Interplanetary Podcast

This week features part 2 of our chat with Alan Bond talking about future propulsion systems. Jamie and Matt bring you the week's space news. China Long March 8 and 9 ISRO successfully tests crew escape system for first human space flight All change in personnel as Rogozin gets busy England play sweden in the formerly closed city of Samara Cornwall Council has admitted that it is ‘anticipating a positive announcement’ Matt's trip to the CSG Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod

This week features our monthly chat with David Baker, legend, of Spaceflight magazine - space forces, sls, cosmos pavilion Jamie and Matt bring you the week's space news. Happy Birthday George Ellery Hale Born 150 years ago OTD Happy Birthday Born 200 years ago!!! Fr. Pietro Angelo Secchi Happy Birthday Charles Joseph Precourt True anomaly The end of Proton Poor old Buzz all high-resolution images and the underpinning data from Rosetta’s pioneering mission at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko are now available in ESA’s archives The Royal Observatory Greenwich is to start studying the sky again UK SPACE AGENCY and the NHS Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod Space and time may have a structure as intricate as the fauna of a rich ecosystem, but on a scale far larger than the horizon of our observations

This week features a part 1 of our chat with Alan Bond a legend of British Rocketry - Hotol, Daedalus, Sklon, Blue Streak, Reaction Engines, Sabre. His life in rockets. Jamie and Matt bring you the week's space news. Happy Birthday Martin John Rees Happy Birthday Yury Petrovich Artyukhin JUNE 21st The summer solstice Trump and the Space Council ESA Council decides on the completion of Ariane 6 and endorses start of transition from Ariane 5 to Ariane 6 VEGA-C - Launching in one year European Exploration Envelope Programme, (known as E3P) Hayabusa2 is within sight of its target, Ryugu ATLAS18qqn/AT2018cow Something has blown up in the universe ARE WE ALONE? Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod Space and time may have a structure as intricate as the fauna of a rich ecosystem, but on a scale far larger than the horizon of our observations

This week features a Chat with Robert Zubrin about his propellant-less Dipole Drive. Jamie and Matt bring you the week's space news. 40 years ago 15 June 1978 Aleksandr Ivanchenkov's first flight into space William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse remembered Apoapsis: That point in an orbit which is farthest from the primary. PEW research surprise NASA Finds Ancient Organic Material, Mysterious Methane on Mars THE ISS ALEXA CIMON GRACE-FO mission has successfully completed its first mission Black-holes and Einstein Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod

This week features a Chat with Christopher Riley about space films and personalities. Jamie and Matt bring you the week's space news. Giovanni Domenico Cassini Birthday Joseph Ritter von Fraunhofer remembered Egress SpaceX, mad tweets in love and trouble ahead? and much more Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod

This week features a Chat with David Baker about Alan Bean and Mars Helicopters. Jamie and Matt have technical difficulties but battle through to bring you the weeks space news. Don Peterson, First Shuttle Spacewalker, Dies Aged 84 Alan Bean, the fourth man on the moon has died, aged 86 NASA’s Curiosity rover is finally drilling again! China has invited other countries in the United Nations to use its China Space Station Return of One Space Station Crew, Launch of Another Vladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe talk to ISS Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity conducted her second powered test flight Jeff Bezos Saves the Expanse RemoveDEBRIS to be deployed soon Former ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar honoured by President and Santokba Award Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod

This week we ramble on about a couple of trips to the BIS where we got to talk to Robin Brand about the launch feasibility from the UK, spent evenings solving Mars problems and talking to Space documentary makers. Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod

This week we chat about the Block 5 via some Jalali calendar, Richard Feynman bending rubber, Marco polos, Indian fires and green rockets, students locked up for 110 days, and Britain's Brexit woes. Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod

This week features a Chat with Antonio Fortunato at the ESA European Astronaut Centre in Cologne We cover the complete International Space News This will not be Lucy and the football again Insight Flies JWST woes Return of Robonaut India, Pakistan, China, European, UK, Japan, Russia, Australia, Kenya and UAE space news Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod

This week features a Chat with Eddy Search at Goonhilly one of the UK's most important Space infrastructures Jamie is back to talk about the latest news Can artificial miniature magnetospheres be used to protect spacecraft Ariane Space having a bit of a rough ride China is developing a Long March launch vehicle with a reusable first stage Blue Origin flew its New Shepard system for the eighth time on Sunday SpaceX and Boeing spacecraft may not become operational until 2020 MOON V MARS NEWS ESA and NASA to investigate bringing martian soil to Earth The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has returned the first images of the Red Planet from its new orbit. NASA’s next mission to Mars, Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight), is scheduled to launch Saturday, May 5 First launch of a Falcon 9 Block 5 first-stage booster, serial number B1046. It is planned to recover the booster. Space Fact: the distribution of galaxies Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod

This week features a Chat with David Baker about Spy Satellites, SLS, Skylab an NASA Budgets. George steps in for Jamie to have a quick catchup up on the latest news Late Obituary Donald Lynden-Bell CBE FRS (5 April 1935 – 6 February 2018) TESS Sentinel-3B X37-B Amazing Gifs Jim Bridenstine confirmed as new NASA Administrator ESA's Gaia satellite data dump UK explores producing own satellite system after EU’s Galileo snub Jamie's Space Fact. Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod

This week features a chat with prog rock legendJohn Mitchell of Lonely Robot, before he plays ESA Spacerocks Jamie and Matt have a quick catch up up on the latest news ESA SPACE ROCKS - www.spacerocksofficial.com Space diamonds came from an embryo planet Space Legend of the week!!! Robert Albert Charles Esnault-Pelterie Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod

This week features a chat with youtube legend Isaac Arthur about Orbital Rings and much more Jamie and Matt have a quick catch up up on the latest news Virgin Galactic’s initial rocket-powered April 5 test flight of the “Unity” SpaceShipTwo Life in Venus Clouds? ESA remotely update the software on its Mars Express NASA has selected the Science Mission Directorate’s Planetary Science Division Director Jim Green as the agency’s new chief scientist. SpaceX Cleared In $3.5 Billion Zuma Failure Elon Musk shows off a new tooling for the BFR spaceship ESA ExoMars orbiter will soon begin its search for life gases circling Mars X-37B  - 200 days of flight The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Moon of Venus: Neith Isaac Arthur on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMbI6sk-62E Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod

This week features a chat with internationally renowned author Robert Kurson with a new and brilliant book on Apollo 8 called "Rocket Men" which is out this week. We have a quick catch up up on the latest news Dozen black holes found at galactic centre The RemoveDebris system is at the International Space Station A University of Bath scientist will see over 15 years of work realised with the launch of Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) Why SPACEX is abandoning Falcon 9 boosters 50th anniversary Estec Europe's largest place for space, had its royal inauguration on 3 April 1968 50th anniversary of the release of Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey 50th anniversary of Saturn V Apollo 6 Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod

This week features a Chat with Remco Timmermans about SpaceUp Sentinerds and more. Astronaut of the week features Ellen Ochoa whose first space flight was 25 years ago next week on STS-56. We have a quick catchup up on the latest news James Webb delays!!! ESA's massive ExoMars 2020 parachute 3 April 1966 - Luna 10 - First artificial satellite around another world (the Moon) Space Fact: Ultima Thule Sentinel 3-b launch event http://blogs.esa.int/eolaunches/2018/03/21/join-us-for-sentinel3-launch-event/ Sizzling Summer of Space https://www.nlspace.nl/en/sizzling-summer-of-space/ Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod