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TMRO Audio Edition

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The audio only edition of the TMRO Shows. Live, weekly webcasts about Space, Science and Technology at tmro.tv

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Things you didn't know about NASA's Deep Space Network

November 25, 2019 18:07 - 50 minutes - 58 MB

In this live interview we have one of the Deep Space Network's Operations Directors, Richard Stephenson -- This week we cover one of the most important NASA programs you may have never heard of or rarely think about: DSN. What happens where there is an earthquake near one of the DSN dishes? How do they deal with wildlife? What other uses can the DSN provide? So many amazing questions are answered in this live interview! If you're a Member don't forget to check out our extended interview cov...

Is Skyrora the next big NewSpace Company? | Interview

October 21, 2019 02:46 - 45 minutes - 52.4 MB

Skyrora is building a new small sat launcher that is environmentally conscious, possibly reusable and unlike anything else on the market. This week we're joined by Skyrora Lead Engineer Robin Hague to talk about what they are building and when we can see it fly! Remember you can always help out the shows of TMRO by becoming a member here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TMRO/join

How millennials are impacting aerospace | Interview

October 13, 2019 22:40 - 54 minutes - 62.7 MB

Laura Seward Forczyk, author of the book, "Rise of the Space Age Millennials" joins us to talk about the new generation entering the workforce. Specifically the impact millennials are having in unexpected ways on the entire aerospace industry as well as some of the hurdles the generation is presented with. If you would like to get updates on Laura's book, you can do so here: https://www.astralytical.com/rise-of-the-space-age-millennials or follow Laura on Twitter at @LauraForczyk. This is ...

How Tetris could lead to Lunar Exploration | SPACE INTERVIEW

October 06, 2019 16:31 - 44 minutes - 51.3 MB

Jared talks to Henk Rogers, serial entrepreneur and founder of International Moon Base Alliance, on his vision for humanity and how we'll live sustainably both on and off Earth. What's the link to Tetris you ask? He is the one who secured the distribution rights to Tetris and is the founder of The Tetris Company! If you enjoy these shows, chaos and all, consider becoming a member on YouTube! Head on over to https://www.youtube.com/tmro/join and pick a membership level that works for you!

How you can hack NASA | SPACE INTERVIEW

September 23, 2019 01:59 - 46 minutes - 53.5 MB

Ali Llewellyn (@adllewellyn), Strategist and Project Manager at NASA Johnson Space Center joins us to talk about the NASA International Space Apps Challenge, space outreach for non-traditional audiences and building community-driven collaboration and innovation. Her incredible passion for space and science outreach really shine through here and it's certainly worth a watch all the way to the end. This is TMRO:Space Orbit 12.29 for September 21st, 2019 (iPhone Day +1)

India's Vikram Lunar Lander may not be lost | SPACE NEWS

September 11, 2019 13:00 - 15 minutes - 17.7 MB

Jared Head brings us our Earthly and ISS departures along with a quick update on India's Vikram lunar lander -- Spoiler: not all hope is lost just yet! Jared also covers a relativity important contract and rounds out the show with Aeolus performing a course correction to avoid the SpaceX Starlink constellation. Lisa Stojanovski has some exciting and future looking space science updates from cargo that recently returned to Earth aboard SpaceX's Dragon spaceship. Jade Kim returns with a HUGE...

Virgin is getting close to Orbit | SPACE INTERVIEW

September 08, 2019 19:09 - 1 hour - 74.2 MB

Virgin Orbit VP of Special Projects William Pomerantz joins us on station to talk about everything they are working on. Sounds like Virgin Orbit isn't just near flying, but ready to come out of the gate strong with a series of vehicles already being built! In this hour long interview Jared and Will talk about the small satellite market and Virgin Orbit's place in it, rocket reusability and the Brooke Owens Fellowship. Will is an amazing force within the NewSpace community and this is an inte...

