BROADCAST
DATE | SUBJECT | DESCRIPTION |
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| January 2
| Hunting For Habitats
| The aims of the Phoenix mission to the north polar area of Mars. Included comments by Chris Lewicki, Flight System Engineer, Leslie Tamppari, Project Scientist, Deborah Bass, Deputy Project Scientist and Peter Smith, Principal Investigator. (Courtesy JPL) |
| January 2
| Red Mars
| Why Mars is so red. |
| January 2
| Ring Of Dark Matter
| A collision between two galaxies has left a ring of dark matter. (Courtesy ESA) |
| January 2
| Earth At Perihelion
| A description of the Earth's orbit in words and music. |
| January 2
| Greenhouses On Mars
| How to grow plants in the Martian environment. (Courtesy NASA) |
| January 9
| Hitching A Ride On An Asteroid
| How asteroids could be used to protect space travellers from the effects of radiation. (Courtesy STScI) |
| January 9
| Our Galactic Centre
| How the Chandra Xray Observatory is able to see the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy. (Courtest CXC) |
| January 9
| Gravity Probe B
| A description of the Gravity Probe B satellite and its mission to test Einstein's Theory of Relativity. (Courtesy NASA) |
| January 16
| What Are Supernovae?
| Some of the latest discoveries about supernovae. (Coutesy CXC) |
| January 16
| Ulysses Flyby Of The Sun's North Pole
| Report on what Ulysses found when it again flew over the noth polar area of the Sun. (Courtesy NASA) |
| January 23
| Star Generations In Globular Clusters
| The Hubble Space telescope has shown there are three distinct populations of stars in globular cluster NGC 2808. (Courtesy ESA) |
| January 23
| Exlporer 1
| Marking the 50th anniversary of the launch of Explorer 1 on 1958 February 1. (Courtesy JPL) |
| January 23
| GIOVE
| Two GIOVE satellits are proving the technologies needed to support the European navigational satellite system Galileo. (Courtesy ESA) |
| January 23
| Roving Mars Episode 97
| The fourth anniversary of the landing of the Mars Exploration Rovers. Included comments by John Callas, MER Project Manager, JPL. Also updates on the Mars Odyssey, Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Phoenix spacecraft. |
| January 23
| Messenger Flies Past Mercury
| A report on the flyby of Mercury by the Messenger spacecraft. (Courtesy NASA) |
| January 23
| Radio Galaxies and X-rays
| Why the Chandra Xray Observatory is being used to study galaxies that emit radio waves. (Courtesy CXC) |
| January 30
| Galactic Clusters
| Recent research into galactic clusters by the Chandra Xray Observatory. (Courtesy CXC) |
| January 30
| CHIPS and Supernovae
| The objectives of the CHIPS satellite. (Courtesy NASA) |
| January 30
| Cryosat
| The original objectives of the Cryosat satellite, which failed to reach orbit. |
| January 30
| The Eta Carina Nebula
| Largest panorama ever taken by the Hubble Space Telescope released reveals new details of the Carina Nebula. (Courtesy ESA) |
| January 30
| James Webb Space Telescope
| Launch has been delayed, and is now expected in 2013. (Courtesy NASA) |
| February 6
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 33
| 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 Buzz Aldrin describes new ways to access space. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| February 6
| Launch of STS 122
| Launch plans for Atlantis on a mission to deliver the Columbus module to the ISS. Included interview with astronaut Stephen Frick and with non-STS 122 astronaut Robert Satcher. |
| February 13
| Columbus Delivered To ISS
| The installation of the European Columbus Module on the International Space Station, and progress in its activation. Included STS 122 launch commentary and interview of Stephen Payne, NASA Test Director. |
| February 13
| Beatles Across The Universe
| Beatles song "Across The Universe" beamed into deep space by NASA's Deep Space Network. |
| February 13
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 34
| 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 Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11) responds to questions from the Commissioners on his ideas for new ways to access space. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| February 20
| STS 122
| An update on the STS 122 mission to place the Columbus module aboard the ISS. Included:- interview with NASA astronaut Robert Satcher; ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts discussing Columbus; and German Chancellor Angela Merkel talking with astronauts aboard the ISS. |
| February 27
| Comets Seen In Xrays
| How the Chandra Xray Observatory has been able to detect xrays emitted by comets. (Courtesy CXC) |
| February 27
| Supernovae
| Asked to question of when we will see another supernova in our own galaxy? (Courtesy CXC) |
| February 27
| Stardust and Hot Comets
| Results of the Stardust Mission, which retrieved cometary dust which showed material formed in hot environments. (Courtesy STScI) |
| February 27
| Barred Spiral Galaxy
| The Hubble Space Telescope has shown new details of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672. (Courtesy ESA) |
| February 27
| Comet Galaxy
| Ground and space-based telscopes have imaged a galaxy being ripped apart by a galaxy cluster's gravitatonal field. (Courtesy ESA) |
| February 27
| Ulysses Freezing To Death
| ESA's Ulysses solar probe is about to die after seventeen years service. |
| February 27
| Will Radiation Prevent Mars Trips?
