35th Annual
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NORTHEAST
ASTRONOMY
FORUM
& SPACE EXPO
2 HUGE DAYS \\ ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE \\ NEW YORK
THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND MOST SPECTACULAR ASTRONOMY & SPACE EXPO
NEAF
PODCASTS
Monthly Astronomy news and observing highlights along with speaker interviews recorded live at NEAF. You can download our podcasts and take the night sky and NEAF where ever you go!
ANDY PONIROS
HOSTED BY
WPKN Radio Host Andy Poniros features live interviews with Astronomers, Scientists, Astronauts, and Historians on his radio show Cosmic Perspective.
Visit the WPKN Radio booth next time you are at NEAF to see live interviews with your favorite speakers. These Podcasts feature many of the personalities you have seen over the years.
JULIAN EDWARDS is a voice actor and a veteran of the night sky. His many years as an astronomy enthusiast has given him extensive knowledge along with an expertise in telescope optics and an uncanny ability at locating deep sky objects from memory, he has helped countless hobbyists find their way through the Messier and NGC catalogs.
JULIAN EDWARDS
ELANA MIKHAILOV is an astrophysicist and educator originally from New York. She is an expert in astronomy and is known for her skill in bridging the gap between complex data and the beauty of the night sky.
ELANA MIKHAILOV PhD
PETER KING is a Correspondent for CBS News radio, and a regular at NEAF. King has reported on space for CBS News Radio since 1994. He is the principal reporter for coverage of NASA and reported on the Space Shuttle program. King continues to report on the Space Station program, and the first commercial human spaceflights by SpaceX, as well as NASA's plan to land Americans on the Moon
PETER KING
MONTHLY NEWS & OBSERVING PODCASTS with Elana Mikhailov & Julian Edwards
LIVE INTERVIEW PODCASTS with Andy Poniros
Walt Cunningham
Recorded live at NEAF April 2023.
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 exploration.
Eileen Collins
Jonathan Ward
General Safford discusses his perilous but successful Gemini & Apollo missions (including the almost fatal spacewalk of fellow Gemini astronaut Eugene Cernan), & his friendship with fellow Apollo-Soyuz cosmonaut Alexie Leonov.
Appeared at NEAF, April 2020. Aired on Cosmic Perspective on June 27th, 2020.
Tom Stafford
32 min.
Seven time space shuttle astronaut & rocket designer Franklin Chage Diaz, discusses his Space Shuttle experience, NASA Mission of Diplomacy, & his rocket engine design development that will revolutionize human space travel.
Aired on Cosmic Perspective, May 23, 2020.
Franklin Chang Diaz
37 min.
A veteran of 3 Hubble telescope servicing missions, Space Shuttle astronaut Dr John Grunsfeld discusses his HST experiences as well as HST's contributions to education & science.
Appeared at NEAF April 2013 and aired on Cosmic Perspective in Aug 2019.
John Grunsfeld
28 min.
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Apollo 7 astronaut Colonel Walter Cunningham discusses the challenges of landing a man to the moon, including the Apollo 1 fire that took the lives of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, & Roger Chaffee, the 1st manned flight after the tragedy, Apollo 7, the 1st flight to go to the moon & back, Apollo 8, and the 1st moon landing, Apollo 11.
Appeared at NEAF April 2019 and aired on Cosmic Perspective on Jan 26th, 2019.
44 min.
Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut & 6th Man to Walk on the Moon, discusses his youth and his Apollo 14 experiences.
Aired on Cosmic Perspective on July 26th, 2014.
Edgar Mitchell
36 min.
Author & Amateur Astronomer Robert Reeves discusses his new book, “Exploring the Moon with Robert Reeves”. Robert explains how his book can be used as a learning experience for a novice and an amateur astronomer as well…and more
Robert Reeves
38 min.
Alan Stern has been in involved in more than 20 NASA missions. Dr Stern discusses his Virgin Galactic flight into space , the future of space communications, & the latest findings of NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto & beyond.
Aired May 2024.
Alan Stern
26 min.
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Colonel Joe Kittinger, the first person to parachute jump from more than 100,000 ft, he is a hero to hero's. Joe discusses his experiences as a fighter pilot, prisoner of war, first person to gas balloon solo across the Atlantic & his famous parachute jump record held for more than 50 years.
Aired Nov. 2022
Joe Kittinger
38 min.
An interview with Nobel laureate Dr John Mather.
Dr Mather discusses the expansion of the universe, and cosmic background explorer, Hubble Space Telescope, & James Webb Telescope missions.
Appeared at NEAF April 2018 and aired on Cosmic perspective on Aug 25, 2018.
John Mather
Bolton is the principal investigator for Juno, a mission launched in 2011 to study Jupiter's origin, atmosphere, magnetosphere and interior structure, part of NASA's New Frontiers program.
Aired July 2016.
Scott Bolton
40 min.
LIVE INTERVIEW PODCASTS with Peter King
Gerry Griffin
In 1964 Griffin joined NASA in Houston as a flight controller in Mission Control, specializing in guidance, navigation and control systems during Project Gemini. In 1968 he was named a Mission Control flight director and served in that role for all of the Apollo Program manned missions including all manned missions to the Moon
January Night Sky
The January 2026 NEAF Talks Podcast, is written and presented by the Rockland Astronomy Club, and hosted by Julian Edwards and Elana Mikhailov. This week's podcast takes us on a deep dive on what we can expect to see in the January night sky including Jupiter at its best, along with moon transits, Saturn shining bright, meteor showers and more.
David discusses his experiences with Gene & Carolyn Shoemaker when discovering Comet Shoemaker Levy 9, his 2024 total solar eclipse experience, & the possibility of an asteroid impacting the Earth.
Recorded live at NEAF 2024. Aired on Cosmic Perspective Radio Sept 2024.
David Levy
49 min.
Dr Michael Reynolds discusses his solar eclipse experiences, eclipse folklore & misconceptions, & how you can view this year's "Great American Eclipse".
Recorded live at NEAF 2017.
Aired on Cosmic Perspective June 22, 2017.