Cosmic Radio

Join me as we speak with Dr. Wesley Chambers, a Planetary Scientist, Physicist, and member of the PSI (Plume Surface Interaction) Team for NASA's Artemis Mission. Dr. Wesley Chambers works out of NASA's Marshall  Space Flight Center where he works as Deputy Principal Investigator for NASA's Plume-Surface Interaction Ground Test and Principal Investigator for Stereo Cameras for PSI Studies vehicle...

Join me on Cosmic Radio as we learn about Apis mellifera the honey bee and more!  Carson Elmer, the most famous beekeeper in Mendocino County teaches us all about honey bees and the art and skill of beekeeping.  So much to learn! Learn more about Carson Elmer: https://carsonandbees.com/ The Honey Bee Health Coolilition Handbook: https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/ PolliNation Podcast-Thanks for t...

Join me as we speak with this amazing researcher!   She works at the McMurdo Station on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica during the Spring and Summer. The day after she arrives she is at the "coms" helping Artemis 2 Astronauts and astronaut candidates get into the space suits all while she is conducting research on algae that she hopes she can use to produce oxygen, scrub CO2, and grow to eat on f...

The excitement builds!!!  Join me as we learn HOW rockets land on the moon and all the prep-work NASA is doing as we prepare to launch the Artemis 2 program *****A MANED SPACE MISSION TO THE MOON!!***** "We are going to the moon, but we are not going alone.." says Dr. Ashley Korzun.  She is right, after you listen to this interview you too will understand that the Artemis Mission is a world-wide m...

We all hear about Artificial Intelligence (AI).  Most of us use it in one way or another.  Cosmic Radio speaks with Professor David Johnson from Mendocino Community College helps us to learn: What AI is How to use it How to protect yourself against some bad players out there trying to get your information. There is so much to learn!!! In addition to that we will find out what's up in the March nig...

Greeting Space Lovers and welcome back to Cosmic Radio. We have a great show this month.  In the first part of the show we find out "What's up in the February night sky" and learn about the upcoming NASA Artemis II  moon-launch and the return of The United States to the Moon. Then in the second part of the show we celebrate the return of  Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton, the Principal Investigator of NASA...

Have you ever heard of NASA's new Quesst Mission? We have all the answers right here!  Meet NASA Test Pilot Lils Larson, he is the first to fly NASA's X-59 experimental supersonic plane that is attempting to change the sonic boom out of a supersonic boom and change it to a "sonic thump"!  NASA Quesst Mission:  https://www.nasa.gov/mission/quesst/ Nils Larson-Ret. USAF Lieutenant Colonel & NASA...

Join me as we speak with Dr. Joseph Masiero from Caltech/IPAC. Dr. Masiero teaches us all about NEOs-"Near-Earth-Object" and the new NASA mission-NEO Surveyor that will Find Near Earth Objects before they find us! Dr. Joseph Masiero Bio: https://www.ipac.caltech.edu/science/staff/joe-masiero NASA Neo Surveyor Mission: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/neo-surveyor/ Asteroid flying over Lake Erie: h...

Join me as we learn more about the amazing radio antennas from the NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN). Last month we learned how the DSN communicates with mission spacecrafts. This month we learn about the research the antennas have been involved in and how the DSN will help the communications with our return to the moon on the Artemis Missions!! We also have some fun aboriginal mythology to learn!

Join me as we speak with Dr. Joseph Lazio, Project Scientist from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Deep Space Network. Dr. Lazio explains what the Deep Space Network (DSN) his job at the DSN and explain how the DSN antennas are used to track and communicate with NASA spacecrafts and the amazing research the antennas perform. This is the first part of a two part series about the Deep Space Network....

Join me as we learn what's up in the September 2025 night sky, delve into Samoan mythology then speak with Retired United States Airforce Sergeant Stanley Anderson.  Stan served in the US Air Force, 1959–1979, retiring as a Master Sergeant, Computer Systems Superintendent. From 1968 to 1971 he was NCO–In-Charge of the Aircraft Operations Control Center, Patrick AFB, FL supporting Apollo missions 4...

Join me on Cosmic Radio as we speak with NASA's Johnson Space microbiologist Dr. Sarah Castro Wallace.  Dr. Wallace evaluates the performance of the MinION DNA sequencer in-flight on the International Space Station (ISS). She and her team are in charge of the environmental monitoring of the ISS. Dr. Wallace's  passion for her work is evident in this interview.  She makes microbiology and DNA seque...

