Canadian Lego Man Goes to Space

For the Geo Quiz we’re talking with two Toronto teenagers who launched a Lego man into space.

Mars 500 Experiment ‘Returns’ to Earth

A six-person international crew has “landed” back on Earth after 18 months in a capsule in Russia.

Why Space Junk Needs to be Taken Seriously

Report by the NRC suggests it’s time to take space junk seriously.

Russian Company Plans to Thrill With Space Hotel

A Russian company says it will create an orbital hotel within five years and send space tourists to Mars by 2030.

Chinese Space Lab To Be Launched

The Geo Quiz wants you to name the city 60 miles from the launch center.

Beer Designed for Outer Space

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Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out about a new Australian beer designed to be drunk in space. She learns from Ian O’Neill, space producer for Discovery News website, how hard it is to drink anything in space. Download MP3

Video: Beer being tested in Zero Gravity

Tech Podcast: ‘Inspire Japan’

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On this episode of our weekly technology podcast, we revisit the PechaKucha phenomenon. It’s short, regular brainstorming sessions hosted the world over by architects, designers and other creative types. Find out what they’re doing for Japan in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami. Download MP3 (35:27)

Soviet space memorabilia

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Fifty years after the Soviets sent the first man into space, The World’s Alex Gallafent reports that space memorabilia is everywhere. It’s in museums, it’s on sale in auction houses, you can even buy stuff left behind on the surface of the moon. Download MP3
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Talking Travel: Halloween hijinks near and far

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In this episode of our travel podcast, we ponder some seriously scary Halloween destinations. We’ve got haunted castles in Transylvania, Mexico’s Day of the Dead, and even a major Halloween festival in Hong Kong. Listen in to find out where in the world to get spooked this Halloween. (Photo: Craig Heimburger)

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Weather balloon photos from space

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Our Geo Quiz usually asks you about things on the surface of the Earth. Today we’re looking up – way up. We want to know where the atmosphere ends and outer space begins. In other words — how high the sky? Download MP3 (Photo: Robert Harrison)

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Iran launches research rocket

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Iran announced today that it has launched a research rocket into space. What makes this launch unusual is the passenger list. The rocket is carrying a mouse, two turtles, and about a dozen worms. The announcement of the Iranian launch came two days after President Obama made clear his intention to scrap NASA’s back-to-the-moon program. John Pike is Director of GlobalSecurity.org. That’s a defense information website based in Alexandria, Virginia.

Sapporo’s space barley beer

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Talk about a beer that’s out of this world. Japanese brewer Sapporo is introducing Space Beer. It’s produced using malt made from barley seeds that spent five months aboard the International Space Station. Anchor Marco Werman talks about Sapporo’s new offering with “The Beer Goddess,” Lisa Morrison. Download MP3

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Touring outer space

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Matthew Wells reports from New Mexico on the building of a new “spaceport” intended as a launch site for future space tourism flights.

Space race memories

It’s been 40 years since the United States’ astronauts landed on the moon. It’s been one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind and it appears even more of a leap for some Russians to believe that the Americans actually landed on the moon first. Jessica Golloher has the details from Moscow.
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Former Soviet space official on US moon landing

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Roald Sagdeev, former director of the Soviet Space Institute. He recalls his reaction to the news 40 years ago to a successful US moon landing.
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