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Cool Space News with Rod Pyle

Author, Journalist, Speaker Rod Pyle hosts Cool Space News, a look into the science of NASA, space and the final frontier. Hear it every Friday on KFI AM 640.

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To the Moon and Beyond with Jim Keravela

To the Moon and Beyond with Jim Keravela

This week, Rod speaks to Jim Keravala, master of interplanetary robots and CEO of OffWorld Inc. about building new space... Read more

19 May 2020

49mins

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Rod interviews Andy Weir, author of "The Martian" and "Artemis"!

Rod interviews Andy Weir, author of "The Martian" and "Artemis"!

Rod interviews Andy Weir, author of the bestsellers "The Martian" and more recently "Artemis," a heist caper that takes ... Read more

25 Jan 2018

47mins

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The Falcon Heavy has arrived! Rod speaks with Bruce Pittman of the National Space Society.

The Falcon Heavy has arrived! Rod speaks with Bruce Pittman of the National Space Society.

The Falcon Heavy is here, and this changes everything! I speak to Bruce Pittman, space entrepreneur, old NASA hand and C... Read more

10 Feb 2018

33mins

Ranked #4

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How China is going to the Moon

How China is going to the Moon

This week, Rod is in China! A special report on their latest efforts to conquer the moon and the new Chinese SuperCapsul... Read more

29 Oct 2019

18mins

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A look back at Apollo 11, Part III, plus, SpaceX blows its top

A look back at Apollo 11, Part III, plus, SpaceX blows its top

This week on Cool Space News, the conclusion of our look back at Apollo 11, plus SpaceX blows its top, going interstella... Read more

23 Dec 2019

53mins

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The Truth is Out There

The Truth is Out There

This week, UFOs and aliens! Rod takes a deep dive into the recently declassified UFO sightings by Air Force pilots, with... Read more

20 May 2020

21mins

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Cool Space News - Rod Pyle and Mo'Kelly on Science Fiction in the Movies

Cool Space News - Rod Pyle and Mo'Kelly on Science Fiction in the Movies

Rod Pyle and Mo'Kelly on Science Fiction in the Movies.

18 Apr 2017

16mins

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This week, part 1 of Rod's interview with Cas Anvar, star of SyFy's "The Expanse

This week, part 1 of Rod's interview with Cas Anvar, star of SyFy's "The Expanse

This week, part 1 of my interview with Cas Anvar, star of the SyFy hit show "The Expanse." Can and I discussed his early... Read more

10 May 2018

34mins

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Cool Space News w/Rod Pyle - Cool Eclipse Viewing Tips!

Cool Space News w/Rod Pyle - Cool Eclipse Viewing Tips!

Cool Space News eclipse viewing special! Tips on safe eclipse viewing for you and your family, including the proper sour... Read more

7 Aug 2017

7mins

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Visiting SpaceX's headquarters to learn what's next for the future of space travel!

Visiting SpaceX's headquarters to learn what's next for the future of space travel!

This week, Rod goes to SpaceX headquarters where NASA Chief Jim Bridenstine makes nice with Elon Musk, and the two discu... Read more

15 Oct 2019

27mins

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Cool Space News with Rod Pyle: Return to the Moon!

Cool Space News with Rod Pyle: Return to the Moon!

It's been almost 50 years since Apollo 11 landed on the Moon. Why haven't we returned? This week, we look at rejuvenatin... Read more

7 Aug 2017

19mins

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SpaceX's groundbreaking Raptor engine test, plus a conversation with Captain Kirk (Kinda)

SpaceX's groundbreaking Raptor engine test, plus a conversation with Captain Kirk (Kinda)

This week, SpaceX's groundbreaking Raptor engine test, colonizing Mars via an app, and we talk to Captain Kirk... sorta.... Read more

25 Feb 2019

42mins

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Jay Gallentine award-winning author of Awesome Spaceflight Histories - Part I

Jay Gallentine award-winning author of Awesome Spaceflight Histories - Part I

Rod's guest this week is Jay Gallentine, award-winning author of Awesome Spaceflight Histories and intimidatingly handso... Read more

19 Dec 2018

36mins

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Jay Gallentine, Award-Winning Author of Awesome Spaceflight Histories - Part III

Jay Gallentine, Award-Winning Author of Awesome Spaceflight Histories - Part III

This week, Rod recaps all the coolest space news and concludes his interview with Jaunty Jay Gallantine, celebrated spac... Read more

31 Jan 2019

41mins

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Cool Space News - Tony Cook, Staff Astronomer at Griffith Observatory joins Rod Pyle!

Cool Space News - Tony Cook, Staff Astronomer at Griffith Observatory joins Rod Pyle!

The Apocaclypse is here! Tony Cook, staff astronomer at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, joins us to discuss whe... Read more

15 Aug 2017

22mins

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Cool Space News with Rod Pyle - Interview with Steve Fentress, Director of the Strasenburgh Planetarium

Cool Space News with Rod Pyle - Interview with Steve Fentress, Director of the Strasenburgh Planetarium

In this episode of Cool Space News, Rod interviews Steve Fentress, Director of the Strasenburgh Planetarium at the Roche... Read more

28 Jul 2017

29mins

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Yay Mars InSight! Rod Pyle Interviews InSight's Tom Hoffman to learn more about this daring mission.

Yay Mars InSight! Rod Pyle Interviews InSight's Tom Hoffman to learn more about this daring mission.

InSight Lander Makes it to Mars. Rod Pyle Interviews Tom Hoffman to learn more about this daring mission to Mars!

1 Dec 2018

36mins

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Space Headlines, Billionaire Steve Jurvetson and a "Chat" with Star Trek's "Q"!

Space Headlines, Billionaire Steve Jurvetson and a "Chat" with Star Trek's "Q"!

This week, Rod talks about billionaire space investor Steve Jurvetson and space 2.0, speaks with Jay Gallentine about Ru... Read more

17 Apr 2019

38mins

Ranked #19

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What to do about orbital junk?

What to do about orbital junk?

This week we conclude our discussion on the dangers–and opportunities–presented by space junk (aka orbital debris) with ... Read more

19 Apr 2018

21mins

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Part one of Rod's post-Apollo 11 wrap-up!

Part one of Rod's post-Apollo 11 wrap-up!

It's part one of Rod's post-Apollo 11 wrap-up. Also: radioactive astronauts, saving the space station, and helicopters o... Read more

19 Aug 2019

40mins

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