TMRO:Space

Dr. Madhulika (Lika) Guhathakurta, NASA’s Lead Scientist for the 2017 Solar Eclipse joins us to talk about the upcoming eclipse, the Sun and solar weather. For more information on the eclipse and information on how you can do citizen science head over to NASA’s eclipse website at eclipse2017.nasa.gov

In Space News:

New Horizons Next Target, 2014 MU69, Surprises In Study

Commercial Crew Updates: One Year Away Edition

Most Accurate Measurement Of Dark Matter Distribution Yet

Two new Companies to launch rockets from balloons

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We talk a lot about orbital spaceflight. Going to Mars. Back to the Moon. But what about the up and coming Suborbital space flight industry? This week we have a round table talking about the past, present and possible future of Suborbital space flight.

In Space News:

Titan’s Complex Chemistry Has Developed An Exciting Compound That Life Needs

NASA’s Nuclear Propulsion project is Serious, and Awesome

Kepler Finds Signals Of The First Possible Exomoon

A new ion thruster for cubesats has unique fuel

Airborne Telescopes Will Fly During the 2017 Eclipse

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Our long awaited Space Launch System or SLS roundtable discussion has arrived! Benjamin, Mike, Jared and Cariann all talk about NASA’s new super heavy lift rocket, its merits and faults.

In Space News:Private Space Telescope? NASA’s Thinking About ItAstrobotic and ULA planning 2019 robotic moon landingNew Study Finds The Moon Has Water In Volcanic LeftoversSenate votes on NASA 2018 budgetBreakthrough Starshot Flies Smallest Sat Ever

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CubeCab CEO Adrian Tymes joins us to talk about their plans to create a small sat launcher and the new deal struck to launch 1000 picosats with ThumbSat.  

In Space News:

SpaceX drops plans for powered Dragon landings

Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser Resumes Testing

House has voted on 2018 budget for NASA and Space Corps

LISA Pathfinder Mission Ends

Progress departs ISS, making room for next Soyuz crew

InSight’s Seismometer is Fixed, Integration Begins

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We are joined by Athena Brensberger, science communicator, astrophysics blogger. space science YouTuber and international model to talk about the art of Space Outreach. Lisa flew in from Australia for this one and boy did we put her to work!

In Space News:

Images of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot from Juno

Is the USA about to get a Space Corps?

Smallest Ever Star Found

International Space News - Lightning Round

The Heart of a Supernova Reveals Stellar Secrets

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Jim Cantrell,  CEO of Vector Space Systems joins us again to talk about the history of New Space, its origins and where we are now. We also talk a bit about Vector and its agressive plan to launch more times in one year than the rest of the world combined.

 

In Space News:

ALMA Views Betelgeuse Directly

Roll-Out Solar Array Experiment (ROSA) Deploys on ISS

First Orbiting Supermassive Black Holes Discovered

Sounding Rocket Finally Creates Light Show

18 Months Later, Planet 9’s Hunt Is Inconclusive

 

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KubOS, An Operating System for CubeSats - Orbit 10.23Marshall Culpepper the CEO & Co-founder of KubOS joins us to talk about their operating system for CubeSats and how they are helping to spur the growth of the CubeSat market.In Space News:NICER is deployed on the International Space StationTianzhou-1 conducts undocking and redocking at Tiangong-2Updated Kepler catalog yields 219 more planets14 Year Old Satellite is out of controlESA selects LISA for gravity wave observatory in spaceTMRO: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.

Estevan Guzman one of the Astronomical Illustrator / Animators at Griffith Observatory joins us to talk about cosmic art created by science and its impact on the industry.

In Space News:

Was the “WOW! Signal” a Comet? Probably not…

Darpa selects XS-1 partner & X-37B gets a new launcher

China Tests “Spooky Action At A Distance” in Space

Asteroid Redirect winds down, Deep Space Gateway gains support

Hubble sees waltzing dwarf stars

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Fight For Space director Paul Hildebrandt joins us to talk about his documentary abou the US Space Program and how we lost our way from Apollo to Shuttle to today. You can watch the documentary at http://www.fightforspace.com

 

In Space News:

Cassini Survives Closest Brush With Saturn’s Rings

NASA announces 12 new Astronauts

Tabby’s Star Dims Again, As Predicted

ISS News - Cygnus, Dragon, and SCIENCE!

2 New Moons Around Jupiter Have Been Found

 

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CEO of WayPaver Foundation Michael Mealling joins us to talk about what they are doing to remove obstacles in the way of lunar exploration and settlement.

In Space News:

Rocket Lab launches 1st Electron rocket

Jupiter Surprises in First Juno Data Release

ISS News - A Spacewalk and a Homecoming

Third Detection of a Gravitational Wave

Spaceplane News - A Stratolaunch, A Dreamchaser, and a Unity

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