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131. Emirates Mars Mission – Hope Probe to study Martian atmosphere

July 7, 2020 Chuck 00:23:45 0 Comments

The United Arab Emirates are just a few days away (July 15, 2020) from launching the Hope Probe to Mars. The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) – Hope Probe will be the first probe to provide a complete picture of the Martian atmosphere and its layers when it reaches the red planet’s orbit in February 2021….

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130. Introducing Pakistan’s first Private Space Company

July 2, 2020 Chuck 00:14:10 0 Comments

The Rocket & Satellite Company, Pakistan’s first private space company Over the next few episodes, we’re embarking on a new space journey; a short series highlighting various countries and their efforts for the future of space exploration. In upcoming episodes we’ll be featuring interviews with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), the Canadian Space Agency, and…

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128. Mars Helicopter INGENUITY with Chief Engineer J. (Bob) Balaram

June 18, 2020 Chuck 00:21:39 0 Comments

Mars Helicopter Ingenuity launching July 2020 In this episode J. (Bob) Balaram, Chief Engineer for the Mars helicopter INGENUITY project at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, joins us to discuss the first-ever helicopter designed to fly on Mars. The Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, is a technology demonstration to test powered flight on another world for the…

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126. GALAXIES: Inside the Universe’s Star Cities – with Dave Eicher

June 1, 2020 Chuck 00:27:16 0 Comments

GALAXIES: Inside the Universe’s Star Cities by Dave Eicher is out now! In this episode we first briefly recap the successful launch of SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavor, with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley. Then we dive into our conversation with Dave Eicher to talk all about Galaxies! Dave Eicher is one of the…

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125. SpaceX Crew Demo-2: Returning Human Spaceflight to the U.S.

May 24, 2020 Chuck 00:45:01 0 Comments

SpaceX Crew Demo-2 launching soon, and we’re SO EXCITED! For the first time since 2011, astronauts are set to once again launch from U.S. soil aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon–and we’re SO EXCITED! The SpaceX Crew Demo-2 mission is set to launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 4:33 pm EDT…

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124. TORY BRUNO, CEO of United Launch Alliance discusses Vulcan Centaur

May 17, 2020 Chuck 00:30:25 0 Comments

ULA President & CEO Tory Bruno discusses the new Vulcan Centaur In this episode we welcome Tory Bruno, the president & CEO of United Launch Alliance. Tory joins us by phone to discuss how his interest in model rockets at the age of nine years old let to him pursuing a career in aerospace engineering,…

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OrbitsEdge - Data Centers above the cloud

122. OrbitsEdge – Data Centers in Space!

May 7, 2020 Chuck 00:15:05 0 Comments

Sylvia France is the President of OrbitsEdge, Inc., a startup company on Florida’s Space Coast that helps companies collect and process huge amounts of data in space. This amazing company is working to create robust data centers in space–above the cloud, helping to reduce bottlenecks in data processing. Commercializing space needs more than launch capabilities…

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118. Apollo 13 – 50 Years Later with Astronaut Fred Haise

April 9, 2020 Chuck 0:22:26 0 Comments

Interview with astronaut Fred Haise, the lunar module pilot of Apollo 13! 50 years ago the world witnessed the amazing story of Apollo 13, launched on April 11, 1970. Two days into the mission, an explosion in one of the oxygen tanks prevented the three astronauts, Commander Jim Lovell, Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert and…

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117. SunRISE – NASA’s new mission to study giant space weather storms

April 3, 2020 Chuck 0:20:17 0 Comments

Special Guest: Dr. Justin Kasper, SunRISE Principal Investigator NASA has just selected a new mission to study how the Sun generates and releases giant space weather storms into space. The new mission is called SunRISE, which stands for Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment. This mission will ultimately help protect astronauts traveling to the Moon and Mars…

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113. NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly – A Year in Space

March 19, 2020 Chuck 0:15:58 0 Comments

Scott Kelly is a former military fighter pilot and test pilot, an engineer, a retired astronaut, and a retired U.S. Navy captain. A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on three expeditions and was a member of the yearlong mission to the ISS. In October 2015, he set the…

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131. Emirates Mars Mission – Hope Probe to study Martian atmosphere

130. Introducing Pakistan’s first Private Space Company

128. Mars Helicopter INGENUITY with Chief Engineer J. (Bob) Balaram

126. GALAXIES: Inside the Universe’s Star Cities – with Dave Eicher

125. SpaceX Crew Demo-2: Returning Human Spaceflight to the U.S.

124. TORY BRUNO, CEO of United Launch Alliance discusses Vulcan Centaur

122. OrbitsEdge – Data Centers in Space!

118. Apollo 13 – 50 Years Later with Astronaut Fred Haise

117. SunRISE – NASA’s new mission to study giant space weather storms

113. NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly – A Year in Space

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