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

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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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Feb 23, 2021

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Arecibo’s Legacy: For nearly six decades, a 1,000 foot dish in a Puerto Rican forest has led the charge in searching for far away planets, alien life and tracking near-Earth asteroids. It’s also had cameos in television and film including the 1995 James Bond movie Golde... by Are We There Yet?
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Welcome To Mars, Percy. It’s Time To Do Science.: 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. by Are We There Yet?
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The Long Road To Mars: 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. by Are We There Yet?
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A New Era In Human Spaceflight: Four astronauts successfully launched and docked to the International Space Station this week, flying on the first commercially designed and built spacecraft -- SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule. by Are We There Yet?
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Remembering Arecibo & Sending Science To Space: A 305-meter radio telescope in Puerto Rico collapsed after sustaining damage earlier this year -- sending 900 tons of radio equipment crashing into the dish. by Are We There Yet?
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The Big Business Of Small Satellites: A new company plans to launch small satellites from the belly of a drone. It joins the growing number of small launch companies popping up to send tiny payloads into space. So what’s the market for these small satellites? by Are We There Yet?
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The Path Ahead In Space Policy & A “Black Hole Survival Guide”: All eyes have been on the Presidential race, but the 2020 election will also have an impact on the U.S. space program. From Congressional funding to NASA leadership -- what’s ahead? Then, black holes have captured the attention of the masses with break... by Are We There Yet?
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Interplanetary Helicopters & SOFIA’s New Eyes: 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? by Are We There Yet?
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Speedy Space Delivery: 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. by Are We There Yet?
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Hubble: 30 Years Of Spectacular Celestial Images: For the last three decades, the Hubble Space Telescope has peered deep into our universe, exploring the origins of the cosmos and capturing stunning views of stars, clusters and galaxies. Now, NASA is releasing a catalogue of some of its most dazzling ... by Are We There Yet?
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The Big Business Of Small Space Tech: Small satellites plus small rockets equals big business. by Are We There Yet?
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The Early Days of SpaceX & Crew Dragon’s Next Commander: 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, by Are We There Yet?
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An Artemis Astronaut & Recap Of 2020 Space News: NASA announced the first group of astronauts who will train for a mission to the moon. We’ll talk with one of those astronauts, Kayla Barron, about the selection and what the mission means for women in the astronaut corps. by Are We There Yet?
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Rockets With Frickin’ Laser Beams. Uncovering The Mystery Of Moon Dust: When it comes to how dirt on the moon behaves, scientists are still in the dark. Moon sand, also called regolith, is pretty mysterious — but one team of University of Central Florida scientists want to shed some light on lunar dust clouds…by shooting l... by Are We There Yet?
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As Bridenstine Says Goodbye, What’s Ahead For NASA?: 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? by Are We There Yet?
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Printing On The Moon & Black Hole Observations: Can you print things on the moon? Redwire Space wants to find out using a 3D printer installed on the International Space Station. by Are We There Yet?
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Michio Kaku & The Quest For A Theory Of Everything: 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, by Are We There Yet?
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NASA Investigates UFOS & Tiny Mars Mic Captures Big Sounds: Why NASA is joining the inquiry into Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP), how a tiny mic on Mars is beaming back bigs sounds and a profile of a launch photographer capturing rockets leaving the planet. by Are We There Yet?
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Alien Evolution & A Civilian Space Mission: 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. by Are We There Yet?
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A Helicopter On Mars, Some Gas On Venus: 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. by Are We There Yet?
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First Of Mars Mission Trio Arrives At Red Planet: 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. by Are We There Yet?
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The Hunt For Planet 9: 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. by Are We There Yet?
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Starliner’s Redo & Measuring The Pulse Of Mars: Boeing’s Starliner is set to launch on an uncrewed mission from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station later this week on a critical test mission to certify the vehicle to fly astronauts. It’s a redo of a previous test attempt in late 2019 t... by Are We There Yet?
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Celebrating Five Years Of WMFE’s Space Exploration Podcast: 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 ast... by Are We There Yet?
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NASA’s Moon Mission Hardware: SLS Arrives, SpaceX Wins Lunar Landing Contract: 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, by Are We There Yet?
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Sleeping In Space & “Woman In Motion”: 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 ... by Are We There Yet?
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An Inside Look At SpaceX’s Inspiration 4 Mission & What To Make Of A Galactic Arc: It’s a new chapter in space flight history -- so how did we get here? Axios space reporter Miriam Kramer explores the mission’s origin and purpose in a new podcast for Axios. We’ll speak with her about her reporting and what’s ahead for the Inspiratio... by Are We There Yet?
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10 Years Since Shuttle: A Look To The Past & Future: On July 8, 2011, Atlantis launched from Kennedy Space Center, the final mission of the shuttle program. We’ll revisit the Space Shuttle program with two time astronaut Bruce Melnick, who was a mission specialist on both Space Shuttle Discovery and Ende... by Are We There Yet?
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Space Tourism: Up There & Down Here: A seat on Blue Origin’s first crewed New Shepard flight went for $28 million at auction. It marks the start of a new chapter of space tourism. So what’s the future of this burgeoning market? by Are We There Yet?
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Scientists Are Hunting For Alien Worlds Outside Our Solar System: 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. by Are We There Yet?
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Artemis I, take three: NASA’s next moon mission could take flight this week. Artemis I is poised to launch from Kennedy Space Center as early as Wednesday morning. The mission has faced a handful of obstacles, from engine issues, a gas leak, to riding out a hurricane. by Are We There Yet?
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Six years of science: NASA’s Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen reflects on his tenure as the agency’s science cheif: For the past six years, Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen has led NASA’s science division. From the deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope to landing a robot on Mars, Dr. Z has been at the helm for some of NASA’s most complex and critical science missions. by Are We There Yet?
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The science of averting disasters. From asteroid impacts to severe storms due to climate change, NASA is on the case: As Florida prepares for Hurricane Ian, NASA is hoping to deflect another natural disaster -- an asteroid. by Are We There Yet?
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NASA is heading back to the moon. These kids have some important questions: NASA is heading back to the moon and some of our youngest listeners have some really important questions about the future of exploration. by Are We There Yet?
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Curiosity’s decade of discovery on Mars: A look back at Curiosity's decade of exploring Mars and what's ahead for the red planet rover. Plus, the Space Coast braces for at least 100,000 spectators as NASA launches Artemis I. by Are We There Yet?
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