The Space Show this week – June.6.2023

The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:

1. Tuesday, June. 6, 2023; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): We welcome back Robert Zimmerman for space news and policy updates.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Mar. 7, 2023; 1:00 pm PST (3:00 pm CST, 4:00 pm EST): TBD. Check the Upcoming Show Menu at www.thespaceshow.com for  updates on scheduling.

3. Friday, Mar.9, 2023; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): We welcome Billy Miossi to talk about his documentary film on the Voyager spacecraft.

4. Sunday, Mar.11, 2023; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): We welcome back Dr. Nick Kanas to discuss his new book, Behavioral Health and Human Interactions in Space [Amazon commission link].

Some recent shows:

** Hotel MarsWednesday, May.31.2023Dr. Erika Nesvold spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about her new book, Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space [Amazon commission link], on space settlement, ethics, Mars and more

** Sunday, May.21.2023Michelle Hanlon talked

about For All Moon Kind and the new Institute on Space Law and Ethics. We talked about both the OST and Artemis articles that apply to protecting historical sites plus govern our space contact. Our discussion included many subjects with multiple listener questions.

** Friday, May.19.2023Dr. Anna Krylov from the chemistry department at University of Southern Californian (USC) in Los Angeles discussed pushing back on

 the use of ideology instead of merit in teaching and grading science, the scientific method and more. Our guest explained the why of the adverse impacts of the DEI ideology citing specific individual and educational examples.

** Hotel MarsWednesday, May.17.2023Rand Simberg spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston talked about

the Vast Space Systems artificial gravity commercial space station to be launched in 2025 with later versions using artificial gravity at the lunar gravity rate. Rand talked about the previously high launch costs having been a deterrent to private station development but that the cost now was making it an affordable industry.

** Tuesday, May.16.2023 –  Rebecca Hahn discussed her

graduate work on mapping, cataloging and studying the volcanoes on Venus. We also compared them to volcanoes elsewhere in the solar systems and discussed many other questions, issues and concerns regarding the planet Venus.

** See also:
* The Space Show Archives
* The Space Show Newsletter
* The Space Show Shop

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Night sky highlights for June 2023

** What’s Up: June 2023 Skywatching Tips from NASA – NASA JPL

What are some skywatching highlights in June 2023?
Mars and Venus draw closer throughout the month, while Saturn leads Jupiter into the morning sky. Bright stars Spica and Arcturus shine brightly overhead on June evenings, along with the Summer Triangle. And the June solstice, on the 21st, has a special claim to fame.

0:00 Intro
0:13 Mars & Venus in the evening
1:00 Saturn & Jupiter in the morning
1:19 Bright stars of June
2:22 June solstice
3:42 June Moon phases

Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What’s Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatch….

** Tonight’s Sky: June 2023 – Space Telescope Science InstituteTonight’s Sky

Though the nights are shorter in June, they are filled with fine sights. Look for the Hercules constellation, which will lead you to a globular star cluster with hundreds of thousands of densely packed stars. You can also spot Draco the dragon, which will point you to the Cat’s Eye Nebula. Keep watching for space-based views of globular star clusters and the nebula.

** What to see in the night sky: June 2023BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel reveal what you can see in the night sky this month, including Mars, Venus and the Beehive Cluster, the Summer Solstice and the Summer Triangle.

** Sky & Telescope’s Sky Tour Podcast – June 2023 – Sky & Telescope Youtube

Our monthly Sky Tour #astronomy #podcast provides an informative and entertaining 10-minute guided tour of the nighttime sky. Listen to the June episode and mark the Sun’s #solstice; follow the #Moon through its phases; watch #Venus and #Mars dance in the evening sky; track down a couple of faint #constellations; and shine a spotlight on the #star #Arcturus.

