The Space Show this week – Jan.31.2022

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

1. Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): No Show Today but see the suggested Golden Oldie on the website archive-program summary page.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022; 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, Feb.4, 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): No Show Today but see the suggested Golden Oldie on the website archive-program summary page.

4. Sunday, Feb.6, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): No Show Today but see the suggested Golden Oldie on the website archive-program summary page.

Some recent shows:

** Wednesday, Jan.26.2022 – Hotel Mars – Tom Roeder spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about “U.S. Space Force protection of Cislunar space and assets“.

** Tuesday, Jan.25.2022 – Dennis Wingo discussed “Starship, returning to the Moon, commercial space and space mining economics and challenges, much needed in-space vehicles, Mars, returning to the Moon, U.S.-Russia space relationship and much more“.

** Sunday, Jan.23.2022 – Dr. Thomas Matula and Dr. Darryl Mitry discussed

their new book, Beyond the Covid Shock: The Great Economic Transition“. We applied much of the economics from the book and the discussion to both the public and commercial space industry. Listeners and callers also asked lots of general economic questions given the state of today’s economy and how the pandemic is impacting it.

**Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Jan. 19.2022 – Dr. David Grinspoon spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about “the recent findings on Mars of a unique carbon signature that might suggest ancient molecular life for Mars“.

** Tuesday, Jan.18.2022 – Robert Zimmerman talked about “[a]nnual launch rates and predictions, China’s Long March 5B, Mars rovers, ancient molecular life on Mars, light carbon atoms, life in the solar system, Carbon-12, UV light, Musk and Starship, Georgia’s preliminary spaceport approval, exploring the lunar poles and more“.

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Videos: “Space to Ground” & other space habitat reports – Jan.28.2022

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

** Expedition 66 SpaceX Dragon CRS-24 Cargo Ship Departs International Space Station – Jan. 21, 2022 – NASA Video

Loaded with scientific experiments and supplies, the unpiloted SpaceX Cargo Dragon undocked from the International Space Station Jan. 23, completing a month-long mission to the outpost for the company’s 24th commercial resupply services mission for NASA. The SpaceX spacecraft undocked from the zenith port of the Harmony module, headed for a splashdown off the coast of Florida Jan. 24 to complete its flight that delivered several tons of experiments and hardware to the station.

** Watch SpaceX Cargo Dragon drift away from space station after undocking – VideoFromSpace

A SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Jan. 23, 2022 for its return to Earth.

** Expedition 66 Space Station Astronauts Answer California Student Questions – Jan. 24, 2022 – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, NASA Expedition 66 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Kayla Barron of NASA answered pre-recorded questions about life and work as astronauts on the orbital laboratory during an in-flight event Jan. 24 with students attending the Center for Early Childhood Education in Hollywood, California. Vande Hei and Barron are in the midst of long duration missions living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.

** Commercial Crew Program: Embracing the Next Challenge – NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP), based at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, eclipsed several milestones in 2021. This year, CCP will continue to partner with private industry in embracing the next challenge.

** Fitness in 360° | Cosmic Kiss – European Space Agency, ESA on Youtube

You’ve heard of spacewalking astronauts but how do astronauts run? Join ESA’s Matthias Maurer for a workout on the International Space Station’s T2 treadmill and explore Node 3 in 360°. Astronauts living and working on the International Space Station exercise for around two hours a day six days a week to stay fit and healthy in orbit. This helps counteract muscle and bone loss caused by life in microgravity. The T2 treadmill is attached to the wall in Node 3 and astronauts secure themselves using a harness and bungies. This creates a feeling like running on a treadmill on Earth. This clip is just a snapshot of the exercise Matthias performs in space. A typical T2 session is around 30-40 minutes in length. Matthias was launched to the International Space Station for his current Cosmic Kiss mission on 11 November 2021. In his approximately six months on board, he will support over 35 European experiments and many more international experiments in orbit. For more on Matthias and his mission, visit the Cosmic Kiss mission page. Follow Matthias: https://bit.ly/ESACosmicKiss

** ISS Live video stream – IBM/ISS HD Earth Viewing Experiment

Currently, live views from the 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. Thank You to all who shared in experiencing and using the HDEV views of Earth from the ISS to make HDEV so much more than a Technology Demonstration Payload!

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ARRL Foundation funds student space telerobotics initiative

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An announcement from the ARRL Foundation and the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS-USA) organizations:

ARRL Foundation Grants First-Year Funding for
ARISS *STAR* Keith Pugh Initiative

A $47,533 ARRL Foundation grant will fund the initial phase of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS‐USA) *STAR* Keith Pugh Memoriam Project. *STAR*, which stands for Space Telerobotics using Amateur Radio, honors the memory of Keith Pugh, W5IU, a highly respected member of the ARISS team who died in 2019. ARISS arranges live question-and-answer sessions via ham radio between International Space Station (ISS) crew members and students. A long-time and enthusiastic supporter of ARISS, Pugh was a star ARISS technical mentor, assisting schools with ARISS contacts, encouraging interest in ARISS among educators, and visiting schools to teach students about wireless radio technology. One goal of ARISS is to engage students in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) subjects.

