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Are We There Yet?

Central Florida Public Media

Your weekly podcast journey into the latest news, missions, and stories shaping space exploration.

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We're Going To Venus

Are We There Yet? ·

2021/06/08

NASA selected two missions to head to Venus by the end of the 2020s. VERITAS and DAVINCI+ will be the first U.S. mission to Venus in decades. So why study Venus?

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Bringing Mars To Earth

Are We There Yet? ·

2021/06/02

NASA’s Perseverance rover is sending back some of the clearest and most dramatic images of the Martian surface ever. It landed earlier this year, and since then has been beaming back detailed panoramics, up close images, even sound and video of one of our closest celestial neighbors.

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Decade of Discovery & Dating Stars

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2021/05/24

Every 10 years, NASA tasks the science community to chart the course for the next decade of discovery and exploration. As NASA and other agencies push forward looking for signs of life in our universe, what’s the path ahead? We'll also talk with ERAU's Terry Oswalt about techniques to uncover the age of stars.

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The Next Space Telescope Will Peer Deep Into The...

Are We There Yet? ·

2021/05/18

The next space-based telescope is almost ready to head into orbit. The James Webb Space Telescope aims to look deeper into the history of the universe, piggy-backing off the incredible observations of the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Interplanetary Helicopters & SOFIA's New Eyes

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2021/05/11

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter had a Wright Brothers moment on Mars after performing the first powered flight on another planet. It’s the first in many planned helicopter missions to other worlds. So what are engineers learning from the test? And -- an aerial telescope is getting some new hardware to peer deep into the universe.

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NASA's Moon Mission Hardware: SLS Arrives, SpaceX...

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2021/05/04

NASA’s next moon rocket has reached its final destination before launching from Kennedy Space Center. The massive 212-foot tall rocket will carry the Orion space capsule on an uncrewed mission around the moon and back, possibly launching at the end of this year.

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Sleeping In Space & "Woman In Motion"

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2021/04/20

Later this week, a new crew will launch to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center here in Florida. When the four astronauts arrive in SpaceX’s Dragon capsule about a day after launch, they’ll join the seven already on board bringing the total number of people on the station to 11. Where will they all sleep?

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A Helicopter On Mars, Some Gas On Venus

Are We There Yet? ·

2021/04/13

NASA’s Perseverance rover is hard at work, exploring Jezero crater since landing back in February. But the dune-buggy sized rover is about to get upstaged by a tiny helicopter.

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Michio Kaku & The Quest For A Theory Of Everything

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2021/04/06

Before he died, Einstein was working on a theory of everything. It aims to combine all the forces in the universe into one beautiful, mathematical equation to explain everything. That equation remains incomplete, but physicists like Michio Kaku are charging ahead using new scientific observations from gravitational wave detectors and particle accelerators.

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Scientists Are Hunting For Alien Worlds Outside Our...

Are We There Yet? ·

2021/03/30

Scientists are on the hunt for exoplanets, planets that exist outside our solar system. So far, they’ve found thousands of planets orbiting other stars and some that might be like our own world.

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Celebrating Five Years Of WMFE's Space Exploration...

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2021/03/23

This podcast and radio show is celebrating its five year anniversary. To celebrate this milestone event we invited frequent guests for a virtual conversation last week -- Charlie Bolden, a former NASA administrator under President Obama and retired astronaut, and Nicole Stott, a retired astronaut who spent more than 100 days in space.

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Alien Evolution & A Civilian Space Mission

Are We There Yet? ·

2021/03/16

At 10 years old, Hayley Arceneaux was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. Now at age 29 she's a physician's assistant at St. Jude Children’s research hospital and about to launch to space.

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The Big Business Of Small Space Tech

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2021/03/09

Small satellites plus small rockets equals big business.

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The Early Days of SpaceX & Crew Dragon's Next Commander

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2021/03/02

From booster landings to astronaut launches, it’s hard to imagine a time when SpaceX struggled. But once it seemed like the company may never get off the ground. Eric Berger, journalist and Ars Technica’s senior space editor, chronicles the company’s desperate first years in his new book Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX, starting with the company's founding 2002 and ending with the successful launch of Falcon 1 in 2008.

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Welcome To Mars, Percy. It's Time To Do Science.

Are We There Yet? ·

2021/02/23

After a seven month journey hundreds of millions of miles through our solar system, NASA’s Perseverance rover safely landed on the surface of Mars. Now, the science campaign begins.

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The Long Road To Mars

Are We There Yet? ·

2021/02/16

Getting to Mars isn’t easy, but so far this month two space agencies have delivered payloads to the red planet’s orbit -- China and the United Arab Emirates. A NASA mission is also on course for Mars.

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First Of Mars Mission Trio Arrives At Red Planet

Are We There Yet? ·

2021/02/09

The first of three robotic explorers has arrived at the red planet. The United Arab Emirates Hope probe successfully entered the orbit of Mars Tuesday, marking the UAE's first mission to the red planet.

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The Hunt For Planet 9

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2021/02/02

On the outer edges of our solar system, beyond the orbit of Neptune, objects cluster in weird ways. This clustering led some scientists to search for something that could be acting as a gravitational shepherd, moving and modifying their orbits. That something could be Planet 9, a hypothetical planet at the edge of our solar system that could be tugging and clustering these far-out objects.

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As Bridenstine Says Goodbye, What's Ahead For NASA?

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2021/01/26

NASA’s administrator Jim Bridenstine stepped down last week as a new presidential administration took office. President Biden will now select the next leader of the civilian space agency -- could that mean a new direction for NASA?

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Speedy Space Delivery

Are We There Yet? ·

2021/01/19

After spending about a month on the International Space Station, SpaceX’s new Cargon Dragon capsule splashed down off the coast of Florida. It’s a departure from previous versions of the vehicle which splashed down in the Pacific. The new splash zone means scientists can get their hands on their returning equipment faster, meaning they can make critical observations of experiments quicker and opening up more opportunities for space-based science.

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