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** What’s in the Night Sky June 2023 🌌 Venus Mars Conjunction | Noctilucent Clouds | Milky WayAlyn Wallace

00:00 Intro
00:40 June Solstice
01:02 Twilight
02:00 Noctilucent Clouds
03:35 Milky Way
05:26 Moon
05:49 Moon and Planets
07:31 WITNS Winners

** Night Sky Notebook June 2023Peter Detterline

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Videos: “Space to Ground” & other space habitat reports – May.30.2023

Here is the latest episode in NASA’s Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station:

** Axiom Mission 2 Undocks from the International Space Station (Official NASA Broadcast)NASA

After more than a week aboard the International Space Station, the four private astronauts of Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) are scheduled to undock from the station at 11:05 a.m. EDT (1505 UTC) on Tuesday, May 30.

Led by retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, the crew of Ax-2—Whitson, pilot John Shoffner, and mission specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi—engaged in technology demonstrations, spoke with students around the world, and contributed to scientific experiments ranging from cancer treatments to weather research.

NASA’s integrated coverage of Axiom Mission 2 will conclude after the crew departs from the station in their SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft. Ax-2 will splash down off the coast of Florida later today; follow Axiom Space and SpaceX on social media for Ax-2 splashdown updates:

https://twitter.com/axiom_space
https://twitter.com/spacex

** Expedition 69 Axiom Mission 2 International Space Station Farewell Remarks – May 29, 2023 – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, Axiom Mission-2 crewmembers Peggy Whitson, John Shoffner, Ali Alqarni, and Rayyanah Barnawi provided farewell remarks May 29 ahead of their scheduled undocking from the space station May 30. The crew has been living and working on the International Space Station since May 22 following a launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 21. Axiom Mission-2 is the second private astronaut mission to the space station.

** Ax-2 Mission Update | May 29Axiom Space

Axiom Space is guided by the vision of a thriving home in space that benefits every human, everywhere. The leader in providing space infrastructure as a service, Axiom offers end-to-end missions to the International Space Station today while privately developing its successor – a permanent commercial destination in Earth’s orbit that will sustain human growth off the planet and bring untold benefits back home. More information about Axiom can be found at www.axiomspace.com.

** Ax-2 Mission Update | May 27Axiom Space

**  Ax-2 Mission | John Shoffner & MIT HUMANSAxiom Space

**  SpaceX CRS-28 Research Overview: Genes in Space 10ISS National Lab

SpaceX’s 28th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will launch from the Kennedy Space Center no earlier than Saturday, June 3, 2023, at 12:35 pm EDT. This mission will carry several investigations sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory, ranging from regenerative medicine research to technology demonstrations, small satellites for deployment, and student-led experiments. The mission also includes a student-led genetics experiment on collaboration with the annual Genes in Space competition. Learn more about this investigation here!

** Expedition 69 – Progress 84 Cargo Ship Docks to International Space Station May 24, 2023 – NASA Video

The uncrewed Roscosmos ISS Progress 84 cargo spacecraft launched to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan May 24 on a Soyuz booster rocket. Progress is filled with almost three tons of supplies and cargo and docked to the Poisk module after completing a two-orbit, three-hour rendezvous. The resupply spacecraft will remain docked to the space station until later this year.

** China’s Shenzhou 16 crew docks and enters Tiangong space stationVideoFromSpace

Shenzhou 16 taikonauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao have arrived at the Tiangong space station after a roughly 7 hour flight. The crew launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center atop a Long March 2F rocket. See the launch: https://www.space.com/china-shenzhou-…

** Honoring the 50th Anniversary of NASA’s Skylab: America’s First Space Station NASA

America’s first space station and the first crewed research laboratory in space, Skylab, lifted off on May 14, 1973.

Skylab helped pave the way for permanent operations in low-Earth orbit. Over the course of its human occupation from May 25, 1973, to Feb. 8, 1974, three crews visited Skylab, carrying out 270 scientific and technical investigations in astronauts’ physiological responses to long-duration space flight, Earth sciences, solar physics, and astronomy.

