Interplanetary Podcast

This week features a Chat with David Baker about Space Force, Chang'e-4, Deep space Gateway and Interstellar Navigation We have a quick catchup up on the latest news Mars Curiosity rover SpaceX’s official Facebook page Sentinel-3B ESA's fourth medium-class science mission, ... ARIEL Humanity Star ESA's Gaia satellite Tiangong-1 station Roscosmos launches Soyuz MS-08 mission, first crew launch of 2018 24 March 1992 Dirk Frimout was the first person from Belgium Vanguard 1 60 Years ago Astronauts don't always wear clean underwear 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 talk to Mitch Hunter-Scullion of the Asteroid Mining Corporation, and Jamie is excited. We also discuss the late great Stephen Hawking and try to explain Hawking Radiation. We have a quick catchup up on the latest news Space Force UK Space Port And Drones that can fix satellites. 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 talk about Black Holes, what Pauli Exclusion and Heisenberg Uncertainty have to do with them, and how everything Matt thought he knew was wrong. ESA-led team has built and fired an electric thruster to ingest scarce air molecules from the top of the atmosphere for propellant Lightsail 2 going up on Falcon Heavy Tim Peake Visits Airbus and the Eutelsat Quantum Satellite Bridenstine Nomination still Blocked in Senate 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 talk a lot about the amazing Planck Space Telescope and it's heroics with the Cosmic Background Radiation seeing back to the start of time from it's Lissajous orbit in the shade of the Legrange point. We have time for a bit of space news SpaceX testing the latest and last of it's Falcon 9 rockets the Block 5 Curiosity finds a new way to drill on mars, like a dad on DIY monday. TGO ExoMars finishes it's aerobraking manouvres NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin retunr to earth European Astronaut centre shifting emphasis to deep space missions with a new Lunar facility Deep Space Gateway is now called the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway JAXA H-IIA rocket launches Spy Satellite Paul Allen's Stratolaunch aircraft does more taxiing SpaceX’s Mr. Steven, the fairing catching glove Quick Investigation Pinpoints Cause of Ariane 5 Partial Failure

Featuring an amazing interview with Head of ESA NBF Operations and EVA Training Unit Hervé Stevenin Sci-Fi Predictions with Harriet Brettle Goonhilly Earth Station, a commercial tracking station in Cornwall The Republic of Croatia signed a Cooperation Agreement with ESA All 7 Solar system Planets (not including Pluto) fit Between the Earth and Moon 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

Featuring an amazing interview with Space Expert David Baker, taking a closer look at Falcon Heavy and what it all means, we also chat about Zuma!!!, and the new Nasa Budget. Venus V Mars Currently no manned missions to Venus in discussion at all ...But Why ? George Russell explains why there should be!!! New Horizons picture is Farthest Ever Taken From Earth! What really happened to GovSat-1’s Falcon 9 first stage European wakeup call. JAN WOERNER Blog http://blogs.esa.int/janwoerner/2018/02/11/europes-move/ "I was a little bit jealous," Richard Branson The SpaceX satellite constellation What is an Analemma? 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

We Chat about the Falcon Heavy Launch OBVIOUSLY! Great news on the Dream Chaser Trappist-1 and Extragalactic Exoplanets ESA’s Rave in Space 10th anniversary of the launch of the ESA’s Columbus Laboratory Module Space Walk - Misurkin and Shkaplerov Quick interview with Paul Hildebrandt Director, Fight for Space, and new Apollo 8 Documentary "First to the Moon" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/420606009/first-to-the-moon-the-journey-of-apollo-8 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

Featuring our space chat with Tim Peake, Britain's ESA astronaut 60th Anniversary of the start of the Space Race Ariane 5 Launch stress. SpaceX and Soyuz triumphs. Opportunity 14 years on Mars Falcon Heavy, Fox and the Grapes 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

Atmospheres are special. Is it all over for the ISS, How's Falcon Heavy doing, What's up with the Lunar Xprize, Looking forward to the Ariane5 Launch and GOLD. Are Rocket Lab graffiti of the skys with Humanity Star? Crypto funding and democratising space with Spacebit A spacewalk to fix a trusty workers hand Remembering the fallen heroes of Space Featuring our Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www. Patreon.com/Interplanetary and pecome 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

Featuring our 50+ Space Song playlist on spotify Bowie, Radiohead, Strauss, Holst, Eno, Sufjan Stevens all give Space a go. Zuma Blame Game Begins Bad Delays to NASA’s commercial crew program Crater Neukum named after Mars Express founder International Space Station spacewalks Jan. 23 and 29 Venus with Akatsuki NASA Announces Updated Crew Assignments for Space Station Missions Launches! Space fact! Playlist http://bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www. Patreon.com/Interplanetary and pecome 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

