
Skytalk Archive
An Asteroid So Big It Has Its Own Moon
(Photo Credit: NASA.gov) Four years into its mission The Dawn Space Craft is orbiting an ast ...
Air Date: July 18, 2011
(Photo Credit: NASA.gov) Astronomers are continuing to improve their skills at peering bac ...
Air Date: July 11, 2011
(Photo Credit: NASA.gov) The last space shuttle launch will take place this Fr ...
Air Date: July 4, 2011
While the Sunlight Fades Enjoy a Full Night Sky
(Photo Credit: Flickr user Paul Moody) Tom ...
Air Date: June 27, 2011
(Photo Credit: Hubblesite.org) The last full day of spring is upon us ...
Air Date: June 20, 2011
(Photo Credit: Space.com) It’s the season for sun spots and you can ...
Air Date: June 13, 2011
Saying Goodbye to the Space Shuttle Program
(Photo Credit: NASA) Where will the space program go in 2011? In the sh ...
Air Date: June 6, 2011
Mars Rover, Spirit, Bites the Dust
(Photo Credit: NASA) The NASA Mars rover, Spirit, is being left in the ...
Air Date: May 30, 2011
Is There Really a Man in the Moon?
(Photo Credit: Hubblesite.org) If the moon rotates and the earth rotates why do we see th ...
Air Date: May 23, 2011
(Photo Credit: Hubblesite.org) Our Milky Way lays nearly parallel to the horizon this m ...
Air Date: May 16, 2011
NASA Tests Theories of Relativity
(Photo Credit: Wikipedia) Two of Einstein’s relativity theor ...
Air Date: May 9, 2011
50th Anniversary of the First Manned Space Flight Launched by the U.S.
(Photo Credit: Wikipedia) It was 50 years ago that Alan Shepard ma ...
Air Date: May 2, 2011
(Photo Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration) Astronomers are g ...
Air Date: April 25, 2011
Where Do Space Shuttles Retire?
(Photo Credit: Wired Science) Ever wonder where space shuttles go when ...
Air Date: April 18, 2011
50 Years Since First Manned Space Flight
(Photo Credit: NASA) This week m ...
Air Date: April 11, 2011
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