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Space Gab Podcast

Space Gab Podcast

By Space Gab Podcast

Podcast (Audio Space Report) about space related topics. Mike Coletta, who supported the space industry for almost 2 decades, shares news of current and past events that relate to various space programs. Space and astronomical related events are also covered in this audio Space Report. Mike Coletta's Space Gab Podcast was featured in the opening scenes of the COSMOS 2019 Movie, a science fiction thriller about 3 Astro-Nuts in search of mysteries of the universe.
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Space Gab Podcast #148 for 08 Sep 2021

Space Gab PodcastSep 08, 2021

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Space Gab Podcast #220 for 27 Feb 2023

Space Gab Podcast #220 for 27 Feb 2023

SpaceX Crew-6 launch scrubbed due to technical issues, The UK Space Agency has announced over £50 million for UK companies to develop communication and navigation services for missions to the Moon. European Space Agency’s Moonlight programme, A model of the Chinese lunar lander was unveiled at an exhibition to mark three decades of China’s human spaceflight program, China space program peek Destination Moon New :- Carrier rocket: CZ10.- Next-generation crewed spacecraft.- Lunar Lander, Soyuz MS-23 has docked with the Poisk module of the ISS, International astronauts to visit Tiangong Space Station CSS, Companies expect to hear details about the Space Force’s plan to attract new launch providers to compete for as many as 70 missions projected for the 2025-2034 timeframe, China’s 7th rocket launch in 2023, A multi-functional module with 6 docking ports will be added to China's Tiangong Space Station CSS, The James Webb Space Telescope - Six potential galaxies that emerged so early in the universe’s history and are so massive they should not be possible under current cosmological theory.

Feb 27, 202326:08
Space Gab Podcast #219 for 20 Feb 2023

Space Gab Podcast #219 for 20 Feb 2023

John Glenn made history #OTD in 1962 when he became the first American to orbit the Earth. He made 3 orbits, North Korean state TV aired footage Sunday of a Hwasong-15 ICBM launch conducted, Sunday morning observation of International Space Station ISS passing overhead and also in sight is an aircraft with contrail going by ISS, Chinese spy balloon overflight reaction brings this, ...  U.S. actions ‘absurd and hysterical’ and an effort ‘to divert attention from its domestic problems.’, Progress MS-21 undocked from the ISS, Polaris Dawn flies this summer, In a statement, Launcher said its Orbiter SN1 vehicle malfunctioned shortly after deployment from a Falcon 9 rocket on the Transporter-6 rideshare mission Jan. 3 when it could not properly orient itself so that its solar cells could generate power, Oklahoma ranks in the top 10 for which states are most obsessed with “otherworldly visitors” ALIENS. We're number 8, Xuntian Space Telescope (CSST/Chinese Survey Space Telescope) is planned to be launched in 2024, Japan's H3 launch scrub info. Ananomaly was found in the first stage system and ignition signals for SRB-3s were not sent, Award funds a feasibility study for the Lunar South Pole Oxygen Pipeline (LSPoP), a pipeline at the South Pole of the Moon to transport gaseous oxygen from an extraction site to a proposed future Lunar base, The carrier aircraft for Virgin Galactic’s suborbital spaceplane made its first flight in more than a year Feb. 15 as the company moves one step closer to beginning commercial service, NASA has released additional details about how it plans to use commercial space stations after the retirement of the International Space Station as some in industry seek to accelerate NASA’s support for them.

Feb 20, 202327:21
Space Gab Podcast #218 for 13 Feb 2023

Space Gab Podcast #218 for 13 Feb 2023

Space Gab still 12th of top 70, Soyuz and Progress spacecraft leak updates, Asteroid SAR2667 was predicted and entered the atmosphere with many capturing videos of the meteor entry, More unidentified objects aka balloons being tracked and shot down, Blue Origin quietly talks about their "Blue Alchemist" project, Russia launched a geostationary weather satellite Feb. 5 on a Proton rocket, Chinese commercial rocket launch increase expected in 2023, Crew-6 in front of Dragon spacecraft, A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle, Chinese satellite Daqi-1 reportedly shot green laser wall over Hawaii, India's SLLVD2 has launched 3 Payloads: EOS7 Janus1 AzadiSAT - all were placed into their proper orbits, Blue Origin has won its first NASA award for its New Glenn rocket, with the agency selecting the large rocket to launch a pair of Martian smallsats, China's Shenzhou15 crew performed spacewalk at Tiangong Space Station CSS.

Feb 13, 202332:31
Space Gab Podcast #217 for 06 Feb 2023

Space Gab Podcast #217 for 06 Feb 2023

Earthquakes in Turkey and New York but HAARP not at fault, China balloon has everyone looking up until it was shot down, but are there more China balloons, evening orbital pass of the International Space Station ISS, Mars captured by the Hope probe, Ops Team successfully carried out the 3rd orbital control maneuver of HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander, Gravitilab’s UAV solution ascended to 2,000 ft and then released the payload within their patent protected ‘LOUIS’ drop-pod, achieving a period of microgravity – a world first for generating a sustained microgravity environment using an UAV system, Spacewalk at the International Space Station ISS, HQ in Colorado to first develop a unique space structure on ground, then try it in space. I watched the demo video, Liftoff of 53 more Starlink satellites, that is a bunch of hair in space, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity flight 41, It's official NASA Persevere has dropped the final tube for the Mars Sample Return depot.

Feb 06, 202334:55
Space Gab Podcast #216 for 30 Jan 2023

Space Gab Podcast #216 for 30 Jan 2023

Kennedy Space Center as seen from the ISS, China producing detailed and exciting space promotion videos to attract youth and explorers, January 27th 1967 The hell of Apollo 1: Pure oxygen, a single spark, and death in 17 seconds, 37 years ago (Jan 28, 1986) the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion 73 seconds into its flight, killed all 7 astronauts aboard, Wow ... check out this view of the green comet, China's big moon rocket now launching in 2035, Planets in line with moon tonight ... bottom to top ... Left Venus, Jupiter, Moon  Right Jupiter, Moon, Mars, listened to The Astro Ben Podcast .. Ben Gamble talking with John Kraus, spaceflight photographer, So that's how they'll do it The mission to return martian samples back to Earth will see a European 2.5 metre-long robotic arm pick up tubes filled with precious soil from Mars and transfer them to a rocket for an historic interplanetary delivery, Japan's first orbital launch in 2023, Have you the space related Twizzlers Twists ad, SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink launch, Lucy task list grows, ESA’s director general says the agency does not have the budgetary capacity nor the political intention to send its astronauts to China’s Tiangong space station CSS. Rocket Lab Electron launch from Virginia.

