To get us in the festive spirit, we spend some time looking at the history of crewed space flight at Christmas. We even added some jingle bells to help get you in the mood.

Further Reading:

A brief history of humans spending Christmas in space: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-18/brief-history-of-humans-spending-christmas-in-space/9235812

Christmas on Skylab (Andrew LePage) - https://www.drewexmachina.com/2014/12/24/christmas-1973-on-skylab/

Christmas 2000 on the ISS (Andrew LePage) - https://www.drewexmachina.com/2015/12/24/christmas-2000-on-the-iss/

STS 103: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-103.html

STS 61: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-61.html

Christmas 97 on Mir: https://www.windows2universe.org/headline_universe/holly_mir.html&edu=high&dev=1the

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At the end of last week's podcast we said that this week would be a pre-recorded show, but then all the space news came in at once, so Dave and Emily made time to get together to talk it though. In particular, they both believe that the biggest story of last week didn't get the attention it deserved. So, hopefully this helps to readdress the balance.

NASA Press Release for Artemis Astronauts: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-names-artemis-team-of-astronauts-eligible-for-early-moon-missions

Artemis Astronauts Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC5khqpKovU

Space X SN8 High Altitude Test Flight 9th Dec: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap-BkkrRg-o

This weeks other news:

Long March 11 Launch 9th Dec: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32aLXG0aevc

ULA Delta IV Heavy Launch, NROL-44 mission 10th Dec: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63arSZV-r0I

Space X Falcon 9 - SXM-7 mission 13th Dec: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COraGXFb1lo

Angara A5 Launch 14th Dec: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SWWQN75mX8

Astra Rocket 3.2 Launch 16th Dec: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSUKl0XxXmo

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Are you looking to get a Christmas present for someone who loves space? This episode might help you out as we discuss some ideas and also speak to Max Kaiserman from Luna Replicas to discuss his store and their products (spoilers, they're incredible).

Luna Replicas: Lunareplicas.com

instagram.com/lunareplicas

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This week's big news story is that China have landed their third spacecraft on the moon and this one plans to return a sample from the surface. As a result of this, Emily and Dave have a look back at the history of the robotic missions to the moon.

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In this week's podcast we are joined by actor Eric Ladin, who has recently been on our screens portraying Chris Kraft in 'The Right Stuff' on Disney+. You may also recognise him from playing Gene Kranz in 'For All Mankind' on AppleTV. He was a great sport and offers some fantastic insight into the making of these shows. We also give our verdict on season 1 of 'The Right Stuff' - have you watched it?

For more on Eric: https://www.instagram.com/ericladin/

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1426686/

'The Right Stuff' Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og0htvEVqJQ

'The Real Right Stuff' Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcShFsJC9mM

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In this week's podcast we are joined by Sarah Cruddas who has just released the most wonderful book called "Look Up: Our Story With The Stars" and it she has giving us an incredible interview.

Find out more about Sarah:

https://sarahcruddas.com/

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Order a personalised signed version of Look Up: https://www.spacestore.co/product/look-up-our-story-with-the-stars/

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This week we look forward to the launch of the first crew rotation mission on the SpaceX Crew Dragon to the International Space Station as part of NASA's commercial crew program. NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker along with Soichi Noguchi of JAXA will launch on Space x’s falcon 9 rocket and crew dragon spacecraft which has been named Resilience for this mission.

We also look back at Emily's trip to the U.S. Rocket and Space Center in Huntsville to find out what she learnt.

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch for the US Space Force on 5th November: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wufXF5YKR1M

Chinese company Galactic Energy's maiden launch of the Ceres-1 rocket on 7th November: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDNBoz5aIyY&feature=emb_title

Mark Kelly in the Senate: https://www.space.com/astronaut-mark-kelly-senate-win

U.S. Rocket and Space Center: https://rocketcenter.com/

NASA Marshall Space Center: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/home/index.html

Space Camp: https://www.spacecamp.com/

Up to date Commercial Crew news: https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/

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This weekend Emily is heading the U.S. Rocket and Space Center in Huntsville, Alabama, so we thought we'd have a little look at the history of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and how Huntsville became known as Rocket City.

10 years of Emily's blog: https://space.nss.org/category/this-space-available/

Rocket Lab launch of Electron rocket: 28th Oct 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axXm-z2NzW8

A Gnome in Space: https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/2/21546596/valve-gabe-newell-gnome-space-new-zealand-rocket-labs

ULA Atlas V launch on 4th November: SCRUBBED... but Emily wasn't watching so it wasn't her fault.

Voyager 2 says hello: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7775&fbclid=IwAR2xB_d8vgTLVD3AKLbRZ-ikOrnn8o4fYmnQ_OaSz2Y7HiJK3yRiBaYZQdo

How far away is Voyager 2? https://twitter.com/NSFVoyager2

U.S. Rocket and Space Center: https://rocketcenter.com/

NASA Marshall Space Center: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/home/index.html

Space Camp: https://www.spacecamp.com/

'Taking Up Space': https://taking-up-space.org/ - Non profit to send Native American girls to Space Camp.

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This week we're celebrating 20 years of continuous human presence on the International Space Station by having a look back at the history of space stations. Perhaps the most under-appreciated achievements of human space flight has been our ability to stay up there for long periods, we look to rectify some of that with this podcast.

Her Story 100: https://purposeentertainment.com/her-story-100

Emily is included in this wonderful video featuring some of the royalty of space exploration.

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This weeks show was recorded on Tuesday night just after OSIRIS-REx managed to obtain a sample from asteroid Bennu in what as an audacious high five attempt. Emily and Dave talk through what happened and look at what it means.

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