Joe Palca
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141 appearances
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first heard Nov 2025
last heard 7 Sep
Joe Palca’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The school bus sized observatory has a number of scientific goals.
It's looking for a special kind of exploding star called a type one A supernova that astronomers use to study a mysterious force called dark energy.
It will also search for planets around distant stars as well as galaxies far beyond the Milky Way.
Critical systems like the solar panels and main antenna have successfully deployed, as has the sunshade designed to block out unwanted light.
The spacecraft also completed a correction to its trajectory.
The telescope should arrive at its parking place in about ninety days.
After that, its five year scientific mission will begin.
For NPR News, I'm Joe Palka.
There's something wrong with the plumbing in Cincinnati.
Billions of gallons of raw sewage ends up in waterways every year.
And for some, that raw sewage is a lot closer to home.
When it's coming out of the drain down there, it's sewage.
The stench was terrible.
Listen to the Backed Up Podcast from the NPR Network and Cincinnati Public Radio.
The school bus sized observatory has a number of scientific goals.
It's looking for a special kind of exploding star called a type one A supernova that astronomers use to study a mysterious force called dark energy.
It will also search for planets around distant stars as well as galaxies far beyond the Milky Way.
Critical systems like the solar panels and main antenna have successfully deployed, as has the sunshade designed to block out unwanted light.
The spacecraft also completed a correction to its trajectory.
The telescope should arrive at its parking place in about ninety days.
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