On The Space Show for Wednesday, 30 August 2023:

Chandrayaan-3 on a Super Blue Full Moon —

On the evening of a Super Blue Moon, a recounting of the landing of India's Vikram lander from the Chandrayaan-3 mission on the southern region of the Moon. (Audio inserts courtesy of ISRO)

NASA’s 2023 sounding rocket launch campaign from the Arnhem Space Centre in Australia —

High Above Down Under (a six-part series):

Join Miles Hatfield, a science writer at the Goddard Spaceflight Centre in Greenbelt Maryland, as he follows two NASA rocket teams launch from Australia. Studying our nearest stellar neighbours – Alpha Centauri A & B – on a quest to understand how stars make the planets around them suitable for life. (Feature courtesy GSFC/NASA)

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 23 August 2023:

A Roundup of Australian Space News:

Chinese satellites over Australia:

Saving Voyager 2

Luna 25 Failure:

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 16 August 2023:

Space Show News:

Where should the Artemis program land on the Moon?

Harrison Schmitt, geologist and Apollo 17 astronaut makes his recommendations on where Artemis should land, the science questions and priorities to be addressed, and the sample mix that should be collected. (This item is an extract from episode 26 of Lunar Science in the Artemis Era available in this podcast feed).

Opportunities for Australia in Space:

Naomi Mathers, Space Industry Association of Australia; Andrea Boyd, European Space Agency; moderated by Mike Thompson, astronomer, Backyard AstroScience (Recorded at Science Works Museum, Spotswood):

Mars Observer:

Marking the 30th anniversary of the explosion of the Mars Observer spacecraft as it was about to enter orbit about Mars.

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 9 August 2023:

Space Show News:

Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena:

The testimony of David Grusch to the United States Congress on UAPs, their possible origin, a dozen retrieved crashed UAPs, and non-human biologics; Ryan Graves on a 100 yard square UAP allegedly seen at Vandenberg Air Force Base; and commentary by Andrew Rennie.

What does UAP stand for?

UAP stands for "unidentified anomalous phenomena," a catch-all term to describe objects detected in the air, sea and space that defy easy explanation. The acronym stood for "unidentified aerial phenomena" until December 2022, when the Pentagon updated its terminology to encompass "submerged and trans-medium objects," as one official put it at the time. NASA and other agencies soon followed suit.

What are UAPs?

By definition, unidentified anomalous phenomena are just that — unidentified. But generally the term refers to objects spotted by pilots or detected by sensors that cannot be immediately explained.

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 2 August 2023:

Space Show News:

Russia is returning to the Moon with Lunar-25. After years of delays, Russia’s Luna-25 lander is scheduled to launch to the Moon aboard a Soyuz-2 Fregat rocket on 11 August 2023. The uncrewed mission will be the first Russian spacecraft to land on the Moon in more than 45 years.

Planet Earth — Episode 55:

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 26 July 2023:

Australia’s Moon to Mars Initiative 2020—2026

The following 10 projects will share in close to $40 million under the Demonstrator Mission Grants program of the Moon to Mars initiative:

Other Australian space news updates:

How to be a Space Tourist without leaving the Earth with Stewart Gangell:

Stewart, a member of the Space Association of Australia, recounts his recent visit to the Kennedy Space Center and Visitor Complex, its attractions and meeting astronauts; the American Space Museum and Walk of Fame in Titusville; the Sands Space History Museum near the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station; and seeing a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster and Dragon capsule on the recovery ships in Port Canaveral.

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 19 July 2023:

Chandrayaan 3 launched to the Moon:

The mission plan for India's Chandrayaan 3 lunar orbiter, lander and rover, followed by launch commentary from the launch site. Also, a report from Australia that the venting of the spent upper stage of the launch vehicle was seen. (Audio inserts courtesy ISRO, Ch9)

James Webb Space Telescope:

A discussion on the James Webb Space Telescope's first year of science (Courtesy GSFC)

Eric Jones and the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal:

Peter Aylward in conversation with the founder and editor emeritus of the ALSJ, Eric Jones in Wodonga, Australia. Together they take us for a guided tour through the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal website, and explain how it was built up over many years.

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 12 July 2023:

Opportunity - Part 2:

Marking the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Mars Explorations Rover - Opportunity, the story of the final years of the mission, as told in word, verse and song.

This episode of The Space Show podcast, is dedicated to the memory of former Space Association of Australia president and long-time contributor to the programme, Peter Aylward, who passed away in Melbourne last week after a valiant battle with cancer. He was 65.

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 5 July 2023:

Euclid: Exploring the dark universe

The purpose of the European Space Agency's Euclid mission, and the role played by ESA's New Norcia Space Tracking Station, DSA-1, in Western Australia.

Opportunity — Part 1:

Marking the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Mars Exploration Rover - Opportunity, the story of the first five years of the mission, as told in word and verse.

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 28 June 2023:

Planet Earth: Season 4 — Episode 54