Cosmic Perspective Radio features live and prerecorded interviews with Astronomers, Scientists, Astronauts, and Historians… NASA & JPL updates on Manned & Unmanned Space Missions… Monthly Night Sky Reports… Local Astronomy & Space Related Events…
Mission: 60's Inspirational Space Event with Hosts Max Kaiserman, Brandon Franklin, & Antonio Peronace
"Cosmic Perspective Radio" - Andy Poniros & Tony Achilles chat with Mission: 60's inspirational space event hosts Max Kaiserman, Brandon Franklin, & Antonio Peronace....Astronauts, Mission Control Members, Artists, Sci Fi stars, & "Cosmic Perspective Radio" will be at the event on Oct 23, 24, & 25
Into Music: "A Moment in Space History" Andy Poniros
End Music: "2001 Funk" Lary Benigno
11 Sept 2026
3 Time Space Shuttle Veteran, Mike Mullane
3 time space shuttle astronaut veteran Mike Mullane discusses the human side of being an astronaut...How he & his family dealt with the loss of colleagues as well as the dangers & risks with being a space shuttle astronaut
11 Jul 2026
NASA's Artemis II Mission A Permanent Moon Base Plans & More /
NASA Apollo Launch Director, Gerry Griffin discusses the Artemis II mission as well as the future of the Artemis Program & Human Space Exploration. Highlights of NASA's recent Moon Base media release with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman & Moon Base Project Manager Carlos Garcia Galan.... If you would like to listen to the entire media briefing & future Moon Base media briefings, go to NASA.gov/moonbase...
Music Intro: A Moment in Space History, Andy Poniros
Outro Music: 2001 Funk, Larry Benino
26 Apr 2026
Informal Chat with Space Historian Andrew Chaikin
Space Historian, Author, & Recipient of NASA Achievement Awards, Andrew Chaikin discusses his interests in Astronomy & Space Exploration... his US Space Program experiences from Apollo through the Space Shuttle Program...and look at the future of space exploration. Only on the "Greatest Radio Station in the World" & Cosmos.
15 Mar 2026
Veteran of 590 Days in Space, Astronaut Don Pettit
Host Andy Poniros interviews NASA Astronaut Don Pettit about his extensive space missions, groundbreaking inventions, and captivating photography from orbit.
28 Oct 2025
Interview with Veteran of 5 Space Shuttle Mission, Capt Robert "Hoot" Gibson
Captain Robert "Hoot" Gibson recounts his experiences as a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War and piloting the first untethered astronaut spacewalk mission STS-41B in an interview with Andy Poniros.
23 Aug 2025
Tribute to Astronauts James Lovell & Alan Bean - Apollo 50
Host Andy Poniros honors Apollo 8 & 13 astronaut Capt. Jim Lovell and Apollo 12 & Skylab astronaut Capt. Alan Bean, sharing their enduring legacies in this tribute interview.
28 Jul 2025
50th Anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz Mission and the Beginning of the End of The Cold War
Vance Brand, Steve Bales, and Charlie Duke recount their experiences during the Apollo missions and the Cold War, highlighting the Apollo-Soyuz mission's impact as Andy Poniros interviews them.
26 Apr 2025
Interview with Air America Pilot Capt. Neil Hansen
April 30, 2025 will be the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. An Air America helicopter was the last helicopter to land in Saigon to evacuate the South Vietnamese. Captain Neil Hansen discusses his experiences in Southeast Asia, the unknown history of the 243 Americans that lost their lives & were left behind, his escape from Cambodia, & more.
22 Mar 2025
An Informal Chat with Space Shuttle Astronaut Eileen Collins
(Interview with astronaut Eileen Collins at the Cradle of Aviation Museum) First woman to command a Space Shuttle, Eileen Collins discusses the risks of going into space, the definition of an astronaut, NASA's Artemis Program, & the future of space exploration
23 Feb 2025
An Informal Chat with Vatican Astronomer, Brother Guy Consolmagno
Director of the Vatican Observatory, Br Guy Consolmagno discusses the road taken in becoming a Vatican Astronomer, Science & Faith, & the Church's contributions to science...including Galileo, the Gregorian Calendar, Gregor Mendel, & many more.
