
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

Jul 25, 2024 • 0sec
Spacesuits out of a science fiction novel and sulfur on Mars
Researchers are trying to make a spacesuit that can recycle urine into clean drinking water for astronauts and curiosity accidentally discovered pure sulfur on Mars.

Jul 16, 2024 • 28min
Two years of JWST science and a Falcon 9 rocket malfunction
A new James Webb Space Telescope image of two galaxies in a cosmic dance was released for the telescope’s two-year anniversary of science operations. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket malfunction resulted in satellites burning up in Earth’s atmosphere, and the rocket grounded.

Jul 9, 2024 • 28min
Uncovering the mysteries of Bennu and a space news roundup
From the OSIRIS-REx mission, phosphate was found in a sample from the asteroid Bennu, a necessary building block for life to exist here on Earth. Then, as NASA grapples with aging space suits on the International Space Station, efforts to build the next generation of space suits hit a major snag.

Jul 2, 2024 • 28min
Launching a new weather satellite and fixing a spacecraft in interstellar space
The fourth and final satellite of the GOES-R weather satellite constellation is one step closer to tracking weather from space like never before. Plus, after a year of lost communication, Voyager 1 is back online after engineers delivered a fix 15 million miles away from Earth.

Jun 25, 2024 • 28min
Mystery lunar domes and missing moon trees
Exploring mysterious lunar domes on the moon that challenge scientific understanding, alongside efforts to locate and preserve moon trees planted during Apollo missions. Discussing Lunar VICE research project focusing on unique volcanic features and the search for missing moon trees in the United States.

Jun 18, 2024 • 28min
Another Starliner delay and an update from Mars
Boeing's Starliner faces delays due to malfunctions, impacting ISS crew return. Mars rovers explore for past water on Mars. Discussions on Starliner's setbacks and Mars exploration efforts, including drilling activities.

Jun 11, 2024 • 28min
The future of Hubble and a mission to Saturn’s moon Titan
For over three decades, the Hubble Space Telescope has remained in low earth orbit sending images to Earth for scientific research. But now, the telescope is starting to show signs of its age. Plus, a look at a new mission is headed far into our solar system to study one of Saturn’s moons.

Jun 4, 2024 • 28min
‘Challenger’ takes a new look at the 1986 Space Shuttle disaster
Author and journalist Adam Higginbotham and his new book Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space explores the events that led up to the disaster in 1986.

May 30, 2024 • 28min
Mini moon rovers and communicating in deep space
A trio of mini moon rovers will launch to the moon later this year and an Italian space company is trying to communicate farther into space than ever before with new transponders and satellites.

May 21, 2024 • 28min
Saving the Space Coast’s future and past from rising water
On the space coast, engineers and anthropologists are trying to combat rising sea levels that threaten to wash away launch pads at the Kennedy Space Center and thousands-years-old village sites in the Indian River Lagoon.