Featuring our chat with Eric Berger of ArsTechnica about what to expect in 2018 Space Science : Tabby Star Update Astronaut of the Week: John Young Space fact: Fastest Launch Quote: Nadia Drake If you enjoy the show please go over to www. Patreon.com/Interplanetary and pecome 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 Cover : Lockheed Martin @interplanetypod

The first Podcast of the year - The preview of the YEAR 2018 !!! Out a little early Can you spot the mission in the cover shot? We launch our Patreon page Recording on January the 1st 2018 News Angosat has been recued!!! Progress MS-06 freighter undocks from ISS Helen Sharman, the first Briton in space, has been made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Prof Michele Dougherty from Imperial College, London, has become a Commander of the Order of the British Empire 2018 Preview UK 2018 will be the Year of Engineering Falcon 9 heavy January 15, no date has yet been officially, Rocket fans should be cautious using this date to book flights, before Spacex conduct a successful Static Fire test, after all they have 27 Engines to test (started in pairs in a 120ms sequence) Rocket lab electron launch Second attempt for this New Zealand outfit to get their rocket orbital after a delay from December India 10th Jan PSLV with 2 surrey satellite satellites on board more details next week including planetary Resources-built Arkyd-6 Chandrayaan 2 will comprise an orbiter, lander and rover developed by the country's space agency, ISRO. The mission is currently slated to launch on a GSLV rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh around March. JAXA ss-520 TESS NASA’s next exoplanet-hunting spacecraft launch on a falcon 9 in march Crew Dragon Musk says he is confident the company will fly people in 2018 SpaceX is scheduled to do an uncrewed test flight of the Dragon capsule in April, followed by the first crewed flight test in August. possible Block 5 version of Falcon 9 maiden flight Starliner Boeing is targeting August for an uncrewed flight of the Starliner and a crewed flight for November. Virgin Galactic Should soon begin powered test flights of VSS Unity and Virgin Galagtic Launcher one!!! NASA’s InSight Mars lander Launched on on a Atlas V rocket, the 30-day launch window from May 5th. It should land on Mars around the end of November. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Launched on Delta IV Heavy rocket a month later between July 31st and August 19th . NASA’s OSIRIS-REx August, the spacecraft will come within 1.2 million miles of Bennu. OSIRIS-REx will then use its onboard propulsion catch up with the asteroid. JAXA’s Hayabusa2 Expected to arrive at it’s target the asteroid 162173 Ryugu (formerly designated 1999 JU3) in July 2018, survey the asteroid for a year and a half, depart in December 2019, and return to Earth in December 2020 JAXA’s and ESA’s BepiColombo The spacecraft are set to launch combined on top of a European Ariane 5 rocket in October and will arrive at Mercury in 2025 CHINA Chang'e 4 Will launch the lander/rover in the latter part of the year CHINA Tianhe-1 First of three large modules that will make up the completed Chinese Space Station SpaceX Space Tourists!!! Lunar trip on a falcon heavy for 2 tourists in a crew dragon One web might start flying up on a European Soyuz Arianne 6 In October 2018, when the launch complex has been constructed, the validation phase will begin By the first quarter of 2018, key decisions will be made on the exploitation of Ariane 6. REACTION ENGINES 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

Review of the year! Our favourite episodes, our favourite guests, our favourite news items. We also have a look at all the news this week, Falcon Heavy, NASA Chooses New Frontiers Mission Finalists, Space flights this week The Launch Table - The Launches of the year, the EVA's of the year and the Deep Space activities. Look out for the launch of our Patreon Page next week. Shout out to a few of our friends. And we pick our Space Exploration moment of the year and the winner is? 2017 best Stories!!! Trappist 1 'Oumuamua Solar Eclipse Falcon heavy pictures Colliding Neutron Stars SpaceX and the coming of re-usability The rise of flat earth ism? NZ space flight? Quantum Satellite Trump Space Space Council Space tourism to the moon! James Webb built and tested 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

Featuring our chat with Mike Foale, legendary NASA astronaunt and fellow Brit, at Estec earlier this year. We chat about Christmas in Space including, Apollo 8 the first christmas in space, Scott Kelly's first spaceflight (with Mike Foale) We also fall out over Star Wars. Space facts: What is a Parsec?, Who cooked Peake's Christmas dinner? Christmas Constellation NGC 2264 What ever happened to those pesky Stage 3 of Saturn V rockets? Does a Space fact even exist!!!

It's Arthur C Clarke's 100th Birthday!!! Jamie and Matt soldier on with colds! We have a look at all the news this week, Falcon Heavy, Trump signs Space Policy Directive-1, Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik, Paolo Nespoli and Sergey Ryazanskiy landed, Blue Origin and the New Shepard flies again after 14 months, Kepler-90i was discovered using machine learning, space launches inc Rocketlab, Ariane, SpaceX. Juno science data and giant space mirrors all in this wee'ks episode. 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