Starhopper's final flight and Europa Clipper is even more real | SPACE NEWS

August 28, 2019 18:00 - 19 minutes - 21.8 MB

We have a slew of launches, arrivals and departures this week including a test flight from SpaceX! I believe that means that Jared lost a bet with me! Jared also gets super excited about Europa Clipper becoming even more real, Lisa joins us from New Zealand to talk about Australia possibly joining ESA and of course we have the Space Weather Woman Dr. Tamith Skov giving us an update on our local star!

Vulcan Wins and Virgin Galactic has a new home | SPACE NEWS

August 21, 2019 18:00 - 12 minutes - 14.4 MB

United Launch Alliance has won a couple of contracts for its not-yet-flying Vulcan rocket, one of which has a mini space shuttle as a payload! Virgin Galactic is taking up residence at Spaceport America (finally!) And NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building may have a new tenant!

SpaceX, ESA and NASA Tests and a look back at DC-X | SPACE NEWS

August 14, 2019 13:00 - 14 minutes - 16.8 MB

We only had one launch with the Atlas V this week, but we did have an unusual ISS departure in the form of Cygnus leaving -- But not coming back to Earth. NASA tested the Orion abort engines while SpaceX tested the emergency pad escape system at LC-39A. And ESA tested a parachute, but didn't quite get the results they were hoping for. Finally, we take a peek back at the DC-X prototype which flew for the first time 26 years ago this week!

Space News | Rocket lab announced reusability as SpaceX Catches a Fairing

August 07, 2019 13:00 - 16 minutes - 19 MB

Peter Beck said they would never do it... But it looks like now they will try! Rocket Lab will be attempting to recover the 1st stage of their Electron rocket. We cover their announcement at the SmallSat conference. We also have a quick picture update on the new ULA Vulcan rocket showcasing its current status. And there is an epic video of the SpaceX Ms. Tree ship capturing a Fairing half out at sea! It's a stunning shot!

Can SpaceX really get StarShip to Mars by 2024 | Space

August 04, 2019 19:47 - 1 hour - 79.5 MB

This week we welcome on Tim Dodd the Everyday Astronaut to talk about the SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy programs, his experiences in Boca Chica and what we can look forward to with SpaceX's Moon and Mars plans.

Space News | STS Green Run Test and the controlled chaos of STS-93

July 31, 2019 03:20 - 16 minutes - 19.2 MB

Jared and Tamitha are off this week, so you're stuck with just me for a bit. Sorry! For our July 31st news I covered the launches from this last week including iSpace who made orbit for the very first time! With a small hot-wheels sized car? Also talked about the SLS Green Run test that is now back on the books at Stennis... And finally I cover my favorite off-nominal space shuttle mission of all time: STS-93!

Space News | Catching up on Launches and NASA's Artemis Shakeups

July 25, 2019 06:40 - 12 minutes - 14.3 MB

Sorry about the over-driven audio, rookie mistake on my part. This week we take a few minutes to catch up on launches and tests. We also have some updates on how ISRO is looking to help scope out water for a NASA Project Artemis Lunar landing site as well as shakeups in the NASA Administration ranks themselves. Also want to welcome Manju to Space News!

STEAM | Using AI to build our best possible future on Mars

July 21, 2019 22:28 - 42 minutes - 49 MB

Astreia Founder Dr. Natalie Rens joins us to talk about Artificial Intelligence. We cover her plans to use AI here on Earth and how that AI can then assist on colonizing the Red Planet and beyond.

Space | Astrobotic's journey post Google Lunar XPRIZE

July 14, 2019 18:57 - 42 minutes - 48.3 MB

Astrobotic CEO John Thornton joins us to talk about the past, present and future of the company. They are developing lunar infrastructure starting with landers and have recently won a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract (CLPS) to help enable that tech.