Intro Music: "A Moment in Space History", Andy Poniros
Outro Music: Funk 2001, Larry Benigno
15 Feb 2025
Veteran of 3 Hubble Space Telescope Mission Repairs, Dr John Grunsfeld
2019 VETERAN OF 3 HUBBLE TELESCOPE SERVICING MISSIONS, SPACE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT DR JOHN GRUNSFELD DISCUSSES HIS HST EXPERIENCES & HST CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION & SCIENCE.
INTRO MUSIC: "A MOMENT IN SPACE HISTORY:..... ANDY PONIROS
OUTRO MUSIC: "2001 FUNK".... LARRY BENIGNO
15 Feb 2025
Interview with Noble Laureate, Dr John Mather
2018 INTERVIEW WITH NOBEL LAUREATE DR JOHN MATHER...DR MATHER DISCUSSES THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE, THE COSMIC BACKGROUND EXPLORER, HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, & JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE MISSIONS.
INTRO MUSIC: "A MOMENT IN SPACE HISTORY".... ANDY PONIROS
OUTRO MUSIC: "2001 FUNK"... LARRY BENIGNO
3 Feb 2025
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Touches The Sun / With Dr Grant Mitchell
NASA Astrophysicist Dr Grant Mitchell discusses the incredible Parker Solar Probe Mission & how the probe made its historic approach to the Sun
28 Jan 2025
Adventure Journalist Jim Clash & THe U-2 Spy Plane
Adventure Journalist Jim Clash discusses his U-2 Spy Plane 70,000ft experience, his Russian MIG to the edge of space experience, & the possible hazards of Space Tourism flights.
13 Jan 2025
The Springfield Telescope Makers - 100 Years of Telescope Making
Award Winning Film Maker Tara Roberts Zabriskie discusses the making of her film about the Springfield Telescope Makers and STM's Tom Spirock, Phil Rounseville, Katie Shusdock, Dave Groski, and Dave Kelly discuss their experiences as STM's & The Amazing Stellafane Telescope Making Convention
Intro Music: "A Moment in Space History", Andy Poniros
Outro Music: "2001 Funk", Larry Benigno
5 Dec 2024
Interview with 6th Man to Walk on the Moon, Dr Edgar Mitchell
Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut & 6th Man to Walk on the Moon, Discusses his youth, his Apollo 14 experiences, Sustainability, ESP, & UFO's
Intro Music: A Moment in Space History, Andy Poniros
End Outro Music: "Funk 2001#, Larry Benigno
5 Dec 2024
Interview with Gemini & Apollo Astronaut General Thomas Stafford
Gemini & Apollo Astronaut and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee General Thomas Stafford discusses the perils & rewards of his Gemini (6 & 9) & Apollo (10 & Apollo-Soyuz) missions (including the near fatal space walk of Eugene Cernan on Gemini 9), his friendship with Cosmonaut Alexi Leonov, & the future of Manned Space Exploration.
Intro Music: Revised Version of “A Moment in Space History”, by Andy Poniros
Closing Outro Music: “Funk 2001”, by Larry Benigno
5 Dec 2024
Shuttle Astronaut Eileen Collins & Author Jonathan Ward at NEAF 2023
Recorded at the 2023 Northeast Astro Forum, the first woman to command & pilot a U.S. Space Shuttle, Eileen Collins & Author Jonathan Ward discuss their book “Through The Glass Ceiling To The Stars” with many of Eileen’s experiences as a Test & Space Shuttle Pilot… and the future of space
Who has been a guest on Cosmic Perspective Radio with Andy Poniros
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Don Pettit
Robert "Hoot" Gibson
James Lovell
Alan Bean
Vance Brand
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