Your weekly podcast journey into the latest news, missions, and stories shaping space exploration.
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A mission to control space debris and capturing the launch of a new telescope
The company AstroScale is working on a spacecraft that will grab a piece of rocket debris in obit and remove it. Then, for the third installment of Space on Tap, a special “Are We…
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Science on the space station and Maragret Hamilton’s legacy
A resupply mission is on its way to the International Space Station after launching Tuesday. What science is in store for the crew? Plus, a look at Margaret Hamilton’s career at NA…
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Understanding the galaxy’s evolution and how and Earth amoeba is helping in the search for life elsewhere
Scientists will soon be using NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to study galaxies, and how the universe became the way it is. Plus, a new discovery could help NASA better un…
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Starship makes it into orbit and searching for habitable worlds
: SpaceX’s massive Starship vehicle went into orbit for the first time. Plus, scientists are on the search for habitable worlds.
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Weapons in space and a new podcast on the search for life in the universe, and what happens next
For the first time, the U.S. military has confirmed it has deployed a space weapon in Earth’s orbit. Plus, “When We Find Them” is a new podcast series with Central Florida Public m…
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Tracking El Niño from space and Chandra’s interesting X-ray finding
NASA and the EU’s Sentinel-6 satellites track ocean temperatures and can help predict how storms move and intensify. Plus, a team of researchers have made some recent discoveries f…
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Summer space news roundup
It’s been a busy summer for space with things like SpaceX's new plans in Louisiana, Blue Origin is repairing its launch pad after an explosion earlier this year, the announcement o…
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SpaceX’s expands to Louisiana and NASA tests next moon-suits
SpaceX is looking to expand into Louisiana to build a new launch facility with multiple launch pads for its Starship spacecraft. Then, to walk on the moon, NASA needs new suits. So…
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Astronaut Mike Fincke retires. Space healthcare readies for next big mission
We hear from NASA astronaut Mike Fincke who is retiring after 30 years. Plus, we’ll speak with UCF’s Dr. Manny Urquieta about the efforts to solve medical problems in space, from l…
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A Martian rover’s ‘land-a-versary’ and the ethics of human space exploration
Scientists and engineers are celebrating Curiosity’s 14th landing anniversary on Mars. Plus, we’ll look at the ethics behind human space exploration and how NASA, space agencies an…
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What’s happening in our skies and how NASA will study space mysteries with a new telescope
From meteors streaming across the night sky to a solar eclipse, there’s a lot happening in our skies this week. Plus, a look at how the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope hopes to s…
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Rescuing a rescue mission
A mission to save a falling spacecraft is now in need of its own rescue. Katalyst Space’s LINK satellite launched to raise the Swift observatory’s altitude, but now the spacecraft…
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Designing the next moon suit and controversy over SpaceX land
When NASA astronauts return to the moon, they’ll be wearing a new spacesuit from Axiom Space. Plus, SpaceX and the U.S. are facing concerns after a land swap deal in Texas brings u…
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NASA chief’s pledge to STEM education and how VR is bringing people to the cosmos
NASA Administrator Jared Issacman is donating $500,000 of his own money to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping STEM college student…
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Life on Mars and the final Space Shuttle mission
For the second installment of Space on Tap, a special “Are We There Yet?” live event series, we asked what scientists and their robotic coworkers are really looking for on Mars. Pl…
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Starliner’s delay and Rocket Lab’s big buy. The latest on commercial space.
A recent NASA audit says Boeing's Starliner is once again delayed from being certified. Plus, after acquiring the satellite company Iridium, Rocket Lab has its own constellation: 6…
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Arctic upgrades on the ISS and human missions to Mars
NASA’s Quantum Lab is about the size of a mini fridge, but it allows NASA and international partners to study some of the biggest physics principles. By studying these atoms at the…
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Moving data to space and rescuing a falling spacecraft
Data, it runs the world, and now one company is creating data centers in space. Plus, a rescue mission to save the falling Swift Observatory is launching later this month.
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SpaceX goes public and a Mars mission goes offline
SpaceX’s launched its initial public offering. It’s a big move for SpaceX, not only to continue to develop some of its current projects like Starship, but it also brings a new wave…
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Artemis III gets a crew and Florida's push to launch at sea
NASA has named the crew of the Artemis III mission that the agency is calling “one of the most highly complex missions NASA has undertaken.”