Jan 30, 202327:48
Space Gab Podcast #215 for 23 Jan 2023

Space Gab Podcast #215 for 23 Jan 2023

NASA is suspending efforts, at least until late next year, to try to fully deploy a solar array on its Lucy spacecraft, Rocket Lab now targeting Tuesday Jan 24th for first Electron mission from Virginia, Memories of a younger, simpler time. The Thunderbirds TV show, Thunderbird 5 was in space, China's astronauts at Tiangong Space Station CSS celebrating and decorating, Detailed renders of the three Tiangong space station modules, Buzz Aldrin gets married at 93, Yutu-2 lunar rover and Chang’e-4 lunar lander woke up on Jan 15 & 16, continuing their exploration on the Moon in the 51th lunar day, First ISS spacewalk of 2023 completed, Video of this morning's meteor taken from my neighborhood, Falcon 9 launches GPS III satellite to orbit, The Tulsa Air and Space Museum is at-risk of closing its doors for good, space capsule on Oklahoma roadside needs to be moved.

Jan 23, 202334:24
Space Gab Podcast #214 for 16 Jan 2023

Space Gab Podcast #214 for 16 Jan 2023

Excuse my Duck Dynasty Beard, Lunar Flashlight cubesat experiences thruster issues, Liftoff of SpaceX Falcon Heavy, It's like being a spacewalker above China's Tiangong Space Station CSS, China's 5th rocket launch of 2023, China’s space industry setting foot in Africa, SpaceX has pushed back its first Starlink launch of the year until no earlier than Wednesday to wait for improved weather at the Falcon 9 rocket's launch site in California, Astronomers have discovered exoplanet TOI 700 e, which is an Earth-sized world that orbits in its star’s habitable zone. NASA believes the planet is about 95% the size of Earth and is likely rocky, I went out to see if I could spot the "green comet" this morning. Did not, not even with binoculars, Get the $$$ to build a cubesat, Virgin Orbit probes failed orbital launch, eyes second U.K. attempt later this year, failed attempt at video feed coverage too, ABL Tweeted about failed RS1 launch : ABL space systems "Early in today's flight, all nine of RS1's E2 engines shut down simultaneously. RS1 impacted the pad and was destroyed.

Jan 16, 202331:21
Space Gab Podcast #213 for 09 Jan 2023

Space Gab Podcast #213 for 09 Jan 2023

A U.S. cargo craft is being loaded with hardware and sensitive research samples for analysis on Earth before it departs the ISS, Upcoming SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch is scheduled for no earlier than Friday, Jan. 13, Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) satellite, launched in 1984 and shut down in 2005, has reentered, The UK's first orbital launch window opens today, Space Kate has an interesting point about the Virgin Orbit UK soil launch, Tianwen-1 orbiter troubles?, Video of China’s 1st rocket launch of 2023, ISS and CSS station orbital passes, Congratulations on the successful deployment of recent cubesats from the ISS via Astro_Wakata, Congratulations on the successful deployment of Surya Satellite-1 from Indonesia, OPTIMAL-1 of ArkEdge Space and the University of Fukui, and HSKSAT of Haradaseiki! Wishing you all the best on the satellite operation, Lots of lunar landers in the near future, Welcome to the, Blue Dot ... may I take your order, The Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) is scheduled to launch aboard a ula launch Atlas V rocket in April 2023 here at Kennedy, Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space are partnering to develop and operate Starlab, a free-flying space station to serve the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and a global customer base of space agencies and researchers, China's Deep Blue Aerospace ... Mars rocket Fangzhou-1 (Ark-1) animation, New contract with Poland to provide two Airbus S950 Very High Resolution optical Earth Observation satellites to replace those lost in Vega-C launch attempt, U.S. Space Systems Command launched a cubesat intended to demonstrate commercial weather imaging technologies for military use.

Jan 09, 202329:20
Space Gab Podcast #212 for 02 Jan 2023

Space Gab Podcast #212 for 02 Jan 2023

Space Gab Podcast 7th year, HAARP 27 Dec 2022 Research Campaign asteroid bounce reception report, how HAARP and magnetosphere interact, SpaceX first launch for 2023 has 114 payloads, HAKUTO-R mission update, China's 64th rocket launch of 2022 with booster coming down as seen in video, HAARP now analyzing data from recent NASA JPL asteroid bounce Research Campaign. Report to be published when complete, First time I'm hearing about Stoke Space  twitter user stoke_space and their 2nd stage return for reusability concept, New Space Global On-orbit refueling will allow satellites to operate with smaller propellant tanks while extending their range and speed of operation, Twister and Twisters, cubsats and other sats.

Jan 02, 202344:35
Space Gab Podcast #211 for 26 Dec 2022

Space Gab Podcast #211 for 26 Dec 2022

HAARP was active on 20 Dec 2022 with transmissions for upcoming research project, Did HAARP cause the Arctic Blast?, weather manipulation,  ABC News : It all started farther north, as frigid air collected over the snow-covered ground in the Arctic, Then the jet stream wobbling air currents in the middle and upper parts of the atmosphere began pushing this cold pool down into the U.S., As this arctic air is pushed into the warmer, moister air ahead of it, the system can quickly develop into serious weather — including what’s known as a “bomb cyclone," a fast-developing storm in which atmospheric pressure falls very quickly over 24 hours, These severe weather events usually form over bodies of water, which have lots of warmth and moisture to feed the storm. But with the huge amount of cold air coming through, we could see a rare bomb cyclone forming over land., South Korean pharma invests million in commercial space station developer, Axiom Space, North Korea has conducted another ballistic missile launch, WANTED : Willing subject to ... reboost a satellite in orbit, using Hubble as a demonstration, on your own dime, a spacewalk that was postponed due to a space debris alert, will happen... to install a new roll-out solar array on the International Space Station ISS, NASA's Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface, Failed launch attempt of Vega C rocket. LOS on its mission from the Guiana Space Center. It was carrying two sharp-eyed Pléiades Neo optical Earth-imaging satellites for Airbus, Arianespace confirms underpressure detected on the Vega C rocket's second stage, causing failure of launch. Airbus Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 satellites plummeted to earth as seen on animation via telemetry during LIVE FEED, Elon Musk sends message to Arianespace after their Vega C rocket launch failure, causing two Airbus satellite payloads to plummet to earth. Musk wrote, "Sorry to hear this. It is a sobering reminder of the difficulty of orbital space flight.", NASA InSight has gone silent.

