SpaceX’s expands to Louisiana and NASA tests next moon-suits
SpaceX is looking to expand into Louisiana to build a new launch facility with multiple launch pads for its Starship spacecraft. Then, to wa...
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20 of 219 episodesAstronaut Mike Fincke retires. Space healthcare readies for next big mission
We hear from NASA astronaut Mike Fincke who is retiring after 30 years. Plus, we’ll speak with UCF’s Dr. Manny Urquieta about the efforts to...
A Martian rover’s ‘land-a-versary’ and the ethics of human space exploration
Scientists and engineers are celebrating Curiosity’s 14th landing anniversary on Mars. Plus, we’ll look at the ethics behind human space exp...
What’s happening in our skies and how NASA will study space mysteries with a new telescope
From meteors streaming across the night sky to a solar eclipse, there’s a lot happening in our skies this week. Plus, a look at how the Nanc...
Rescuing a rescue mission
A mission to save a falling spacecraft is now in need of its own rescue. Katalyst Space’s LINK satellite launched to raise the Swift observa...
Designing the next moon suit and controversy over SpaceX land
When NASA astronauts return to the moon, they’ll be wearing a new spacesuit from Axiom Space. Plus, SpaceX and the U.S. are facing concerns...
NASA chief’s pledge to STEM education and how VR is bringing people to the cosmos
NASA Administrator Jared Issacman is donating $500,000 of his own money to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, a non-profit organization d...
Life on Mars and the final Space Shuttle mission
For the second installment of Space on Tap, a special “Are We There Yet?” live event series, we asked what scientists and their robotic cowo...
Starliner’s delay and Rocket Lab’s big buy. The latest on commercial space.
A recent NASA audit says Boeing's Starliner is once again delayed from being certified. Plus, after acquiring the satellite company Iridium,...
Arctic upgrades on the ISS and human missions to Mars
NASA’s Quantum Lab is about the size of a mini fridge, but it allows NASA and international partners to study some of the biggest physics pr...
Moving data to space and rescuing a falling spacecraft
Data, it runs the world, and now one company is creating data centers in space. Plus, a rescue mission to save the falling Swift Observatory...
SpaceX goes public and a Mars mission goes offline
SpaceX’s launched its initial public offering. It’s a big move for SpaceX, not only to continue to develop some of its current projects like...
Artemis III gets a crew and Florida's push to launch at sea
NASA has named the crew of the Artemis III mission that the agency is calling “one of the most highly complex missions NASA has undertaken.”
Blue Origin's explosion and the ethics of human space exploration
Blue Origin says it expects to fly its New Glenn rocket by the end of this year. That’s after an explosion last week destroyed a rocket and...
Starship flies again and the hunt for galactic glue
NPR's Geoff Brumfiel brings us up to speed on SpaceX's latest Starship test. Plus, the Roman space telescope is closer to launch. What might...
Listening to the cosmos and cooking up a space menu
Some things in the universe we just can’t see through visible light, so instead, astronomers rely on radio waves and radio astronomy. Plus,...
The science behind space food and supporting tomorrow’s STEM leaders
From 10-day moon missions like Artemis II, to months-long stays on the International Space Station, there’s a lot that goes into thinking ab...
Women in space and meal planning for space travel
Former NASA astronaut Eileen Collins speaks on Christina Koch’s journey to becoming the first woman to fly to the moon. Plus, one professor...
Asteroid mining and space hospitality
From metals to rare elements, there are a lot of materials that can come from mining objects in space.
Could there be life on other worlds? Scientists look to Mars and the asteroid Bennu for that answer
The Curiosity rover on Mars has found possible signs of life on the red planet. Plus, a closer look at samples from the asteroid Bennu surpr...