| Research into the effects of radiation doses likely to be encoutered by astronauts travelling to Mars. (Courtesy NASA) |
| March 5
| STEREO Mission
| An overview of the twin solar study probes launched into heliocentric orbit to provide stereoscopic views of the Sun. (Courtesy Tiffanny Nail, KSC) |
| March 12
| ATV
| Description of the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle, the Jules Verne. (Courtesy ESA) |
| March 19
| Cassini At Enceladus
| What the Cassini spacecraft found when it flew past Saturn's moon Enceledus. (Courtesy NASA) |
| March 19
| STS 123 Launch
| Description of the launch of STS 123 and of its Kibo logistics module. |
| March 19
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 35
| 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. Should space activities be run by government or private eneterprise? The opinions of Michael Kearney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Spacehab, a company which has flown modules inside the space shuttles. Also, on the theme of the economic feasibility of commercial space eneterprises, Marco Caceres, Senior Analyst and Director of Space Studies with the Teal Group. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| March 26
| Rings Around Rhea?
| News of possible rings around Saturn's moon Rhea discovered by the Cassini spacecraft. Also details of Cassini's flight through the plumes of Encelasus. (Courtesy Jane Platt, JPL) |
| March 26
| STS 123 Farewell Ceremony
| The departing STS 123 astronauts say their goodbyes as they leave the International Space Station. How to see the Jules Verne ATV and the ISS. |
| March 26
| Arthur C Clarke Dies
| A farewell to the writer of many works, including "2010: Odyssey Two." |
| April 2
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 36
| 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. The economic feasibility of commercial space eneterprises: Stephen Flemming of EGL Ventures with his views on forging a space industry. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| April 9
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 37a
| 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. The economic feasibility of commercial space eneterprises: Commissioners ask questions of Stephen Flemming of EGL Ventures with his views on forging a space industry; Michael Kearney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Spacehab; and, Marco Caceres, Senior Analyst and Director of Space Studies with the Teal Group. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| April 16
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 37b
| 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. The economic feasibility of commercial space eneterprises: Commissioners ask questions of Stephen Flemming of EGL Ventures with his views on forging a space industry; Michael Kearney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Spacehab; and, Marco Caceres, Senior Analyst and Director of Space Studies with the Teal Group. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| April 16
| Phoenix Cruising To Mars
| Lyn Craig, Trajectory Analyst, Brian Portlock, Navigation team leader and Marc Garcia, Deputy Mission Manager, discuss the cruise phase of Phoenix's journey to Mars. (Courtesy JPL) |
| April 23
| Rosetta Odyssey
| A progress rreport on the Rosetta mission to orbit and land on a comet. (Courtesy ESA) |
| April 30
| Exotic World Of Neutron Stars
