Are We There Yet? podcast

Life on Mars and the final Space Shuttle mission

2026-07-14

Are We There Yet?

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For the second installment of Space on Tap, a special “Are We There Yet?” live event series, we asked what scientists and their robotic coworkers are really looking for on Mars. Plus, the crew of the final shuttle mission, STS-135, reunited for the mission’s 15th anniversary.

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Tracking El Niño from space and Chandra’s interesting X-ray finding
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Summer space news roundup
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NASA Administrator Jared Issacman is donating $500,000 of his own money to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping STEM college students. Plus, one public exhibit brings space down to Earth.
Life on Mars and the final Space Shuttle mission
2026-07-14
28:00
For the second installment of Space on Tap, a special “Are We There Yet?” live event series, we asked what scientists and their robotic coworkers are really looking for on Mars. Plus, the crew of the final shuttle mission, STS-135, reunited for the mission’s 15th anniversary.

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