Mission to Pluto!

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.5 • 14.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2015

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

We talk to Dr. Alan Stern, the leader of NASA’s mission to Pluto – New Horizons. He’s been working on the mission for over 20 years and he’s excited to see the surprises that New Horizons will be sending back. Plus: Take a quiz to test your New Horizons knowledge! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	From MPR News in Southern California Public Radio, you're listening to Brains On, where
0:07.7	we're serious about being curious.
0:10.2	Mad crazy serious.
0:11.6	That's Brains On producer Mark Sanchez.
0:14.4	Hi Mark.
0:15.4	Hey Molly.
0:16.4	And it looks like you brought along a, um, I don't know.
0:20.7	What is it?
0:21.7	Oh this?
0:22.7	You mean the Brains On time machine?
0:25.2	Yeah, I brought this.
0:26.8	Well, it looks, uh, kind of just like a bunch of old cereal boxes held together by, um,
0:32.8	I don't, what is that?
0:33.8	Looks may be deceiving Molly, but in this case, I guess you're right.
0:36.8	It is a bunch of old cereal boxes and it's held together by duct tape, but you know,
0:41.2	it's, it's just a prototype and, and the duct tape is pretty strong.
0:44.4	Okay, so where are we going to go?
0:46.0	Well, I wanted to take it on a little test drive, but I didn't want to go too far.
0:49.7	I was thinking January 19th, 2006.
0:54.1	Ah yes, I remember it well.
0:56.8	The launch of NASA's new Horizon's mission to Pluto.
1:00.9	Alright, let's fire this baby up.
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