SciFri Radio: Spaceflight

SciFri Radio: Living and Working In Space
Last week scientists reported definite signs of water hidden in darkened craters on the moon. Does that find change human plans for the exploration...

SciFri Radio: Solar Sail Spacecraft
The Planetary Society plans to power a spacecraft using the pressure of sunlight reflecting off huge solar sails.

SciFri Radio: Lunar Impact Mission Update
Friday, NASA scientists announced that they had found 'a significant amount' of lunar water through the recent LCROSS lunar impact mission.

SciFri Radio: Surveying the Heliosphere
A series of journal articles published this week draw a new picture of our solar system's heliosphere, the bubble carved out in the interstellar...

SciFri Radio: Moon in Review
Last week, NASA crashed a probe into the surface of the moon in search of water, just weeks after two other teams reported finding their own clues...

SciFri Radio: Studying Comet Contents
We'll check in with researchers on the Stardust probe, which captured dust from comet Wild-2 in 2004.

SciFri Radio: A One-Way Trip To Mars?
Ira talks with cosmologist Lawrence Krauss about whether a human expedition to Mars should involve a return trip to the Earth.

SciFri Radio: Should Humans Return To The Moon?
NASA plans to return humans to the moon by 2020, but a review committee is weighing other options.

SciFri Radio: Jupiter Impact
Earlier this week, an amateur astronomer in Australia spotted signs of a massive impact on the planet Jupiter. We'll talk with him about his find,...

SciFri Radio: To The Moon
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. We'll look back on the trip from the Earth to the moon.

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SciFri Newsbriefs: Spaceflight

Newsbrief: Designing for the Stars
What will the next generation of space suits look like?

Newsbrief: Spacebugs
When Salmonella goes up in space, it changes--and not for the better.

Newsbrief: New Moon
The moon may not be as old as previously thought.

Newsbrief: So long, Ulysses!
The sun-studying spacecraft is about to end its epic odyssey.