Space News | Falcon Heavy Center Core Curse & SLS Ground System Tests

July 03, 2019 13:00 - 9 minutes - 11.4 MB

We have a slew of launches this week to catch you up on! And in news the Space Launch System is gearing up to test its mobile launch platform over at Launch Complex 39B. This week you'll really want to watch the weather segment, awesome meteor that broke up over Puerto Rico and what that would have looked like on Mars!

Interview | NASA's Psyche Mission to a Metal Asteroid

June 23, 2019 17:51 - 44 minutes - 50.4 MB

We are joined by NASA's Psyche mission lead Lindy Elkins-Tanton to talk about this upcoming mission to explore the metallic asteroid that may be the core of a protoplanet! We cover what this means for us here on Earth and why is it important as well as how they plan to accomplish the mission itself! Orbit 12.21

Space News | How you can travel to the International Space Station

June 19, 2019 13:00 - 9 minutes - 10.6 MB

NASA is opening its doors (or airlocks) to the International Space Station. If you have enough cash, cash, money you will be able to hitch a ride up to the iconic orbiting laboratory, Athena return to give us an interesting look at the rings of Saturn and newly discovered findings from Cassini.

Space News | Reusable Spaceships and a mysterious Lunar lump

June 13, 2019 13:00 - 8 minutes - 9.58 MB

This week we bring you launches in a slightly updated format. A bit tweaked even from last week, let me know if that adds some of the excitement and fun back in. In News this week ESA is working on a reusable spaceship that can rapidly bring back samples to Earth. There's also a mysterious lump on the Moon that may be made of materials we can use to build with. And of course Dr. Tamitha Skov brings us not only this weeks Space Weather but also a quick update on some beautiful clouds that th...

Space News | Starlink Launches, OmegA Anomaly and Plasma

June 05, 2019 13:00 - 12 minutes - 14.8 MB

We are back with a SLEW of launches this week! Trying a slightly modified launch format combining the best of Launch Minute with the flexibility of the current format. Needs a bit of love (especially the upcoming launches graphic) but hopefully you see the vision here. In Space News this week, Northrup Grumman has an anomaly with their OmegA launcher on the ground and EXTREME Matter in Sun's Atmosphere! As always we close it out with Dr. Tamitha Skov bringing us this weeks Space Traffic!

Roundtable | NASA's Project Artemis and their plans to settle the moon

June 02, 2019 23:07 - 43 minutes - 50.2 MB

This week we have special guest Manju Bangalore along with Cariann, Jared and Jade return for our first round table in a while to talk about NASA"s plan to colonize the moon. We dive specifically in to their Project Artemis. Since we didn't really cover it on the show, a bit about Manju. She used to work on the Orion Display systems at NASA's Johnson Space Center and is currently the founder and executive of Operation Period. We are hoping to make Maju a more regular host on the show!

Space News | ISS Update and Pluto's Secret Ocean

May 22, 2019 13:00 - 12 minutes - 13.9 MB

There's a special contest happening this week, brought to us by NBC/Universal. For our US viewers, head out at night, snap a picture of the moon, tweet it with #KeepLookingUp and @TMRO to get entered to win one of a few different awesome prizes! https://twitter.com/tmro/status/1129813966991978496 This week in Space News we have:- An ISS Update- The Universe is expanding in a confusing way- Pluto may have secret underground oceans- Dr. Tamitha Skov brings us the latest Space Weather and Mars...

Open Source Space Suits - Orbit 12.18

May 19, 2019 16:06 - 53 minutes - 61 MB

Dr. Cameron Smith of Pacific Spaceflight joins us to talk about low cost, open source, custom built space suits. Why is this important? As we open the cosmos to more and more people, space suits will be one of the next things that enables our continued exploration.

Space News | Blue Origin's Lunar Lander and a Solar Storm is about to hit Earth

May 15, 2019 13:00 - 13 minutes - 15.1 MB

We accidentally missed a launch from Japan last week so we're covering it this week. And what a week it was! Blue unveiled their lunar ambitions, ULA is prepping to test re-entry heat shield tech with NASA and we found out that the moon is shrinking! As always Dr. Tamitha Skov joins us to talk about our local star, and what an update it is -- A solar storm is heading right toward Earth!

