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 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.
May 7, 2024 • 28min
Space Kids Global heads to space and a mission to Venus is back on track
Space Kids Global is inspiring the next generation of space enthusiasts and scientists are preparing to study the hottest planet in our solar system.
Apr 30, 2024 • 28min
Curious Space and Starliner’s first crewed mission
Young space enthusiasts are asking an astronaut their burning questions about space exploration.
Apr 23, 2024 • 28min
Exomoons and lunar cameras
Scientists and astronomers are on the search for moons outside our solar system. Meanwhile, NASA and Nikon are working on a new camera designed to withstand our own moon’s environment.
