Space newsHubble still down: NASA is trying to fix the HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE after a memory module failure forced the agency to shut down the iconic orbiting observatory. The problem is with the payload computer, which halted o June 13, stoppi

Episode 9: A Trip to Strange Stars

Jun 21st, 2021 35m 39s

This week in space newsChina in space: The Chinese Space Agency has sent a trio of astronauts to spend the next three months of the Tiangong space station. This is a brand new modular space station built and operated by China and they arrived o

Episode 8: A Trip Beyond the Edge

Jun 14th, 2021 1h 4m

This week on the show we look at the European Space Agency's planned trip to Venus, new competition for SpaceX in the launch market and what is a solar eclipse?We also launch a new feature – exoplanet of the week – where I trawl through NASAs v

Episode 7: A Trip to LEO and Venus

Jun 7th, 2021 54m 51s

NASA is going back to Venus, selecting the VERITAS and DAVINCI+ missions as part of the Discovery program, with both scheduled to launch between 2028 and 2030.These two missions to Earth's hellish twin will aim to find out why it’s so hot and i

Episode 7: A Trip to the Edge

Jun 7th, 2021 54m 52s

NASA is going back to Venus, ESA is asking for help with space debris and what is a jellyfish galaxy? All that and more on this week's A Trip to Space.The post Episode 7: A Trip to LEO and Venus first appeared on Ryan Morrison.

Episode 6: A trip to the edge

May 30th, 2021 26m 52s

This week on the show we find that the Milky Way may not be all that unique, plasma from a microsecond after the Big Bang may have made all atoms, SpaceX may be creating a monopoly and the second chapter in our reading of HG Wells Modern Utopia

Episode 5: A Trip back to the Moon

May 23rd, 2021 41m 33s

This week on the A Trip to Space podcast we take a trip back to the Moon, where ESA and NASA are preparing to make exploration much easier and more sustainable. First The European Space Agency has announced plans to build a constellation of a n

Episode 4: A Trip to the Sun

May 18th, 2021 29m 3s

This week on A Trip to Space we take a Trip to the Sun, exploring the where, why, how hot and what for of our own host star – a G-type main-sequence star at the centre of the solar system that formed 4.6 billion years ago.The Sun is often descr

A Trip to the Sun

May 18th, 2021 29m 3s

The latest episode of a Trip to Space podcast explores our friendly neighbourhood star.The post Episode 4: A Trip to the Sun first appeared on Ryan Morrison.

Episode 3: A Trip to Mars

May 9th, 2021 16m 38s

In the latest edition of A Trip to Space we take a trip to Mars, wrapping up some of the latest research on life on the Red Planet and the sound of a helicopter flying in the Martian sky.Is it posilble scientists have seen evidence of mushrooms

Episode 2: A Trip to Venus

May 6th, 2021 26m 27s

In the second episode of the ‘A Trip to Space' podcast I look at a new study that explores why the Sun is so hot in its outer atmosphere than it is lower down, radio signals from Venus and upcoming telescope projects.As part of the episode I al

Episode 1: Interview with Ed Gibson

May 4th, 2021 14m 15s

NASA astronaut Ed Gibson went to space in 1973 as part of the Skylab 4 mission, the final crew to visit the only fully-US operated space station. He was the last person out the door.Gibson was selected by NASA as a scientist-astronaut and was p

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