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Gravity Assist Podcast, Mercury with Faith Vilas
Gravity Assist Podcast, Mercury with Faith Vilas
Our virtual tour of the solar system continues with Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun. Since it’s tough to observe ... Read more
22 Nov 2017
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Gravity Assist Podcast: Your Moon Questions Answered
Gravity Assist Podcast: Your Moon Questions Answered
Why do we see only one face of the Moon? What would happen to Earth if the Moon didn't exist? We dive into questions you... Read more
28 Jun 2019
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Gravity Assist Podcast, Venus with David Grinspoon
Gravity Assist Podcast, Venus with David Grinspoon
The next stop on our virtual tour is Venus, the closest planet to Earth and the hottest planet in our solar system, with... Read more
29 Nov 2017
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Gravity Assist: The Moon Quakes! With Walter Kiefer
Gravity Assist: The Moon Quakes! With Walter Kiefer
Just like earthquakes help scientists figure out what's going on inside our home planet, moonquakes have taught scientis... Read more
27 Sep 2019
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Ranked #5
Gravity Assist: The Moon with Sarah Noble
Gravity Assist: The Moon with Sarah Noble
Jim Green is joined by lunar expert Sarah Noble to discuss how the Moon was formed, lava tubes and moonquakes, the “dark... Read more
13 Dec 2017
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Gravity Assist: Fire Fountains on the Moon, with Dave Draper
Gravity Assist: Fire Fountains on the Moon, with Dave Draper
Early in its history, the Moon was molten, with “fire fountains” erupting from its surface. How did the Moon cool down a... Read more
12 Sep 2019
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Gravity Assist: Mars with Bruce Jakosky and Michael Meyer
Gravity Assist: Mars with Bruce Jakosky and Michael Meyer
With Jim Green today is the “man about Mars,” Bruce Jakosky from the University of Colorado. Bruce is the principal inv... Read more
20 Dec 2017
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Gravity Assist Podcast: Why Do We Have a Moon? With Robin Canup
Gravity Assist Podcast: Why Do We Have a Moon? With Robin Canup
Learn about how the Moon formed in this conversation with Robin Canup of the Southwest Research Institute.
9 May 2019
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Gravity Assist Podcast: Beyond Apollo with Planetary Geologist Jake Bleacher
Gravity Assist Podcast: Beyond Apollo with Planetary Geologist Jake Bleacher
It's been 50 years since humans walked on the moon. Now NASA is planning to return, this time to stay. What will future ... Read more
18 Jul 2019
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Gravity Assist: Earth with Tom Wagner
Gravity Assist: Earth with Tom Wagner
NASA not only seeks to unravel the secrets of the solar system and the universe, we have a robust program to better unde... Read more
6 Dec 2017
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Gravity Assist: Exoplanet Hunting with Jon Jenkins
Gravity Assist: Exoplanet Hunting with Jon Jenkins
Listen to Chief Scientist Jim Green and a co-investigator on the Kepler and TESS missions, Jon Jenkins, discuss exoplane... Read more
1 Aug 2018
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Gravity Assist: Mars and InSight with Bruce Banerdt
Gravity Assist: Mars and InSight with Bruce Banerdt
With its seismometer and heat probe instruments, InSight will investigate the deep dynamics of Mars, helping scientists ... Read more
2 May 2018
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Gravity Assist: Astronauts Go Back to Moon School, with Kelsey Young
Gravity Assist: Astronauts Go Back to Moon School, with Kelsey Young
Besides learning how to live in space, astronauts training for Artemis missions to the Moon will need to become experts ... Read more
19 Dec 2019
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Gravity Assist: The Sun’s Mysteries with Thomas Zurbuchen
Gravity Assist: The Sun’s Mysteries with Thomas Zurbuchen
Thomas Zurbuchen, the Associate Administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, joins NASA Chief Scientist Jim Gree... Read more
11 Dec 2018
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Gravity Assist: Mars Dust Storm with Melinda Kahre.
Gravity Assist: Mars Dust Storm with Melinda Kahre.
Listen in as NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green discusses the Mars dust storm with a dust storm expert, Melinda Kahre.
15 Aug 2018
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Gravity Assist: Jupiter with Jared Espley
Gravity Assist: Jupiter with Jared Espley
As large as 1,000 Earths, Jupiter is the heavy hitter of the solar system. Even its Great Red Spot is larger than Earth,... Read more
3 Jan 2018
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Gravity Assist: TESS & Exoplanets with Martin Still
Gravity Assist: TESS & Exoplanets with Martin Still
On Monday, April 16th, NASA is scheduled to launch its newest exoplanet hunter: the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellit... Read more
12 Apr 2018
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Gravity Assist: The Moon's Holy GRAIL, with Maria Zuber
Gravity Assist: The Moon's Holy GRAIL, with Maria Zuber
Recent maps of the Moon's gravity have taught us a lot about its overall shape, and have been invaluable for lunar explo... Read more
10 Dec 2019
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Gravity Assist: Saturn with Linda Spilker
Gravity Assist: Saturn with Linda Spilker
With me today is Dr. Linda Spilker from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She's the project scientist for our Cassini M... Read more
10 Jan 2018
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Gravity Assist: The Kuiper Belt with Alan Stern
Gravity Assist: The Kuiper Belt with Alan Stern
In this episode of Gravity Assist, Jim Green talks with New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern about what we’ve ... Read more
31 Jan 2018
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