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Jake and Anthony catch up on Artemis I and everything else going on in space news lately. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 86 - Is that Callisto? - YouTube Artemis I | Flickr Artemis I Flight Day 13: Orion, Earth, and Moon | art001e000… | Flickr Flight Day 14: Orion's Solar Array Divides Earth and Moon | Flickr Primal Space on Twitter : “Orion has now reached the Moon, here's how it will get b...

Mat Kaplan, host of Planetary Radio for The Planetary Society, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about the 20th anniversary of the show, his upcoming retirement, and what it’s been like to cover space in this way for all those years. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 85 - The Highest I’ve Been (with Mat Kaplan) - YouTube Visibly Loose Nuts - UNISEX | WeMartians Podcast Dr. Pete Flavored Soda - Sod...

Somehow, it’s almost time for Artemis I. Again. Yes, again. And then we break down some hot planetary drama from this week. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 84 - JPL Christmas Party - YouTube NASA leaves its Artemis I rocket exposed to winds above design limits | Ars Technica Off-Nominal on Twitter : “lol” WeMartians Podcast on Twitter : “I’m seeing a lot of commentary about how SLS is "unluck...

Photographer Roland Miller returns to the show to talk to Jake and Anthony about his newest book, The Space Shuttle: A Mission-by-Mission Celebration of NASA's Extraordinary Spaceflight Program , out next week. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 83 - Bubba the Rocket Scientist (with Roland Miller) - YouTube Roland Miller Photography Abandoned In Place — Roland Miller Photography Interior Space —...

With Jake away, Swapna Krishna and Caleb Henry join Anthony for a very Philadelphia-themed episode. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 82 - Gatekeeping Hubble (with Swapna Krishna and Caleb Henry) - YouTube Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story: Bloom, John + Free Shipping Project Artemis: Back to the Moon | Smithsonian Channel Chris G - NSF on Twitter : “OK. This is long-range GFS. Take this with...

Elizabeth Howell of Space.com joins Jake and Anthony to talk about her new book, Why Am I Taller , with astronaut Dave Williams. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube ECW Press | A Canadian Indie Book Publisher | Publishing Curiously Compelling Books Since 1974 Follow Elizabeth Space Writer | Elizabeth Howell Elizabeth Howell, PhD (she/her, 🖖💉😷) (@howellspace) / Twitter Elizabeth Howell | Space Follow J...

Ben Brockert joins Jake and Anthony to tell stories from his various adventures in the space industry. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 80 - Vaguely a Mutiny (with Ben Brockert) - YouTube Masten Space Lunar Lander Challenge Level II Attempt 1 landing and fire - Xoie - YouTube Masten Space Lunar Lander Challenge Flight 2 - YouTube Xombie in-air relight view from the ground. - YouTube Stig-B fli...

Anthony took a trip to Pittsburgh to visit Astrobotic this week, and he’s back to talk about it with Jake. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 79 - A Wake of Creative Destruction - YouTube 127 - Checking in on CLPS (feat. Anthony Colangelo) T+223: Viper Delayed, Masten Unravels, CLPS Moves On - Main Engine Cut Off Astrobotic Unveils Peregrine Lunar Lander Flight Model | Astrobotic Technology Anno...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Kristin Fisher of CNN to talk about Artemis I, and the coverage out there in the world in all the places us space nerds aren’t. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 78 - John Grunsfeld’s Babysitter (with Kristin Fisher) - YouTube Artemis I rocket rolled back inside as Hurricane Ian treks toward Florida | CNN Video: Why NASA had to scrub Artemis I rocket launch due to...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Matthew Russell of the The Interplanetary Podcast to talk about his trip to French Guiana to commentate the first launch of Vega C. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 77 - Accidental Shareholder (with Matthew Russell) - YouTube Vega C - Arianespace Interplanetary Podcast #281 - Vega C and James Webb Space Telescope Vega-C launch - YouTube The Interplanetary Podcast...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Rae Paoletta, Editorial Director at The Planetary Society, to tell some stories from their trip to Artemis 1, the Off-Nominal meetups, and Rae’s encounter with a snake owner, licensed in the state of Florida. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 76 - Walter Cronkite was Faking It (with Rae Paoletta) - YouTube Launch of Apollo 4 first Saturn V as seen LIVE on CBS w/ W...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Emily Calandrelli, speaker, writer, and Emmy-Nominated Host of Emily's Wonder Lab, to talk about the Brooke Owens Fellowship, which is just about to start recruiting the next class of students, and everything else she is up to lately. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 75 - Four of Us Married Each Other (with Emily Calandrelli) - YouTube Brooke Owens Fellowship Pat...

