Updated (July 2018)
KTAL-LP 101.5 FM celebrated Space Week in conjunction with the Las Cruces Space Festival. Monday April 9 through Friday April 13, we aired special science programming. The daily programs were hosted by Nan Rubin and Vince “Dr. Science” Gutschick. Live and recorded guests will be scientists, researchers, educators and others involved with such topics as satellites; space exploration; and STEM education.
On Saturday, April 14, at 2:30 we made our first remote broadcast from the Rio Grande Theater. The broadcast coincided with the festival's full day of events downtown.
Original (April 2018)
KTAL-LP 101.5 FM will be celebrating Space Week in conjunction with the Las Cruces Space Festival, which runs April 12-14.
On Saturday, April 14, at 2:30 we will make our first remote broadcast from the Rio Grande Theater, when the festival concludes with a full day of events downtown. Listen in!
Beginning Monday April 9 through Friday April 13, we will air special science programming from 11:00a – Noon each day.
The daily programs will be hosted by Nan Rubin and Vince “Dr. Science” Gutschick and are being supported in part by a grant from the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium. Live and recorded guests will be scientists, researchers, educators and others involved with such topics as satellites; space exploration; and STEM education.
Invited guests include:
KTAL-LP 101.5 FM celebrated Space Week in conjunction with the Las Cruces Space Festival. Monday April 9 through Friday April 13, we aired special science programming. The daily programs were hosted by Nan Rubin and Vince “Dr. Science” Gutschick. Live and recorded guests will be scientists, researchers, educators and others involved with such topics as satellites; space exploration; and STEM education.
On Saturday, April 14, at 2:30 we made our first remote broadcast from the Rio Grande Theater. The broadcast coincided with the festival's full day of events downtown.
Original (April 2018)
KTAL-LP 101.5 FM will be celebrating Space Week in conjunction with the Las Cruces Space Festival, which runs April 12-14.
On Saturday, April 14, at 2:30 we will make our first remote broadcast from the Rio Grande Theater, when the festival concludes with a full day of events downtown. Listen in!
Beginning Monday April 9 through Friday April 13, we will air special science programming from 11:00a – Noon each day.
The daily programs will be hosted by Nan Rubin and Vince “Dr. Science” Gutschick and are being supported in part by a grant from the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium. Live and recorded guests will be scientists, researchers, educators and others involved with such topics as satellites; space exploration; and STEM education.
Invited guests include:
- Dr. Abdessattar Abdelkefi: Aerospace robotics and controls
- Dr. Nancy Chanover: Planets and infrared imaging
- Dr. Jason Jackiewicz: Solar seimsmology
- Dr. Isabella Mariotto: Satellite remote sensing
- Dr. Jim Murphy: Mars climatology
- Dr. Beth O’Leary: Space Archaeology
- Dr. Tom Schmugge: Satellite remote sensing
- Dr. Junming Wang: Remote sensing and ground-truthing