In astronomy news: JWST has completed its set of giant planet images, Voyager images being reprocessed gives Neptune a makeover, Betelguese occulted by an asteroid, a brown dwarf with an aurora, giant ring and arc of galaxies, planet with a tail, a galaxy without stars. In space news: Ingenuity’s last flight, Vulcan Centaur launch, JAXA SLIM mission to the moon, the Osiris Rex sample return mission from asteroid Bennu.

In our Boxing Day episode, we are doing an introduction to astronomy, what you need to get started and understanding some of the language from first quarter moon, to conjunctions, so you can understand astronomy forecasts.

We recap some of the main astronomy and space stories from 2023 including for astronomy the Euclid telescope’s first light, the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) “firsts”, Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), as asteroid with rings, the supernova in M101 (Pinwheel Galaxy), Jupiter atmospheric discoveries, Betelguese may go supernova, and planets in the Orion Nebula. Our space recap covers: SpaceX Starship launches, India becomes the 4th nation to successfully land on the moon, JUICE mission launch, the Osirix Rex sample return mission from asteroid Bennu, Psyche mission is launched, the Euclid telescope is launched.

Dave Jemitus introduces John Axtell of the Guildford Astronomical Society for a review of developments in space during 2022 and a look forward to developments planned for 2023.

Graham Laycock and John Axtell of the Guildford Astronomical Society with a special edition for an update on the pictures coming back from the James Webb telescope, the Mars Rover being replaced and Shaun the Sheep going to theh moon plus the chance to hear again a special interview John did in 2017 with Dr. Helen Sharman OBE FRSC, Britain’s first astronaut and the first woman to visit the Mir space station in 1981. John caught up with Helen at a Spacelink event held at Broadwater School in Godalming where she talks to John about the Spacelink project and what it’s like aboard the Soyuz rocket getting to the Mir station and what surprised her most during her time on the Mir space Station. Find out more at http://spacelink.org/meet-an-astronaut/

The last in the pestent series with Graham Laycock and John Axtell of the Guildford Astronomical Society about everything astronomy and spaceflight including Mars exploration with Perseverance and Curiosity, Gaia 3rd data drop, JWST hit by a meteor, NASA SLS rocket test, Space X news, Constellation of the month, what's up in the July night sky and forthcoming meetings.

Graham Laycock and John Axtell of the Guildford Astronomical Society about everything astronomy and spaceflight including the Boeing Starliner capsule, Chines Space Station, Mars - Insight's Black Hole imaged, Space X, NASA SLS rocket problems, James Webb is perfect, Blue Origin's 5th flight, ESA Mars Rover, Orbex launch from Scotland, Space Force and the constellation of the month and waht's up in the night sky for June.

Dave Jemitus and John Axtell of the Guildford Astronomical Society about everything astronomy and spaceflight including Axiom private ISS mission, Crew-4, Dream Chaser, Amazon and SpaceX Internet satellites, Mars/Phobos eclipse, Perseverance photos, Ingenuity, Blue Origin, China's cosmonauts, NASA SLS, James Webb, Osiris Rex, constellation of the month and what to look for in the night sky in May.

Dave Jemitus and John Axtell of the Guildford Astronomical Society about everything astronomy and spaceflight including Ukraine and the ISS, Exomars,One Web, James Webb, Space X, Solar Orbiter and Hubble's interacting galaxies, plus constellation of the month, meetings at local astronomy societies and what to see in the night sky for the coming month.

Dave Jemitus and John Axtell of the Guildford Astronomical Society about everything astronomy and spaceflight including the impact on spaceflight of the war in Ukraine, ExoMars, One Web, Russian rocket engines, James Webb, Hubble's interacting galaxies, Solar Orbiter, Space X and much more, plus constellation of the month, meetings at local astronomy societies and what to see in the night sky for the coming month.