Show Notes
On The Space Show for Wednesday, 18 March 2026:
Artemis II Mission Update: Read the latest update here.
Post-Shuttle Changes to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) As preparations are being made for the launch of Artemis II by the second Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from the Kennedy Space Center, we pop back to 2014 when Mike Bolger (Program Manager, Ground Systems Development and Operations, KSC, Florida) described the ground infrastructure changes being made in preparation for the SLS and commercial operators, and Chris Crumbly (Manager, Space Launch System Payload Integration and Evolution, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama) set out the status of the Space Launch System. (Inserts courtesy KSC)
Stools in Space: An Excremental History of the Space Age The answer to every child's (everyone’s?) question about human spaceflight provided by: Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7 astronaut), Jim Lovell (Gemini 7 & 12 and Apollo 8 & 13 astronaut), Richard Scheuring (NASA Flight Surgeon), Wally Funk (Mercury 13 candidate and Blue Origin NS-16 commercial spaceflight participant), and David Munns (researcher).
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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)