Date: March 23, 2011

Title: MESSENGER Orbit Live!

Podcaster: Bob Hirshon

Organization: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Description: Science Update host Bob Hirshon reports from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, as the MESSENGER spacecraft arrives at the planet Mercury. Featuring interviews with key mission scientists, including Principle Investigator Sean Solomon.

Bio: Bob Hirshon is Senior Project Director at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and host of the daily radio show and podcast Science Update. Now in its 24th year, Science Update is heard on over 300 commercial stations nationwide. Hirshon also heads up Kinetic City, including the Peabody Award winning children’s radio drama, McGraw-Hill book series and Codie Award winning website and education program. He oversees the Science NetLinks project for K-12 science teachers, part of the Verizon Foundation Thinkfinity partnership. Hirshon is a Computerworld/ Smithsonian Hero for a New Millennium laureate.

Today’s sponsor: This episode of “365 Days of Astronomy” is sponsored by The Education and Outreach team for the MESSENGER mission to planet Mercury. Follow the mission as the spacecraft helps to unlock the secrets of the inner solar system at www.messenger-education.org

Transcript:

***Transcript coming soon.***

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