TMRO:Space

This week Lisa Stojanovski investigates the cargo onboard the next Cygnus to fly – including two Spire Cubesats, Cool Flames, and brand new lights.

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We have an in-studio interview with Tim Dodd talking about his character the Everyday Astronaut. Tim puts the Art in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and has an inspiring series with Everyday Astronaut. You can follow Tim on twitter @Erdayastronaut, Instagram @everydayastronaut or via his website at timdoddphotography.com.

In Space News we have:

* Blue Origin abort test was eppppiiiiccccc

* Hurricane Matthew grazes the Space Coast

* Ariane 5 launches Sky Muster 2 and GSAT 18

* Protoplanetary Disk’s Spiral Arms Embrace Young Star

* Antares about to launch again

* Possible Water Plumes Spotted Erupting From Europa Again

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This week we had big news so we made a big show. All of the TMRO correspondents are in studio to talk about the SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System. What we do know, what we don’t know. This is still a developing plan, so please leave your comments below on what you think!

In Space News we have:

* India launches ScatSat

* Rosetta Mission Ends With “Crunchdown” On Comet

* SeaLaunch gets a new lease on life while Firefly’s lease may have expired

* Russian Space Station Crews To Be Reduced Starting in 2017

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We are joined by Mark Cusimano from The Martian Garden — We discuss what Martian Regolith is and how you can use simulated Martian Regolith to create your own Mars garden!

In Space News we have:

* Soyuz MS-02 suffers anomaly with dangerous repairs ahead

* ESA’s Rosetta Will Gently Lithobrake onto Comet 67P

* SpaceX anomaly update

* Wildfires Delay Launch And Threaten Structures at Vandenberg

* ULA announces free cubesat ride winners

* Pluto Probably Has A 100km thick Subsurface Ocean

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In today’s Space Pod Lisa Stojanovski explains why the International Space Station is melting wax to help future spacecraft.

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Blue Origin announced their New Glenn orbital rocket this last week. We take a peek at the history of Blue Origin, where they are now, what they have announced and the possible New Armstrong tease could mean.

In Space News we have:

* Israel launches Ofek-11 with hiccups

* Dwarf Planet Pluto “Paints” Charon Red

* China launches Tiangong-2

* Earth’s Carbon Came From Ancient Collision With Mercury Like Planet

* Vega launches 5 sats

* A billion stars: Gaia’s First Milky Way Map

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A.J. Piplica the Chief Operating Officer of Generation Orbit joins us to talk about their plans for small sat launchers and next generation cargo transit around the world. If you want to keep up with what GO is doing, like them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/generationorbit follow them on Twitter https://twitter.com/generationorbit or hit up their website at http://generationorbit.com/

In Space News we have:

* GSLV launches INSAT 3DR

* DNA Sequenced in Space

* Atlas V launches Osiris-REx

* Lost Philae Lander Found on Comet

* Virgin Galactic VSS Unity undergoes captive carry test flight

* Sentinel 1A takes a potential hit from space debris

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This week we examine the different Space Planes coming on the scene. Orbital planes such as Skylon and sub-orbital planes such as SpaceShipTwo. We ask you, would you want to go in to space in a Capsule or a Space Plane?

In Space News we have:

* SpaceX Pad Anomaly

* Asteroid probe apparently unharmed in nearby SpaceX anomaly, passes Flight Readiness Review

* China may have had a rocket anomaly on Wednesday

* Juno beams back dramatic new pictures of Jupiter

* New Zealand Launch Site Survives 7.1 Earthquake

* Hunt for Planet 9 reveals extremely distant objects

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Dr. Barbara Cohen leads the planetary science group at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Currently, Dr. Cohen is a Principal Investigator on multiple NASA Science Mission Directorate projects and is a Co-Investigator on several spacecraft and instrument proposal teams, including the Mars Exploration Rovers (Opportunity) and Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity). She is the Principal Investigator for the Lunar Flashlight mission, which will send a cubesat to the Moon in 2018 to search for water ice frost.

In Space News we have:

* Ariane 5 launches Intelsat 33e and Intelsat 36

* Exoplanet Discovered Around Nearest Star, But It’s A Terrible Place For Life To Be

* SpaceX Dragon returns to Earth from ISS

* NASA Hears From Lost Spacecraft After 2 Years

* Astronauts install new docking adapter

* Juno To Make Closest Approach to Jupiter Today

TMRO:Space is a crowd funded shows. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmro for information, goals and reward levels. Don’t forget to check out our SpacePod campaign as well over at http://www.patreon.com/spacepod

Deep Space Industries is an asteroid mining company, changing the economics of the space industry by providing the technical resources, capabilities and system integration required to prospect for, harvest, process, manufacture and market in-space resources. These resources, found on easily accessible near Earth asteroids, will provide unlimited energy and supplies for a growing space economy. We are joined by DSI CEO Daniel Faber to talk about the new space economy and how mining asteroids can change the ay we explore the cosmos.

TMRO:Space is a crowd funded show. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmro for information, goals and reward levels. Don’t forget to check out our SpacePod campaign as well over at http://www.patreon.com/spacepod