Dec 26, 202234:07
Space Gab Podcast #210 for 19 Dec 2022

Space Gab Podcast #210 for 19 Dec 2022

A bit about Mike, UFO and UAP news can not always be trusted, new show to help with truth or false information about such topics, new information on leaking Soyuz ms22 spacecraft, UPCOMING documentary of China's Shenzhou-13 crew mission at Tiangong Space Station CSS, Mention of a Tiangong Space Station CSS Shenzhou-15 crew spacewalk in December, Rocket Lab is standing down on the Monday, Dec. 19, launch attempt for Electron due to strong upper level winds in the forecast, North Korea launches rocket as part of its space program and satellite development, QSOs being accomplished on newly deployed hamradio Cubesat XW-4 CAS-10. (Released from China's Tiangong Space Station CSS, morning International Space Station ISS orbital pass over my location, South Korea's first lunar orbiter Danuri started entering the orbit of the moon, SpaceX Falcon 9 launched NASA's SWOT satellite from SLC-4E at Vanderberg in California, ispace completed the first orbital control maneuver, setting the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lander on a course towards the Moon, SpaceX 3 launches within 36 hours.

Dec 19, 202238:04
Space Gab Podcast #209 for 12 Dec 2022

Space Gab Podcast #209 for 12 Dec 2022

The Orion spacecraft splashed down off the coast of Baja California at 12:40 p.m. Eastern Dec. 11, ending the 25.5-day Artemis 1 uncrewed test flight, Splashdown as seen from Orion spacecraft camera was cool too, China launches Long March 4C Y57 with Shiyan-20A & B, A repository provided by Scott Tilley (Twitter account coastal8049) contains Doppler and other data collected from the Artemis 1 mission, Liftoff of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with ispace's Hakuto-R moon lander, the UAE's Rashid rover, and NASA's Lunar Flashlight mission, I would really like to know what Apollo 11 astronaut and moon walker Buzz Aldrin TheRealBuzz thinks about the dearmoonproject and the proposed dearMoonCrew ... wouldn't you?, SpaceX confirms all 40 OneWeb internet satellites have deployed from the Falcon 9 rocket, Space Gab : ABL RS1 Flight 1 launch update : Operators observed off-nominal data and initiated a manual abort, NASA Taps Collins Aerospace to Develop New Space Station Spacesuits, China launches Long March 2D Y45 with Gaofen-5-01A, Artemis I Payload CuSP CubeSat Mission Update (Not good news), Astrobotic’s first lunar lander has passed a key set of acceptance tests, keeping the spacecraft on schedule for a launch in early 2023, The Defense Innovation Unit is seeking proposals for commercial services to deploy and operate payloads in outer space beyond Earth orbit, an area known as cislunar space, Virgin Orbit: First UK space launch from Cornwall faces delay, SpaceX applies to put direct-to-cell payload on some Gen2 Starlink sats.

Dec 12, 202234:47
Space Gab Podcast #208 for 05 Dec 2022

Space Gab Podcast #208 for 05 Dec 2022

Orion spacecraft on the way home, Close encounter with the moon again, NASA plain speak, First rocket powered with methane fuel to launch, he Orion spacecraft has experienced an issue with a power conditioning distribution unit (PCDU), The Orion spacecraft as seen via an astronomers telescope, Astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio installed a new roll-out solar array on the station,  Shenzhou-14 return to earth from Tiangong Space Station CSS as new crew Shenzhou-15 takes over, Contact with Mark, W9NWS on 20m with the CENTRAL INDIANA SKYWARN CLUB, Starlink for consumers - Starshield for GOV Starshield leverages SpaceX's Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use, ABL RS1 launch update, JAXA ISS cubesat deployment, ASTRA . . An announcement of assurance or damage control?, OneWeb Launch 15 is scheduled to take place with SpaceX from Merritt Island Florida, Rocket Lab expansion... it is creating a separate entity to focus on U.S. defense and intelligence agency customers.

Dec 05, 202230:40
Space Gab Podcast #207 for 28 Nov 2022

Space Gab Podcast #207 for 28 Nov 2022

Wow what a view of the Orion spacecraft with the moon and earth in the frame, Mauna Loa volcano eruption as seen from space, China's Shenzhou-15 astronauts meeting the press after their selection is announce, Shenzhou 15 to join Shenzhou 14 crew at Tiangong CSS, Orion radio signal via Scott Tilley, Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter DANURI signal, It's just a dot but what a cool story to get that dot, Thanks Elon Musk. Watching the SpaceX cargo Dragon stabilize itself in the dark, just prior to docking with the International Space Station ISS is amazing,  China launched a Long March 2D Y89, 3rd group of three Yaogan-36, A Space Enthusiast who shares information about China's space program has shut down temporarily, apparently because of protests happening in certain areas there, The President of India sends congratulations to isro for a successful launch and satellite deployments, I talked about Callisto on my recent podcast here's one of the participants in this Artemis 1 project, Received QSL cards from my 2019 HAARP transmission  event reception, ESA launch schedule update, EQUULEUS cubesat successfully photographed the day-night terminator line on the far side of the Moon, China's Chang'e 6 lunar landing mission update, Remember those cubesats going to the ISS I talked about on my most recent podcast Here they are, ESA announces new astronaut class, Mars helicopter Ingenuity completes Flight 34, SpaceX Falcon 9 with Eutelsat-10B satellite.

Nov 28, 202229:45
Space Gab Podcast #206 for 21 Nov 2022

Space Gab Podcast #206 for 21 Nov 2022

SLS Artemis 1 mission with Orion spacecraft launched, and Orion did a flyby of the moon, some cubesats not heard from after deployed by Artemis 1 mission, Engineers have activated Callisto, a technology demonstration payload aboard NASA_Orion developed by Lockheed Martin, Amazon, & Cisco that will test a digital voice assistant and video conferencing capabilities in a deep space environment, SpaceX cargo Dragon to liftoff Tuesday, Falcon 9 to launch later today with another satellite mission, Big signal from Artemis 1, China's Tiangong Space Station CSS as viewed by spacewalking Shenzhou14 crew., ISS orbital pass over pond, Rocket Lab Electron is vertical for a rehearsal, James Webb Space Telescope beats cancel culture and will keep name, big bolide fireball seen and heard in Ontario Canada, China's Shenzhou-15 launch update, Pictures of Kim Jong Un attending launch of latest ICBM from North Korea, Shenzhou14 crew setting up Mengtian Laboratory Module at CSS, India's first privately developed sounding rocket a success, China's Shenzhou14 crew EVA outside the Tiangong Space Station CSS, ISS spacewalk also performed.

