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...
View ArticleHurricanes! 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...
View ArticlePlease 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...
View ArticleArthur 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...
View ArticleSo, 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,...
View ArticleThe Satellite Bounce
Two sets of wires running to London. Mr. Schwartz speaks to the London Hilton discussing the Trans-Atlantic echo and satellite bounce. The presentation is well received and described as "most alive."...
View Article2 - 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...
View ArticleN. 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...
View Article233- Space Trash, Space Treasure
In the summer of 1961 the upper stage of the rocket carrying the Transit 4A satellite blew up about two hours after launch. It was the first known human-made object to unintentionally explode in space,...
View ArticleNorth Korea's missile politics
Governments in Seoul, Tokyo and Washington reacted angrily to the announcement last month of North Korea's impending rocket launch. But what are they really concerned about? Geoff Dyer, US diplomatic...
View Article2 - 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...
View Article3 - 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...
View ArticleGreat 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...
View ArticleUS 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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