This Week In Space: Recent Episodes
Stanford Student Space Initiative
This Week in Space is your source for space news and analysis. Tune in on Fridays for editorials, panel discussions, and updates on everything from the latest in space science to the progress of commercial rocketry.
This Week in Space, we cover news about SpaceX Starlink, the Cygnus Spacecraft Launch, and of course, the landing of Perseverance, and even more.
This week in space, our cast interviews Diana ElSindy, a propulsion engineer and the founder of The Arabian Stargazer, an exciting science communication platform and we talk about science communication and the future of the space industry
This week in space, a German startup is working on getting a hybrid motor to space, NASA is sending a $23 Million toilet to the ISS, and a new price tag is announced for the Artemis program
This week in space, Astra flies its first rocket, NASA pays commercial companies to get lunar samples, and scientists find out that the moon is rusty
This week in space, the White House releases a new space cyber security policy, China launches a reusable spacecraft to space, and we talk about delays in the SLS
This week in space, Boeing makes progress with their Starliner capsule, California wildfires are seen from space, and we talk about dental hygiene in space missions
This week in space, China comes up with their own Artemis program, astronomers bounce a laser off the LRO, and we talk about more rocket news
This week in space, Pluto is discovered to have water under its surface, more satellite servicing happens, and we talk about SpaceX winning the NSSL contract
This week in space, our cast interview a Boeing engineer with 33 years of experience in satellite propulsion and who is currently working on the Commercial Crew and SLS programs
This week in space, Amazon get FCC license for 3,200 satellites, Dawn Aerospace dawns on the space industry, and we talk more about Mars now that the triple is all on their way there
This week in space, two out of the three mars missions are successfully launched, Russia and the US relations in the space sector get tense, and we talk about exciting updates for the launch industry
This week in space, The Department of Defense focuses on nuclear thermal propulsion technology, new science data about the Sun is published, and we talk about the wonderful sight in the night sky that is comet NEOWISE, and more
This week in space, Rocket Lab's 13th launch fails, OneWeb gets acquired by the UK government, the DoD withdraws contracts, and space perfume is released in the markets.
This week in space, OneWeb receives half a billion dollars in a bid by the UK, speculations about Biden's space policy arise, and we discuss more about the Perseverance Rover and the future of Martian exploration
This week in space, Solar Orbiter completes its first flyby, high profile members leave NASA, and we discuss the interesting news of Kathy Lueders being the new head of NASA Human Spaceflight
This week in space, China has major advancements to their space plans, Virgin Orbit performs their first test, and we talk about the big news of the Demo-2 launch.
This week in space, Earth's magnetic field is changing, the cast of TWIS speculate about the mysterious resignation of the head of NASA human space flight, a very exciting announcement about next week's episode and more.
This week, Mars helicopter got her name, UAE is going beyond orbit for the first time, and NASA selects commercial companies to land astronauts on the moon.
Astronauts return to a socially isolated planet, stars move in mysterious ways, and we discuss recent news on docking mechanisms.
This week in space, Rocket Lab catches a rocket with a helicopter, China suffers a second launch failure of the year, and we discuss the long-term impacts of the novel coronavirus on the industry.
This week in space, Covid-19 shocks the space industry, NASA finally releases new Artemis planning info, and the cast of TWIS apply to be astronauts.
This week, we ask when we're going back to space, who will get to go to Mars, and other big questions about the future of space travel. Tune in for your weekly list of Boeing errors and NASA updates.
Mice acquire muscles, Boeing has some more testing difficulties, and explosions are having a moment in the spotlight.
We discuss Olay's new commercial, consider the implications of the Space Force's swearing-in process, and learn about NOAA's goal to get better weather forecasting.
This week in space, Boeing has testing difficulties and we take a look back at the 2010s.
This week in space, more details emerge about private lunar landers, astronaut blood flows backwards, and Boeing performs tests on Starliner.
This week in space, we talk about what the election means for the future of space policy. Also, aliens, apparently.
This week in space, the ISS gets commercial, astronauts bake cookies, and we discuss how the 2020 election season shapes the future of the Artemis moon program.
This week in space, we discuss the fallout from the world's largest space convention with an SSI member who was there!
This week in space, Blue Origin gets ahead of the competition by, well, not competing, nobody can find India's lunar lander, and we discuss how astronauts get fed.
This week in space, NASA finally gets somebody in charge of human spaceflight, ESA admits its rockets are too expensive, and ... NASA holds a fashion show? We discuss what that means.
This week in space, NASA and SpaceX hug and make up, all ships will be watched by commercial spy satellites, and we discuss what ongoing repairs to the ISS say about the future of the station.
This week in space, NASA makes some compromises on their lunar lander, Relativity Space receives a frightening amount of funding, and we discuss the past and future of commercial space tourism.
This week in space, NASA goes back to the old style of contracting, Russia and China team up to go to the moon, and Elon unveils his Starship and everyone has questions.
