Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share 2023.04.12 | Eclipse Chasers: A conversation with Dr Nick Lomb
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
2023.04.12 | Eclipse Chasers: A conversation with Dr Nick Lomb
On The Space Show for Wednesday, 12 April 2023:
In conversation with astronomer 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 Publishing.
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) launch scheduled for Thursday, 13 April at 22:15 AEST on the penultimate Ariane 5 ECA.
Ingenuity and its descendants: As we await news of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter's 50th flight, (perhaps it has and the flight log has not been updated because of Easter), a report on what has been achieved, and plans for the Mars Sample Return mission's use of helicopters. (Insert Courtesy JPL)
Findings by the Zhurong rover about the subsurface of Mars
Planet Earth: Season 4 - Episode 48: Intelsat 40e and Tempo - The launch on Good Friday (7 April) of the Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring of Pollution, or TEMPO instrument as a piggyback payload aboard the Intelsat 40e communications satellite. (Incorrectly introduced as Episode 47 - Insert courtesy SpaceX)
View all episodes
By Andrew Rennie for the Space Association of AustraliaOn The Space Show for Wednesday, 12 April 2023:
In conversation with astronomer 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 Publishing.
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) launch scheduled for Thursday, 13 April at 22:15 AEST on the penultimate Ariane 5 ECA.
Ingenuity and its descendants: As we await news of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter's 50th flight, (perhaps it has and the flight log has not been updated because of Easter), a report on what has been achieved, and plans for the Mars Sample Return mission's use of helicopters. (Insert Courtesy JPL)
Findings by the Zhurong rover about the subsurface of Mars
Planet Earth: Season 4 - Episode 48: Intelsat 40e and Tempo - The launch on Good Friday (7 April) of the Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring of Pollution, or TEMPO instrument as a piggyback payload aboard the Intelsat 40e communications satellite. (Incorrectly introduced as Episode 47 - Insert courtesy SpaceX)