The Space Show

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 3 May 2023: Follow along as Japan's commercial space company, ispace, confirms that its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 failed its lunar landing attempt. ispace is a lunar exploration company with a vision to extend human presence into outer space and create a sustainable world. Our story features "Sorato", the music of Sakanaction from Japan, a recording of which...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 26 April 2023: Lunar Mining and Robotics — Part 2 of a panel discussion with the Moon Village Association recorded at Deakin Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne in March 2019, featuring: * Anita Parbhakar-Fox, Senior Research Fellow, Geo-environmental Studies, University of Queensland * Carlos Espejel, iSpace, Luxembourg * Bohan Deng, CEO Spherospace, Sydney * Danie...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 19 April 2023: Update on the imminent SpaceX fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy orbital flight test from Starbase, Texas. The launch of JUICE - the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer . No Phosphine on Venus, according to SOFIA (the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy). Study using three decades old Magellan data finds Venus’ ‘squishy’ outer shell may be...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 12 April 2023: In conversation with a stronomer and author Dr Nick Lomb about solar eclipses and his new book: Includes a discussion about solar eclipses, the 2023 April 20 Exmouth eclipse, the excitement of seeing a total eclipse, the 2028 July 22 eclipse in New South Wales, and the Nick Lomb and Tomer Stevenson's book “Eclipse Chasers” , published by CSIRO Pu...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 5 April 2023: NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration. The agencies revealed the crew members on Monday, 3 April during an event at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Spa...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 29 March 2023: Space Show News: The strongest gamma ray burst ever detected has been reported in the scientific literature . Commentary by Eric Burns (Louisiana State University) and Francis Reddy (Goddard Space Flight Center). Ed Husic , Federal Minister for Industry and Science and minister responsible for the Australian Space Agency: Comment about space industry...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 22 March 2023: Space Show News Trailblazer Program Awarded: Australia is closer to embarking on its first mission to the Moon in partnership with NASA. The Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth (AROSE) consortium and the EPE and Lunar Outpost Oceania consortium, will each receive $4 million to design early-stage prototypes of a semi-autonomous rover, as...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 15 March 2023: Space Show News: Rocket Lab , a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has established a new wholly-owned subsidiary, Rocket Lab Australia, to explore opportunities to support the expansion of Australia’s national space capabilities. Rocket Lab to launch multiple Acadia Earth-imaging satellites for Capella Space, an American...

On The Space Show for International Women's Day on Wednesday, 8 March 2023: A history making announcement to coincide with International Women's Day, with the news that Katherine Bennell-Pegg will head to Germany next month to train as an astronaut with the European Space Agency (ESA) . Katherine will be the first Australian woman to be trained as an astronaut by an international space agency, aft...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 1 March 2023: Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX, providing satellite Internet access coverage to 50 countries. It also aims for global mobile phone service after 2023. OneWeb is a communications company that aims to build broadband satellite Internet services. The company is headquartered in London, and has offices in Virginia, US an...

On The Space Show f or Wednesday, 22 February 2023: Marking the 60th anniversary of the demise of Telstar 1 with a fascinating and prescient 1962 pre-launch talk by Jean Felkar (Assistant Chief Engineer at AT&T). Mr Felker discusses communication by satellite and other aspects of the future of communication in space, followed by questions from the floor. He discusses the technical innovations...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 15 February 2023: Dr Malcolm Davis, a Senior Policy Analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) in Canberra, outlines the implications of China’s strategic ambitions in space. Dr Davis argues that the so-called China Space Dream has significant soft power implications, both domestically and internationally, and that it will be important for other co...

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 8 February 2023: Preview of European Space Agency space activities for 2023 2023 is going to be a very exciting year for the European Space Agency (ESA) including:  * The Juice mission , also known as JUpiter ICy moons Explorer, will be an ambitious mission to explore the Jovian system, with a focus on the icy moons Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.  * Eucl...

The Space Show Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era — Episode 54 (Final) The Space Show podcast is on its annual summer hiatus for six weeks. In its place, we are pleased to present our Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era.  This episode features Lunar Gateway, payload science selection and procedures, heliophysics, and identifying lunar samples with: * Jacob Bleacher,&n...

The Space Show Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era — Episode 53 The Space Show podcast is on its annual summer hiatus for six weeks. In its place, we are pleased to present our Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era.  This episode features dust mitigation, Apollo game-changing findings, lunar settlement, and where to explore? with: * Kristen John  * James Head ...

The Space Show Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era — Episode 52 The Space Show podcast is on its annual summer hiatus for six weeks. In its place, we are pleased to present our Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era.  This episode features long wave radio, rovers and habitats, developing exploration capabilities, robotic arms on Mars, and planetary protection research wit...

The Space Show Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era — Episode 51 The Space Show podcast is on its annual summer hiatus for six weeks. In its place, we are pleased to present our Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era.  This episode features ISRU, construction materials processing, advanced manufacturing, urea as super-plasticiser, pyrolysis of regolith, and bricks with: *...

The Space Show Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era — Episode 50 The Space Show podcast is on its annual summer hiatus for six weeks. In its place, we are pleased to present our Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era.  This episode features ISRU excavation and processing, OASIS, development plan, and water ice extraction with: * Gerard Sanders  * Leslie Gertsch. Lunar...

The Space Show Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era — Episode 49 The Space Show podcast is on its annual summer hiatus for six weeks. In its place, we are pleased to present our Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era.  This episode features ISRU challenges, BECA, environmental impact, and water release during EVA with: * Gerard Sanders  * Parvathy Prem * Marni Rosenth...

The Space Show Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era — Episode 48 The Space Show podcast is on its annual summer hiatus for six weeks. In its place, we are pleased to present our Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era.  This episode features space biology, lettuce, crop production, and astronaut training with: * Oscar Monje  * Bruce Link  * Ralph Fritsche * Cynthi...

The Space Show Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era — Episode 47 The Space Show podcast is on its annual summer hiatus for six weeks. In its place, we are pleased to present our Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era.  This episode features space biology, BioSentinel, soil moisture, Lunar Plant Experiment, effect of gravity, and LARGE with: * Sergio Santa Maria  * Rob...

The Space Show Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era — Episode 46 The Space Show podcast is on its annual summer hiatus for six weeks. In its place, we are pleased to present our Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era.  This episode features space biology, cardiovascular health, human research goals, and the chemical reactivity of regolith with: * Michael Delp  * Steve...

The Space Show Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era — Episode 45 The Space Show podcast is on its annual summer hiatus for six weeks. In its place, we are pleased to present our Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era.  This episode features space biology stressors, worms, microbes, and Soteria with: * Sharmila Bhattacharya  * Nate Szewczyk * Kathryn Bywaters * Jessica...

The Space Show Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era — Episode 44 The Space Show podcast is on its annual summer hiatus for six weeks. In its place, we are pleased to present our Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era.  This episode features space biology, astrobiology, Artemis 3, and lunar biology with: * Craig Kundrot  * Lindsey Hays  * Noah Petro * Sharmila Bha...

The Space Show Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era — Episode 43 The Space Show podcast is on its annual summer hiatus for six weeks. In its place, we are pleased to present our Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era.  This episode features the Cause of Lunar Dust, LADEE, space weathering, and the impact on human exploration with: * Mihaly Horanyi  * Jeffrey Gillis-Da...