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Made of Stars is a look at everything in space exploration from programs and vehicles on Earth to discoveries made just out of our atmosphere and into deep space. Space enthusiast Wes Carroll intervie... more
FAQs about Made of Stars:How many episodes does Made of Stars have?The podcast currently has 279 episodes available.
March 28, 2024Deep Space Alcohol and Blue Milk... Shaken, Not StirredJWST has discovered deep space alcohol and other life chemicals near a protostar. Roscosmos has successfully launched after last week's last second scrub. Boeing's Starliner may launch soon but not before May. NASA is optimistic that it will resolve its Voyager 1 computer issues and scientists are learning more about the impact of the DART mission. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/made-of-stars--4746260/support....more44minPlay
March 21, 2024Twenty Seconds to ISSA Soyuz launch scheduled to travel to the ISS was scrubbed twenty seconds before liftoff. SpaceX plans to launch later today with cargo for the ISS. SpaceX has also announced that they could be launching Strship again in six weeks. Budget cuts for NASA means they will be forced to shut down the CHandra X-Ray Observatory. And a study of an impact on Mars produced more than 2 billion secondary craters. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/made-of-stars--4746260/support....more36minPlay
March 14, 2024SpaceX Successfully Launches Starship Into SpaceSpaceX celebrated its founding anniversary with a successful launch of Starship into space. Japan's first attempt at launching a commerical rocket into space explosed seconds after launch. 35 years ago, a CME brought darkness from the Sun. Plus, JWST has had another win while studying deep into our solar system. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/made-of-stars--4746260/support....more33minPlay
March 07, 2024There's a Newly Discovered Moon Near UranusSpaceX continues to make things look easy after launching and docking the Crew 8 to the ISS while prepping the 3rd test for the Starship. The Curiosity Rover is climbing through time on the surface of Mars. Orion's hatch has a design flaw and could cause delays. And astronomers have discovered a moon orbiting Uranus and two moons orbiting Neptune. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/made-of-stars--4746260/support....more32minPlay
February 29, 2024Maybe It's Just Rocket LagILM's Odysseus is going to sleep but sunlight could still wake it up. SpaceX was forced to cancel a launch due to weather but decided to launch a different rocket instead. A glancing blow CME could graze the Earth this weekend. A baby star's planet-forming disk has 3 times more water than Earth's oceans. And NASA's DART strike on Dimorphos has some new data. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/made-of-stars--4746260/support....more32minPlay
February 22, 2024The Biggest Quasar Ever Seen Has Quite an AppetiteIntuitive Machines Odysseus will attempt to land on the Moon today. The Europpean "zombie sat" has successfully crash landed into t he Pacific. Another giant sunspot is big enough to see without magnification. 12P/Pons-Brooks comet will be close to the Sun during April's solar eclipse. The brightest quasar ever seen eats a "sun a day".Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/made-of-stars--4746260/support....more34minPlay
February 15, 2024SpaceX Has Been Very Busy... the Good Kind of BusySpaceX has been very busy with successful launches and some of them are very significant... including the successful mission by the Ax-3 crew who landed back on Earth after time at the ISS. A new study says that dying stars could move the habitable zone in their solar systems and melt ice down to liquid water and it could last long enough for life to emerge. And a temporary mini-moon orbiting Venus has been given a strange name.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/made-of-stars--4746260/support....more25minPlay
February 08, 2024It's Just a Helicopter... Don't Kick the DogAn image of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars shows it sitting all alone in the sand now that it's out of service. Ax-3's crew of private astornauts is on the way home from the ISS. One of Saturn's moons could possibly have liquid water. A massive sunspot that is visible from Mars could be visible from Earth (please use protective eyewear before you look). And a zombie satellite is heading back to the Earth's surface later this month.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/made-of-stars--4746260/support....more33minPlay
February 01, 2024SLIM Not So Shady Any MoreJapan's SLIM Moon lander isn't dead yet after sunlight reached its solar panels giving it life. Ingenuity however has ended its service on Mars after a crash and 72 flights. ISS astronaut has been controling a robot on Earth. And Polaris Dawn wants to send up two astronauts for a historic spacewalk.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/made-of-stars--4746260/support....more37minPlay
January 25, 2024Japan Gets a Win and a Loss on the MoonJapan has become the 5th nation to successfully land a craft on the Moon, but the solar panels did not deploy and the batteries can't charge. Astrobotic's Peregrine lander has burned up in Earth's atmosphere ending its failed mission to land on the Moon. NASA remembers lives lost in the name of space discovery with their annual day of remembrance. JWST has given scientists a look back in time with interesting data.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/made-of-stars--4746260/support....more34minPlay
FAQs about Made of Stars:How many episodes does Made of Stars have?The podcast currently has 279 episodes available.