The research conducted on Skylab helped prepare NASA for living and working in space on the International Space Station, and our journey to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

To learn more about Skylab, check out: https://www.nasa.gov/skylab

** Live Video from the International Space Station (Official NASA Stream) NASA

Watch live video from the International Space Station, including inside views when the crew aboard the space station is on duty. Views of Earth are also streamed from an external camera located outside of the space station. During periods of signal loss due to handover between communications satellites, a blue screen is displayed.

The space station orbits Earth about 250 miles (425 kilometers) above the surface. An international partnership of five space agencies from 15 countries operates the station, and it has been continuously occupied since November 2000. It’s a microgravity laboratory where science, research, and human innovation make way for new technologies and research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. More: https://go.nasa.gov/3CkVtC8

Did you know you can spot the station without a telescope? It looks like a fast-moving star, but you have to know when to look up. Sign up for text messages or email alerts to let you know when (and where) to spot the station and wave to the crew: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov

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Videos: “Space to Ground” & other space habitat reports – May.22.2023

Here is the latest episode in NASA’s Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station:

** Ax-2: Expanding access to low-Earth orbitAxiom Space

Axiom Space is guided by the vision of a thriving home in space that benefits every human, everywhere. The leader in providing space infrastructure as a service, Axiom offers end-to-end missions to the International Space Station today while privately developing its successor – a permanent commercial destination in Earth’s orbit that will sustain human growth off the planet and bring untold benefits back home. More information about Axiom can be found at www.axiomspace.com.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/axiom_space
Instagram: https://instagram.com/axiom.space

** Ax-2 Mission | Approach and DockingAxiom Space

On Monday, May 22 at 9:12 a.m. ET, SpaceX’s Dragon autonomously docked with the International Space Station. Approximately 15.5 hours earlier at 5:37 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the spacecraft and Ax-2 to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

During their time on the orbiting laboratory, the crew will conduct over 20 science and technology experiments in areas such as human physiology, physical sciences, and STEAM to help expand knowledge to benefit life on Earth in areas such as healthcare, materials, technology development, and enable industrial advances.

** SpaceX’s Ax-2 Crew Dragon captures brilliant space station views during docking approachVideoFromSpace

See SpaceX Crew Dragaon Freedom’s view of the International Space Station during it’s approach to the International Space Station on May 22, 2023. The capsule docked shortly afterwards carrying the Axiom Space Ax-2 crew members Peggy Whitson, John Shoffner, Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi. Watch them launch: https://www.space.com/spacex-ax-2-pri…

** Private Ax-2 crew’s space station welcome ceremony – 600th astronaut gets wings!VideoFromSpace

Axiom Space Ax-2 crew commander Peggy Whitson, pilot John Shoffner, and mission specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi were welcomed aboard the International Space Station shortly after their SpaceX Crew Dragon docked. Watch them launch: https://www.space.com/spacex-ax-2-pri…

The Ax-2 crew received their astronaut wings from Peggy Whitson.

** Space Station Astronaut Discusses Life in Space with Students in Washington D.C. – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio of NASA discussed life and work aboard the orbital outpost during an in-flight interview May 18 with students at the National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, D.C. Rubio is in the midst of a long-duration mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions.

** America’s Future: Commercial Space Destinations NASA Johnson

As NASA transitions from the space station and sets its sights on the Moon, America will maintain leadership in LEO by enabling a new generation of commercial partnerships…

Through the Commercial LEO Development Program, NASA is working with industry partners to develop the first generation of commercial space destinations.

This new orbital economy will allow the U.S. to maintain a continuous human presence in space, while enabling new opportunities for commercial partners – to discover scientific breakthroughs, stimulate commerce, and share the experience of spaceflight for generations to come.

https://www.nasa.gov/leo-economy/low-…

** Andreas Mogensen next mission to the International Space Station | Huginn MissionEuropean Space Agency, ESA

The name of Andreas’s second mission to the Space Station is ‘Huginn’. Inspired by Norse mythology, the name is taken from one of two ravens who serve the god Odin. Called Huginn and Muninn, these two birds sit on Odin’s shoulders and are sent flying across the world at dawn. They return at night to inform him of the many events they have seen and heard. In Old Norse, ‘Huginn’ means ‘thought’ and ‘Muninn’ means ‘mind’ or ‘memory’.