Nov 21, 202231:48
Space Gab Podcast #205 for 14 Nov 2022

Space Gab Podcast #205 for 14 Nov 2022

SLS Artemis 1 gets GREEN light, Leak that scrubbed SLS Artemis 1 second launch attempt was narrowed down to possible options, Checking the caulk on ARTEMIS, Nov 16th still set for launch, CAPSTONE has arrived at the moon. Now... let's hope for good orbit insertion and stability in that orbit, That's a big solar array, and most likely very bright BlueWalker-3, Chinas space program updates, China releases cubesat from departing cargo spacecraft, A little bit of Elvis Presley on a pirate radio station at 6869 USB on a Sunday evening, Texas Raiders B-17 airshow crash, It's OFFICIAL X-37B has landed, Liftoff of SpaceX Falcon 9 with Galaxy 31 & 32, More China space program info, A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been found buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic, more than three decades after the tragedy, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity preparing for Flight 34, ULA's Atlas 5 rocket shows the dish-shaped decelerator on the LOFTID re-entry test vehicle fully inflated before plunging back into Earth's atmosphere for splashdown, Cygnus docks with ISS.

Nov 14, 202229:06
Space Gab Podcast #204 for 07 Nov 2022

Space Gab Podcast #204 for 07 Nov 2022

HAARPtwitter, HAARP technology turover history, HAARP radio interview from 2017, Cygnus supply spacecraft launches,  North Korea says why they are firing missiles, China launched a high-power communications satellite, The first test flight of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule with astronauts has been delayed from February to April 2023, Elon Musk lays down the Twitter Law, The Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft rolled back out to the launch pad Nov. 4 as the agency prepares for the third attempt to launch the vehicle on Artemis 1 mission later this month, Fairing from recent Chinese space launch falls and lands in populated area... and becomes an instant target of photos-a-plenty, Rocket Lab attempt at booster capture did not go as planned, China's Shenzhou-14 crew enter the Mengtian Laboratory Module now connected to Tiangong Space Station CSS, Liftoff SpaceX Falcon 9 with Eutelsat Hotbird 13G TV broadcast satellite, The US Space Force just confirmed today's USSF-44 mission was a success. This was SpaceX's first mission to deploy payloads directly in a near-geosynchronous orbit.

Nov 07, 202230:00
It Must Be HAARP edition of Space Gab Podcast #203 for 28 Oct 2022

It Must Be HAARP edition of Space Gab Podcast #203 for 28 Oct 2022

Elon Musk now owns Twitter, It Must Be HAARP, HAARP Research Campaign Oct 2022, transmission captures, weather control social media frenzy, experiments, Ghosts in the Air Glow, GITAG, frequency, CW, AM, Moon Bounce, Jupiter Bounce, Twitter Thread, radio hobby, signal capture thread, conspiracy theory, conspiracy, tinfoil hat, Alaska, antenna array, SDR, HF Ocean Scatter, VLF Amplification experiment, weather control, modification, cloud patterns, rain storm.

Oct 28, 202248:25
Space Gab Podcast #202 for 21 Oct 2022

Space Gab Podcast #202 for 21 Oct 2022

HAARP is active with the Oct 2022 Research Campaign going on, NASA Announces Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Study Team Members, My Friday morning International Space Station ISS pass, officials are discussing whether the US should subject some of Elon Musk’s ventures to national security reviews, Moon setting from space, ESA moves two missions to Falcon 9, ArabSat 1A on a dangerous debris worrisome drift, NASA astronaut James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Gemini IV mission and flew around the Moon as the commander of Apollo 9, died Oct. 13, ISS avoids space junk.

Oct 21, 202222:34
Space Gab Podcast #201 for 14 Oct 2022

Space Gab Podcast #201 for 14 Oct 2022

Sorry if you got caught seeing the spam.. I caught the spammer, NASA Crew4 coming back to earth from ISS, Musk’s SpaceX says it can no longer pay for critical satellite services in Ukraine, asks Pentagon to pick up the tab, China's 45th launch for 2022, Tiangong CSS pass captured, 5G spells troubles for aircraft safety, Lockheed Martin Space leader aims to speed things up, China's Shenzhou14 crew held 3rd Tiangong classroom lecture, DART MISSION IMPACT what did it do?, Firefly Aerospace redefining the meaning of a successful launch. The payload customers thought otherwise... a failure considering expected orbital expectations, ASTRA also tries to redefine terms, SLS Artemis 1 launched scheduled for November 14th, China's Mengtian Laboratory cabin module assembly is next, Japan's Epsilon rocket launch failure was due to issue during stage coast. Destruct signal was sent, NASA seeks new rockets for hurricane satellite launches after Astra failures, Full moon captures, Liftoff of China's first space-based solar observatory.

Oct 14, 202229:29
Space Gab Podcast #200 for 07 Oct 2022

Space Gab Podcast #200 for 07 Oct 2022

Episode number 200, Bolide in the sky big bright and green, Rocket Lab Electron launch with 260 pound satellite payload, A Chinese sea launch of Long March from an offshore platform, It sure looks like a Numbers Station on Twitter, Thursday evening orbital pass of China's Tiangong Space Station CSS near Saturn and Moon. And International Space Station ISS with Crew5 now aboard, launch abort of SpaceX: Intelsat's Galaxy 33 and 34 broadcasting satellites, SPACEX Exec makes a move, More on North Korean missiles, CSSHQ spaceplane has been in orbit for two complete months, Roscosmos official supports continued cooperation with NASA on ISS, SpaceX Starlink launch from California, UPCOMING HAARP radio reception opportunities. Ghosts in the Air Glow will have two more transmissions. Next transmission will take place from October 25-28, 2022, Atlas 5 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Iran successfully made a suborbital launch of Saman orbital transmission system and tested its capability to change the orbit of satellites in near-space conditions, Space grown tomato on Tiangong, GOODbye MOM ... it was a good mission.

Oct 07, 202228:42
Space Gab Podcast #199 for 01 Oct 2022

Space Gab Podcast #199 for 01 Oct 2022

Astronauts of NASA Crew5 arriving at KSC, Firefly ALPHA launch and payload deployment, North Korea has launched another ballistic missile test. Their 4th in a short time, Hubble was already prepared for missions such as the SpaceX Dragon idea, Space surveillance telescope developed by the U.S. begins operations in Australia, Next U.S. Space Force top guy, Science that could make Martian-grown potatoes a reality, China's Wentian laboratory moved for Mengtian laboratory cabin module arrival at Tiangong Space Station CSS, FCC says LEO satellites must be disposed of in set amount of time after nonop, SLS rollback to VAB, FTS batteries to be changed, Artemis1 cubesat payloads to be charged if possible, Cosmonauts return from ISS, Last flight for SOFIA Telescope, Russia not mentioned in China's search for new space partners, ULA Atlas V SES-20, 21 launch delayed due to hurricane, DART Mission impacts an asteroid.

