Sinopsis
The Space Exploration Podcast
Episodios
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Mystery lunar domes and missing moon trees
25/06/2024 Duración: 28minScientists are sending instruments to the moon to explore unique domes similar to ones on Earth, but how they were made is a mystery. Plus, one man is trying to save and document moon trees, seedlings sent to orbit the moon that now are scattered across the country.
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Another Starliner delay and an update from Mars
18/06/2024 Duración: 28minAfter helium and thruster malfunctions, Boeing’s Starliner has been delayed once again, with the crew still on the International Space Station. Plus, the rovers on Mars have been hard at work drilling on the red planet to find answers to how and why water flowed abundantly on Mars in the past.
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The future of Hubble and a mission to Saturn’s moon Titan
11/06/2024 Duración: 28minFor over three decades, the Hubble Space Telescope has remained in low earth orbit sending images to Earth for scientific research. But now, the telescope is starting to show signs of its age. Plus, a look at a new mission is headed far into our solar system to study one of Saturn’s moons.
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‘Challenger’ takes a new look at the 1986 Space Shuttle disaster
04/06/2024 Duración: 28minAuthor and journalist Adam Higginbotham and his new book Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space explores the events that led up to the disaster in 1986.
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Mini moon rovers and communicating in deep space
30/05/2024 Duración: 28minA trio of mini moon rovers will launch to the moon later this year and an Italian space company is trying to communicate farther into space than ever before with new transponders and satellites.
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Saving the Space Coast’s future and past from rising water
21/05/2024 Duración: 28minOn the space coast, engineers and anthropologists are trying to combat rising sea levels that threaten to wash away launch pads at the Kennedy Space Center and thousands-years-old village sites in the Indian River Lagoon.
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Space Kids Global heads to space and a mission to Venus is back on track
07/05/2024 Duración: 28minSpace Kids Global is inspiring the next generation of space enthusiasts and scientists are preparing to study the hottest planet in our solar system.
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Curious Space and Starliner’s first crewed mission
30/04/2024 Duración: 28minYoung space enthusiasts are asking an astronaut their burning questions about space exploration.
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Exomoons and lunar cameras
23/04/2024 Duración: 28minScientists and astronomers are on the search for moons outside our solar system. Meanwhile, NASA and Nikon are working on a new camera designed to withstand our own moon’s environment.
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Space bites
16/04/2024 Duración: 28minSpace food scientist Vickie Kloeris, speaks about her new book Space Bites, a memoir of her career with NASA preparing food for orbit.
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The future of pharmaceuticals in space
09/04/2024 Duración: 28minVarda Space Industries is working on pharmaceutical research in space that could help produce HIV therapy drugs at a much lower cost.
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Sun science during a solar eclipse
02/04/2024 Duración: 28minViewers across the country are gearing up for the upcoming solar eclipse, and scientists are using this time to launch rockets into the skies – for science!
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Exploring the women of U.S. space exploration
26/03/2024 Duración: 28minIt’s Women’s history month and ‘Are We There Yet?’ is exploring the women that made history in space with Wendy Lawrence, a veteran NASA Astronaut.
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Starship’s success and the Space Coast celebrates a launch icon
19/03/2024 Duración: 28minIn Texas, Starship’s third orbital test flight was a win for SpaceX. Here in Florida, the Space Coast is celebrating the life of Robert Osband.
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Starship, take three
12/03/2024 Duración: 28minSpaceX is launching its third orbital test flight off Starship. How high are the stakes? Plus, a glimpse into the history of women in the space program and the fight for female astronauts.
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Stuck on Mars
05/03/2024 Duración: 28minAs NASA explores human isolation on other planets, the agency’s plan to return Mars rocks to Earth is in limbo.
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Astronaut Winston Scott’s journey to space
27/02/2024 Duración: 28minFormer NASA astronaut Winston Scott shared his academic journey that brought him to space and his hope for the future of space exploration.
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Weather satellites in space and humans on Mars
20/02/2024 Duración: 28minA new satellite will track things like hurricanes and volcanoes from space. Plus, a conversation with the Walkabout the Galaxy podcast hosts Josh Colwell, Audrey Martin and Jim Cooney about humans on Mars.
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Observatories on the moon and art that reaches orbit
13/02/2024 Duración: 28minNew technology on the moon and a space art competition that highlights the importance of space.
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Space science gets microscopic
08/02/2024 Duración: 28minPlankton and staph bacteria are being studied in space to help keep humans and our oceans safe.