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

1. Monday, April 13, 2020; 7 pm PDT (9 pm CDT, 10 pm EDT: No special programming.

2. Tuesday, April 14, 2020; 7 pm PDT (9 pm CDT, 10 pm EDT): We welcome Robert Line to discuss post Covid-19 changes to the space industry plus the country in general. Join in the discussion.

3. Wednesday, April 15, 2020: Hotel Mars TBA pre-recorded. See upcoming show menu on the home page for program details.

4. Thursday, April 16, 2020; 7-8:30 pm PDT (9-10:30 pm CDT, 10-11:30 pm EDT): No special programming.

5. Friday, April 17, 2020; 9:30-11 am PDT (11:30 am-1 pm CDT, 12:30-2 pm EDT): We welcome back David Vivancos who is in Madrid, Spain will talk about his new advanced AI book, Automate or be Automated [Amazon commission link].

6. Sunday, April 19, 2020; 12-1:30 pm PDT (3-4:30 pm EDT, 2-3:30 pm CDT): We welcome back Dr. Doug Plata who will discuss public health issues re COVID-19, the virus and epidemics in space, on Mars and more, plus the virus impact on the space industry. Dr. Doug is a Public Health Doctor in private clinic practice in Los Angeles County.

Some recent shows:

** Sun, 04/12/2020 – David Livingston led a discussion of a wide range of topics with listeners in this Open Lines program.

** Fri, 04/10/2020 – Mike Snead talked about “new President Trump Executive Order for the Moon, space resources and commercial space, plus he promoted his SSP infrastructure goals and vision”.

** Hotel Mars/The Space Show – Wed, 04/08/2020 – John Batchelor and David Livingston talk with CBS space news correspondent William Harwood about “NASA and the virus COVID-19, what NASA centers are opened or shut, how NASA is protecting the ISS, Astronauts and missions”.

** Tue, 04/07/2020 – Dr. Charles Limoli discussed “low dose radiation experiments and neurological cognitive issues for human spaceflight”.

** Sun, 04/05/2020 – Dennis Wingo discussed his recent essay, Finding our Purpose in Space, lunar exploration details, and benefits for investment dollars.

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Frozen Orbit

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

** Astronaut Moments: Chris Cassidy – NASA Johnson

Life on board the International Space Station may not be exactly what you’re imagining. But as he heads back for his third mission, astronaut Chris Cassidy says he’ll be savoring every minute of it.

** Expedition 63 Docking and Hatch Open – April 9, 2020 – NASA

Expedition 63 Soyuz Commander Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos and Chris Cassidy of NASA arrived at the International Space Station April 9, docking their spacecraft to the Poisk module on the Russian segment of the complex. They completed the six-hour journey after launching earlier in the day in their Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A few hours after docking, Ivanishin, Vagner and Cassidy opened hatches between the spacecraft and were greeted by station Commander Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan of NASA. As the hatches were opened, the families of the newly arrived crew members and American and Russian space officials viewed the activities from Baikonur and offered their congratulations to the newest residents of the outpost.

** Expedition 62 Crew News Conference – April 10, 2020

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 62 Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy, Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan discussed the status of their respective missions on the orbital outpost during an-flight crew news conference April 10. Cassidy arrived at the station April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft with two Russian cosmonauts for a six-and-a-half month mission while Meir and Morgan are preparing to return to Earth on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft to wrap up their long duration flights on the complex.

** NASA Live: Earth Views from the Space Station

Currently, live views from the International Space Station (ISS) are streaming from an external camera mounted on the ISS module called Node 2. Node 2 is located on the forward part of the ISS. The camera is looking forward at an angle so that the International Docking Adapter 2 (IDA2) is visible. If the Node 2 camera is not available due to operational considerations for a longer period of time, a continuous loop of recorded HDEV imagery will be displayed. The loop will have “Previously Recorded” on the image to distinguish it from the live stream from the Node 2 camera. After HDEV stopped sending any data on July 18, 2019, it was declared, on August 22, 2019, to have reached its end of life.