| What neutron stars are and what the Chandra Xray Observatory is finding out about them. (Courtesy CXC) |
| April 30
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 38
| 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. Comments from the public. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| May 7
| New Solar Systems Found
| New stars and planetary systems have been found within 30 light years of us. (Courtrsy STScI) |
| May 7
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 39
| Commissioners of the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond, in the Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, answer questions posed by members of the press. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| May 7
| Mergers and Aquisitions In The Cosmos
| How galaxies collide and merge. (Courtesy CXC) |
| May 14
| NASA Activities During 2008 March, April and May
| A look-back at events associated with the U.S. space agency, and a look forward at the next few months planned launches. (Inserts courtesy NASA) |
| May 14
| Water On Enceledas
| The discovery of water on the Saturnian moon by the Cassini spacecraft. (Courtesy STScI) |
| May 21
| Dark Matter Mapped
| New evidence for the existence of dark matter. (Courtesy STScI) |
| May 21
| Phoenix's Countdown To Touchdown
| Update on the Phoenix flight to Mars, and expected events as the probe enters the Martian atmosphere. (Courtesy JPL) |
| May 21
| Space Medicine
| Research into coping with the effects of spaceflight, with the aim of allowwing human flights to Mars. (Courtesy NASA) |
| May 28
| Phoenix Landing On Mars
| Extensive coverage of the landing. |
| June 4
| Launch of STS 124
| An extended Space Show with detailed coverage of the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery with the Japanese Kibo module for the International Space Station. Included full launch and climbout to orbit. |
| June 11
| The GLAST Spacecraft
| The objectives of the Gamma Large Area Space Telescope. (Courtesy NASA) |
| June 11
| Fermionic Condensates
| NASA research into this recently discovered form of matter. (Courtesy NASA) |
| June 18
| Watching Our Oceans
| The objectives of the OSTM/Jason2 satellite. (Courtesy JPL) |
| June 18
| GLAST Launched
| Coverage of the launch of the Gamma Large Area Space Telescope, including launch commentary and features describing the objectives of this satellite. Also the musical item, "GLAST Prelude" for Brass Quartet, Opus 12, composed by Nolan Gasser and performed by the American Brass Quintet. |
| June 18
| Ulysses Ends Mission
| The achievements of the Ulysses spacecraft and why its mission has ended. (Courtesy JPL) |
| June 18
| Landing STS 124
| The safe return of Discovery after delivering the Japanese Kibo module to the International Space Station. |
| June 25
| Cassini's Orbit
| How Cassini's orbital trajectory around Saturn allows differing views of the planet's rings. (Courtesy Emily, Planetary Society) |
| June 25
| LRO and LCROSS
| Description of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and LCROSS impactor spacecraft to be launched later this year to the Moon. Included the voices of Peter Worden, Director of the Ames Reserarch Center, Dan Andrews, LCROSS Project Manager, Anthony Colaprete, LROSS Principal Investigator, Mark Shirley, LCROSS Software Lead, and Jennifer Heldmann, LCROSS Co-investigator. (Courtesy NASA). |
| June 25
| Water On The Moon?
| An investigation into whether water might exist on the Moon. (Courtesy NPR) |
| June 25
| Titan
| What the Huygens probe revealed about Saturn's moon Titan. (Courtesy ESA) |
| June 25
| Phoenix On Mars
| Findings by the Phoenix spacecraft from the north polar area of Mars. |
| July 2
| Holes On Mars
| The discovery of deep holes in the Martian surface. (Courtesy Spitzer Science Center) |
| July 2
| The X-Planets
| As more planets are discovered, the variety of their properties amazes astronomers. |
| July 2
| Robotic Arms
| The robotic arms on the Mars Explorations Rovers and the Phoenix lander are compared. (Courtesy Emily, Planetary Society) |
| July 2
| Global Change and Ocean Currents
| Will global change cause ocean circulation patterns to change? (Courtesy NASA) |
| July 9
| Missing Spiral Arms of Our Galaxy
| New sudies by the Spitzer Space Telescope have found that two of the Milky Way's spiral arms just don't exist! (courtesy Spitzer Science Center) |
| July 9
| Huygens Engineering
| Some aspects in the engineering of the Huygens probe's heat shield, instruments and radio data transmitter. |
| July 9
| New Horizons At Jupiter
| What the New Horizons spacecraft, enroute to Pluto, found as it passed Jupiter in 2007 February. (Courtesy NPR) |
| July 9
| The Case For Humans In Space
| The case for European involvement in the manned space programme is put by Jörg Feustel-Büechl, the European Space Agency's Director of Manned Spaceflight, and Belgian ESA astronaut Frank de Winne. (Courtesy ESA) |
| July 9
| How It All Started
| How the Chandra Xray Observatory was launched into orbit, and what its achievements have been. (Courtesy CXC) |
| July 9
| Moon Trees
| The search for trees grown from seeds taken to the Moon by Apollo 14. (Courtesy NASA) |
| July 16
| Spitzer Space Telescope
| An overview of the mission of the Spitzer Space Telescope, which observes in the infrared. (Courtesy JPL) |
| July 16
| Lyman Spitzer
| A profile of the astrophysicist whose name was given to the Space InfraRed Telescope Facility. (Courtesy Spitzer Science Center) |
| July 16
| HST Wide Field Camera
| Description of the new camera to be added to the Hubble Space Telescope during the fifth shuttle servicing mission. |
| July 23
| Echoes Of A Supernova
| How echoes of light have alowed astrophysicists to detect a supernova that no-one actually saw. (Courtesy Spitzer Science Center) |
| July 23
| Engineer Divers
| Engineers who dive into a large swimming pool to plan the actions astronauts will need to take during the fifth Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission. Also an update on other preparations for that Space Shuttle Mission. (Courtesy NASA) |
| July 30
| Thirsty On Mars
| How a dehydrated astronaut might find water on Mars. (Courtesy MSFC) |
| July 30
| Carot
| A satellite is being prepared by the European Space Agency to look for extrasolar planets by observing transits of planets across the face of stars. Carot will also look for seismic waves on the surfaces of stars. (Courtesy ESA) |
| July 30
| Dark Energy
| Astronomers are tracing how dark energy has stifled the growth of massive structures in the Universe over the past seven billion years. |
| August 6
| Material For Super Space Ships
| New materials, some incorporating nanotubes, are being developed for building the space vehicles of the future. (Courtesy MSFC) |
| August 6
| Song Of The Sun
| The SOHO spacecraft has mapped bubbles in the Sun using very low frequency soud waves which make the surface of the Sun pulsate. |
| August 6
| Saturn's Equinox
| A description of how best to observe Saturn's equinox from the Cassini spacecraft, which is in orbit around the ringed planet. (Courtesy Planetary Society) |
| August 13
| Roving Mars Episode 98
| Recent activities by the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. |
| August 27
| Galactic Theif
| The Spitzer Space Telescope has observed a galaxy stealing gas. (Courtesy Spitzer Science Institute) |
| August 27
| Jules Verne, the Automated Transfer Vehicle.
| Using the voices of John Ellwood (ATV Programme Manager) and Mike Steinkopf (ATV Cargo Operation Integration Engineer) a description of the mission of the Jules Verne to supply the International Space Station. (Courtesy ESA) |
| August 27
| Planetary Tales From Hubble
| Some recent observations of our solar system by the Hubble Space Telescope. (Courtesy STScI) |
| September 3
| Roving Mars Episode 99
| Recent activities by the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, including Opportunity's ascent out of Victoria crater. |
| September 3
| Crew Aids and Tools
| A description of the tools astronauts will use to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space telescope during the STS 125 mission. (Courtesy NASA) |
| September 10
| Rosetta's Steins Flyby
| Description of the scientific ojectives of the Rosetta spacecraft as it flies past asteroid Steins. (Courtesy ESA) |
| September 10
| STS 125 Rollout
| Description of the rollout to the launch pad of space shuttle Atlantis in preparation for the Hubble Servicing Mission. |
| September 10
| Preparing GOCE for launch
| Danilo Muzi (GOCE Programme manager) and Mark Drinkwater (Head, Mission Science Division, ESA) describe the Gravity field and steady state Ocean Circulation Explorer satellite. (Courtesy ESA) |
| September 17
| Last Mission To Hubble
| A description of plans for the final Hubble Servicing Mission. (Courtesy NASA HQ) |
| September 17
| HST Operations Control
| The role of the STOC (Space Telescope Operations Control) during the Hubble Servicing Mission. (Courtesy NASA) |
| September 17
| Birth and Evolution of the Universe
| How the Hubble Space Telescope detects light from the early universe, how Cepeid variable stars are used to determine the Hubble Constant, how Hubble has helped measure the changing expansion rate of the universe and the ways in which the Hubble deep Field images have revolutionised astronomy. Also a description of the Next generation Space Telescope. (Courtesy STScI) |
| September 17
| Supernovae and Black Holes
| The Hubble Space Telescope as been used to find missing links between supernovae and black holes. (Courtesy ESA) |
| September 24
| X-Ray Astronomy
| A description of what x-ray astronomy is and the role of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory satellite. (Courtesy CXC) |
| September 24
| The GOCE Satellite
| The scientific objectives of the Gravity field and steady state Ocean Circulation Explorer satellite. (Courtesy ESA) |
| September 24
| GALEX Mission Update
| A report on the work of the GALEX satellite, which is observing galaxies. (Courtesy NASA) |
| September 24
| Solar Eclipses
| A description of eclipses of the Sun. (Courtesy NASA) |
| October 1
| NASA's 50th Anniversary - Part One
| A special programme to mark the 50th anniversary of the formation in the United States of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Looked both at NASA's past and future. Included comments by two former NASA administrators and a description of the Aires rockets that are being built to return humans to the Moon. |
| October 1
| Rosetta At Steins
| A description of the Rosetta mission and the plans for it to observe the asteroid Steins during a flyby. |
| October 1
| Dusty Black Holes
| The origin of dust in the Universe may have been found in the wind from black holes. (Courtesy Spitzer Science Center) |
| October 1
| Chandra Design
| Description of the design of the Chandra X-ray Observatory satellite. (Courtesy CXC) |
| October 8
| NASA's 50th Anniversary - Part Two
| A special programme to mark the 50th anniversary of the formation in the United States of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Looked both at NASA's past and future. Included comments by two former NASA administrators. |
| October 8
| Repairing the Advanced Camera for Surveys
| A story describing the race to figure out a way to repair the failed ACS instrument before the final Hubble Serving Mission. (Courtesy STScI) |
| October 8
| Vision, Hope and Triumph
| Heidi Hammel, Senior Research Scientist, describes her work with the Hubble Space Telescope. (Courtesy STScI) |
| October 8
| Dynamic Duo on Launch Pad
| Anita Barrett reports on two shuttles on the launch pad at the Kenndy Space Center - STS 125 Atlantis and STS 126 Endeavour. (Courtesy KSC) |
| October 8
| GOCE
| Preparations for the launch of the Gravity field and steady state Ocean Circulation Explorer satellite aboard a Russian Rockot launch vehicle from Plesetsk. (Courtesy ESA) |
| October 15
| 2008 Solar Eclipse
| Description of observations made during the 2008 eclipse of the Sun. |
| October 15
| Interstellar Boundary Explorer
| Overview of the mission of the IBEX satellite, which is exploring the boundaries of the solar system's magnetosphere. (Courtesy NASA) |
| October 15
| The Last Mission To Hubble
| Engineers, astronauts and astronomers tell what's being done to prepare for next year's fourth servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Details of recent changes to flight plan. |
