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FAA, flight attendants square off over electronics
The nation’s largest flight attendants union is arguing that aviation officials flew in the face of a federal law last year when th ...
10 years ago
“Hey Joe – Where You Goin’ . . .” To Outer Space
ISSpresso anyone? Espresso supplier Lavazza has teamed up with an Italian engineering company to produce a zero-gravity ...
Air Date: October 6, 2014
ListenWhy do we drink tomato juice on planes?
Ever get the urge to drink a glass of tomato juice on a flight? You aren’t alone, and there’s a scientific explanation why. ...
10 years ago
ListenTwo New Spacecraft in Orbit at Mars; MAVEN (atmospheric studies) and the Indian Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM); (atmospheri ...
Air Date: September 29, 2014
ListenFor more summer, go South… or way North
Summer ended at 10:29 p.m. Monday. If we were on Mars we could enjoy summer for a whole 6 months, thanks to it’s ...
Air Date: September 23, 2014
ListenDozens rally at Comcast over proposed merger, new FCC rules
More than 50 “net neutrality” advocates stood outside of Comcast’s headquarters in downtown Philadelphia Monday, rallyi ...
11 years ago
Autumnal Equinox arrives at 10:29 pm Monday, 9/22. Since it takes quite a bit of time for water to heat up, it also tak ...
Air Date: September 15, 2014
ListenWednesday’s full moon is this year’s Harvest Moon – way out ahead of Autumnal Equinox by 14 days. Nex ...
Air Date: September 10, 2014
ListenFor the first time – scientists have identified a second generation star – one made up of the remnants of the earliest stars ...
Air Date: September 2, 2014
ListenOne small year for a Mars rover…
The Mars Rover Curiosity has spent now one Martian year on Mars (which equals two Earth years), traveled 5.5 miles and taken over 178,000 ...
Air Date: August 26, 2014
ListenDog days retrieve longer nights
Close planet conjunction – Jupiter and Venus very close in tomorrow’s pre-dawn sky . Watch the moon slide down to join them t ...
Air Date: August 19, 2014
ListenNewLink Genetics: Ready to test Ebola vaccine
An Iowa drug developer says it has enough doses of a possible vaccine for the deadly Ebola virus to launch an initial round of human test ...
11 years ago
The annual Perseid Meteor Shower peaks early this week. The Rosetta spacecraft, now in orbit around Comet Churyumov-Gerisimenko after a 1 ...
Air Date: August 11, 2014
ListenNASA Mars test called success despite torn chute
NASA engineers insist a test of a vehicle to simulate a landing on Mars achieved most of its objectives despite a parachute that virtuall ...
11 years ago
Let it gush, let it gush, let it gush
Count of geysers seen on Saturn’s moon Enceladus up to over 100 – No question about composition of jets, definitely water as ...
Air Date: August 4, 2014
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