Billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman made history last year as the mission commander of SpaceX’s Inspiration4, the first all-civilian space mission to orbit. Now he’s preparing to go to space again with the Polaris Program: a series of three human spaceflight missions aiming to hit even more milestones, including the first-ever commercial spacewalk. Isaac ... Show More
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SOTS 2nd Hour: Lululemon Founder Sounds Off, the NBA's Return To China, & Amazon: Buy, Sell, or Hold? 10/10/25
New consumer data at the top of the hour: Carl Quintanilla, David Faber and Leslie Picker kicked things off with a look at the market set-up into a make-or-break week of results out of the Big Banks with JPMorgan Asset Management's Chief Market Strategist for Americas Gabriella S ... Show More
43m 9s
Today
3-Year Bull Market, Fed Final Five, Paramount-WBD Talks 10/10/25
Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber led off the show with a look at the big winners during this bull market, which marks its third anniversary this coming weekend. The anchors discussed the future for the Fed: Steve Liesman reports Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has na ... Show More
42m 39s
Dec 2021
Moon missions and space junk
2021 was another year of firsts in the ever-expanding industry around space, as we moved towards space tourism as a reality. But what about NASA, and its plans to return to the moon? We hear all about it, and the space agency’s ambitious plans for not just the moon, but mars; fro ... Show More
17m 28s
Sep 2021
The Next Astronauts Part IV: Risk
Axios space reporter Miriam Kramer learns how the Inspiration4 crew is grappling with risk, something every company in the space industry and all astronauts must confront.
Kramer speaks with the crew, the parent of a crew member, and a former NASA safety expert about how memories ... Show More
25m 48s
Feb 2024
The Space Race: Honoring the first African-American space explorers
This week on Planetary Radio, we take a peek behind the scenes at National Geographic's new documentary, “The Space Race,” which celebrates the triumphs and struggles of the first African-American space pioneers and astronauts. Co-directors Diego Hurtado de Mendoza and Lisa Corté ... Show More
1h 3m
Sep 2021
The Next Astronauts Part III: What It Takes
Axios space reporter Miriam Kramer goes inside SpaceX's headquarters in Hawthorne, California, to see the factory floor, the Inspiration4 crew's training regimen and how this mission fits into SpaceX's broader goals.
Kramer speaks with SpaceX senior leadership and tours the facil ... Show More
24m 38s
Dec 2021
Business to Government and Democratization of Space with Jason Held, CEO of Saber Astronautics
The next business frontier, in terms of physical spaces, is not one you can physically walk on. I’m talking about outer space, and I’m talking about it today with my friend, Jason Held, CEO of Saber Astronautics. I got to know Jason a few years back by chance, and immediately was ... Show More
39m 54s
Aug 2022
Babbage: NASA’s newish rocket
NASA’s giant new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), will soon embark on its maiden journey to lunar orbit. The launcher is designed to send humans back to the Moon, but was built on old technology, and is years late and shockingly over budget. Does NASA even need a successor ... Show More
42m 15s