The latest episode of the TMRO.tv program has been released: Commercial Crew Update for 2018 – Orbit 10.42 – TMRO

The Space Mike Hologram is still out for repair, but we expect engineering to have it functioning again soon. Until then we’re joined by Tim Dodd the Everyday Astronaut and Benjamin live from the Star Ship Benterprise to talk about Commercial Crew and what we can look forward to in 2018.

Launches and space news reviewed:

Long March 3B – Chinasat 9A
Vega – Mohammed VI-A
Nearby Asteroids “Photobomb” Hubble Images
SpaceX loses an engine on a test stand
Jupiter’s Aurorae Are Different

TMRO is viewer supported:

TMRO:Space is a crowd funded show. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmrofor information plus our all new goals and reward levels

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Two recent TMRO SpacePod short reports:

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The latest episode of TMRO.tv is now in the archive: The Brooke Owens Fellowship Program – Orbit 10.41 – TMRO

Diana Alsindy, Jocelyn Clancy, William Pomerantz and Becca Thoss join us in-studio to talk about the first year of the Brooke Owens Fellowship.

Created to honor the legacy of a beloved space industry pioneer and accomplished pilot, Dawn Brooke Owens (1980 – 2016), the Brooke Owens Fellowship Program is designed to serve both as an inspiration and as a career boost to capable young women who, like Brooke, aspire to explore our sky and stars, to shake up the aerospace industry, and to help their fellow men and women here on planet Earth.

Recent launches and news stories:

Launches:
SpaceX – Koreasat-5A
Orbital ATK – Minotaur-C

News:
Hubble Finds Exoplanet Where It “Snows” Sunscreen
SpaceX updates (Falcon Heavy and CRS-13 and pad 40)

TMRO is viewer supported:

TMRO:Space is a crowd funded show. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmrofor information plus our all new goals and reward levels

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A couple of recent TMRO short video reports:

** SpacePod: An Interstellar Asteroid? HUH??? 

A bizarre, truly one of a kind object has been spotted by the PANSTARRS telescope. PANSTARRS, standing for Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, this telescope specifically looks for near-Earth objects. The data from observations of this object, initially known as C/2017 U1, made no sense!

** SpacePod: Possibly Innovative Clustering Satellites to be tested at ISS

Last week, astronauts on board the International Space Station linked NovaWurks’ spacecraft building blocks in the first on-orbit test of a radically new approach to satellite design and manufacturing.

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