Oct 01, 202230:06
Space Gab Podcast #198 for 10 Sep 2022

Space Gab Podcast #198 for 10 Sep 2022

Report: Ligado’s wireless network will interfere with Iridium and some GPS services, Navy sends a STRONG message to UFO UAP ufotwitter enthusiasts. Because they can, and will, and did. You don't need to know!!!, China's flag displayed on the ISS, Full Moon, More SpaceX Starlink satellites to launch Saturday, SpaceX Starlink train and I saw it, Ship 24 rumbles to life with a 6 engine Static Fire, SLS Artemis launch could happen in September IF, NASA selects Axiom Space to develop Artemis spacesuit, Blue Origin NS23 launch,  window, KMI wins three Space Force study contracts for debris cleanup technology, China to launch flat panel satellites, China says US is militarizing space, doing harm, China performs two launches inside two hours, 40th launch of 2022 for SpaceX.

Sep 10, 202229:57
Space Gab Podcast #197 for 03 Sep 2022

Space Gab Podcast #197 for 03 Sep 2022

SLS another NO GO, We'll go when it's ready.. says NASA administrator, A comparison... Tweets minutes apart, Russian cosmonaut spacewalk at ISS,  China's Shenzhou14 crew is performing a spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station CSS, Blue Origin NS23 is scrubbed today due to weather conditions at Launch Site One, Galaxy 15 continues to drift out of its geostationary orbit slot at 133 degrees West, and “will soon begin transiting through orbital locations licensed for other satellites, More space junk has been found in Australia! The SpaceX Crew1 Trunk re-entered over Australia on Saturday July 9 and was seen / heard across the region, NASA orders more SpaceX, Rocket Lab wet dress rehearsal, Expecting we'll get a lot of "what was that in the sky" questions from SoCal tonight. If you saw something weird in the sky at 10.40 pm PDT from the Los Angeles area,  it was the Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg, South Korea seeks $459 million for lunar lander project, Orbit Fab announces in-space hydrazine refueling service, Ham Radio QSOs about SLS.

Sep 03, 202230:49
Space Gab Podcast #196 for 26 Aug 2022

Space Gab Podcast #196 for 26 Aug 2022

NASA & Boeing have penciled in a launch date in February for the first piloted test flight of the Starliner commercial crew capsule, Funnel trying to drop at NASA Kennedy near the Artemis-1 rocket at LC-39B, SpaceX and T-Mobile partner for direct-to-cellphone satellite service, China's suborbital vehicle takes flight, This is not an invisible UFO or UAP or submersible attempting to land on water... this is a water spout I witnessed, ISS raised in orbit by progress cargo ship, Wednesday evening pass of China's Tiangong Space Station CSS over my location, Astrobotic wins NASA funding for CubeRover mission, China's 34th space launch for 2022, Pentagon spokesperson has told Liberation Times that Lue Elizondo, former director of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), is advising the U.S. Space Force on “classified topics”, UFO Twitter heating up again for reasons related to Elizondo, Tulsa’s Darnaby Elementary School takes their questions to the International Space Station, Industry has to face reality that commercial satellites will be targets in war, China's Tiangong space station robotic arm camera, All GO for SLS Artemis launch, NASA seeks ISS deorbit input, A proposed commercial space station has passed a key early NASA review, allowing it to move into the next phase of its design, JWST and Jupiter images.

Aug 26, 202228:38
Space Gab Podcast #195 for 19 Aug 2022

Space Gab Podcast #195 for 19 Aug 2022

SpaceX launches another 53 Starlink satellites from Florida, Artemis 1 launch watch party, SLS on ther move it moved from the VAB to the launch pad, SpaceX cargo Dragon undocks from ISS, Water leaking spacesuit coming back from ISS to earth for inspection, emergency message during recent ISS spacewalk.. get back into the airlock and hookup to station power, My own UFO sighting early this morning... tracking with a Starlink train pass. It was bright, fast, and not listed with a TLE on the object tracking app, X-37B space plane sighting and capture, A very well written, thoughtful, and detailed thread about what's going on with the most recent, and controversial ufotwitter discussion concerning UFO stuff, SKY Perfect JSAT signed Launch Service Contract for Superbird-9 satellite with SpaceX using Starship, I scored four LIFE Magazines at a vintage shop. All from 1969, and all with moon related covers and stories, Will they work after placed in orbit? "Stuck within the rocket for more than a year because of launch delays, their batteries have drained to a level where some may be unable to boot up and unfurl their solar panels.", More on China's secretive spaceplane.

Aug 19, 202226:20
Space Gab Podcast #194 for 12 Aug 2022

Space Gab Podcast #194 for 12 Aug 2022

Cubesats deployed from ISS, Progress MS-20 fired its engines at 0746 UTC Aug 10 to reboost the ISS orbit. The 2min 45s burn changed the ISS velocity by 0.3 m/s, Army looking at new ways to use space technology for unconventional warfare, WOW... what a SUPER HEAVY article about SpaceX Starship, NASA centers should be thinking really carefully, NASA could go away some day, Space Hipsters Facebook group not a good fit for me, Did you see the full moon last night, FCC considers new rules for emerging space capabilities, HAARP open house, Spaceflight’s chemically powered space tug heads for launch, The Aerospace Corp. is developing a network of remotely operated optical communications terminals to support existing and future small satellite missions, Tracking debris and space traffic a growing challenge for U.S. military, China's 31st space launch of 2022, Another module for China's Tiangong space station CSS, SpaceX Starlink launch, Russia launches Soyuz rocket with Iranian satellite and CubeSats, China's spaceplane radio signals have ceased, Benchmark unveils small satellite collision-avoidance kit (COLA-KIT), Galactic Energy of China registers third consecutive successful launch, NASA looking for new launch of remaining TROPICS cubesats, Northrop Grumman and Firefly have joined forces to provide an American-built first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and a new medium launch vehicle to serve commercial, civil and national security missions, India’s space agency said Sunday the inaugural demonstration flight of the country’s new Small Satellite Launch Vehicle — the fourth rocket in India’s fleet of launchers — failed to place two satellites into their targeted low Earth orbit, A Space Agency for the Crypto Nation.  Sending community members to space and funding SETI and Asteroid Defense.

Aug 12, 202231:30
Space Gab Podcast #193 for 05 Aug 2022

Space Gab Podcast #193 for 05 Aug 2022

Astra cancels Rocket 3 to focus on larger vehicle, Virgin Galactic again delays start of commercial suborbital flights, SpaceX launches the Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, Blue Origin went up and came down successfully, Listening for China's experimental spaceplane, China's 28th and 29th space launch, 29th was a secret spaceplane, ULA Atlas 5 launches SBIRS satellite, NASA is not trusting private citizens to travel to the International Space Station on their own, A challeger in the GPS type navigational satellite constellation, the Chinese are testing out the new small robotic arm brought up with Wentian, ESA ends efforts to recover Sentinel-1B, Cool videos of China's rocket burning up on reentry, SpaceX space debris cleanup.