The ARISS *STAR* Project, is a new educational initiative that will enable US junior and senior high school groups to remotely control robots via ham radio through digital APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) commands. Year 1 will focus on systems development and initial validation of ARISS *STAR*, and year 2 will focus on evaluation and final validation.

Systems development and evaluation will be led by university staff and students who will undertake hands-on wireless and telerobotics lesson development, learn about amateur radio, and support *STAR* engineering hardware and software development.

Next, youth teams will be selected to experiment and critique *STAR* telerobotics scenarios in closed courses. In the process, ARISS will encourage students to prepare for and earn an FCC amateur radio license, enabling them to use ham radio to learn and practice concepts in radio technology and radio communication.

ARISS-USA Executive Director Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, praised the ARRL Foundation for its generosity.

“ARISS team member Keith Pugh, W5IU, poured his energy into inspiring, engaging, and educating youth in space and in amateur radio endeavors,” Bauer said. “What better way to honor Keith than through the ARISS *STAR* initiative. We thank the ARRL Foundation for its vision to move this initiative forward. Maybe someday one of our ARISS *STAR* students will use their telerobotics skills to control scientific rovers on the [m]oon or Mars!”

Over the past 2 decades, more than 1,400 ARISS contacts have connected more than 1 million youth with the ISS using amateur radio, with millions more watching and learning.

The overarching goals for *STAR* are to improve and sustain ARISS STEAM educational outcomes. Robotics is gaining popularity among youth and adults alike, and telerobotics adds a wireless accent to robotic control. This will expand ARISS’s educational dimension to attract the attention of more groups, students, and educators — outreach that promises to attract new audiences.

The ARRL Foundation was established in 1973, to advance the art, science, and social benefits of the Amateur Radio Service by awarding financial grants and scholarships to individuals and organizations that support their charitable, educational, and scientific efforts.

ARISS is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and space agencies that support the ISS. US sponsors include ARRL, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the ISS National Lab‐Space Station Explorers, and NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. For more information, visit www.ariss-usa.org and www.ariss.org.

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The Space Show this week – Jan.24.2022

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

1. Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022; 7 pm PST (9 pm CST, 10 pm EST): We welcome back Dennis Wingo for news, views, commercial space happenings, policy and more.

2. Hotel Mars – Wednesday, Jan. 26 2022; 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, Jan.28, 2022; 9:30-11 am PST (11:30 am-1 pm CST, 12:30-2 pm EST): No live program today. Check the Upcoming Show Menu before air time for the suggested Golden Oldie for play on this date.

4. Sunday, Jan.30, 2022; 12-1:30 pm PST (2-3:30 pm CST, 3-4:30 pm EST): No live program today. Check the Upcoming Show Menu before air time for the suggested Golden Oldie for play on this date.

Some recent shows:

** Sunday, Jan.23.2022 – Dr. Thomas Matula and Dr. Darryl Mitry discussed

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Videos: “Space to Ground” & other space habitat reports – Jan.21.2022

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

** Cosmonauts Conduct Russian Spacewalk Outside Space Station – NASA Johnson [Preview animation of the Jan.19th spacewalk.]

Outside the International Space Station, Expedition 66 Commander Anton Shkaplerov and Flight Engineer Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos conducted a spacewalk on Jan. 19 to outfit the Prichal node module for the future arrival of Russian visiting vehicles. Prichal launched in November from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It was the 246th spacewalk in support of space station assembly, maintenance and upgrades, the third in Shkaplerov’s career and the fourth for Dubrov.

** See cosmonauts spacewalk outside Space Station’s Nauka module – VideoFromSpace

Expedition 66 Cmdr. Anton Shkaplerov and flight engineer Pyotr Dubrov. The duo hopes to add handrails, antennas, a television camera and docking targets to Pricha module.

** Watch empty container float away from space station after spacewalk toss – VideoFromSpace

An empty container was jettisoned by Russian cosmonauts during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station’s Prichal module on Jan. 19, 2022. [Full Story](https://www.space.com/cosmonauts-spac…)

** NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Astronaut Jessica Watkins Talks with NBC News – Jan. 21, 2022 – NASA Video

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is getting ready to fly to space for the first time as part of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 long-duration mission to the International Space Station. Watkins will live and work aboard the space station for about six months where she will conduct science in the space station’s unique microgravity environment and conduct spacewalks.

** Expedition 66 Astronaut Raja Chari Talks with Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa – Jan. 20, 2022 – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, NASA Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Raja Chari of NASA answered questions about living and working on the orbital laboratory during an in-flight event on Jan. 20 with Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa Courier. Chari, who was raised in Cedar Falls, is in a planned six-month mission aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.

** Expedition 66 Astronaut Matthias Maurer Talks Life in Space for World Economic Forum -Jan. 20, 2022 – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 66 flight engineer Mattias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency) discussed living and working in space during an in-flight interview during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 20. Maurer launched in November on the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance for a planned six-month science mission to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions.