| BROADCAST DATE | LECTURER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| February 3 | The NASA Budget | NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden outlines a future vision for NASA and President Obama's Budget proposal. (Courtesy NASA HQ) |
| February 24 | A New Direction for NASA | Former NASA astronaut and member of the Augustine Committee Sally Ride explains why President Obama is setting NASA a new direction with his Budeget proposal. (Courtesy NASA HQ) |
| March 3 | Solar Dynamic Observatory's Atmospheric Imaging Assembly. | Dean Pesnel, SDO Project Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland describes the Solar Dynamic Observatory satellite's Atmospheric Imaging Assembly. (Courtesy GSFC) |
| March 17 | Beth Robinson Chief Financial Officer NASA HQ Washington D.C. | Details of President Obama's budget initialtives for NASA. |
| April 28 | STS 132 Crew Comments | Comments by STS 132 crew made at the launch pad ahead of their terminal countdown demonstration test. Included question by Andrew Rennie. Listen or download crew arrival (0 min 50 s - 0.7 MB) and Listen or download crew comments (12 min 38 s - 11.8 MB) |
| May 5 | Bill Nelson Senator U.S. Senate Charlie Bolden Barack Obama | Opening speeches at the American Space Program 21st Century Conference. Obama set out his vision for America's future in space. (Recorded at Kennedy Space Center, Florida) Included in full programme - listen or download (58 min 38 s - 54.9 MB) {See note about mains hum.} |
| May 26 | STS 132 Crew Comments | Comments by STS 132 crew made as they arrived at the Shuttle Landing Facility of the Kennedy Space Center for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. (Recorded at SLF at KSC) Listen or download sound of T-38 jets (0 mim 52 s - 0.8 MB) and Listen or download Commander Ken Ham's comments (4 mim 9 s - 3.9 MB) |
| September 15 | Doomsday 2012 - Part 1 | David Morrison, Director of the Lunar Science Institute, debunks the 2012 myth. (Courtesy SVA) |
| September 22 | Doomsday 2012 - Part 2 | David Morrison, Director of the Lunar Science Institute, debunks the 2012 myth. (Courtesy SVA) |
| September 22 | Changing the Rules | Mike Leinbach, Shuttle Launch Director, discusses the conditions under which rules governing launch commit criteria might be changed during a countdown. (Recorded at Kennedy Space Center by Peter Aylward) Listen or download (6 mim 35 s - 6.0 MB) |
| September 29 | Medical Issues of a Human Trip to Mars | Nobuyoshi Fujimoto (Senior Engineer, Space Systems and Utilisation, Japan Aerospace Agency), Scott Duchavsky (ISS Investigator and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital), and Clarence Sams (Chief Scientist, ISS Medical Projects), discuss the medical difficulties posed by a human flight to Mars. (Recorded at Kennedy Space Center) |
