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John Glenn enters his Mercury capsule (right), and launches on February 20, 1962
 Up, Up, and Away! Monday, February 20, 2012
Dark lunar features are named seas or oceans
 Split Personality Thursday, February 9, 2012
A January 23, 2012 solar flare
 Restless Sun Monday, January 30, 2012
Endeavour Crater, winter home of the Opportunity Mars rover
 Winter Wonderland Thursday, January 26, 2012
M1, the Crab Nebula, in a Hubble Space Telescope image
 Crab Nebula Friday, January 6, 2012
The Moon and Hyades, night of January 5, 2012
 Staring at the Bull Thursday, January 5, 2012

Radio Programs

Friendship 7 Getting back in the Space Race Monday, February 20, 2012
Looking Deep Looking for storms before they’re born Monday, February 13, 2012
Geminga Giving birth to a “dead” star Sunday, February 12, 2012
White Dwarfs III Dead planets around dead stars? Friday, February 3, 2012
The Big Dog Biting into a bright constellation Sunday, January 29, 2012
Brightest Lights Cutting off a slice of the sky Saturday, January 21, 2012
Space Rocks II Studying pieces of other worlds Thursday, January 19, 2012
Harvey Nininger II Buying space rocks for a dollar a pound Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Harvey Nininger A burning passion for space rocks Monday, January 16, 2012
Moon and Hyades Staring into the face of the bull Thursday, January 5, 2012
Quadrantid Meteors The children of a celestial break-up Tuesday, January 3, 2012
New Year’s Eve Sky A celestial greeting for the new year Saturday, December 31, 2011
Northern Cross Holding together a stellar cross Sunday, December 25, 2011
The Reindeer An extra reindeer for Santa’s sleigh Saturday, December 24, 2011
Jean-Louis Pons The champion of all comet hunters Friday, December 23, 2011
Grote Reber A new way to study the universe Thursday, December 22, 2011
Saturnalia A modern celebration with old customs Saturday, December 17, 2011
Race to the Pole Racing for the south pole Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Menkalinan The charioteer’s double-jointed shoulder Sunday, December 4, 2011

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