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On The Space Show for Wednesday, 24 May 2023:

Marking the 50th anniversary of Skylab: America’s first space station

The Skylab 2 mission was one of the great 'saves' of the space age. The story is told in mission audio and the words of astronaut Joe Kerwin recorded in conversation with the Space Association of Australia. (Mission audio inserts courtesy JSC)

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 17 May 2023:

Katherine Bennell-Pegg, Director, Space Technology at the Australian Space Agency and now also Australia’s first astronaut candidate in training with the European Space Agency, presents the 2022 Warren Centre Innovation Lecture at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney.

Katherine is introduced by Professor Ben Thornber, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at the University of Sydney.

Katherine presents a comprehensive look at the ambitions of the Australian Space Agency and the potentialities of the space industry in Australia, including:


space as the high ground
the four segments of space industry
space and Australia
Australian Space Agency roadmaps
Earth observation
access to space
exploration services
space industry resilience, workforce & skills
Trailblazer lunar rover
the innovation cycle
questions and answers. (Audio inserts courtesy of the Warren Centre)

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 10 May 2023:

Space Show News:

The Federal Budget has made some cuts to the funding allocations for the Australian Space Agency and the national space industry.



Planet Earth: Season 4 - Episode 52

The TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) satellites launched from New Zealand after a delay caused by an atmospheric river. (Inserts courtesy TV1, NewsHub, Rocket Lab)



Skylab: America’s first space station

Marking the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Skylab space station, detailing the realisation that there were serious problems. Comments by Skylab 2 astronaut Joseph Kerwin, recorded at the Space Association of Australia. (Inserts courtesy JSC)

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 3 May 2023:

Follow along as Japan's commercial space company, ispace, confirms that its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 failed its lunar landing attempt.

ispace is a lunar exploration company with a vision to extend human presence into outer space and create a sustainable world.

Our story features "Sorato", the music of Sakanaction from Japan, a recording of which travelled aboard the ill-fated M1 Lander.

Planet Earth: Season 4 - Episode 51


The TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution) mission
The SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) mission

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 26 April 2023:

Lunar Mining and Robotics — Part 2 of a panel discussion with the Moon Village Association recorded at Deakin Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne in March 2019, featuring:

* Anita Parbhakar-Fox, Senior Research Fellow, Geo-environmental Studies, University of Queensland

* Carlos Espejel, iSpace, Luxembourg

* Bohan Deng, CEO Spherospace, Sydney

* Daniel Ricardo & Henry Lourey, Nova Rover Team, Monash University



Space Show News:

* SpaceX Starship/Superheavy launch report

* Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to deliver Australia’s first sovereign military satellite communications constellation MilSatCom.

* Fleet Space Technologies has signed a $6.4M contract with the Australian Defence Space Command



China’s future space missions revealed:

* A mission to Ceres and a large dark matter space telescope

* A clear and independent long-term vision for space

* A pathway for lunar and deep space exploration



What's happening on Mars:

* NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has completed 51 flights across the surface of the Red Planet

* More on plans for future investigations of the Perseverance Mars rover



NASA and the Department of Energy are collaborating on an innovative lunar experiment to attempt first of its kind measurement of the dark ages of the universe — the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment (LuSEE-Night)



Planet Earth: Season 4 - Episode 50

* The TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution) mission

* The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 19 April 2023:


Update on the imminent SpaceX fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy orbital flight test from Starbase, Texas.


The launch of JUICE - the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer.


No Phosphine on Venus, according to SOFIA (the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy).


Study using three decades old Magellan data finds Venus’ ‘squishy’ outer shell may be resurfacing the planet.


NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has completed it’s 50th flight above the surface of the Red Planet.


Plans for future investigations of the Perseverance Mars rover.


In Europe, an independent advisory group has reported to the European Space Agency calling for the Agency to significantly increase its autonomy in human and robotic space exploration. In the report, “Revolution Space: Europe’s Mission for Space Exploration”, the group argues that human space exploration is undergoing a revolution, which Europe cannot afford to miss.


Rocket Lab set to launch NASA’s TROPICS constellation to study cyclone/hurricane formation, evolution and dissipation.


A description of the Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring of Pollution, or TEMPO instrument and its mission.