Activism, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week – Sept.3.2018

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

1. Monday, Sept. 3, 2018; 2-3:30 pm PDT (4-5:30 pm CDT, 5-6:30 pm EDT): No show due to Labor Day Holiday

2. Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018: 7-8:30 pm PDT; 9-10:30 pm CDT; 10-11:30 pm EDT: We welcome back Dr. Pat Hynes to discuss the upcoming International Symposium on Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS 2018) in Las Cruces, NM.

3. Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018: Hotel Mars. See Upcoming Show Menu and the website newsletter for details. Hotel Mars is pre-recorded by John Batchelor. It is archived on The Space Show site after John posts it on his website.

4. Friday, Sept. 7 2018; 9:30 am -11 am PDT, (12:30 -2 pm EDT; 11:30 am -1 pm CDT): We welcome Sandra Erwin, National Security writer and journalist with Space News.

5. SPECIAL TIME: Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018: 6-7 pm PDT; 8-9 pm CDT; 9-10 pm EDT. We welcome back Dr. Bruce Jakosky regarding his recently published paper on the challenges of terraforming Mars.

See also:
* The Space Show on Vimeo – webinar videos
* The Space Show’s Blog – summaries of interviews.
* The Space Show Classroom Blog – tutorial programs

The Space Show is a project of the One Giant Leap Foundation.

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Activism, SpaceCasts, The Moon

Video: TMRO Orbit 11.34 – “Masten’s Lunar Ambitions”

The latest episode of TMRO:Space is now available on line: Masten’s Lunar Ambitions – Orbit 11.34 – TMRO

Dave Masten of Masten Space Systems joins SpaceMike to talk about his current fleet of vehicle and plans to do more than just flags and footprints on the moon. Interview begins at 17:08

Space news topics covered:

  • OSIRIS-REx and New Horizons’ targets are in sight
  • Leak at ISS detected
  • Our Solar System Is Nothing Special

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Mars, Rockets, Space Systems

Videos: The Nexø II story + The Mars Helicopter + Commercial Crew test flights + Dream Chaser update

More videos:

** The full story of the Nexø II mission August 2018 – Highlights of the recent rocket launch by the all-volunteer Copenhagen Suborbital group:

On August 4th 2018 we successfully launched the Nexø II rocket. Nexø II is Copenhagen Suborbitals most advanced rocket to date. In this video we show you the complete story will all the highlights of the mission. Enjoy! 

** Mars Helicopter – 21st Annual International Mars Society Convention – J. Bob Balaram of NASA JPL reports on the Mars Helicopter, which will travel to the Red Planet on the  Mars 2020  rover mission when it launches in July 2020:

** NASA Commercial Crew: The Flight Tests – A brief item about the initial test flights by Boeing and SpaceX of the systems for taking crews to the International Space Station

** SpaceX Cargo Dragon leaves the ISS –

** Dream Chaser Space Vehicle update from Sierra Nevada on preparations for first ISS cargo flight in 2020:

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Astronomy

Videos: Night sky highlights for September 2018

Check out the preview of the coming month’s night sky at NASA JPL’s What’s Up for September 2018:

Outstanding views of the planets. Spot Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars with the naked eye. Then, set your sights beyond the solar system and take a late summertime road-trip of the constellations along the Milky Way. For star parties and astronomy events near you, visit https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/ .

The Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute provides another preview: Tonight’s Sky: September 2018 : 

In September, your binoculars will reveal the rusty surface of Mars, iconic rings of Saturn, the waxing Moon—and the comet Giacobini-Zinner, which passes through the constellation of Auriga. “Tonight’s Sky” is produced by HubbleSite.org, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. This is a recurring show, and you can find more episodes—and other astronomy videos—at http://hubblesite.org/videos/science

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Living in Space, Space Systems, SpaceCasts

Videos: “Space to Ground” report on the ISS – Aug.31.2018

Here is the latest Space to Ground report from NASA on activities related to the International Space Station:

A selection of other recent NASA videos of interest:

** An overview of NASA’s ICON mission, which is set to be orbited in October via a Northrop Pegasus XL rocket air-launched from under a Lockheed L-1011 airliner:

Where does Earth’s atmosphere end and space begin? This and other questions soon will be answered by NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, satellite. Get ready to watch as the Pegasus countdown reaches T-Zero launching in early October from its carrier aircraft flying near the Kennedy Space Center. 

** Guy Bluford Reflects on the 35th Anniversary of His First Space Flight

** An update on the recently launched Parker Solar Probe:

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