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is going on his first long-duration mission to the International Space Station. Andreas will be the pilot on the SpaceX Crew Dragon that will carry him and the rest of Crew-7 to the Space Station – a first for a European!
Representing Europe in space, Andreas will carry out science throughout his mission and bring back the knowledge to Earth, for the benefit of humankind.

Visit esa.int/huginn for more information on the Huginn mission.

** Shenzhou-15 Astronaut Gives Lecture on Automatic Transfer of Payload on Space Station – CCTV Video News Agency

Shenzhou-15 astronaut Zhang Lu in space gave an online public lecture on an extravehicular mission involving automatic transfer of a particle detector outside the spacecraft.

** Live Video from the International Space Station (Official NASA Stream) – NASA

Watch live video from the International Space Station, including inside views when the crew aboard the space station is on duty. Views of Earth are also streamed from an external camera located outside of the space station. During periods of signal loss due to handover between communications satellites, a blue screen is displayed.

The space station orbits Earth about 250 miles (425 kilometers) above the surface. An international partnership of five space agencies from 15 countries operates the station, and it has been continuously occupied since November 2000. It’s a microgravity laboratory where science, research, and human innovation make way for new technologies and research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. More: https://go.nasa.gov/3CkVtC8

Did you know you can spot the station without a telescope? It looks like a fast-moving star, but you have to know when to look up. Sign up for text messages or email alerts to let you know when (and where) to spot the station and wave to the crew: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov

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The Space Show this week – May.16.2023

The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:

1. Tuesday, May. 16, 2023; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): We welcome Rebecca Hahn regarding her work and paper on the volcanos of Venus.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, May. 17, 2023; 1:00 pm PST (3:00 pm CST, 4:00 pm EST): TBD. Check the Upcoming Show Menu at www.thespaceshow.com for  updates on scheduling.

3. Friday, May.19, 2023; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): We welcome back Dr. Anna Krylov, USC chemistry professor, on challenges to the scientific method and more.

4. Sunday, May.21, 2023; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): We welcome back Michelle Hanlon of For All Moonkind on news and information relevant to our lunar activities.

Some recent shows:

** Friday, May.12.2023Melodie Yashar discussed “space architecture, settlement, where to settle, building codes for space development, terrestrial structures for space and more“.

** Hotel MarsThursday, May.10.2023Douglas Messier discussed with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston

the recent Starship demo launch which has resulted in five environmental and cultural-heritage non-profits going after the FAA in court on the grounds that the FAA disregarded environmental law when approving the launches without a full EIR. During this one segment Hotel Mars program, Doug discussed the litigation and the five organizations behind it, options for SpaceX, launches at their Starship pad at KSC, plus he went over the known damage to the pad and area from the launch which showed no environmental or wildlife damage.

** Tuesday, May.9.2023Dr. Pascal Lee talked about “searching for life on Mars, why caves, Artemis, Starship and SLS, a theory about Roswell, and are we alone in the universe“.

** Sunday, May.7.2023John Strickland talked about

his visit to the recent Starship launch at Boca [Chica Beach] near Brownsville, TX. After talking Starship, environmental issues and KSC as an alternate launch site, we talked nuclear and solar power, energy and more. 

** Friday, May.5.2023 –  Gianni Martire and Luke Sellers discussed

their new paper on gravity waves and SETI-like searches. Our two guests explained the science behind their theory, talked lots about gravity waves, RamaCraft and more.

** Hotel Mars – Laura Montgomery,  space law specialist, gave an update to  John Batchelor and David Livingston on “Artemis, multiple nations competing at the lunar south pole, enhancing OST provisions such as no celestial property ownership, and more“.

** Tuesday, May.2.2023Dave Barnhart, CEO of Arkisys, explained “his new multi-use in space port for commercial space development“:

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* The Space Show Shop

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