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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.
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In the final days of his administration, with the eyes of the world on Florida where the epic 2000 election recount was underway, President Bill Clinton quietly signed into law a plan to restore the Everglades. Twenty years and $17 billion later, the grandiose vision of reversing decades of environmental damage remains stuck in the swamp. In DRAINED, a podcast from WMFE and the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, Amy Green wades into the controversy around one of the most ambitious e ...
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Inspiring the next generation of space enthusiasts and a new moon mobile
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SpaceKids Global’s founder Sharon Hagle launched into space for the second time and eight kids from the organization’s Press Squad contest watched her journey while getting experience as space journalists. Intuitive Machines unveiled its new lunar rover after being selected by NASA to create the vehicle for Artemis astronauts to use on the moon.…
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The wonders in the night sky this month and China’s race to the moon
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December skies will bring stargazer delights. Plus, a look at the growing tension between the U.S. and Chinese space programs.By Marian Summerall, Brendan Byrne
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What we know about UAP's, and creating space for birds
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One astronaut helped build a bridge between space and birds. New UAP hearings are leading to public conversations.By Marian Summerall, Brendan Byrne
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The quest to find planets outside of our solar system
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Exoplanets are planets that exist outside our solar system. As a relatively new field of study, there’s much to learn about these newly discovered worlds.By Marian Summerall, Brendan Byrne
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Leaks on the ISS and Space policy impacts on Florida
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Space policy in Florida and the potential for private companies on Mars, plus the ISS begins to show its age.By Marian Summerall
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Rocket science meets political science. Plus, inspiring cosmic images from JWST
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During the last Trump administration there were big moves in space exploration like pushing for human landings on the moon and launching astronauts on commercial rockets, plus a look at some of JWST’s incredible images of stars exploding and galaxies deep in our universe.By Marian Summerall, Brendan Byrne
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The science of Europa Clipper and research from the red planet
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Europa Clipper may open doors on the grander questions on life beyond Earth. Plus, Mars scientists found that Mars might not be so different than Earth as research suggests life could exist in signs of water on the red planet.By Marian Summerall, Brendan Byrne
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UCF physicist and co-host of the podcast “Walkabout the Galaxy”, shares spooky cosmic occurrences. Stephen Eikenberry, UCF professor of applied optics and professor of physics, explains the humanlike pulses from the darkest vacuums in our universe.
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Starship's big catch and Hubble's deep look
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A journalist takes us through the significance of Starship’s test flight and Hubble’s senior project scientist shares new observations of cosmic phenomena.By Marian Summerall, Brendan Byrne
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Research endeavors on the space station and exploring an ocean world
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A director at the ISS Laboratory shares unique research experiments to benefit life on Earth and exploration beyond and a chief of planetary policy addresses the need for executable plans and public support following Europa Clipper’s launch.
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Earth’s new mini moon and tracking tropical weather from space
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Earth has an asteroid, or mini moon, orbiting the planet for the next several weeks. Plus, a look at how forecasters use weather satellites to track storms.By Marian Summerall, Brendan Byrne
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SpaceX’s past and future. Plus, a Florida scientist’s journey to space
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One journalist takes us through the trajectory of SpaceX and its possible future and a University of Florida scientist takes a journey to space to better understand how humans thrive in space.
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NASA’s strategies for space exploration and menstrual cycles in space
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NASA is making plans for the future of space exploration with space enthusiasts and companies around the world preparing for the future retirement of the International Space Station and a look into women’s health in space.By Marian Summerall
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One commercial astronaut is helping kids reach for the stars
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Blue Origin commercial astronaut and founder of the nonprofit organization SpaceKids Global, Sharon Hagle, is going back to space, this time, with an audience of young people audience. Eight lucky winners from SpaceKids Global’s contest will be able to watch Hagle launch into space and be a part of a Press Squad: interviewing members of Blue Origin…
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The science of Polaris Dawn and water under the surface of Mars
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Scientists will study the crew of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission analyzing how the human body reacts to the environment of space and Mars has water hidden under its surface.By Marian Summerall, Brendan Byrne
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Brewing beer in microgravity and a big question about human space exploration
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University of Florida researchers are brewing beer in microgravity and one author believes that humanity needs to focus on the needs of our own planet before focusing on space exploration.By Marian Summerall, Brendan Byrne
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The Starliner decision and bees on the space station
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NASA is weighing its options when it comes to returning two astronauts on Boeing's Starliner space craft. Plus, we'll hear about robotic bees on the International Space Station.By Brendan Byrne, Marian Summerall
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Veteran NASA astronaut, Winston Scott, answered questions from kids about his experiences while on the International Space Station and one researcher is studying flames in space for wildfire research.By Brendan Byrne, Marian Summerall
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Science during a suborbital flight and life in faraway ocean worlds
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One scientist is conducting the first research tended suborbital flight on board Blue Origin’s New Shepard capsule. Plus, could there be evidence of life on two icy moons in our solar system?By Marian Summerall, Brendan Byrne
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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.By Marian Summerall, Brendan Byrne
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Two years of JWST science and a Falcon 9 rocket malfunction
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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.By Marian Summerall, Brendan Byrne
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Uncovering the mysteries of Bennu and a space news roundup
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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.By Marian Summerall, Brendan Byrne
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Launching a new weather satellite and fixing a spacecraft in interstellar space
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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.By Marian Summerall, Brendan Byrne
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Mystery lunar domes and missing moon trees
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Scientists are sending instruments to the moon to explore unique domes similar to ones on Earth, but how they were made is a mystery. Plus, one man is trying to save and document moon trees, seedlings sent to orbit the moon that now are scattered across the country.By Marian Summerall
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Another Starliner delay and an update from Mars
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After helium and thruster malfunctions, Boeing’s Starliner has been delayed once again, with the crew still on the International Space Station. Plus, the rovers on Mars have been hard at work drilling on the red planet to find answers to how and why water flowed abundantly on Mars in the past.By Marian Summerall, Brendan Byrne
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