Episode – 0811 : Astronomical Distances and the Age of the Universe Podcast Transcript Every so often, astronomers will publish photos taken with an astronomical telescope and say that the […]
Episode – 0784 : The Artemis Program
Episode – 0784 : The Artemis Program Podcast Transcript On December 14, 1972, the last human beings left the moon’s surface. In the half-century that has passed, we have never […]
Episode – 0776 : Gemini 3 and The World’s Most Controversial Corned Beef Sandwich
Episode – 0776 : Gemini 3 and The World’s Most Controversial Corned Beef Sandwich Podcast Transcript The quest to conquer space had many problems and many unknowns that had to […]
Episode – 0770 : The History of NASA
Episode – 0770 : The History of NASA Podcast Transcript In 1958 the United States government created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA. NASA has achieved some of […]
Episode – 0753 : The Planet Saturn
Episode – 0753 : The Planet Saturn Podcast Transcript Ancient astronomers from almost every culture knew of seven things in the sky that moved. the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, […]
Episode – 0749 : Communications Satellites
Episode – 0749 : Communications Satellites Podcast Transcript Once humans managed to put artificial satellites into orbit, the next question was, “what can we do with this?” One of the […]
Episode – 0744 : The Tragic Flight of Vladimir Komarov and Soyuz 1
Episode – 0744 : The Tragic Flight of Vladimir Komarov and Soyuz 1 Podcast Transcript Traveling to space is an inherently dangerous thing to do. In the first years of […]
Episode – 0726 : Exoplanets
Episode – 0726 : Exoplanets Podcast Transcript Ever since astronomers figured out that the stars in the sky are just like our sun, they began wondering if those stars had […]
Episode – 0694 : Jupiter: The Solar System’s Largest Planet
Episode – 0694 : Jupiter: The Solar System’s Largest Planet Podcast Transcript Ever since humans looked up at the night sky and noticed that some of the points of light […]
Episode – 0680 : How Worried Should We Be About Asteroids?
Episode – 0680 : How Worried Should We Be About Asteroids? Podcast Transcript About 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid collided with the Earth near the Yucatan Peninsula in […]
Episode – 0669 : All About Solar Power
Episode – 0669 : All About Solar Power Podcast Transcript In 1839, a French scientist by the name of Edmond Becquerel was experimenting with an electrochemical cell when he discovered […]
Episode – 0667 : A Star is Born
Episode – 0667 : A Star is Born Podcast Transcript It is estimated that within the observable universe there might be as many as a septillion stars. While each of […]
Episode – 0654 : Apollo 18, 19, and 20
Episode – 0654 : Apollo 18, 19, and 20 Podcast Transcript In the 1960s, billions of dollars were spent and 100,000s of people worked to land a human on the […]
Episode – 0592 : What is the Deal With Starship?
Episode – 0592 : What is the Deal With Starship? Podcast Transcript In 1967, the very first Saturn V rocket was launched. It was the largest rocket ever built. 55 […]
Episode – 0532 : The James Webb Space Telescope
Episode – 0532 : The James Webb Space Telescope Podcast Transcript Sometime within the next week of my recording this episode, hopefully, a rocket will be launched from the European […]
Episode – 0527 : Moon Rocks
Episode – 0527 : Moon Rocks Podcast Transcript From 1969 through 1972 six Apollo missions landed on the moon and returned a total of 840 pounds of moon rocks to […]
Episode – 0522 : Plutonium
Episode – 0522 : Plutonium Podcast Transcript In 1939, the last naturally occurring element on Earth, Francium, was discovered. However, the periodic table of elements still wasn’t full. The next […]
Episode – 0498 : Operation Paperclip
Episode – 0498 : Operation Paperclip Podcast Transcript After World War II, the American forces in Germany implemented a program of de-Nazification in the parts of the country which they […]
Episode – 0470 : How LIGO Works
Episode – 0470 : How LIGO Works Podcast Transcript To explore the heavens humans have made many types of telescopes. These telescopes can observe visible light, infrared light, radio waves, […]
Episode – 0437 : Cosmic Rays
Episode – 0437 : Cosmic Rays Podcast Transcript Who matter where you are right now, no matter what time you are listening to this, there is one thing that I […]