Tag: mars

  • How NASA is preparing to launch another mission to the moon | Miles O'Brien Productions

    How NASA is preparing to launch another mission to the moon

    The Trump administration wants NASA to get back to the moon by 2024, using any means necessary. But will the money and the commitment be there to support the effort? PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O’Brien talks to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine about technical and political risk, international competition and his broader vision for the…

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  • Genetics, climate change and space highlight the year in science | Miles O'Brien Productions

    Genetics, climate change and space highlight the year in science

    The year has been a major one for scientific milestones and research. As it comes to a close, PBS NewsHour takes a look back at some of the biggest science stories, for our weekly series the Leading Edge. Miles O’Brien and William Brangham discuss developments in the genetic engineering of humans, the realization of climate…

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  • Successful Mars landing, OSIRIS-Rex arrives at asteroid, gene editing scandal: science roundup | Miles O'Brien Productions

    Successful Mars landing, OSIRIS-Rex arrives at asteroid, gene editing scandal: science roundup

    Here’s a look at the most interesting happenings in science, with stories you don’t want to miss. Landing on the Red Planet to study marsquakes Mars is hard. The odds of a safe landing on the surface are less than 50-50. But last Monday, the team at NASA/CalTech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory once again made it…

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  • Jet stream accounting, natural Martian batteries, paralyzed patients walk again: this week in science | Miles O'Brien Productions

    Jet stream accounting, natural Martian batteries, paralyzed patients walk again: this week in science

    Here’s a look back at this week in science, with stories you don’t want to miss. Current climate models struggle to capture effects of weak jet stream New research published this week is refocusing attention on the polar jet stream and its impact on climate change. Renowned climate scientist [and good friend] Michael Mann co-authored…

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  • Climate change woes, Soyuz rocket mishap, ongoing pesticide ban saga: past few weeks in science

    Apologies for the hiatus–but we’ve been pretty darn busy. This summer, I’ve been flying around chasing wildfires and the people that study them for an upcoming PBS NOVA film–you can learn more about this if you sign up for my newsletter. Being busy is good, but something had to give and unfortunately this was it.…

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  • Steve Squyres: On Exploring Mars – and other celestial objects. | Miles O'Brien Productions

    Steve Squyres – On Exploring Mars, and Other Celestial Objects

    Steve Squyres is the principal investigator for the Mars Exploration Rover Program, which gave us the plucky and productive rovers Spirit and Opportunity. With the latter on life support and the former no longer with us, I spoke with him about his amazing run on Mars and what he’s working on now. It’s all out-of-this-world…

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