Open Education for working in Space - Orbit 12.17

May 12, 2019 16:45 - 47 minutes - 54.5 MB

Ever want to work for an aerospace company but think you don't have what it takes? Think again! This week we're joined by Cody James who is the founder of OpenX Education, a company making STEM education accessible and affordable. Cody James was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 2017 in Manufacturing and Industry. He is a self taught programmer and worked in Boeing's Advanced Developmental Composites team as their youngest Robotics programmer ever.

Customizing drones to save the whales - Discovery 2.03

May 09, 2019 20:37 - 47 minutes - 53.9 MB

    Dr. Vanessa Pirotta, winner of FameLab Australia, joins us to chat why whale extinctions would wreak havoc on our food chain, and how a custom drone is helping scientists save them. She also introduces us to everyone's favorite game 'Guess the whale sound'!More info on Dr. Pirotta at: https://www.vanessapirotta.com/

Space News | SpaceX Starlink updates, a Metallic Universe and a very active sun!

May 08, 2019 13:00 - 11 minutes - 12.7 MB

In this weeks Space News from TMRO we start off with three launches: Blue Origin, SpaceX and Rocket Lab. Jared brings us an update on the SpaceX Starlink constellation and Jade talk about a very metallic universe! Our local sun has been very active this last week and Dr. Tamitha Skov bring us the latest space weather report.

Space News | ISS Power Problems, Firefly Engine Test and Astronaut Extended Stays

May 01, 2019 02:51 - 6 minutes - 7.52 MB

This week we had a surprise launch from China, the International Space Station has power problems, Firefly Aerospace tested their engine for 300 seconds and Christina Koch gets a mission extension. As always we have the wonderful Dr. Tamitha Skov joining us to bring you the latest Space Weather report!

How we measure the magnetism of Mars and Jupiter - Orbit 12.15

April 28, 2019 17:09 - 44 minutes - 51.2 MB

NASA's MAVEN Magnetometer Instrument Lead Dr. Jared Espley joins us to talk about MAVEN, Juno and how we measure the magnetism of planets in our local system. More information on MAVEN can be found here: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.htmlAnd more information on Juno can be found here: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html

Space News | Boeing Satellite Anomaly, SpaceX Dragon Anomaly and Missing Dark Matter

April 24, 2019 05:09 - 11 minutes - 12.8 MB

Space X Suffers a catastrophic anomaly of the Crew Dragon spaceship while in an un-crewed test on the ground. A Boeing satellite also suffers a catastrophic failure after only a couple years of service. And some galaxies seem to be missing their dark matter! As always we also have your Local System Traffic and Weather! Crew Dragon Anomaly image in thumbnail is from Craig Bailey / Florida Today.

How we see more of the Universe - Orbit 12.14

April 21, 2019 18:53 - 1 hour - 71.5 MB

This week we bring on Dr. Jielai Zhang to talk about Dragonfly Telephoto Array, its unique capabilities, why it was needed and what they have found or hope to find out so far. We also cover the role of astronomy as a gateway field to STEM and the West African International Summer School for Young Astronomers program.

Space News | Beresheet Impact, Falcon Heavy Tips Over, Stratolaunch and Black Holes

April 17, 2019 06:06 - 14 minutes - 16.8 MB

A lot of stuff happened in our local system this week! In Traffic the Beresheet suffered a rapid unintended kinetic disassembly and Falcon Heavy launched, landed and then the center core tipped over. In news: The Stratolaunch Carrier Aircraft took to the skies and we get to see the image of a black hole for the first time! As always we wrap the show up with space weather.

