Mars Episodes

March 4, 2022

Perseverance Celebrates First Year on Mars

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 27 *Perseverance celebrates its first year on Mars NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has celebrated its first year on the surface of the red planet. *How lightning actually starts A new study has…
Feb. 2, 2022

Growing Debate about Whether there’s Liquid Water Under the Martian South Pole

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 14 *Growing debate about whether there’s liquid water under the Martian south pole Two separate studies have drawn opposite conclusions a…
Jan. 7, 2022

Solar Orbiter Publishes a Stunning Wealth of Science Results from its Cruise Phase

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 3 *Solar Orbiter publishes a wealth of science results from its cruise phase Scientists are busy sifting through a wealth of data from th…
Guest: Tim Mendham
Oct. 22, 2021

Jezero Crater Shows Signs of Sustained Interactions with Water

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Guest: Tim Mendham
Oct. 20, 2021

Earth’s Solid Inner Core Could be Mushy

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Oct. 4, 2021

Three Big Marsquakes Rock the Red Planet

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 112 *Three Big Marsquakes rock the red planet NASA’s InSight lander has recorded a massive magnitude 4.2 Marsquake on the red planet w…
Guest: Tim Mendham
Sept. 22, 2021

Perseverance Rover Gets Busy

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 107 *The Perseverance rover collects a second sample of Martian history NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover successfully collected its firs…
Sept. 10, 2021

An Update from Mars

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 102 *Perseverance collects its first samples of the red planet It was a case of second time lucky as NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover su…
Sept. 1, 2021

Ingenuity Completes its 12th Flight on Mars

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Aug. 16, 2021

Mars Rover Comes up Empty Handed

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 94 *Mars rover comes up empty after first sample collection attempt NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover mission managers are working out wh…
Guest: Tim Mendham
Aug. 6, 2021

Ingenuity Scopes Out the Road Ahead on Mars

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 90 *Ingenuity scopes out the road ahead on Mars Scientists studying NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter’s ninth flight have revealed a sp…
July 30, 2021

Small Impacts Churning up Europa’s Surface

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 87 *Small impacts churning up Europa’s surface A new study claims small comet and meteoroid impacts on the Jovian ice moon Europa will…
Guest: Tim Mendham
July 16, 2021

The Mystery of the Martian South Pole

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 81 *The mystery of the Martian south pole Scientists taking another look at data from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter…
Guest: Tim Mendham
May 28, 2021

Perseverance - The Science Begins

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 60 *Perseverance starts conducting science on Mars NASA’s newest Mars rover has started its science mission searching for signs of past…