When the James Webb Space Telescope launches into space later this year to succeed the Hubble Space telescope, it will symbolize the culmination of over two decades of work by NASA, but it will also represent the very beginning of a new era of

A Conversation with David W. Brown, Part 2

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Nate reviews The Mission and is joined once again by its author, David W. Brown - a science journalist who has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Scientific American, Vox, and Smithsonian. In Part 2 of the

A Conversation with David W. Brown, Part 1

Aug 20th, 2021 24m 55s

What influence do presidents have over NASA? How has Mars shaped American objectives in space? Are we really going back to the moon? Join Nate Ray for Part 1 of his two-part conversation with David W. Brown, a science journalist and author who

Mission to Mars

Jul 6th, 2021 26m 20s

Elon Musk says he’s going to put humans on Mars before the end of the decade. How much of what he promises is feasible? Investigate the boundary between science fiction and reality on the Red Planet with Nate Ray as he talks with Geoffrey Landi

Go for Launch!

Sep 30th, 2020 21m 30s

Hear from astronaut and billionaire Gregory Olsen, an American entrepreneur who self-funded a trip to the International Space Station in 2005, as host Nate Ray delves into the history of America’s race to the moon, the rise and fall of the Spac

Take A Journey Through Space...

Sep 23rd, 2020 2m 48s

Whether you are a casual space observer, a fanatic, or a skeptic, the Rocket LaunchPod is your guide to how the American space program got to where it is today -- and where it's going in the future. Join Nate Ray -- along with astronauts, NASA