How we will survive out in Space - Orbit 12.13

April 14, 2019 18:23 - 47 minutes - 53.8 MB

Engineer Brittany Zimmerman of Paragon Space Development Corporation joins us to talk about the different ways Space wants to kill you. We cover how Paragon is working on Life Support And Environmental Control Systems, including water purification to help keep us all alive on out journey to Mars. This one is an eye opener including a lot of stuff that will be required if us ugly giant bags of mostly water are to colonize the solar system.

Space News | RocketLab announces Photon, ISS Spacewalks and the weight of the galaxy!

April 11, 2019 04:41 - 15 minutes - 17.2 MB

This week in Space News from TMRO we have:RocketLab announces their Photon satellite systemUS Spacewalk 53, Space Suit MixupMilky Way Weight There were 2 Soyuz launches in Space Traffic and of course the Space Weather Woman Dr. Tamitha Skov brings is our Space Weather.

APL's Interstellar Probe - Orbit 12.12

April 08, 2019 04:58 - 45 minutes - 52.6 MB

The always energetic and information powerhouse Dr. Kirby Runyon joins us to talk about New Horizons, Yuris Night and announces the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab Interstellar Probe. It's a really fun and exciting interview, and we had a bit of stuff we missed in After Dark so we left a bit of that in there at the end as well.

Why JWST's first images will just be 18 fuzzy blobs - Orbit 12.11

April 01, 2019 04:22 - 54 minutes - 62.5 MB

This week we are joined by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Program Scientist Dr. Eric Smith. We talk about the most ambitious space telescope project humans have ever undertaken, and why when we get the first images back it will likely just be 18 fuzzy blobs.

Space News | NASA wants to send humans back to the moon in 5 years

March 29, 2019 05:45 - 15 minutes - 17.3 MB

Sorry this is later than normal, but we had a lot going on and I wanted to get it in the show. This week we have NASA's plans to send humans back to the moon in 5 years. Will it be on SLS or a commercial rocket? Asteroid Bennu looks to be a lot more complex than originally thought, and that may spell trouble for OSIRIS-REx. And what is the latest way that space wants to kill you? Superbugs! In Traffic this week we had:Vega rocket with PRISMAOneWeb OS-M launch with CubesatsElectron launch ...

The Uber of Space - Orbit 12.10

March 26, 2019 04:01 - 39 minutes - 45.7 MB

Momentus is building the in-space equivalent of the connecting flight. Use a big rocket to fly to a common orbit on a cheap rideshare, then use their in-space rocket to get your satellite to any custom orbit 10 times cheaper than what has ever been possible.

Space News | NASA's Lunar Gateway, Meteor Explosion and Space Herpes

March 20, 2019 14:00 - 15 minutes - 17.8 MB

Space Traffic:Soyuz LaunchDelta IV Medium + 5,4 Launch Space News:NASA's Lunar Gateway UpdateA Meteor Explodes, And A Warning Is GivenJade Kim presents: Space Herpes Space Weather

Private Space and a resurgence of NASA with Rod Pyle - Orbit 12.09

March 17, 2019 19:47 - 59 minutes - 67.6 MB

Space historian and author Rod Pyle joins us once more to talk about  settling our solar system via Space 2.0. We go in to the private space  sector, NASA and the recent SLS/Orion announcements as well as some fun  stories from Rod.   If you're interested in Rod Pyle's books you can see those here: https://www.pylebooks.com/   Or for more information on the National Space Society, you can read up and join them here: https://space.nss.org/

Space News | NASA's New Orion Plans, Exos launches and Troubleshooting INSIGHT

March 14, 2019 14:00 - 17 minutes - 20.1 MB

Welcome to our weekly Space News program from TMRO. There was a lot of exciting stuff happening in the cosmos this week! Space Traffic00:16 Long March 3B Launch01:09 SpaceX DM-1 Mission Deports ISS and lands04:04 Beresheet Lander Update Space News:05:09 Exos Aerospace Sub Orbital Launch08:24 NASA is looking at using existing rockets for EM-1 Mission10:44 InSight's HFP Hits A Rock, Literally 13:36 Space Weather

Stories from a Mars rover specialist - Orbit 12.08

March 14, 2019 05:34 - 49 minutes - 57.2 MB

This week Dr Tanya Harrison joins us to talk about the science of Mars and her experiences working on various Mars missions such as Opportunity, Curiosity, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the upcoming Mars 2020 rover.  We also talk about how Arizona State University is promoting collaboration between industry and academia through their NewSpace Initiative.

