Podcast Episodes

Mars 2020 Guidance, Navigation and Control engineer Swati Mohan joins Jake to talk about the technology behind the successful landing of the Perseverance Rover....

Jake and co-host Tanya Harrison are joined by guests Debarati Das, Dave Buecher, and Mike Seibert as we watch the Perseverance Rover land on Mars....

UAE Space Agency Chair Sarah Al Amiri joins Jake to talk about the arrival of Mars Hope in orbit around Mars...

Canadian Space Agency's Ken Podwalski, Gateway Program Manager, joins Jake to talk about the Canadarm3....

Planetary Vulcanologist Davitia James joins Jake to talk about volcanos on Mars....

Space reporters Brendan Byrne and Emilee Speck join Jake to celebrate five years of the WeMartians Podcast....

NASA Marshall Chief Scientist Renee Weber joins Jake to talk about the science objectives for the next astronauts to walk on the Moon....

Jake shares a free episode of the Patreon-exclusive Red Planet Review podcast and provides some updates on the #GoingPro campaign....

Northrop Grumman's Michael Staab joins Jake to talk about the HALO module which will be the first habitat as part of NASA's Lunar Gateway program....

Boeing's Kavya Manyapu joins Jake to talk about equitable design in spacecraft, ensuring that our crewed vehicles are inclusive enough to enable all kinds of as...

Curiosity Rover's Deputy Project Scientist Abigail Fraeman joins Jake to discuss results from the rover's campaign at the Vera Rubin Ridge on Mars....

Planetary Scientist Charity Phillips-Lander joins Jake to talk about the exciting world of the Martian Underground, and why we should send spacecraft to explore...

Jake reports from the 2020 Humans to Mars Summit and catches up with all the latest ideas on getting people to the Red Planet....

Jake and co-host Tanya Harrison are joined by special guests to cover the Perseverance Rover launch in the first ever WeMartians live event....

Jake is joined by UAE Mars Hope team members Mohsen Al Awadhi, Hessa Rashid Al Matroushi and Ayesha Al Sharafi to talk about the successful launch of the Arab w...

Jake goes over the three missions headed to Mars this summer, covering their histories and what to expect as they leave Earth....

ULA CEO Tory Bruno joins Jake to talk about how the company prepares their Atlas Rocket to launch a Mars rover like Perseverance....

The University of Alberta's Chris Herd, member of the Project Science Group for NASA's Perseverance Rover, joins Jake to talk about Mars samples, the challenges...

NASA JPL Engineer Christina Hernandez joins Jake to talk about the Assembly Test and Launch Operations of NASA's Perseverance Rover as it heads to liftoff....

First Mode's Elizabeth Frank joins Jake to talk about the impact of space commercialization on planetary science....

Jake interviews six planetary scientists about the work they would have presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, were it not cancelled by the pa...

Jake interviews six planetary scientists about the work they would have presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, were it not cancelled by the pa...

MDA's Natalie Panek joins Jake to talk about the mobility system for the European Rosalind Franklin rover, and how it will move the vehicle around as it looks f...

Planetary Scientist Wendy Calvin joins Jake to talk about the results of the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board...

Anthony Colangelo interviews Jake with questions from listeners in this special Ask Me Anything #GoingPro Patreon Bonus Episode!...

Planetary Scientist Nick Heavens joins Jake to talk about Martian Dust Towers that are leaking water into space....

Space reporters Brendan Byrne and Emilee Speck join Jake to look ahead to Mars in 2020....

Get a sample of the Red Planet Review exclusive Patreon-only podcast as part of our #GoingPro campaign....

Planetary Scientist Teresa Fornaro joins Jake to talk about the Rosalind Franklin rover and the search for life on Mars....

NASA Goddard's Melissa Trainer joins Jake to talk about surprising results of oxygen detection on Mars by the Curiosity Rover....

Journalist Andrew Jones joins Jake to talk about Tianwen-1, China's first mission to Mars....

Jake reports live from the International Astronautical Congress in Washington, DC, covering the Blue Origin Lunar Lander news and more....

Main Engine Cut Off's Anthony Colangelo joins Jake to discuss the status of the SpaceX Starship architecture. Part 1 of a 2 part shared series with the MECO Pod...