With just a single weekend remaining between us and Artemis 1, Jake and Anthony pregame the launch, mission, and meetups, and talk about the Artemis program overall. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 74 - All the Garys We Know - YouTube Artemis 1 Launch Events - Off-Nominal Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address - YouTube The SLS rocket is the worst thing to happen to NASA—but maybe als...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Gary Jordan, NASA Public Affairs Officer and host of the official podcast of Johnson Space Center, “Houston We Have a Podcast.” Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 73 - Podcast is Not an Option (with Gary Jordan) - YouTube Crew Demo-2 | Launch - YouTube NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 Returns Home: Splashdown - YouTube Axiom Mission 1 Launches to the Space Station (Official NA...

Dr. Justin Walsh, co-PI of the International Space Station Archaeological Project, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about how to do archaeology on a space station and what they’re up to on the ISS. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 72 - Our Interest in Trash (with Dr. Justin Walsh) - YouTube BOLDLY GOING WHERE NO ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE GONE BEFORE - ISS Archaeology International Space Station Archae...

Anthony is joined by Christian Davenport of The Washington Post and Loren Grush of The Verge to talk about Loren’s JWST birthday present, Artemis 1 getting its initial launch dates, the occasional Long March 5B reentry, and everything else that has been going on in the world of space news. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 71 - Full-On Frenemy Territory (with Christian Davenport and Loren Grush...

Nadia Drake joins Jake and Anthony to obsess over the JWST images released this week and to talk about the telescope’s first few months of operation. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 70 - Send Jupes (with Nadia Drake) - YouTube Get After It - YouTube First Images Collection Southern Ring Nebula Coldplay on Twitter : “Such heavenly views ✨ @NASA #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope#ColdplayBerlin 🤍” Ben...

Anthony is joined by Joe Barnard of BPS.Space and Tim Dodd (the Everyday Astronaut!) to talk about how to cook meat with a very fast rocket, what life is like in Boca Chica lately, and…what has NASA been doing with those chickens? Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 69 - Was That NASA or MythBusters? (with Joe Barnard and Tim Dodd) - YouTube SEND IT! - Level 3 Rocket Build - YouTube SEND IT! - Le...

Eric Berger of Ars Technica joins Jake and Anthony to discuss Administrator Bill Nelson a year into his tenure and whether he’s been good or bad for NASA. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 68 - Pop It Back Up There (with Eric Berger) - YouTube We got a leaked look at NASA’s future Moon missions—and likely delays | Ars Technica Eric Berger on Twitter : “I wrote fairly critically about Nelson's n...

Chris Gebhardt from NASA Spaceflight.com joins Jake to talk about the FAA’s approval of the Boca Chica launch site. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 67 - Eating The Pie All The Way Through (with Chris Gebhardt) Follow Chris NASA Spaceflight Chris Gebhardt (@ChrisG_NSF) | Twitter Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake...

Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator, champion of commercial spaceflight, and longtime space pirate, joins Jake and Anthony to discuss her upcoming book “Escaping Gravity” and to tell some stories from her incredible career. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 66 - My Next One is “Fiction” (with Lori Garver) - YouTube Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Ag...

Jake and Anthony catch up on the news, from Starliner’s flight to NASA’s announcement of new spacesuit contracts for ISS and lunar missions. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 65 - Star-Lionel Richie - YouTube NASA, Boeing Complete Starliner Uncrewed Flight Test to Space Station | NASA Boeing’s Starliner capsule completes first “nail-biting” docking at space station – Spaceflight Now Starliner c...

Engineer, Consultant and STEM evangelist Lauren Lyons joins Jake and Anthony to talk about her diverse career at SpaceX, Blue Origin and Firefly, and the unique and interesting paths the space industry can take you on. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 64 - In Between is Hot Topic (with Lauren Lyons) - YouTube FIRST Robotics Competition | FIRST Why Mars Excites and Inspires Us - YouTube Lauren...

Space potter Amy Rae Hill joins Jake and guest host Debarati Das for a discussion on space and art. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 63 - Something Philosophical About Croissants (feat. Amy Rae Hill and Debarati Das) Follow Amy Amy Rae Hill (@amyraehill) | Twitter Amy's Website | AmyRaeHill.com Follow Debarati Debarati Das (@spacewicca) | Twitter EnterStellerCo | Etsy Follow Jake WeMartians Po...

Pamela Gay, astronomer and podcasters, joins Jake and guest host Anna from But It Is Rocket Science to talk about black holes, making space podcasts, and more. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 62 - Anime Princess Telescope (feat. Anna and Pamela Gay) Behold, the Bottomless Pit Holding Everything Together | The Atlantic Video of stars orbiting Sag A* | YouTube VLTI Animation of stars orbiting S...