Aug 05, 202223:18
Space Gab Podcast #192 for 29 July 2022

Space Gab Podcast #192 for 29 July 2022

Pieces and parts... SpaceX debris scattered here and there, Masten Space Systems, a company developing a lunar lander for a NASA mission, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with plans to sell one of its major assets to a competitor, Draft Senate appropriations bill matches overall NASA request for fiscal year 2023, Boeing takes another Starliner charge against its earnings, Rocket Lab to supply solar power units for U.S. Space Force missile warning satellites, Russia pulling out of the ISS program, Some major details about the proposed Russian space station ROSS, China's Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft reentered atmosphere, China's 26th launch of 2022, Buzz Aldrin wore it during moon mission, now another can wear after $2.8m purchase, Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, ARISS contact: On July 30, 2022, Roscosmos cosmonauts will conduct a radio communication session aboard the ISS, China's Shenzhou14 crew enter the newly docked Wentian laboratory module, Joe Barnard of BPS Space said he has video of his model rocket landing after launch just like a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage.

Jul 29, 202231:59
Space Gab Podcast #191 for 22 July 2022

Space Gab Podcast #191 for 22 July 2022

First Egyptian and Portuguese Astronauts to join Dude Perfect Cofounder on New Shepard’s 22nd Flight, SpaceX Falcon 9 liftoff with Starlink satellites from California, Advisory panel concerned about future commercial space station program, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev and European astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti have completed a 7-hour, 5-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station. They released 10 CubeSats and continued outfitting the station's new European Robotic Arm, NASA statement on the SpaceX Crew-5 mission that is now targeting September 29, Orbital debris avoidance maneuver for ISS, Moving a rocket with new module for China's Tiangong space station CSS from VAB to launch pad is no small affair. There's more than just remote cameras watching, I have this iconic Apollo 11 photo hanging in my office, Delayed Northrop Grumman ISS resupply launch, NASA announced Tuesday it awarded SpaceX a $255 million contract to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the agency’s next flagship astronomy mission, on a Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in 2026, Meteor impact left 'uncorrectable' damage to the James Webb space telescope's mirror, Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina to fly to ISS on next SpaceX crew Dragon.

Jul 22, 202222:10
Space Gab Podcast #190 for 15 July 2022

Space Gab Podcast #190 for 15 July 2022

Oh no UFOtwitter will be getting false reports, Amazon plans to start delivering packages by drone in Texas later this year, ISS passed over me and I shared how to see it with my community, ROSCOSMOS Director General removed, Earth as seen from China's Tiangong space station CSS, NASA division proposing program to send scientists to ISS, SpaceX Falcon 9 cargo Dragon resupply launched last evening, China's Tiangong space station CSS to become a bit larger, Liftoff of the inaugural flight of Europe’s new Vega-C launcher, debuting upgraded solid rocket motors and carrying an Italian research satellite into orbit, Traffic management of space, Air Force completes draft environmental review of U.S. Space Command candidate locations, China's 23rd launch of 2022, Liftoff of Rocket Lab's Electron launcher from New Zealand on the NROL-162 mission, hoisting a classified payload into orbit for the US government's spy satellite agency, Something happened at SpaceX Texas launch complex.


Jul 15, 202226:04
Space Gab Podcast #189 for 08 July 2022

Space Gab Podcast #189 for 08 July 2022

Wow fireworks galore, China's first specialized commercial launch site start, Another SpaceX Starlink launch, Space Force coming to grips with cybersecurity threats, NASA didn't like what Russia used ISS for, promotion of invasion, Release of the James Webb Space Telescope’s first full-color images and spectroscopic data during a live broadcast beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday, July 12, from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, China's Tiangong space station CSS, with the Shenzhou14 crew on board, passed over my area this evening. My photo shows it very near the location of the Moon in the sky, Virgin Galactic selects Aurora Flight Sciences to build new motherships, Virgin Orbit puts 7 cubesats into orbit.

Jul 08, 202221:35
Space Gab Podcast #188 for 01 July 2022

Space Gab Podcast #188 for 01 July 2022

Russian EVA at ISS in July 21st, ULA Atlas 5 scrub with Space Force satellite missions, Happy Asteroid Day, Arecibo Radar shares asteroid graphics, What the heck!!! Bizarre nuclear-powered ‘flying hotel’... it'll never happen, James Webb Space Telescope images to be released, Liftoff of India's PSLV, Virgin Orbit nighttime launch with 7 payloads had to be scrubbed, Liftoff of SpaceX Falcon 9 with TV broadcast satellite, Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft departs ISS, Cubesat deployed from Cygnus, Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter completes mission, Rocket Lab Electron launch with CAPSTONE mission, Planetary defense mission funding restoration, Iranian satellite launch, Looks like Cygnus cargo spacecraft successfully performed an ISS orbit adjustment burn, after the first attempt was cut short. I talked about this on my recent podcast.

Jul 01, 202221:32
Space Gab Podcast #187 for 24 June 2022

Space Gab Podcast #187 for 24 June 2022

During today's planetary alignment you could have seen a number of planets and the moon, and I saw the ISS then too, NASA Announces Launch Delay for Psyche Asteroid Mission, Jupiter has a diet that includes planets?, Space aggression deterrence, Liftoff of Ariane 5 with two satellites, Forgoing another countdown rehearsal, NASA plans to return the first Space Launch System rocket to its assembly hangar at the Kennedy Space Center next week for a hydrogen leak repair and continued preparations for liftoff on the Artemis 1 moon mission, A draft House spending bill would provide NASA with a smaller spending increase than requested for fiscal year 2023, with cuts spread among exploration, science and technology programs, SmallSat Alliance unveils Collegiate Space Competition, Appropriators raised red flags about missile-warning satellite programs for which the Space Force requested $4.5 billion in 2023, Of course there's going to be litter on Mars, Dish Feuds With SpaceX Over Starlink Dishes Being Used on Moving Boats, Cars, South Korean launch of satellites, Planned space station boost by Cygnus freighter cuts off 5 seconds into burn, China's plan to be first with Mars sample return.

Jun 24, 202222:33
Space Gab Podcast #186 for 17 June 2022

Space Gab Podcast #186 for 17 June 2022

Open letter to SpaceX emplyees cause a stir, gets employees fired from SpaceX too, Our best landing video to date, thanks to Starlink, Elon Musk teweets out. Launch complex 39A is growing BIG for Starship launches, NASA good name might be tainted by UFO study group, Sierra Space is creating an astronaut training program, How Lost Hikers Can Send an SOS to Space, China’s Xidian University has completed what it calls the world’s first full-link and full-system ground test system for space-based solar power, Cargo Dragon launch rescheduled for July after identifying hydrazine leak, An Astra launch of two NASA cubesats to monitor tropical storms failed when the rocket’s upper stage shut down prematurely, Russian space agency and NASA dealing.