Space News | SpaceX DM-1 Launches, Our Galactic Core, Lunar Swirls and Earths Atmosphere

March 07, 2019 07:01 - 16 minutes - 19.3 MB

What a great week for us space nerds! A lot happened and we have some special hosts this week to help us cover it all. Space Traffic:Soyuz launches OneWeb SatellitesSpaceX launches DM-1 to the International Space Station Space News:A Busy Galactic CoreSunscreen for the MoonEarth's Overachieving Atmosphere Space Weather

Space News | Virgin Galactic Flight, Hayabusa-2 Samples Ryugu and NASA synthetic DNA

February 28, 2019 14:00 - 17 minutes - 14.6 MB

This week Space Mike brings us the latest Space Traffic in our local Solar System including a Soyuz flight that may have had an anomaly, SpaceX Falcon 9 with a mission to the moon and Virgin Galactic's latest test flight with a first non-test pilot astronaut passenger! And if you would like more information on that SpaceIL update, you can see our Space News episode from February 6th right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW8pHwRqRcY&feature=youtu.be&t=647 Jared Head updates us on Hayab...

How Space Weather impacts your life - Orbit 12.07

February 26, 2019 05:04 - 1 hour - 48.2 MB

This week we bring on Dr. Tamitha Skov to talk about Space Weather and it's impact on your daily life. We also go over how she got started and her journey to becoming the Space Weather Woman. This episode has been edited to remove technical issues and re-organized for better flow.

Space News | NASA's new Lunar plans, RemoveDEBRIS and saying goodbye to Oppy

February 21, 2019 08:01 - 14 minutes - 12.1 MB

NASA is looking to send humans to go back to the moon, and this time they want to do it quickly... Within the next decade! But to get there we'll need to make sure that we don't have so much debris floating around the Earth that we can't launch any rockets through! And we close with a quick tribute to the MER-B rover, also known as opportunity. As always, Dr. Tamitha Skov joins us to bring you the latest Space Weather report.

Space News | Orbex's new rocket, MarCO falls silent, Curiosity and Ultima Thule

February 13, 2019 14:00 - 19 minutes - 15.9 MB

This is your Space News from TMRO for February 13th, 2019. This week we swap out Launch Minute for our new Space Traffic report. We hope you enjoy and see the future there. Orbex has opened a new rocket production and operations facility while also showing off one of their engineering prototype stages. The two MarCO satellites orbiting Mars have fallen silent but maybe not forever. Sarah Vincent joins us for the first time on the News program to give an update on Curiosity and Jared rounds i...

Exploring Asgardia, the first Space Nation - Orbit 12.06

February 10, 2019 17:11 - 52 minutes - 41 MB

This week we welcome on Lena De Winne, the Deputy Head of Administration of Asgardia to talk about what Asgardia is, what they hope to accomplish and how they will get there. Asgardia is the first Space Nation and you can get more information at asgardia.space.

Space News | Engine Tests, ISRO Spaceflight, Lunar Craters and SpaceIL

February 06, 2019 14:00 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MB Video

This is your Space News from TMRO for February 6th, 2019. This week we don't have a Space Traffic report, but we do have four different rocket engine tests, ISRO officially has a human spaceflight program now, Jared talks to us about Lunar Craters and SpaceIL is getting ready to launch their mission and time capsule to the moon! This week we also welcome Dr. Tamitha Skov in our new Space Weather segment!

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