Planetary Scientist Ali Bramson joins Jake to discuss the Arcadia Planitia region of Mars, somewhere SpaceX is exploring as a potential landing site....

Planetary Scientist Nina Lanza joins Jake to talk about the science results from the 9th International Mars Conference....

Relativity's Jordan Noone joins Jake to talk about 3D-printed rockets and how the technology might apply to Mars....

NASA Goddard's Gina DiBraccio joins Jake to talk about the 5th anniversary of the MAVEN mission and its ongoing quest to learn about the Martian atmopshere....

Historian and "Time To Eat the Dogs" host Michael Robinson joins Jake to dig into the motivations for sending people to Mars....

The Planetary Society's Chief Advocate Casey Dreier joins Jake to talk about NASA's Artemis program and how to balance skepticism with excitement....

NASA JPL's Michael Staab joins Jake to talk about a mission concept for communications infrastructure at Mars....

NASA Astronaut Stan Love joins Jake to talk about the BASALT analogue and the challenges of doing fieldwork on another planet....

Jake reports live from the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science conference and explores the legacy of Apollo's lunar samples on science. Featuring our 2019 Travel G...

Planetary Scientist Kristen Bennett joins Jake to talk about the Glen Torridon region in Gale Crater, Mars, where NASA's Curiosity rover is headed to explore....

Jake reports live from the 2nd Women in Space Conference covering some exciting science but also exploring the social challenges women and other marginalized gr...

Space reporters Brendan Byrne and Emilee Speck join Jake to talk about rovers, rockets, and Mars in pop culture....

Celebrate 1 year of the exclusive Patreon-only Red Planet Review podcast with a free episode....

Jake shares some news about the WeMartians Travel Grant, our next Patreon Goals, and upcoming Meetups!...

Planetary Scientist Tim Goudge joins Jake to talk about Jezero Crater, the future landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 rover....

Jake covers the landing of the NASA InSight Mission and digs back into the history of entry, descent and landing at Mars....

NASA JPL's Mark Wallace joins Jake to talk about trajectory planning and how NASA's InSight will get to Mars from Earth....

Space consultant and Astralytical founder Laura Forczyk joins Jake to talk about NASA's pivot to the Moon....

Mastcam-Z team members Melissa Rice and Elsa Jensen join Jake to talk about the impressive camera that will fly on NASA's Mars 2020 Rover...

Former rover drive Mike Seibert joins Jake to talk about the ongoing recovery efforts for the Opportunity Rover, which hasn't been heard from since a dust storm...

NASA's Rick Davis joins Jake to talk about NASA's ongoing efforts to send people to Mars despite a policy shift to the Moon....

Planetary Scientist and MEPAG Chair Jeff Jonson joins Jake to talk about Mars policy and how the science community builds consensus for the next missions....

Planetary Scientist Mark Lemmon joins Jake to talk about the Mars Global Dust Storm, its threat to the Opportunity Rover, and the potential science at stake....

Planetary Scientist Ashley Palumbo joins Jake to talk about Martian weather and what the planet may or may not have looked like in its past....

NASA Engineer Holly Griffith joins Jake to talk about quantifying risk on human spacecraft and how the agency decides it's safe to fly....

Jake reports live from Vandenberg Air Force Base where NASA's InSight spacecraft lifted off and speaks with scientists and engineers on the mission....

Mars One Astronaut Candidate Ryan MacDonalds joins Jake to discuss his experience with the program, the money situation, and its future....

Jake reports live from the 2018 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference and explores the fascinating world of Mars analogues here on Earth....

AMADEE 18 Mission Control members Sophie Gruber and Reinhard Tlustos join Jake to talk about the mission analogue and their perspective working with analogue as...

Jake reports live from the Kennedy Space Center at the inaugural launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket, and recounts the story of how this rocket came to be....

NASA JPL's Farah Alibay joins Jake to talk about the InSight mission, its instruments, and the MarCO technology demonstrators flying alongside it....

Space reporters Emilee Speck and Brendan Byrne join Jake to talk about the year that was and the year that will be in Mars exploration....

Introducing Red Planet Review, a new weekly podcast covering space news that is available to WeMartians patrons on Patreon....

Jake shares some news about updates to the Patreon and the launch of the WeMartians merchandise shop....

