Show Notes
On The Space Show for Wednesday, 4 March 2026:
Dart AE hypersonic demonstrator by Hypersonix Launch Systems The launch of Queensland's Hypersonix Launch Systems Dart AE hypersonic aircraft on a modified Rocket Lab Electron (HASTE) rocket. (Inserts courtesy HLS, Rocket Lab)
Space Show News: * Update on Artemis II launch delay. * Changes to the Artemis program: NASA revises plans for future Artemis missions, updates architecture and cancels upgrades to SLS
Lost Armstrong: Bemoaning the fact that there is no definitive photograph of Neil Armstrong standing on the Moon.
Turn Back Time: Sixty years ago, Cosmos 110 carried two dogs into the Van Allen radiation belt; Intelsat decided to use geostationary satellites; Venera 2 and Venera 3 reached Venus; and Gemini 8 was being prepared for an ambitious flight. (Inserts courtesy NZBC, BBC, VOA, Radio Australia, Radio Moscow)
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On The Space Show for Wednesday, 7 October 2026:
On The Space Show for Wednesday, 30 September 2026: Space Show News: SpaceX Starship Flight 14
On The Space Show for Wednesday, 16 September 2026: Tasmania and Space with Prof. Simon Ellingsen, Dean of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania: Aurorae Ionosphere VLF radio astronomy Tracking antenna from the Orroral Valley Explorer 50 Halca Cassini-Huygens Juice Kaguya Globalstar SpaceX New antenna Space weather Space domain awareness Asteroid observations Future activities. (Recorded at a meeting of the Space Association of Australia, Melbourne)
On The Space Show for Wednesday, 9 September 2026:
On The Space Show for Wednesday, 2 September 2026: (Episode artwork credit: NASA/John Kraus) Roman Space Telescope Launched Roman Space Telescope description and launch; origins of the telescope; commissioning process. (Audio inserts courtesy GSFC, KSC)