| October 24
| Cassini Mission Report
| Recent events aboard and observations by the Cassini spacecraft as it orbits Saturn. (Courtesy Todd Barber, JPL) |
| October 24
| Children's Space Aspirations
| Young people describe their thoughts about space exploration and the future. |
| October 24
| STS 120 Launch
| Coverage of the launch of STS 120. Included audio inserts from NASA's commentary. |
| October 31
| STS 120 Mission
| The delivery of the Harmony module to the International Space Station. |
| October 31
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 26a
| Submissions made to the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond. From the Georgia Center for Advanced telecommunications Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Former astronaut Winston Scott and now Executive Director, Florida Space Authority, and Tim Huddleston, Executive Director, Aerospace States Association, on the role of public-private partnerships. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| November 7
| STS 120 Mission
| The final days of the mission and landing. |
| November 7
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 26b
| Submissions made to the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond. From the Georgia Center for Advanced telecommunications Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Former astronaut Winston Scott and now Executive Director, Florida Space Authority, and Tim Huddleston, Executive Director, Aerospace States Association, respond to questions from Commissioners about the role of public-private partnerships. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| November 14
| Shuman Resonance
| A global electrical resonance signal may have been found on Titan by the Huygens probe. (Courtesy Daniel Skuka, ESA) |
| November 14
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 27
| Submissions made to the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond. From the Georgia Center for Advanced telecommunications Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Michael Balzano, Executive Director, National Industrial Base Workforce Coalition; Charlie Bofferding, Council of Engineering and Scientist; and Jeff Rainey, Business representative, District 166, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, on building space jobs. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| November 21
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 28
| Submissions made to the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond. From the Georgia Center for Advanced telecommunications Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Michael Balzano, Executive Director, National Industrial Base Workforce Coalition; Charlie Bofferding, Council of Engineering and Scientist; and Jeff Rainey, Business representative, District 166, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, respond to questions from the Commissionersd on ways to build space jobs. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| November 28
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 29
| Submissions made to the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond. From the Georgia Center for Advanced telecommunications Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Former astronaut and now Deputy for Advanced Systems, United States Missile Defense Agency, Gary Payton on changes needed in NASA's culture and way of doing things in order to face the challenges of sending humans to the Moon and then on to Mars. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| December 5
| Nanosurgeons
| Tiny machines are being developed to carry out surgery. (Courtesy MSFC) |
| December 5
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 30
| Submissions made to the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond. From the Georgia Center for Advanced telecommunications Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Former astronaut and now Deputy for Advanced Systems, United States Missile Defense Agency, Gary Payton responses to questions from Commissioners on changes needed in NASA's culture. Recommends organising NASA in much the same way the Missile Defense Agency is run. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| December 5
| Roving Mars Episode 96
| The past several month's activities on Mars. Included news of possible liquid water on Mars. |
| December 12
| Neon in Space
| Discovery of neon gas around some stars. (Courtesy Spitzer Science Center) |
| December 12
| Seeing Meteors from the International Space Station
| How astronauts can sometimes see meteor showers as the look down on the Earth's atmosphere from their orbital vantage point. (Courtesy MSFC) |
| December 12
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 31
| Submissions made to the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond. From the Georgia Center for Advanced telecommunications Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Former astronaut and now President and Chief Executive Officer, AXA Space, Frederick Hauck; Professor Harry McSween, University of Tennessee; Ronald Turner, Principal Physicist, ANSER Corpoation, describe the report "Safe On Mars", which discussed the safety issues of sending humans to Mars. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| December 19
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 32
| Submissions made to the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond. From the Georgia Center for Advanced telecommunications Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Former astronaut and now President and Chief Executive Officer, AXA Space, Frederick Hauck; Professor Harry McSween, University of Tennessee; Ronald Turner, principal Physicist, ANSER Corpoation respond to Commissioners' questions about their report "Safe On Mars", which discussed the safety issues of sending humans to Mars. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| December 26
| Asteroid Threatens Mars
| A newly discovered asteroid has a 1 in 75 chance of hitting Mars next month. (Courtesy MSFC) |
| December 26
| Uncommon Moons
| Moon's like the Earth's may be relatively uncommon. (Courtesy Spitzer Science Center) |
| December 26
| This Month at NASA
| A description of the past month's activities at NASA (Courtesy NASA) |
