Made of Stars

Auroras and Equinoxes Are Pretty Much BFFs

The autumnal equinox means the beginning of aurora season. Research shows that the Sun may have swallowed a planet. SpaceX launch moved to next week. Plus new data from J

Down Goes Farrah

A US Cold War era satellite broke apart in orbit and no one knows why. A French court has ruled that aviation radiation is real and that it qualifies as an occupational h

China Has Big Plans for Mars

China plans to beat the US to Mars with a mission that will return samples. The Roman Space Telescope had a better than perfect launch that will extend its life. Hubble i

Starbase Louisiana Is Coming

Louisiana will be the home of SpaceX's new starbase and the revenue and tourism will have a massive impact. Have astronomers discovered the first starless galaxy? The Rom

Kim Steadman from NASA's JPL

Kim Steadman joins us to talk about her time with NASA's JPL, SHERLOC and the Dragonfly Mission. She will be joining Trina Ray at Dragon Con as part of the Space Track. 

Trina Ray from NASA's JPL

Trina Ray joins us to talk about her career at NASA's JPL and her work on Voyager, Cassini and Europa Clipper Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.co

Black Hole Star, Won't You Come?

ISS astronauts are studying ways to help care for astronauts with experiments in radiation, bone density and IV fluid production. Astronaut Mike Fincke has restired from

The Sun and the Moon and Iceland

SpaceX hit the Moon and it was observed for science. NASA is several steps closer to its next Artemis mission. PUNCH has given us a new way to track CMEs heading for Eart

SpaceX Launched Flight 13 and Is Floating in the Indian Ocean

SpaceX finally launched Flight 13 successfully and Starship's landing was so soft that it's still afloat in  the Indian Ocean. What are the mysterious Little Red Dots? A

Deva Vu All Over Again for SpaceX

SpaceX had an issue with 4 egines not firing last week so they rescheduled to launch later today. A young blue giant and a white dwarf star are compainions in spite of wh

The Space Race Is In Full Swing

SpaceX says no to superstition with it's flight 13 test mission later today. China is on the board now with its own catch and re-use rocket system. Neptune-sized planets

Check Out the Size of These Numbers

New Horizons was just awakened a long way from home. SpaceX celebrates the 36th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket. Earth reached its farthest point from the Sun on July 6. Chin

American Exceptionalism in Space Exploration

As America celebrates 250 years, we look at some of the incredible accomplishments of America in space exploration. SpaceX has now launched more satellites into space tha

SpaceX Launches Starfall

SpaceX has successfully launched Starfall. Perseverance has given us more evidence that could prove life existed on Mars. A massive sunspot can be observed from Earth, wi

SpaceX Breaks Another Record

SpaceX record-breaking IPO turns many of its employees into millionaires. SpaceX prepares to send a rocket to the Moon and NASA wants input from anyone who observes the i

Straight Outta Columbus

NASA has announced the Artemis III astronauts and one has Columbus ties. The ISS is leaking air.. again. Scientists have gotten better at locating gravitational waves whi

Three Booms and a Hmmm?

Blue Origin has a relly bad day. A cannibal CME could bring aurora to middle latitude regions. Cape Cod experienced a big boom. And NASA says goodbye to MAVEN.  Become a

Upcoming Moonbase Missions

Get ready for a great view of Venus, Jupiter and Mercury in the evening sky. NASA has announced plans for the upcoming moon base missions. SpaceX has successfully tested

A Tragedy Has Delayed the SpaceX Starship V3 Launch

An accident has taken the life of a contract employee causing a delay in the next launch of the Starship V3 out of respect and for an investigation into the cause. An ast

The Other Space Race

Blue Origin's lunar lander is ready for astronaut training. Spacex's new megarocket is set to launch next week. Get ready for more Methalox comets. And we now know more a