Episodes

  • Recapping Space News of 2024 Part 2

    Recapping Space News of 2024 Part 2
    Dec 26 2024
    This week Wes and Shawn take a look back at the 5 biggest space news stories of 2024

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    32 mins
  • Recapping Space News of 2024 Part 1

    Recapping Space News of 2024 Part 1
    Dec 19 2024
    This week, Wes and Shawn begin their look back at the 10 biggest space news stories of 2024

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    32 mins
  • Jupiter, Mars and Isaacman, Oh My!

    Jupiter, Mars and Isaacman, Oh My!
    Dec 12 2024
    Jupiter dazzles in the nightime sky. A massive thunderstorm was spotted on Jupiter. Nominee to run NASA Jared Isaacman has given his first public statements about his nomination. A cracked rock on Mars has revealed a surprise. Plus the liquid on Mars may not have been what was previously thought.

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    30 mins
  • Jared Isaacman Is Trump's Pick to Lead NASA

    Jared Isaacman Is Trump's Pick to Lead NASA
    Dec 5 2024
    Jared Isaacman has been named as the former and future President's pick to lead NASA in the new administration. Isaacman has been to space as a commercial astronaut and recently did the first ever commercial spacewalk. If confirmed, would Isaacman potentially go to space as the NASA administrator?

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    37 mins
  • No, Turkey Isn't Moist in Space

    No, Turkey Isn't Moist in Space
    Nov 27 2024
    Astronauts aboard the ISS shared a video of themselves opening up their Thanksgiving MREs in space and revaled what their feast would include. There's a strange smell aboard the ISS and its coming from a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft. Scientists have a new theory about FRBs and where they originate. Plus, JWST has given us a new and incredible look at the Sombrero Galaxy.

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    33 mins
  • SpaceX Doesn't Catch the Booster with the President-elect Watching

    SpaceX Doesn't Catch the Booster with the President-elect Watching
    Nov 21 2024
    With a group of VIPs watching, SpaceX was not able to catch the booster for its latest Super HEavy Launch. Optus-X was launched by SpaceX Sunday, but what is it? SpaceWeather.com wants to hear from you if you are a farmer whose GPS equipment was impacted by geomagnetic storms. TMATs were photographed over Norway. And a star was imaged in detail outside the Milky Way.

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    45 mins
  • Electricity from Space?!

    Electricity from Space?!
    Nov 14 2024
    Iceland is preparing to receive solar power from a satellite that is beamed down to Earth. Uranus' moon Miranda may have an ocean beneath its surface. Plus let's talk about quasars and super massive black holes!

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    33 mins
  • Crew-9 Had to Board Their Dragon and Move It

    Crew-9 Had to Board Their Dragon and Move It
    Nov 7 2024
    The Crew-9 astronauts aboard the ISS all boarded their Dragon capsule so they could move it to another docking port to allow a delivery to be made. SpaceX dazzled with its booster catch but that was just the beginning. Comet ATLAS didn't survive the Sun. The Parker Solar Probe is preparing for a very near miss of the Sun.

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    34 mins