Synopsis
The Space Exploration Podcast
Episodes
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Mini moon rovers and communicating in deep space
30/05/2024 Duration: 28minA trio of mini moon rovers will launch to the moon later this year and an Italian space company is trying to communicate farther into space than ever before with new transponders and satellites.
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Saving the Space Coast’s future and past from rising water
21/05/2024 Duration: 28minOn the space coast, engineers and anthropologists are trying to combat rising sea levels that threaten to wash away launch pads at the Kennedy Space Center and thousands-years-old village sites in the Indian River Lagoon.
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Space Kids Global heads to space and a mission to Venus is back on track
07/05/2024 Duration: 28minSpace Kids Global is inspiring the next generation of space enthusiasts and scientists are preparing to study the hottest planet in our solar system.
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Curious Space and Starliner’s first crewed mission
30/04/2024 Duration: 28minYoung space enthusiasts are asking an astronaut their burning questions about space exploration.
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Exomoons and lunar cameras
23/04/2024 Duration: 28minScientists and astronomers are on the search for moons outside our solar system. Meanwhile, NASA and Nikon are working on a new camera designed to withstand our own moon’s environment.
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Space bites
16/04/2024 Duration: 28minSpace food scientist Vickie Kloeris, speaks about her new book Space Bites, a memoir of her career with NASA preparing food for orbit.
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The future of pharmaceuticals in space
09/04/2024 Duration: 28minVarda Space Industries is working on pharmaceutical research in space that could help produce HIV therapy drugs at a much lower cost.
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Sun science during a solar eclipse
02/04/2024 Duration: 28minViewers across the country are gearing up for the upcoming solar eclipse, and scientists are using this time to launch rockets into the skies – for science!
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Exploring the women of U.S. space exploration
26/03/2024 Duration: 28minIt’s Women’s history month and ‘Are We There Yet?’ is exploring the women that made history in space with Wendy Lawrence, a veteran NASA Astronaut.
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Starship’s success and the Space Coast celebrates a launch icon
19/03/2024 Duration: 28minIn Texas, Starship’s third orbital test flight was a win for SpaceX. Here in Florida, the Space Coast is celebrating the life of Robert Osband.
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Starship, take three
12/03/2024 Duration: 28minSpaceX is launching its third orbital test flight off Starship. How high are the stakes? Plus, a glimpse into the history of women in the space program and the fight for female astronauts.
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Stuck on Mars
05/03/2024 Duration: 28minAs NASA explores human isolation on other planets, the agency’s plan to return Mars rocks to Earth is in limbo.
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Astronaut Winston Scott’s journey to space
27/02/2024 Duration: 28minFormer NASA astronaut Winston Scott shared his academic journey that brought him to space and his hope for the future of space exploration.
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Weather satellites in space and humans on Mars
20/02/2024 Duration: 28minA new satellite will track things like hurricanes and volcanoes from space. Plus, a conversation with the Walkabout the Galaxy podcast hosts Josh Colwell, Audrey Martin and Jim Cooney about humans on Mars.
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Observatories on the moon and art that reaches orbit
13/02/2024 Duration: 28minNew technology on the moon and a space art competition that highlights the importance of space.
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Space science gets microscopic
08/02/2024 Duration: 28minPlankton and staph bacteria are being studied in space to help keep humans and our oceans safe.
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A new space race and dust from an ancient asteroid
30/01/2024 Duration: 28minThe Congressional response to Artemis delays and looking at ancient space rock samples.
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A new moon of excitement and rovers on the red planet
23/01/2024 Duration: 28minWith upcoming moon missions, scientists have been eager to study the lunar surface. Rovers on Mars continue to find evidence that water once flowed on the dusty planet.
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Growing plants and human tissue in space
16/01/2024 Duration: 28minNASA scientists are growing crops in orbit to see how plants are affected by the space environment and Redwire scientists are 3D printing tissue in space.
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Veteran astronauts find new missions in writing
09/01/2024 Duration: 28minVeteran astronauts Chris Hadfield and Tom Jones use writing to tell stories about space exploration.