Here’s the most recent TMRO.tv episode:

Lisa visits us in-studio to interview James Gilmour of the Australian New Space company Gilmour Space Technologies.

News

NASA’s IMAGE spacecraft returns after being dead for over a decade
Station’s new hand fixed and battery pack replaced on Russian Segment
Black Hole Burps Reveal Structure, Lack of Manners

Launches:

Falcon 9 launches GovSat 1
Soyuz Launches 11 satellites
Long March 2D Launches 7 satellites
Upgraded JAXA Sounding rocket launches

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Some recent short reports:

The latest TMRO.tv program focuses on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, which is set to launch for the first time on Feb.6:

Jared Head, Mike Clark and Tim Dodd sit down to discuss the upcoming launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy and what that can mean for the future of SpaceX and the industry as a whole.

News and launches reviewed:

Neutron Star Merger Throws Us A Curveball Puzzle
Problem with CanadaArm’s new hand
Life’s Ingredients Found in Meteorites
Lunar Eclipse

Electron Still Testing Success
China launches more spy satellites again
Arianespace launches 2 comsats with an anomaly

TMRO is viewer supported:

TMRO shows are crowd funded. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmro for per-episode contribution or http://www.makersupport.com/tmro for monthly contributions and reward information.

A couple of recent TMRO Spacepod short reports:

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The latest Planetary Post with Robert Picardo is about Space Robots in Antarctica –

While Picardo speaks to Astronauts and fans on a Star Trek cruise ship, one of our other board members, Dr. Britney Schmidt toughs it out at the South Pole to research how one day robots could work underwater on ice moons.

Here is a recent panel discussion at NASA JPL about the first US satellite, Explorer 1, launched 60 years ago on Jan.25, 1958:

Explorer 1 marked the start of the Space Age for America, and heralded the study of Earth from space. The JPL-built satellite confirmed the existence of the Van Allen radiation belts, the very first space science discovery. Explorer 1’s success was only the first of an array of Earth missions that have mapped and probed our planet’s lands, waters and atmosphere on scales ranging from the millimeter to global views. This conversation and multimedia journey spanned from the dawn of Earth space science to today’s modern fleet that is providing vital information in understanding the changes taking place on the only planet humans can yet call home. For more info on Explorer 1, please visit https://explorer1.jpl.nasa.gov

Blaine Baggett, JPL Fellow – Moderator
Erik Conway, JPL Historian
Carmen Boening, JPL Earth Scientist
Erika Podest, JPL Earth Scientist
Jason Craig, JPL Visualization Specialist

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