Join Cosmic Radio for an interview with Cal Poly Humboldt's beloved Biology Professor Terry Henkel.   Mycology is a mainstay of the Humboldt Botany Program with courses  in mycology, forest pathology and mushroom identification.   "My research investigates macrofungal biodiversity and ecological relationships in the remote tropical rainforests of South America's Guiana Shield and the Guineo-Congol...

Join me as we walk and talk through Jackson Demonstration State Forest in Mendocino County with Robert Douglas. Robert is a mycologist, biologist and Environmental Specialist with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention.  As we walk and discover this magical forest, camping site and destination location for fungi foragers, you can hear the Noyo River, song birds and Robert beltin...

Join me on Cosmic Radio as we speak with Dr. Joseph Heitman.  Dr. Heitman is a professor and Chair of Molecular Biology and Professor in Medicine at Duke University and CIFAR's Co-Director for the "Fungal Kingdom: Threats and Opportunities" Research Program.  Last month Dr. David Hibbett gave us an introduction into the fascinating study of the Fungal Kingdom. This month Dr. Heitman talks about th...

Join me for a fascinating interview with Dr. David Hibbett, Biology Professor from Clark University who focuses on Evolutionary Mycology.  Dr. Hibbett answers questions we all think about and want to know more about from the Fungal Kingdom.  He is so fun and passionate about fungi and after listening to this interview, I hope that you will also become a " mycophile"!!! (lover of fungi)

Join my for an amazing thought-provoking interview with Dr. Silvano Colombano! Dr. Colombano is a retired NASA Biophysicist. He is now working on his original doctoral thesis and writing a new paper about the Nature of Life: Implications for the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis. His computer modeling studies are helping Dr. Colombano understand the origins of life and how the languages of life, DNA cod...

Join me for our second interview with Dr. Peter Schultz.  We've move on from the Chicxulub Impactor and into The Deep Impact Mission, the LCROSS mission and his current work in Chile!  Check out the pictures and links I added for more information on his work and by next week I will add the rest of the interview I had to cut for time for the radio program. Dr. Shultz is so completely into his work,...

Join me as I interview Planetary Scientist Dr. Peter Schultz. His work is extensive! So much, we are having him on the show for two consecutive months. This month we will be talking about Dr. Shultz's work on the Chicxulub Crater off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula.  He tells us how he used the NASA Ames Vertical Gun the model how the impactor created the second largest crater on earth!

Learn all about NADS's newest flagship mission.....EUROPA CLIPPER!!!! Our good friend Todd Barber is make to tell us all the intricate parts of this modern marvel of spacecrafts that will be exploring the Galilean Moon EUROPA!!! A water-world in the Jovian System. Check out the links as well so you can see and play with the Clipper Vault Plate!!!  https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper/ h...

Join us for an interview with Richard Rieber, Robotic Systems Engineer from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Richard takes us through the various robotics created at JPL and tells us how those creations were used on NASA missions and future how future robotics are being created for future NASA missions. 

Cosmic Radio host Elizabeth Garcia interviews Principal Investigator of NASA's Psyche Mission, Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton. Join us as we talk about an incredible space journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. Dr. Elkins-Tanton tells us all about the Psyche asteroid, why she believes that it may be the exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet and how she is...

Dr. Marc Rayman is back! This time he's telling us the story of the NASA Dawn Mission and all its discoveries, technology and stressful issues. Dr. Rayman also gives us mind-blowing insights into new ideas and future concepts of interstellar space travel after Ukiah igh School Senior, Francisco Castaneda Rodriguez Jr. asks Dr. Rayman an intriguing question.   

Robert Ferguson Observatory located in the Valley of the Moon, and within the Sugarloaf State Park  (just outside of Santa Rosa, California) is a hidden jewel in Sonoma County. Listen to this interview with staff from the observatory and discovery this unique and well run center and find out all about its year-round events. Guest speakers: Stephanie Derammelaere- Executive Director David Cranford-...

Tony Alcocer loves excitement!  He was a Santa Rosa Fire Engineer then retired and became a model rocket mentor who works with NASA and Sonoma State University. He is a member of the National Association of Rocketry and Tripoli Rocketry Association. In this interview he tells us how he teaches kids and university professors how to build and launch rockets.