| October 15
| Launch of Soyuz TMA-13
| Coverage of the Soyuz TMA-13 mission carrying space flight participant Richard Garriot to the international Space Station. |
| October 15
| Spitzer's Fifth Anniversary
| A review of the first five years operations and findings of the Spitzer Space Telescope. (Courtesy Spitzer Science Center) |
| October 15
| Arctic Sea ice In 2008
| A report on the extent of sea ice during the 2008 northern summer. (Courtesy GSFC) |
| October 22
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 40
| Commissioners of the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond move to San Francisco. Science Fiction novelist Ray Bradbury gives his vision for humanity's future in space. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| October 22
| Garriot Aboard ISS
| Space Flight Participant Richard Garriott uses ham radio to talk to his father, Owen Garriott, the first person to use ham radio in space. He also describes the approach of Soyuz TMA-13 to the ISS and gives us an audio tour of the Space Station. |
| October 22
| Saturn's Cyclones
| Kevin Baines, a scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboaratory, describes the findings by the Cassini spacecraft about Saturn's cyclones. (Courtesy JPL) |
| October 22
| Constellation
| A description of the Constellation plan to return humans to the Moon. Featured the voices of Gene Cernan (Apollo 17 astronaut), Jeff Hanley (Constellation Progam Manager), Mark Geyer (Orion project manager), Steve Cook (Ares Program Manager) and Lauri Hansen (Altair Project Manager). (Courtesy NASA) |
| October 22
| Launch of IBEX
| Dropped from the belly of an L-1011 near Kwajalein Island, the Interstellar Boundary EXplorer (IBEX) soars into orbit. Mission objectives described. |
| October 29
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 41
| Commissioners of the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond consider the role of the entertainment industry in promoting space exploration. Featured John Bernadoni (Executive Producer, Ancient Mariner Media) and Lawrence Holland (Game Designer, Totally Games). (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| October 29
| Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
| What the findings of the TRMM satellite have been. (Courtesy NASA) |
| October 29
| GOCE
| European Space Agency satellite to map the Earth's shape by using gravity field strength. (Courtesy ESA) |
| October 29
| The Legacy of 2001: A Space Odyssey
| A celebration of the 40th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C Clarke's film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Included a tribute to the film by Garrett Reisman, Flight Engineer aboard the International Space Station and Roger Waters' song Perfect Sense. |
| November 5
| Black Holes
| Recent findings about the nature of black holes. (Courtesy CXC) |
| November 5
| A Very Bright Star
| The Spitzer Space Telescope may have discovered a star brighter than Eta Carina. (Courtesy SSC) |
| November 5
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 42
| Commissioners of the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond consider the role of the entertainment industry in promoting long term public interest in space exploration. Featured John Bernadoni (Executive Producer, Ancient Mariner Media) and Lawrence Holland (Game Designer, Totally Games) responding to questions put by the Commissioners. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| November 12
| Roving Mars Episode 100
| Recent activities by the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, including a report by rover driver Ashley Stroupe. |
| November 12
| STS 126 Ready
| Preparations for the launch of space shuttle Endeavour. |
| November 12
| Phoenix Tribute
| Comments on the end of the Phoenix mission to the polar area of Mars. |
| November 12
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 43
| Commissioners of the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond consider the theme Educating Tomorrow's Astronauts. Barbara Morgan (former teacher, now astronaut), Gerald Wheeler (Executive Director, National Science Teachers Association), James McMurtray (Executive Director, National Alliance of State Science and Mathematics Coalitions) and Dominic Farrar (Teacher and Athletic Director, Royal Oak Intermediate School) chart the way forward in not only science education, but education in general. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| November 19
| STS 126 Launch
| Extensive report on the launch of STS 126 Endeavour to the International Space Station. |
| November 19
| Planet Formation
| How planets are formed in multistar systems. (Courtesy SSC) |
| November 19
| Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
| The objectives of the LRO mission. |
| November 19
| New Horizons Mission
| Discussion of whether the downgrading of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet status affected the importance of the New Horizons spacecarft's mission to study Pluto. (Courtesy NASA) |
