Show Notes
On The Space Show for Wednesday, 19 November 2025: New Glenn (NG-2) Launches ESCAPADE The launch of the twin ESCAPADE Blue and ESCAPADE Gold spacecraft towards Mars by the second New Glenn rocket. (Inserts courtesy GSFC, Blue Origin)
Turn Back Time The bittersweet story of Venera 2, Venera 3 and Cosmos 96.
Shenzhou update The Shenzhou 20 crew lands in Shenzhou 21, leaving the Shenzhou 21 crew awaiting the launch of Shenzhou 22 on November 25.
Kessler Syndrome — Part Two: Tracking small debris; Kessler will start from smaller rather than larger objects; new detection techniques; policy issues; and the need for regulation. (Courtesy AGU)
SpIRIT update: Melbourne University's SpIRIT satellite has completed its technology tests and is now collecting scientific gamma ray observations.
Planet Earth — Episode 73: Sentinel B
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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)