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Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceThe 20th landing anniversary of Spirit and OpportunityJanuary marks 20 years since NASA’s twin Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, touched down on the surface of the red planet. Matt Golombek, project scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover Project, joins Planetary Radio to celebrate. But first, the countdown to the next great American total solar eclipse continues. Kate Howells, The Planetary Society’s public education specialist and Canadian space policy adviser, explains why this periodic alignment of our Earth, Moon, and Sun is more rare on the scale of the Universe than you might think. Stick around for What’s Up with Bruce Betts, our chief scientist, as we...
2024-01-311h 04
Planetary Radio20 Years on Mars with Matt GolombekWhen the Pathfinder lander reached Mars 20 years ago it began a Martian renaissance that has never paused. JPL scientist Matt Golombek was the mission’s Project Scientist. He looks back and to the future of our explorations at the red planet. Planetary Society Director of Space Policy Casey Dreier shares his thoughts about the return of the National Space Council just authorized by President Trump. Got your eclipse glasses? You might win a pair, along with the new Planetary Radio t-shirt and an iTelescope astronomy account on What’s Up. Bill Nye is on book tour. Related links are here: http...
2017-07-1249 min
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science20 Years on Mars with Matt GolombekWhen the Pathfinder lander reached Mars 20 years ago it began a Martian renaissance that has never paused. JPL scientist Matt Golombek was the mission’s Project Scientist. He looks back and to the future of our explorations at the Red Planet.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2017-07-1249 min
WeMartians Podcast26 – Remembering PathfinderOn July 4th, 1997, NASA’s Mars Pathfinder mission touched down on Mars, ending a 15 years period where no spacecraft operated in the Red Planet. Twenty years later, the mission’s impact on our understand of Mars is still felt. Jake is joined by Matt Golombek (Project Scientist), Brian Muirhead (Flight Systems Manager & Deputy Project Manager), Donna Shirley (Mars Exploration Program Manager), and Tanya Harrison (Planetary Scientist) who recount the story and explain why the mission plays such an important role in the last two decades of Mars exploration.
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The original Pathfinder Press Kit for Landing Day...
2017-07-0445 min
Planetary RadioThe Right Site: Choosing A Landing Spot on MarsThe 2020 Mars Rover may be years away, but determining where it will land is already a hot topic among scientists and engineers. Many of the former gathered in early August for a site selection workshop. We talk with Co-Chair and Mars veteran Matt Golombek, JPL astrobiologist Lindsay Hays, and Ken Edgett of Malin Space Science Systems.
2015-08-2533 min
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceThe Right Site: Choosing A Landing Spot on MarsThe 2020 Mars Rover may be years away, but determining where it will land is already a hot topic among scientists and engineers. Many of the former gathered in early August for a site selection workshop. We talk with Co-Chair and Mars veteran Matt Golombek, JPL astrobiologist Lindsay Hays, and Ken Edgett of Malin Space Science Systems.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2015-08-2533 min
Planetary RadioThe Right Site: Choosing A Landing Spot on MarsThe 2020 Mars Rover may be years away, but determining where it will land is already a hot topic among scientists and engineers. Many of the former gathered in early August for a site selection workshop. We talk with Co-Chair and Mars veteran Matt Golombek, JPL astrobiologist Lindsay Hays, and Ken Edgett of Malin Space Science Systems. Emily Lakdawalla tells us how Curiosity takes those beautiful selfies, and there’s another LightSail patch and Planetary Radio t-shirt to win in the What’s Up space trivia contest.
2015-08-2533 min
Keck Institute for Space Studies - AudioHow to Select a Landing Site on MarsMatt Golombek, Mars Exploration Program Landing Site Scientist at JPL, discusses remote sensing of physical properties of surface materials on Mars during this Keck Institute for Space Studies technical lecture at Caltech on July 8, 2013.
2013-08-1200 min
Keck Institute for Space Studies - VideoHow to Select a Landing Site on MarsMatt Golombek, Mars Exploration Program Landing Site Scientist at JPL, discusses remote sensing of physical properties of surface materials on Mars during this Keck Institute for Space Studies technical lecture at Caltech on July 8, 2013.
2013-08-1246 min
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and ScienceLanding On Mars With JPL's Matt GolombekJoin us at JPL for a conversation with Mars landing site selection leader Matt Golombek. Matt is also now Project Scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover program, and shares the great news from Opportunity about its latest discovery. Emily Lakdawalla presents a guest blog entry that features splendid images from Mars Express, while Bill Nye traces the convoluted ways of space science funding in Washington. Bruce Betts and Mat Kaplan are at a legendary Pasadena eatery for this week’s What’s Up. Cosmic hot dog, anyone?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com...
2013-06-1738 min