Mars Technica
Lexi Petronis, Joey Montoya
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Mars Technica episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Mars Technica for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Mars Technica episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
04/25/23 • 30 min
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya.
What does a Martian dust devil sound like?
Mars Technica
02/28/23 • 11 min
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UA.
A day in the life of a Mars rover
Mars Technica
08/27/20 • 14 min
How do you drive a rover on another planet? Could life on Mars have gone underground?
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Images courtesy NASA/JPL and NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/JHU-APL. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.
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Flash floods on Mars!
Mars Technica
12/21/21 • 6 min
Evidence shows that there may have been massive flash floods on Mars billions of years ago.
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration courtesy JPL/NASA. With special thanks to Jennifer Talhelm, Laura Mullane, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.
Bonus: SuperCam talks!
Mars Technica
11/19/20 • 3 min
Nestled within its spacecraft millions of miles from Earth, SuperCam sent scientists an update.
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Image courtesy NASA/JPL. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.
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Plutonium power
Mars Technica
08/12/20 • 17 min
It takes a special battery to power a rover on another planet.
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration courtesy JPL/NASA. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.
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The eye on the rover
Mars Technica
08/05/20 • 14 min
Perched atop Perseverance, SuperCam is the rover's "Swiss Army knife," performing five kinds of types of analyses to study Mars' geology.
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration courtesy JPL/NASA. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.
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Was there life on Mars?
Mars Technica
07/29/20 • 13 min
On a mission like no other, Perseverance sets out to search for signs of ancient life on Mars.
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Perseverance rover image courtesy JPL/NASA. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.
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First sounds from Mars
Mars Technica
03/30/21 • 6 min
Listen to audio of SuperCam's laser popping against Martian rock and wind as it whooshes past the rover. LANL principal investigator Roger Wiens explains what the sounds mean.
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration courtesy NASA/JPL. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.
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Perseverance has landed
Mars Technica
03/09/21 • 6 min
Millions of miles and eight months of travel come to an end with a terrifying seven-minute landing. First things first: The rover starts on its to-do list.
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration courtesy NASA/JPL. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Mars Technica have?
Mars Technica currently has 16 episodes available.
What topics does Mars Technica cover?
The podcast is about Space, Geology, Astronomy, Earth Sciences, Podcasts and Science.
What is the most popular episode on Mars Technica?
The episode title 'How a trip to the Arctic could help us find life on other planets' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Mars Technica?
The average episode length on Mars Technica is 13 minutes.
How often are episodes of Mars Technica released?
Episodes of Mars Technica are typically released every 56 days, 5 hours.
When was the first episode of Mars Technica?
The first episode of Mars Technica was released on Jul 29, 2020.
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