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On The Space Show for Wednesday, 25 March 2026: The announcement of a major change in direction and focus for NASA with Jared Isaacman, NASA Administrator. (Courtesy NASA HQ) Policy as a compass for Australia's lunar future with Jeremy Kruckel, a member of the Space Association of Australia. The lunar discoveries of LRO  A summary of the achievements of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter since i...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 18 March 2026: Artemis II Mission Update: Read the latest update here . Post-Shuttle Changes to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) As preparations are being made for the launch of  Artemis II  by the second Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from the Kennedy Space Center, we pop back to 2014 when Mike Bolger (Program Manager, Ground Systems Development and Operations, KS...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 11 March 2026: Artemis II Crew Briefing — 24 September 2025  In anticipation of their forthcoming historic flight, the four members of the Artemis II crew discuss their planned mission around the Moon and answer questions from the media. (Inserts courtesy JSC)  Turn Back Time: 60th Anniversary of Gemini 8  The story of the near-disastrous flight of Gemini 8 is told...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 21 December 2022: 50th Anniversary of Apollo 17 - Part III: On the Shoulders of Giants Gene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt and Jim Lovell in conversation with journalist Phil Rogers at Chicago’s Adler Planetarium on 13 November 2012.

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 4 March 2026: Dart AE hypersonic demonstrator by Hypersonix Launch Systems The launch of Queensland's Hypersonix Launch Systems Dart AE hypersonic aircraft on a modified Rocket Lab Electron (HASTE) rocket. (Inserts courtesy HLS, Rocket Lab) Space Show News:  * Update on Artemis II launch delay.  * Changes to the Artemis program: NASA revises plans for future Ar...

On The Space Show f or Wednesday, 25 February 2026: Space Show News: Artemis II's second launch delay After a successful wet-dress rehearsal, the Artemis II launch has been delayed at least until April by a helium flow problem in the Interim Cryogenic Upper Stage. The Space Launch System (SLS) has been moved back to the Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida for inspection and repairs. NASA Rele...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 18 February 2026:  Space Show News: AtSpace conducts successful launch of Australian-made A01 rocket at the Southern Launch Koonibba Test Range.  On 27 November 2025, AtSpace, a Brisbane-based rocket manufacturer, entered the rocketry record books by successfully launching their Australian-made A01 rocket higher than any other Australian commercial rocket has gone...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 11 February 2026:  Turn Back Time: Voyager 2 at Uranus  Ed Stone, Project Scientist, describes the findings of  Voyager 2  at Uranus, 40 years ago. (Insert courtesy JPL) Perseverance rover status update The status of the  Perseverance  rover, and future plans for exploration and rock sample collection with Steve Reid, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 4 February 2026:  The Space Show is in conversation with Angelo Di Grazia, a Committee member of the ⁠Space Association of Australia⁠ . ******* Space Show News — The Artemis II launch has been delayed by at least one month due to a hydrogen leak  during a wet dress rehearsal. ******* Ensuring American Space Superiority: A new U.S. space policy directive — On 18 Dec...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 28 January 2026:   The 40th anniversary of the STS 51-L disaster that destroyed the Space Shuttle Challenger and killed seven astronauts on 28 January 1986. STS-51-L would have been the 25th mission of the NASA Space Shuttle program. Tragically, the Challenger and her crew were lost in an explosion 73 seconds after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 3...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 17 December 2025:   Bill Nelson, Administrator, NASA and Pam Melroy, Deputy Administrator, NASA, s peaking at the National Press Club in Canberra on 23 March 2023. The then Administrators answered questions from Press Club members. (Courtesy NPC)  Enrico Palermo, Head, Australian Space Agency, Adelaide Welcome speech to the 2025 International Astronautical Congress...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 10 December 2025:  Conversations at the 24th Australian Space Research Conference 2025 - Part 3: HEO - Non-Earth Imagery The Space Show in conversation with Hiranya Jayakody, Chief Technical Officer & Co-founder, HEO, Sydney.  Hiranya talks about the formation of HEO, its aims, rented and hosted cameras for imaging satellites, reasons for photographing satellit...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 3 December 2025: SpIRIT on Orbit Professor Michele Trenti (Principal Investigator, SpIRIT, University of Melbourne) describes the Hermes instrument on the SpIRIT satellite and its results. (Conversation with The Space Show recorded at the 24th Australian Space Research Conference 2025 )   [ 10.01.2024 SpIRIT in the Sky: The Space Show in conversation with Clint The...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 26 November 2025:  Reflections on the 24th Australian Space Research Conference (ASRC) 2025 The ASRC is organised by the National Space Society of Australia , Mars Society Australia , and members of the Australian space research community. The ASRC is the primary annual meeting for Australian space research. It welcomes researchers, engineers, educators, business a...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 19 November 2025:  New Glenn (NG-2) Launches ESCAPADE The launch of the twin ESCAPADE Blue and ESCAPADE Gold spacecraft towards Mars by the second New Glenn rocket. (Inserts courtesy GSFC, Blue Origin)  Turn Back Time The bittersweet story of Venera 2, Venera 3 and Cosmos 96.  Shenzhou update The Shenzhou 20 crew lands in Shenzhou 21, leaving the Shenzhou 21 crew a...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 12 November 2025: Shenzhou-20 and orbital debris: The launch of Shenzhou-21, debris impact on Shenzhou-20, and options for the continued crew exchange on Tiangong. (Inserts courtesy CGTN) Turn Back Time — 1970-71: The Luna 17 and Lunokhod 1 mission. (Inserts NZBC, Radio Moscow) The Kessler Syndrome — Part One: Topic and speakers' introduction; definitions; meth...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 5 November 2025: The Ethics of Space Colonisation with Gordon Young, Principal at Ethilogical Consulting and Lecturer in Professional Ethics, School of Design, RMIT University, Melbourne. (Recorded by  The Space Show at a meeting of the Space Association of Australia in South Melbourne)

