Grades 6-8 (Ages 11-13)

Radio Programs

Arcturus Tracing a star’s origins Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Bear Watcher Keeping an eye on the big bear Monday, August 27, 2012
OSIRIS-Rex Studying a threatening space rock Sunday, August 26, 2012
Homeworld Security Tracking down threats from space Saturday, August 25, 2012
Dawn III Speeding toward a new target Friday, August 24, 2012
Voyagers Beginning a voyage to the stars Monday, August 20, 2012
Cloudy Skies A cruel twist of nature Saturday, August 18, 2012
Contact Binaries III A star system with a lot of variety Friday, August 17, 2012
Contact Binaries II Stirring up the family dynamics Thursday, August 16, 2012
Contact Binaries Stars that can’t let go Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Moon, Venus, Mercury Getting close to the Sun Monday, August 13, 2012
Moon, Jupiter, and Aldebaran The Moon takes a pounding Friday, August 10, 2012
M11 A flock of young stars Thursday, August 9, 2012
Moon Rising Inspiration from the rising Moon Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Dog Days Sweating through the Dog Days of summer Monday, August 6, 2012
Sky Crane A complicated landing for a complicated rover Sunday, August 5, 2012
Martian Nuke Powering up a Mars rover Saturday, August 4, 2012

Featured Images

A Voyager spacecraft and the cover of a record of Earth sights and sounds
 Words From Home Monday, August 20, 2012
Illustration depicts the contact binary system W Ursae Majoris
 Two-for-One Offer Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Early view of the rim of Gale Crater
 Inside the Wall Sunday, August 12, 2012
Mars Science Laboratory heatshield falls away
 Martian Litter Friday, August 10, 2012
August 8, 2012, view of Mars from the Curiosity rover
 Getting Acquainted Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Composite view of Curiosity rover landing and operating on Mars
 Drop In, Stay Awhile Monday, August 6, 2012
Skycrane lowers Mars Science Laboratory to the Martian surface
 Rube Goldberg Meets Mars Sunday, August 5, 2012
Artist's concept of Mars Science Laboratory approaching the Red Planet
 Final Approach Friday, August 3, 2012

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