Jun 17, 202217:58
Space Gab Podcast #185 for 10 June 2022

Space Gab Podcast #185 for 10 June 2022

NASA to Set Up Independent Study on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena UAP, NASA will spend anywhere from a few tens of thousands of dollars to no more than $100,000 on the effort, Efforts continue to fully deploy Lucy solar array, NASA audit reveals massive overruns in SLS mobile launch platform, Lockheed Martin powers up Artemis 2 Orion, updates status on other capsules, James Webb space telescope mirror takes hit from space stuff, SpaceX launches with Egyptian satellite, House armed services panel calls on DoD to buy commercial space technology and data, Apparently the video of Blue Origin NS21 mission has been blocked on YouTube due to copyright infringement, China's Tiangong space station is crewed again.

Jun 10, 202226:23
Space Gab Podcast #184 for 03 June 2022

Space Gab Podcast #184 for 03 June 2022

Blue Origin NS21 mission to liftoff, SpaceX cargo resupply mission to ISS, China's 18th launch of 2022, Cameron County Sheriff Deputies responded to the SpaceX Stargate Facility in reference to a trespasser, Media to meet SpaceX Crew 2, NASA to buy five additional Crew Dragon flights, Construction instructions, China's Tiangong space station, NASA selects Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace for spacesuit contracts, 10 years since SpaceX’s first mission to Space_Station, Sierra Space to partner with Spirit AeroSystems on Dream Chaser cargo modules, Shooting Star can carry about 4,500 kilograms of pressurized and unpressurized cargo, and also has solar panels and thrusters, China's Shenzhou14 crew preparation.

Jun 03, 202220:58
Space Gab Podcast #183 for 27 May

Space Gab Podcast #183 for 27 May

This morning... Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, General Dynamics won a contract to develop the ground system for the Space Development Agency's LEO constellation, The Space Force released a new process for evaluating the cybersecurity of commercial satellite operators it works with, The Space Force's Space Systems Command issued task orders Thursday for eight launches to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance, SpaceX will replace the heat shield on its next Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station after it failed acceptance tests, China is looking to land spacecraft near permanently shadowed regions near the south pole of the moon to investigate the potential presence of resources trapped in craters, SLS wet dress, Boeing Starliner has returned to earth after docking with the ISS, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff clarifies that North Korea launched 3 ballistic missiles, NASA plans to make Starliner crew assignments this summer, Interesting... NORAD’S QUESTIONABLE USE OF COVID RELIEF FUNDS ???, Flight of the first civilian large drone operation from an international airport, China's Shenzhou14 crew tasks, Interesting camera angle on Mars, Biden vows to expand space cooperation with South Korea, Japan.

May 27, 202221:18
Space Gab Podcast #182 for 20 May

Space Gab Podcast #182 for 20 May

Mission managers polled “go” for rendezvous and docking of Boeing’s Starliner capsule, For the second time in as many months, debris from a Chinese rocket landed in India, OMG ... glowing green blinking lights are filling skies above Verdigris Oklahoma, all around me, James Webb space telescope successfully completed tracking test, Russia launched the 3rd Bars-M reconnaissance satellite aboard a Soyuz-2.1a from Plesetsk, NASA puts ISS spacewalks on hold to investigate water leak, Liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, the third mission in five days to deploy satellites for the privately-developed Starlink broadband network, ISS over Oklahoma, Cosmonauts not riding in Boeing Starliner, iSpace launch update : An orbital launch attempt by Chinese startup iSpace suffered failure early Friday, following on from two failures last year.

May 20, 202220:52
Space Gab Podcast #181 for 13 May

Space Gab Podcast #181 for 13 May

Lunar eclipse May 15-16, Starlink missions 19 and 20 by SpaceX, Boeing OFT-2 update, Liftoff of the fourth Hyperbola-1 solid rocket from iSpace, Manchin introduces bipartisan bill to establish Space National Guard, Oh my... is Moon dust cannabis in our future... a new type of Lunar high!, Space Force general: Commercial satellite internet in Ukraine showing power of megaconstellations, Boeing says it is considering redesigning the propellant valves on future CST-100 Starliner commercial crew spacecraft, Elon Musk says he thinks SpaceX can get an uncrewed Starship mission to Mars in 3 to 5 years, Astra to launch from U.K. spaceport, The TechEdSat-7 cubesat,  which tested an ExoBrake reentry drag device reentered on May 4, China's Tianzhou4 has docked with Tiangong space station. Quaking on Mars. Biggest one yet, Virgin Orbit to launch some government satellites, China's Tiangong space station to get ham radio equipment for communication.

May 13, 202222:57
Space Gab Podcast #180 for 6 May

Space Gab Podcast #180 for 6 May

Wow SpaceX Starlink launch with an awesome show, SpaceX crew Dragon with astronaut Crew 3 returns to earth from ISS, Video of Crew 3 re-entry, Boeing Starliner on top of rocket after leak on transport vehicle, DARPA in space, ExoMars official says launch unlikely before 2028, Rocket Lab payload inflatable solar arrays successfully unfurled, Rocket Lab launches smallsats, catches but drops booster, Another North Korean missile launch, Webb Space Telescope postage stamps, China plans 6 missions to complete its space station this year, Space Force canceled by Netflix.

May 06, 202219:09
Space Gab Podcast #179 for 29 April

Space Gab Podcast #179 for 29 April

China launches remote sensing SATS, Cosmonauts display banner while on spacewalk at ISS, Spacewalk at the ISS, My fish story about 37 fish caught reason why podcast delayed, Ax-1 Astronauts share Russian toilet on ISS, NY Times you got it wrong, again Mars alien UFO story, The lunar far-side, SpaceX crew Dragon arrive at ISS, Elon Musk and SpaceX has done so much for America, Elon Musk buys Twitter, Twitter purchase sparks panic from many, Sharing Shenzhou13 crew departure video, Planet alignment.

Apr 29, 202215:55
Space Gab Podcast #178 for 21 April 2022

Space Gab Podcast #178 for 21 April 2022

Space slips, missions delayed for various reasons, SpaceX Falcon 9 static test, Lonestar emerges from stealth with plans for lunar data centers, Cool kites. China's Tiangong space station kite, and Shenzhou crew capsule kite. Docking optional, Repairs to SLS, how to? SLS going back to the VAB for repairs, U.S. declares ban on anti-satellite missile tests, calls for other nations to join, China's space telescope update, ISS spacewalk, Not many launch photos of the SpaceX Falcon 9 NROL85 mission, but many more of the stage 1 landing, Apollo 16 50th anniversary, KSC amateur radio club had a special event too, US Military Confirms an Interstellar Meteorite Hit Earth in 2014, China's Shenzhou13 crew touchdown.

