Show Notes
On The Space Show for Wednesday, 3 December 2025:
SpIRIT on Orbit Professor Michele Trenti (Principal Investigator, SpIRIT, University of Melbourne) describes the Hermes instrument on the SpIRIT satellite and its results. (Conversation with The Space Show recorded at the 24th Australian Space Research Conference 2025)
[10.01.2024 SpIRIT in the Sky: The Space Show in conversation with Clint Therakam, Thermal Engineer, Melbourne Space Laboratory at the University of Melbourne, discussing the SpIRIT satellite, its experiments, and Clint’s role in the project]
EIRSAT-1: Ireland’s first satellite A description of a similar gamma ray instrument on Ireland's first satellite, EIRSAT-1, and a reading of the poem “All Ways Home” (Gach Sli Abhaile) that was mounted onto the satellite.
Turn Back Time: Gemini Rendezvous Sixty years ago, Gemini 7 and Gemini 6A made a rendezvous in orbit following the scrubbing of the Gemini 6 mission.
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