Space Consultant and Astralytical Founder Laura Forczyk joins Jake to talk about the recent announcement that NASA would return to the Moon and what it means fo...

Lockheed Martin's Danielle Richey and Steve Jolly join Jake to talk about the Mars Base Camp idea to put Humans in Mars orbit....

Planetary Scientist Lori Fenton joins Jake to talk about sand features on Mars, from dunes to ripples, TARs and more!...

University of Manitoba's Chantelle Dubois joins Jake to discuss the business case behind the Interplanetary Transport System proposed by SpaceX....

NASA JPL's Fred Calef "The Keeper of the Maps" joins Jake to talk about cartography on Mars and how the agency keeps track of its rovers....

NASA JPL's Mike Seibert joins Jake to talk about operating a Mars rover as Opportunity celebrates 13 years on the Red Planet....

The Planetary Society's Emily Lakdawalla joins Jake to talk about the Curiosity Rover's 5th anniversary on Mars....

The Planetary Society's Casey Dreier joins Jake to talk about ongoing affairs in space policy affecting Mars, from robotic to human spaceflight....

Jake speaks with past members of the NASA Pathfinder mission, recalling the amazing spacecraft that changed Mars exploration 20 years ago....

Airbus' Abbie Hutty joins Jake to talk about the process to design, build and test a rover like ExoMars....

Author Leonard David joins Jake to talk about risk in spaceflight and how it colours our perspectives on the next steps to put people on Mars....

Planetary Scientist Frances Butcher joins Jake to talk about glaciers and eskers on Mars....

Hosts Ben and Davis from the Orbital Mechanics podcast join forces with Jake in this mashup episode talking about a variety of Mars topics....

Jake reports live from the 2017 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference and covers some interesting science results from Mars....

Jake explores the three candidate landing sites NASA is considering for the upcoming Mars 2020 rover....

Space architects Kelsey Lents and Jeffrey Montes join Jake to talk about the Mars Ice House, a design for a Mars habitat for a NASA Contest....

Space reporters Brendan Byrne and Emilee Speck join Jake to recall 2016 and look ahead to 2017 in Mars exploration....

The University of Western Ontario's Eric Pilles joins Jake to talk abut the CanMars rover analogue run by the Canadian Space Agency....

Deep Space Ecology's Morgan Irons joins Jake to talk about her company and the plans they have for building habitats on Mars....

The University of Texas at Austin's Cassie Stuurman joins Jake to talk about Utopia Planitia, a place on Mars where she discovered a vast underground water ice ...

Planetary Scientist and Instrument PI Nicolas Thomas joins Jake to talk about the CaSSIS camera on the ExoMars spacecraft....

Main Engine Cut Off's Anthony Colangelo joins Jake to talk about the announcement of the Interplanetary Transport System from SpaceX....

Jake tells the story of the HI-SEAS IV Crew that spent a year in a Martian analogue mission on the slopes of Mauna Loa. Featuring interviews with all six crew m...

Planetary Scientist Nina Lanza joins Jake to talk about the ChemCam instrument on Curiosity and the discovery of manganese in Gale Crater....

NASA JPL's Sarah Milkovich joins Jake to talk about the interaction of science and engineering on the Mars 2020 rover....

Aerojet Rocketdyne's Joe Cassady joins Jake to talk about ion propulsion and how it can be a game changer for human spaceflight logistics....

Planetary Scientist Tanya Harrison joins Jake to talk about Martian gullies and how they might be a place to look for life on Mars....

Casey Stedman joins Jake to talk about his experience on the NASA HERA mission analogue....

The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada's Kyle Dally joins Jake to talk about the Mars opposition and how astronomy still plays a role in planetary exploration...

Jake explores the history of inflatable space habitats and how Bigelow Aerospace might change the game in space....

Planet Four's Michael Aye joins Jake to talk about the Citizen Science project that provides opportunities for everyone to do science on Mars....

Thalen Alenia's Michael Coarezza joins Jake to talk about the ExoMars spacecraft getting ready to head to Mars....

Jake explores the concept of Mars launch windows, why they happen, and talks about the two missions poised to take advantage of them this year: InSight and ExoM...

In the first episode of WeMartians, Jake recaps the current state of affairs for the exploration of Mars, focusing in on efforts from NASA, commercial companies...