
Are We There Yet?
There’s a lot going on up there. Join space reporter Brendan Byrne each week as he explores space exploration. From efforts to launch humans into deep space, to the probes exploring our solar system, "Are We There Yet?" brings you the latest in news from the space beat. Listen to interviews with astronauts, engineers and visionaries as humanity takes its next giant leap exploring our universe.
Latest episodes

Aug 24, 2021 • 0sec
An Inside Look At SpaceX's Inspiration 4 Mission & What To Make Of A Galactic Arc
It’s a new chapter in space flight history -- so how did we get here? Axios space reporter Miriam Kramer explores the mission’s origin and purpose in a new podcast for Axios. We’ll speak with her about her reporting and what’s ahead for the Inspiration 4 crew.

Aug 17, 2021 • 0sec
Fight & Flight: A Look At Blue Origin's Fight For A Lander Contract & SLS's New Flight Software
Fight and flight -- the battle over NASA’s lunar lander and new software for the agency’s moon rocket.

Aug 10, 2021 • 0sec
Printing On The Moon & Black Hole Observations
Can you print things on the moon? Redwire Space wants to find out using a 3D printer installed on the International Space Station.

Aug 3, 2021 • 0sec
A Soundtrack For Space & The Curious Case Of Dimming Stars
The soundtrack of space. From Gustov Holtz’s suite "The Planets" to Kubrick’s choice of "Blue Danube" in 2001: A Space Odyssey, certain pieces of music are just cosmic. Now, a new project by a space entrepreneur and musician is building upon the soundtrack of space by beaming songs into the cosmos, starting from the International Space Station.

Jul 27, 2021 • 0sec
Starliner's Redo & Measuring The Pulse Of Mars
Boeing’s Starliner is set to launch on an uncrewed mission from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station later this week on a critical test mission to certify the vehicle to fly astronauts. It’s a redo of a previous test attempt in late 2019 that failed to reach the space station. We’ll speak with Michelle Parker, Boeing’s space and launch chief engineer about the mission and what the team learned from the previous attempt.

Jul 20, 2021 • 0sec
A Space For All? How Will Space Tourism Shape Access To Space
Billionaire Jeff Bezos has reached a life-long goal of flying in space. His company Blue Origin launched its first mission with passengers Tuesday morning from West Texas, ushering in a new era of private space tourism. But with a high price tag can only the wealthy fly?

Jul 13, 2021 • 0sec
A Countdown To Clean Clothes In Space
Astronauts rarely get the comforts of home. Fresh food is scarce, a hot shower is unheard of, and they’re asked to wear their clothes multiple times before tossing them to the trash. Laundry is something missing from human space exploration, but scientists at Proctor and Gamble are hoping to change that.

Jul 6, 2021 • 0sec
10 Years Since Shuttle: A Look To The Past & Future
On July 8, 2011, Atlantis launched from Kennedy Space Center, the final mission of the shuttle program. We’ll revisit the Space Shuttle program with two time astronaut Bruce Melnick, who was a mission specialist on both Space Shuttle Discovery and Endeavour. Then, we’ll speak with Space Florida’s Dale Ketcham about the Space Coast plan post-Shuttle and how commercial companies are filling in the void left by the program.

Jun 29, 2021 • 0sec
Mercury Rising: John Glenn And The Space Race
When we think of the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, we focus much on the Apollo program and the U.S. astronauts who crossed that finish line. But the space race began earlier than that and was far more perilous than we thought.

Jun 22, 2021 • 0sec
NASA Investigates UFOS & Tiny Mars Mic Captures Big Sounds
Why NASA is joining the inquiry into Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP), how a tiny mic on Mars is beaming back bigs sounds and a profile of a launch photographer capturing rockets leaving the planet.