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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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28:00

Cosmic creeps and black hole heartbeats

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/10/29

UCF physicist and co-host of the podcast “Walkabout the Galaxy”, shares spooky cosmic occurrences. Stephen Eikenberry, UCF professor of applied optics and professor of physics, explains the humanlike pulses from the darkest vacuums in our universe.

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Starship's big catch and Hubble's deep look

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/10/22

A journalist takes us through the significance of Starship’s test flight and Hubble’s senior project scientist shares new observations of cosmic phenomena.

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Research endeavors on the space station and exploring...

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/10/15

A director at the ISS Laboratory shares unique research experiments to benefit life on Earth and exploration beyond and a chief of planetary policy addresses the need for executable plans and public support following Europa Clipper’s launch.

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28:00

Earth’s new mini moon and tracking tropical weather...

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/10/01

Earth has an asteroid, or mini moon, orbiting the planet for the next several weeks. Plus, a look at how forecasters use weather satellites to track storms.

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28:00

SpaceX’s past and future. Plus, a Florida scientist’s...

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/09/25

One journalist takes us through the trajectory of SpaceX and its possible future and a University of Florida scientist takes a journey to space to better understand how humans thrive in space.

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28:00

NASA’s strategies for space exploration and menstrual...

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/09/11

NASA is making plans for the future of space exploration with space enthusiasts and companies around the world preparing for the future retirement of the International Space Station and a look into women’s health in space.

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28:00

One commercial astronaut is helping kids reach for...

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/09/03

Blue Origin commercial astronaut and founder of the nonprofit organization SpaceKids Global, Sharon Hagle, is going back to space, this time, with an audience of young people audience. Eight lucky winners from SpaceKids Global’s contest will be able to watch Hagle launch into space and be a part of a Press Squad: interviewing members of Blue Origin’s team.

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28:00

The science of Polaris Dawn and water under the...

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/08/28

Scientists will study the crew of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission analyzing how the human body reacts to the environment of space and Mars has water hidden under its surface.

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28:00

Brewing beer in microgravity and a big question about...

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/08/20

University of Florida researchers are brewing beer in microgravity and one author believes that humanity needs to focus on the needs of our own planet before focusing on space exploration.

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28:00

The Starliner decision and bees on the space station

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/08/13

NASA is weighing its options when it comes to returning two astronauts on Boeing's Starliner space craft. Plus, we'll hear about robotic bees on the International Space Station.

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28:00

'Curious Space' and fire in orbit

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/08/06

Veteran NASA astronaut, Winston Scott, answered questions from kids about his experiences while on the International Space Station and one researcher is studying flames in space for wildfire research.

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28:00

Science during a suborbital flight and life in...

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/07/30

One scientist is conducting the first research tended suborbital flight on board Blue Origin’s New Shepard capsule. Plus, could there be evidence of life on two icy moons in our solar system?

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Spacesuits out of a science fiction novel and sulfur...

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/07/25

Researchers are trying to make a spacesuit that can recycle urine into clean drinking water for astronauts and curiosity accidentally discovered pure sulfur on Mars.

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28:00

Two years of JWST science and a Falcon 9 rocket...

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/07/16

A new James Webb Space Telescope image of two galaxies in a cosmic dance was released for the telescope’s two-year anniversary of science operations. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket malfunction resulted in satellites burning up in Earth’s atmosphere, and the rocket grounded.

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Uncovering the mysteries of Bennu and a space news...

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/07/09

From the OSIRIS-REx mission, phosphate was found in a sample from the asteroid Bennu, a necessary building block for life to exist here on Earth. Then, as NASA grapples with aging space suits on the International Space Station, efforts to build the next generation of space suits hit a major snag.

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28:00

Launching a new weather satellite and fixing a...

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/07/02

The fourth and final satellite of the GOES-R weather satellite constellation is one step closer to tracking weather from space like never before. Plus, after a year of lost communication, Voyager 1 is back online after engineers delivered a fix 15 million miles away from Earth.

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28:00

Mystery lunar domes and missing moon trees

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/06/25

Scientists are sending instruments to the moon to explore unique domes similar to ones on Earth, but how they were made is a mystery. Plus, one man is trying to save and document moon trees, seedlings sent to orbit the moon that now are scattered across the country.

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28:00

Another Starliner delay and an update from Mars

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/06/18

After helium and thruster malfunctions, Boeing’s Starliner has been delayed once again, with the crew still on the International Space Station. Plus, the rovers on Mars have been hard at work drilling on the red planet to find answers to how and why water flowed abundantly on Mars in the past.

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The future of Hubble and a mission to Saturn’s moon...

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/06/11

For over three decades, the Hubble Space Telescope has remained in low earth orbit sending images to Earth for scientific research. But now, the telescope is starting to show signs of its age. Plus, a look at a new mission is headed far into our solar system to study one of Saturn’s moons.

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‘Challenger’ takes a new look at the 1986 Space...

Are We There Yet? ·

2024/06/04

Author and journalist Adam Higginbotham and his new book Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space explores the events that led up to the disaster in 1986.

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