This week in space, the Vice President gets excited about space nuclear propulsion, yet another internet constellation annoys astronomers, and we sit down with the head of an ambitious effort to reach space with a liquid rocket ... using only volunteer college students.
This week in space, Blue Origin is preemptively angry about a launch contract, Cape Canaveral braces for an eye-watering amount of launches, and we sit down with a space 3D printing expert to talk about how the technology will change the industry.
This week in space, SpaceX muscles in on the smallsat market, Rocket Lab considers reuseability, and we discuss the coming consolidation in launch and what it means for the industry as a whole.
This week in space, France puts its space lasers where its mouth is, NASA acknowledges Starship, and a technical debate about in-space refueling is actually about seedy politics and the future of space exploration.
This week in space, a Chinese startup makes history by reaching space, SpaceX's test Mars ship hops, and we discuss who the winners and losers will be of the new space internet race.
This week in space, bickering at the White House, China deorbits the Tiangong 2 station, and we talk about the legacy of Apollo.
This week in space, Arianespace loses a Vega rocket during launch, India prepares to be the fourth country on the moon, and a surprising NASA change of leadership offers insight into internal conflict in the agency.
This week in space, a study supports a space telescope to protect us from asteroids, NASA releases contracts for most parts of the Artemis mission, and we discuss how rocket reuse has been changing the industry in unexpected ways.
This week in space, NASA approves an ambitious mission to explore Saturn's moon Titan with a quadrotor drone, SpaceIL sets their sights even higher after sort of reaching the moon, and we discuss how much we can risk human lives in space.
This week in space, Falcon Heavy launches 24 payloads, including a solar sail, everyone blames everyone as NASA funding gets contraversial, and a commercial company demonstrates refueling in space! This Week in Space is now back for the summer quarter, with more news and analysis than ever!
This week in space, NASA funds commercial lunar landers in 2020 and 2021, Northrup discovers PR is hard after a test anomaly, and we discuss the controversy surrounding the light pollution from SpaceX's Starlink satellites.
This week in space, NASA inexplicably gets funded to develop nuclear rockets, the battle for Air Force contracts gets intense, and we discuss how to get Congress to pay for space with someone who just lobbied them.
This week in space, NASA deflects asteroids, Japen sends robots to space to fight, and NASA announces the human return to the Moon: Project Artemis.
This week in space, Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin unveils ambitious moon plans, scientists reconsider the possibility of life on Mars, and we discuss US cooperation, or lack thereof, with China.
This week in space, years of fraud are uncovered that led to several launch failures, water on asteroids is much more common than we thought, and we discuss an audacious plan by Pepsi to place adverts in the sky.
This week in space, NASA makes a safe decision under schedule pressure, Japan shoots an asteroid and we discuss how China spies using American satellites.
This week in space, NASA releases more moon plans, SpaceX's Dragon capsule suffers a dramatic failure, and we discuss the implications of a new report that calls NASA's Journey to Mars implausible at best.
This week in space, Israel's lander almost makes it to the moon, the world's largest plane finally flies, and exciting politics from the world's largest space conference.
This week in space, the world responds to an Indian anti-satellite weapon test, the White House aggressivelymoves forwards NASA's moon plans, and SSI debates the future of human heritage in space at the United Nations. NOTE: This Week in Space returns to its normal release schedule this week.
This week in space, the White House fiats the Space Force, the ISS gets back to capacity, and a discussion on what NASA's budget bombshells mean for the future of education, science and the Space Launch System. NOTE: This Week in Space will go on hiatus next week. We will return the following week with live reporting from the United Nations!
This week in space, Dragon returns from the ISS, the first all-female spacewalk, and a discussion on how humanity presents itself to the universe.
This week in space, SpaceX's Crew Dragon gets a big step closer to human spaceflight, OneWeb's global internet satellites start launching, and a discussion on the politics behind the fight to renew the ISS.
This week in space, the first commercial lunar lander takes off, new results from NASA's twin study, and a discussion on what can be done to protect human heritage in space.
This week in space, we mourn Opportunity, NASA rediscovers a need for speed, and a discussion on the future of planetary protection policy.
This week in space, Iran shoots for orbit, Europe struggles with reuseability, and a discussion on how NASA can brand itself to remain relevant.
This week in space, a new stategic direction for Starship/BFR, a VR documentary gets filmed on the ISS, and a discussion on the changing role of astronaut in the age of commercial spaceflight.
This week in space, layoffs in the rocket industry, a sad anniversary for Opportunity, and a discussion about what SpaceX's starship falling over says about the future of the company.
This Week In Space, Japan creates on-demand meteor showers, NASA and Russia bicker, and a discussion on how NASA can reform contracting. Note: this is an extra-special long episode, which is part of a broadcast on KZSU. Tune in to KZSU Student Hour to check it out!
This week in space, China reaches the dark side of the moon, NASA struggles with the shutdown, and an interview with the new Policy Team Lead!
This week in space, we get Insight onto Mars, NASA selects commercial lunar lander companies, and a panel discussion on the new space race.