Are We There Yet?
Science Podcasts
There’s a lot going on up there. Join space reporter Brendan Byrne each week as he explores space exploration. From efforts to launch humans into deep space, to the probes exploring our solar system, "Are We There Yet?" brings you the latest in news from the space beat. Listen to interviews with astronauts, engineers and visionaries as humanity takes its next giant leap exploring our universe.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Science Podcasts
Description:
There’s a lot going on up there. Join space reporter Brendan Byrne each week as he explores space exploration. From efforts to launch humans into deep space, to the probes exploring our solar system, "Are We There Yet?" brings you the latest in news from the space beat. Listen to interviews with astronauts, engineers and visionaries as humanity takes its next giant leap exploring our universe.
Twitter:
@awtymars
Language:
English
Episodes
Rocket science meets political science. Plus, inspiring cosmic images from JWST
11/12/2024
During the last Trump administration there were big moves in space exploration like pushing for human landings on the moon and launching astronauts on commercial rockets, plus a look at some of JWST’s incredible images of stars exploding and galaxies deep in our universe.
Duration:00:28:00
The science of Europa Clipper and research from the red planet
11/5/2024
Europa Clipper may open doors on the grander questions on life beyond Earth. Plus, Mars scientists found that Mars might not be so different than Earth as research suggests life could exist in signs of water on the red planet.
Duration:00:28:00
Cosmic creeps and black hole heartbeats
10/29/2024
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.
Duration:00:28:00
Starship's big catch and Hubble's deep look
10/22/2024
A journalist takes us through the significance of Starship’s test flight and Hubble’s senior project scientist shares new observations of cosmic phenomena.
Duration:00:28:00
Research endeavors on the space station and exploring an ocean world
10/15/2024
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.
Duration:00:28:00
Earth’s new mini moon and tracking tropical weather from space
10/1/2024
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.
Duration:00:28:00
SpaceX’s past and future and a local scientist’s journey to space
9/24/2024
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.
Duration:00:28:00
NASA’s strategies for space exploration and menstrual cycles in space
9/10/2024
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.
Duration:00:28:00
One commercial astronaut is helping kids reach for the stars
9/3/2024
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.
Duration:00:28:00
The science of Polaris Dawn and water under the surface of Mars
8/27/2024
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.
Duration:00:28:00
Brewing beer in microgravity and a big question about human space exploration
8/20/2024
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.
Duration:00:28:00
The Starliner decision and bees on the space station
8/13/2024
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.
Duration:00:28:00
'Curious Space' and fire in orbit
8/6/2024
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.
Duration:00:28:00
Science during a suborbital flight and life in faraway ocean worlds
7/30/2024
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?
Duration:00:28:00
Spacesuits out of a science fiction novel and sulfur on Mars
7/25/2024
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.
Duration:00:28:00
Two years of JWST science and a Falcon 9 rocket malfunction
7/16/2024
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.
Duration:00:28:00
Uncovering the mysteries of Bennu and a space news roundup
7/9/2024
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.
Duration:00:28:00
Launching a new weather satellite and fixing a spacecraft in interstellar space
7/2/2024
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.
Duration:00:28:00
Mystery lunar domes and missing moon trees
6/25/2024
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.
Duration:00:28:00
Another Starliner delay and an update from Mars
6/18/2024
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.
Duration:00:28:00