NASA probe is about to launch to an icy moon that could have life
A long-awaited mission to Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter, is on track to launch in just a few weeks. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 17, 2024.)
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A NASA probe is about to launch to an icy moon that could have life
A NASA mission launching in October will send cameras and other scientific equipment to see, among other things, whether Jupiter's moon Europa could sustain life.
Dear Life Kit: I resent that my WFH partner has more free time than I do
A listener says she has trouble respecting her husband because of his work-from-home habits. While she works long hours, he gets to sign off early. Therapist Moraya Seeger DeGeare weighs in.
A celestial trifecta: What to know about Tuesday’s lunar eclipse
This month's harvest moon will not only coincide with a supermoon, but also with a blood moon and partial lunar eclipse.
What can we learn from the bitter and divisive term of the 2nd U.S. president?
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with historian Lindsay Chervinsky about lessons on the American presidency that can be learned from the then fledgling nation's second president, John Adams.
Sunday Puzzle: Two letters are all you need
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WLRN listener Ann Kritzer of Coral Springs, Fla., and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
Four astronauts on Polaris Dawn flight return to Earth after 1st commercial spacewalk
The five-day trip, funded by internet entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, broke several records including the first-ever commercial spacewalk using SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule on Polaris Dawn mission.
How the crew of NASA's Artemis II prepares for a mission to the moon
This time next year, NASA plans to send its first crewed mission to the moon. NPR's Scott Detrow meets the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission, to see how the team is preparing.
'Wait Wait' for September 14, 2024: With Not My Job guest Jay Pharoah
This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with special guest Jay Pharoah and panelists Roxanne Roberts, Adam Burke, and Negin Farsad
George Washington established the presidency. How much of it would he recognize now?
The presidential office was first envisioned to be more like a clerk's job, and in its earliest incarnation, it was almost unseemly to be perceived as campaigning for the office, historians tell NPR.