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Modernizing the Airplane: GPS to Replace Radar

The Senate passed a $34.5 billion bill on Monday that will bring in GPS technology to replace radar. This is an attempt to help modernize our country’s dated air traffic control system. Science and...

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Hurricanes! A Historic Look at Storms of Yore

Listen to Dr. Francis W. Reichelderfer, Chief of the United States Weather Bureau, discuss the state of the art in hurricane prevention and control in this 1961 edition of "New Horizons in Science". Of...

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Please Explain: Satellites

For this week's Please Explain, Jonathan McDowell, astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Boston, and Laura Grego, senior scientist in the Global Security Program at the...

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Arthur C. Clarke Dabbles in Science Nonfiction and Speculates About Space...

"Around the close of this century." That is when distinguished author, scientist, and visionary Arthur C. Clarke, in this 1954 appearance at a Books and Authors Luncheon, predicts man will break free...

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So, You Want To Seize a Satellite?

A small group of volunteers and aerospace engineers recently seized control of the International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 satellite, which was launched in 1978 and since abandoned. Through crowd-funding,...

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2 - Glow Cloud

A mysterious, glowing cloud makes its way across Night Vale. Plus, new Boy Scouts hierarchy, community events calendar, and a PTA bake sale for a great cause!Weather: "The Bus is Late" by Satellite...

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N. Korea's Rocket Launch Triggers Backlash from Global Community

Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.On Sunday, North Korea launched a rocket, supposedly carrying an "earth observation satellite," into space.North Korea claims they successfully...

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Felker Talking Telstar

 "Our engineers have had to create a lot of new techniques that are on a heroic scale," computer and communications satellite pioneer Jean H. Felker reveals in this 1962 talk. A quiet, unassuming...

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3 - Satellites

What do the Hubble Space Telescope, the International Space Station, and the Moon have in common? They’re all satellites that orbit the Earth! This week, we’re going extraterrestrial to talk about the...

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Great Indoors, Science Museums, Who Owns The Sky. July 10, 2020, Part 2

A whole lot of folks’ summer plans have been cut short this season. Maybe you were planning a family road trip to visit a national park. Or your local science museum. Now, you can watch from home, as...

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US to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine

The United States is poised to approve sending its most advanced ground-based air defense system to Ukraine, responding to the country’s repeated requests to help defend it against Russian missile and...

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