| November 19
| Farewell Phoenix
| A report on the cessation of communications with the Phoenix after more than five months on the polar soils of Mars. |
| November 26
| STS 126 Mission
| STS 126 crew upgrade the International Space Station. |
| November 26
| Passage To The Moon
| Narrated by Mallika Sarabhai and PC Ramakrishnan, this feature described the Chandrayaan 1 mission to the Moon in the context of past lunar exploration and India's space programme. The PSLV rocket was described, the Chandrayaan 1 payload detailed, and the Chandrayaan 1 mission trajectory explained. Reasons for exploring the Moon were set out, and plans for future lunar exploration revealed. (Courtesy ISRO) |
| December 3
| It Came From Vesta
| A description of the Dawn spacecraft's mission to asteroid Vesta. (Courtesy JPL) |
| December 3
| Astronomy From Space
| How the European Space Agency uses satellites to do astronomy. (Courtesy ESA) |
| December 3
| Roving Mars Episode 101
| Recent activities by the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. |
| December 3
| STS 126 Landing
| The final days of the flight of Endeavour. |
| December 3
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 44
| Commissioners of the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond again consider the theme Educating Tomorrow's Astronauts. Barbara Morgan (former teacher, now astronaut), Gerald Wheeler (Executive Director, National Science Teachers Association), James McMurtray (Executive Director, National Alliance of State Science and Mathematics Coalitions) and Dominic Farrar (Teacher and Athletic Director, Royal Oak Intermediate School) are quizzed by the nine Commissioners. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| December 10
| America's Loss Of Vision
| The views of Robert Zubrin (President, Mars Society) and Rick Tumlinson (President, Space Frontier Foundation) on where the USA should go in future human space exploration. |
| December 10
| LCROSS
| The objectives of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, LCROSS. (Courtesy NASA) |
| December 10
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 45
| Commissioners of the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond again consider the theme Sustainability For The Long Haul. Reecie Giesecke (President, UAW Local 484 Aerospace Workers), Dean Zvorak (President, UAW Local 887) and David Goodreau (Chairman, California Small Manufacturers Association) offered different views on how to build a sustainable space industry. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| December 17
| STS 126 Recap
| A summary of the achievements of the Endeavour's mission to the International Space Station. (Courtesy KSC) |
| December 17
| The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey
| How an IMAX movie has been made, using imagery from NASA's great space observatories, which flies audiences past more than eleven thousand galaxies in a three dimensional early distant universe. |
| December 17
| CALIPSO
| The results of the CALIPSO cloud studying satellite mission. (Courtesy NASA) |
| December 17
| Protostellar Jets
| How jets emerge from newly forming stars. (Courtesy SSC) |
| December 17
| Phoenix Mission Summary
| A summary of the findings of the Phoenix mission to the northern polar region of Mars. (Courtesy NASA) |
| December 17
| Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 46
| Commissioners of the United States President's Commission for Moon, Mars and Beyond again consider the theme Sustainability For The Long Haul. Reecie Giesecke (President, UAW Local 484 Aerospace Workers), Dean Zvorak (President, UAW Local 887) and David Goodreau (Chairman, California Small Manufacturers Association) engage in a wide ranging discussion with the nine Commissioners on the topics of education, minimum job qualifications, mentoring and role modellng. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| December 24
| Trilogy Of Terror
| The dust clouds in space as revealed by the Spitzer Space Telescope. (Courtesy SSC) |
| December 24
| Apollo 8 40th Anniversary
| Marking the 40th Anniversary of the first human mission to the Moon |
| December 24
| Giant Black Hole Swallows Star
| Astronomy satellites have been used to find that a giant black hole has torn apart a star and is now swollowing it. |
| December 31
| Space Diamonds
| A comedic look at how the Spitzer Space Telescope has found the spectral signatures of diamond in interstellar gas and dust clouds. (Courtesy SSC) |
| December 31
| Hubble's Science Legacy
| Astromomers describe what they have learnt using the Hubble Space Telescope. (Courtesy STScI) |
| December 31
| Blasting Water With Stellar Jets
| New findings from the Spitzer Space Telescope show jets of ionised gas are emerging from new formed stars and striking water laden gas clouds. The celestial collision is fascinating astrophyscists. (Courtesy SSC) |