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 29 October 2025: From The Space Show archives (1990): NASA’s The Space Story: AMBLER — A six-legged rover for planetary exploration . Come train and fly with us: Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator & Pam Melroy, NASA Deputy Administrator, speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra on 23 March 2023. The then Administrators comment on their agency's activiti...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 22 October 2025: The Karman Project: Building a cooperative future in space The Karman Project is a non-profit foundation promoting peace and security in space through strategic international cooperation. The project aims to unite global decision-makers to drive urgent, collaborative action for a sustainable and peaceful future in space — recognising the core role...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 15 October 2025: How to become an astronaut with Rose Tasker at the Moon Village Association, Deakin Edge, Melbourne. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen Born in Copenhagen, Denmark and selected as an ESA astronaut in 2009, Andreas completed extensive training in spacecraft operations, spacewalks, and extreme environment missions, including ESA C...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 8 October 2025: Kerrie Dougherty, Board Member, World Space Week Association * International Space Week - its origin, local events & theme. (Recorded Deakin Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne, 2019) * World Space Week theme for 2025 is "Living In Space”. * Australia in Space by Kerrie Dougherty : This revised and updated edition of Space Australia tells th...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 1 October 2025: Artemis II Orion spacecraft named Integrity : * The crew of Artemis II explain the naming of their Orion capsule. (Courtesy NASA) Parker Solar Probe Completes 25th Close Approach to Sun : * Mission scientists discuss the series of perihelion passes that brought the Parker Solar Probe as close as 6.1 million kilometres of the solar surface at a recor...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 24 September 2025: Artemis II crewed lunar orbital mission confirmed by NASA is set fo r 2026 The announcement that while the target launch date for Artemis II remains April 2026, NASA will attempt to bring that forward to February 2026, without compromising crew safety or mission success. Four astronauts (Reid Wiseman, Commander; Victor Glover, Pilot; and Mission...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 17 September 2025: Merging Black Holes and Gravitational Waves - Part 2: The Hawking Black Hole Area Theorem Confirmation This week, The Space Show is in conversation with Teagan Clarke , PhD candidate and a lead researcher in gravitational-wave astrophysics at the School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational...

Embargoed until Thursday, 11 September 2025: Prof. Eric Thrane , School of Physics and Astronomy at Monash University, explains the significance of the Hawking Black Hole Area Theorem confirmation in a Space Show exclusive. MONASH UNIVERSITY — MEDIA RELEASE 11/09/2025 | 08:13 AM AEST Australian astrophysicists help prove Stephen Hawking’s landmark black hole prediction A global team of astrophysic...