Planetary Society All-Stars review the spectacular year in space on my last show as host this week on Planetary Radio.

Welcome. I'm Matt Kaplan of the Planetary Society with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond.

Stick around as I welcome Sarah Alamed, Bruce Betts, Casey Dreyer, and Ray Poletta.

For the most enjoyable look back across 2022, you'll hear in this week for annual reviews of everything.

And stay a few minutes longer as Bruce and I welcome Sarah as his new partner for What's Up.

You'll also be treated to their picks among your suggestions for what I should take on next, as I end over 20 years as the host of Planetary Radio.

With apologies to Douglas Adams so long and thanks for all the data, that's the headline for the story about the end of the insight mission on Mars that leads the December 23 edition of our free weekly newsletter, The Downlink.

We'll have much more to say in a few minutes about the spacecraft that has revealed the deep interior of the red planet by tracking Mars quakes.

You'll also read about the beginning of the United Arab Emirates lunar rover mission named Rashid. It is expected to reach our big natural satellite in April.

As always, there's much, much more at planetary.org slash downlink.

I love this end of your tradition. We started many moons ago, but we've rarely had so much to celebrate.

As you'll hear, it's also a celebration of this program's great transition.

I am more confident than ever that Planetary Radio is in the best of hands with Sarah, Bruce, and my other colleagues.

I look forward to next week, when for the first time in 20.1 years, I won't be facing the daunting deadline for a completion of another show.

As I've said, you haven't heard the last of me. I so look forward to continuing my conversations with the real guardians of the galaxy that I've brought you every week.

There are my heroes, and here's the secret. You are too. Your enthusiastic loyalty has enabled and inspired me for two decades.

I am grateful beyond words, though I hope to use some of my newfound time to put into words my appreciation as I reply to more of the hundreds of wonderful messages you have sent.

Thank you.

Hey, everybody. Welcome to the show. It's not like it's your first time for any of you, but it sure is.

I think, I mean, were we all together doing this a year ago? My memory is weak. I'm very old. Welcome, everyone.

Yeah, I was not here last year, so this is exciting.

That, of course, Sarah Alamedzi. Incoming hosts, stay tuned because it's only a week away as we publish this show that Sarah will be taking over Planetary Radio.

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