Apr 21, 202221:16
Space Gab Podcast #177 for 14 April 2022

Space Gab Podcast #177 for 14 April 2022

Will Elon Musk buy Twitter, will Twitter employees meltdown to the max if he does, will Twitter employees need many additional days off because of their stress due to free speech being allowed if Musk takes over?... we shall see, SLS WDR will go maybe delayed but now on track, Satellite cybersecurity threats, China gears up for new space station missions, record-breaking crew set to return home, Massive solar storm, I'd rather be fishing, Trying to sound impressive, Putin says Russia will resume lunar program, US Space Command relocation update, White House releases in-space servicing strategy, South Korea hires SpaceX to launch five spy satellites by 2025, Rocket Lab plans the first attempt to catch one of its returning small satellite boosters by helicopter after a launch later this month, 11 at the ISS.

Apr 14, 202218:23
Space Gab Podcast #176 for 07 April 2022

Space Gab Podcast #176 for 07 April 2022

HAARP support of INCAA rocket launch happened today with NASA support too, Poker Flat RR successfully launches two rockets into the ionosphere for numerous tests, A newly revealed letter from the Army Corps of Engineers to SpaceX details a withdrawal of the company's permit application for Starbase expansion, The Tulsa Air and Space Museum is getting a full scale mockup of the Mars Curiosity Rover from NASA, Space Force training command location update, Military space chiefs from 15 countries gather amid growing security concerns, CEO of Twitter welcomes Elon Musk to Twitter Board... and Musk responded. Changes ahead, I'm sure, Amazon just announced the biggest commercial launch purchase ever. Basically, they bought every available Western rocket for the next five years that didn't have a Falcon stenciled on it, SSTV to be transmitted from the ISS, Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) is now targeting launch no earlier than Friday, April 8, Space Gab Podcast now ranked 11th of top 50 space podcasts, Space Gab Podcast shout out to certified meteorologist Laura Mock of FOX23 in Tulsa, OK. Laura shares space related information and helps educate the viewing audience on a regular basis with her Sky Watch segment. Cool space stuff!

Apr 07, 202222:43
Space Gab Podcast #175 for 31 Mar 2022

Space Gab Podcast #175 for 31 Mar 2022

Blue Origin New Shepard NS20 mission launched and landed, HAARP conducts or supports two experiments during March and April, HAARP is supporting Ion Neutral Coupling during Active Aurora (INCAA) sounding rocket mission, HAARP is supporting HF Ocean Scatter mission, New China space probe, Missile test from California back on the calendar, The mainstream media can rest easy. After continuing their hype about an astronaut being left on the ISS, he has now returned to earth, Budgeted big bucks added for U.S. Space Force, Sailing the solar seas French startup raises funding to develop solar sails, Mars sample return mission delay, Data for satellite jamming detection, China's Tiangong space station just got a bit smaller. Cargo spacecraft undocked from Tianhe module.

Mar 31, 202222:44
Space Gab Podcast #174 for 24 Mar 2022

Space Gab Podcast #174 for 24 Mar 2022

North Korean missile flew for 71 minutes, OTD Gemini III astronaut & NASA legend John Young smuggled a corned beef sandwich into space hiding it in a pocket of his spacesuit, Artemis astronauts on a SpaceX Starship, Moon missions galore, Progress with SpaceX lander, Astronauts spacewalk outside ISS, eff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, said it will replace Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson with a long-time employee on the company’s next supersonic jaunt to the edge of space, China plans to open its Tiangong space station for tourism within a decade, SpaceX ends relationship with partner, Russian satellite on its way, Wow!!! Lunar dust associated with astronaut Neil Armstrong to be auctioned, Hope fading for recovery of European radar imaging satellite, Mars helicopter makes 22nd fight, SpaceX Starlink user numbers, SpaceX to launch OneWeb satellite constellation and others, The Soyuz #S21 spacecraft carrying 3 cosmonauts to the ISS has docked.

Mar 24, 202224:10
Space Gab Podcast #173 for 17 Mar 2022

Space Gab Podcast #173 for 17 Mar 2022

Rollout for moon rocket crawling to LC39B, James Webb space telescope image shares wonderful things, Stop tweeting bad stuff you former astronauts, Walmart fire seen from space, Failure with recent North Korean missile test, Hypersonic missile tracking costs, DoD estimates $2.5 billion price tag for global constellation to track hypersonic missiles, Latest Astra launch and payload insertion is successful, Astronauts Kayla Barron and Raja Chari floated out of the International Space Station airlock for a spacewalk Tuesday to install brackets and struts to support new solar arrays to upgrade the research lab’s power system, Next Soyuz launch to ISS is Friday at the earliest, Astronaut not in danger of being left on ISS, Mars Perseverance still gathering samples, A mural on a local building. Astronaut Stuart Roosa born in Durango Colorado and grew up in Claremore Oklahoma, Mars helicopter Ingenuity flight 21 is successful, All welcome aboard China's manned space program.

Mar 17, 202222:51
Space Gab Podcast #172 for 09 Mar 2022

Space Gab Podcast #172 for 09 Mar 2022

Canadian government sources say that their RADARSAT-2 will be used to collect data for Ukraine that can show ground imagery regardless of weather conditions, New trade sanctions aimed at Russia’s space sector were announced March 9 by UK Foreign Secretary, Launch delay for USSF-12 Wide Field of View (WFOV) missile detection satellite built by L3Harris, China sets record for space deployment, Successful launch and deployment of Starlink satellites and landing of SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage, but no video, U.S. general: Starlink in Ukraine showing what megaconstellations can do, What megaconstellations can do, HAARP files for your exploration, What Is Space-Flavored Coke? , Mars helicopter Ingenuity flight update, Privateer unveils technology for improved tracking of space objects, After mistaken identity and confusion, a piece of space junk slams into the Moon, One thing that is certain is the object is now a crater.

Mar 09, 202218:03
Space Gab Podcast #171 for 02 Mar 2022

Space Gab Podcast #171 for 02 Mar 2022

Soyuz launches in jeopardy, GOES sees GOES, Members of Congress, concerned about growing costs and slipping schedules, pressed NASA for more details about the management and overall strategy of the agency’s Artemis lunar exploration plan, General Atomics and Orion Space win contracts for military weather satellites, SpaceX Starlink launch tomorrow, Rocket Lab Electron launch and satellite payload deployment, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, York Space selected to build DoD’s internet-in-space constellation, Axiom Space update ISS related, SpaceX Starlink satellite dishes arrived in Ukraine and are working to provide internet, North Korea working on and testing camera for spy satellite, Asteroid Ryugu samples available, Dream Chaser to land in Japan?, Mars helicopter Ingenuity has completed its 20th flight on the planet, James Webb space telescope aligned mirrors to single focal point and joined lights.

Mar 02, 202221:17