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Planetary Pandemonium: All the planetary stories that were NOT about Venus

Sep 18, 2020 | Astrobiology, Daily Space, ESA, Exoplanets, Our Solar System, Perseverance, Planets, Uranus

While Venus has dominated the news cycle this week, scientists were publishing papers on other planets, both within our solar system and without. We look at a warm Jupiter orbiting a cool star, the composition of Uranus’ moons (save your jokes for the Q&A), and how life may be hard to detect on Mars. Plus Hubble has released a brand new image of Jupiter with Europa, and they are gorgeous.

Mission update: Psyche; new tech; and a special Mars photo

Sep 1, 2020 | Asteroids, Curiosity, Daily Space, Mars, Moon, Spacecraft

Join us today for an update on the Lucy mission to asteroid Psyche. Plus we take a look at a couple new pieces of tech in development, designed to help explore the Moon and Mars. And Curiosity brings us a special Mars photo that isn’t about the ground!

Rocket Roundup for August 26, 2020

Aug 27, 2020 | Daily Space, Mars, Mars 2020, Rockets, Rovers, Space China

Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Dave Ballard as we look back at the launches that did and didn’t happen. It was a light week, with only the launch of a Chinese Long March 2D to revisit.

Rocket Roundup for August 5, 2020

Aug 5, 2020 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Mars, Mars 2020, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, SpaceX

Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches that did and didn’t happen, including the Mars Perseverance launch, a Roscosmos launch, and the splashdown of the SpaceX Demo-2 capsule. Plus! A surprise Starship SN5 hop.

Rocket Roundup for July 29, 2020

Jul 29, 2020 | Daily Space, Mars, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Rovers, Space China

Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches that did and didn’t happen, including the second mission to Mars of the launch window, this one from China. Plus a Roscosmos resupply mission to the ISS and a Chinese rocket full of satellites.

Mission updates! NASA’s New Horizons seeking another target; Emirates Hope orbiter set to launch for Mars; NASA and ESA release first Solar Orbiter images

Jul 16, 2020 | Daily Space, ESA, Mars, Our Solar System, Perseverance, The Sun

Join us today as we look at all the spacecraft mission updates. First up, NASA’s New Horizons mission is searching for another Kuiper Belt Object to pass. Next, the Emirates Hope orbiter is set to launch to Mars this month. Finally, we get to share brand new images from the NASA/ESA Solar Orbiter, fresh off the press this morning.