On The Space Show for Wednesday, 7 August 2024:

Boeing Starliner Crewed Flight Test:

The details of the Starliner CFT and some of the headlines of stories about it. Also, scheduling of traffic at the International Space Station. (Inserts courtesy JSC)

Satellite-based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) for Position, Navigation and Timing

SBAS panel session recorded at the Space Industry Association of Australia Conference, Melbourne Exhibition Centre, chaired by Roger Franzen:

• Roger Franzen, Principal, Earthspace
• John Dawson, Section Leader, National Positioning Infrastructure Branch, Geoscience Australia
• Andrew Anderson, Co-chair SBAS Sub-group, Australian Strategic Air Traffic Management Group
• Julia Mitchell, SBAS Test-Bed Project Manager, Frontier SI
• Alan Smart, Senior Consultant, ACIL Allen Consulting

⁠Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN)⁠

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 31 July 2024:

The cancellation of the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover or VIPER mission:

Details of the rover's objectives and instrumentation by Anthony Colaprete (Project Scientist, VIPER, Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California), and the cancellation announcement and explanation by Niki Fox and Joel Kearns (NASA HQ, Washington). (Inserts courtesy NASA)

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 17 July 2024:

Remembering Joe Engle:

To mark the death last week of Joe Engle, a recounting of his experiences flying the X-15 and the Space Shuttle.

Searching for Skylab:

Remembering the 45th anniversary of the crash of Skylab near Esperance in Western Australia, Skylab 2 astronaut Joe Kerwin and Australian filmmaker Dwight Steven-Boniecki discuss Skylab and the documentary film Searching For Skylab. Kerwin discusses his time in Australia as NASA representative. (Interviewer: Peter Aylward).

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 10 July 2024:

Ariane 6 launched:

The successful inaugural flight of Europe’s newest and largest launch vehicle, Ariane 6.

International Space Station de-orbit vehicle contract awarded to SpaceX:

The ISS is scheduled to be de-orbited in 2030.

The Rise and Fall of Skylab:

On the 45th anniversary of the fall of Skylab, physician-astronaut Joe Kerwin in conversation with the late Peter Aylward, describes how he and his Skylab 2 crewmates saved the damaged space station. The feature includes contemporary commentary by legendary NASA flight director Gene Kranz and the BBC’s Alistair Cooke (Letter from America).

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 3 July 2024:

Australian Space Industry 2024 — KANYINI

The South Australian Space Services Mission, Kanyini, is ready to launch aboard the SpaceX Transporter 11 rideshare this month. (Audio inserts courtesy Australian Space Industry Technology Infrastructure and Investment, and Channel 9)

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 26 June 2024:

Space Show News:

Chang’e 6 returns samples from the lunar far side.

Remembering Ed Stone and Voyager - Part Two:

The former director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and for 50 years the Project Scientist for the Voyager spacecraft, passed away on 9 June 2024. (Insert courtesy Caltech)

A great friend of The Space Show, Ed has been on the program no fewer than 30 times in the past 27 years.

To listen to these past interviews and items featuring Ed Stone visit The Space Show website: http://space.southernfm.com.au/NamesList.html#s

Sir Peter Beck and Rocket Lab:

The announcement that Rocket Lab's founder and CEO, Peter Beck, has been awarded a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours; and the Archimedes engine for the Neutron rocket has begun testing. (Inserts courtesy TV3, RocketLab)

ACRUX 2:

Marking the fifth anniversary of the launch of Melbourne University's ACRUX 1, James Condos and Marshall Poon (Co-leads, Attitude Determination and Control, Melbourne Space Program), describe attitude pointing using magnetic torquing and reaction wheels on the ACRUX 2 satellite being built at the University. (Recorded at Melbourne University)

Starliner CST-100 Crew Flight Test:

The crew of the ISS had spacesuit problems as the test pilot crew of the CST-100 Starliner trouble-shoot thruster and helium leak issues that plagued the spacecraft and delayed their return from space. (Inserts courtesy JSC)

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 19 June 2024:

Remembering Ed Stone: The former director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and for 50 years, the Project Scientist for the Voyager spacecraft, passed away on 9 June 2024 at the age of 88.

Professor of Physics at Caltech (the California Institute of Technology) and a great friend of The Space Show, Ed has been on the program no fewer than 30 times in the past 27 years.

To listen to some of these interviews and special programs featuring Ed Stone, visit The Space Show website and search for "Stone" on the list of guest names page.

UPDATE:

• Australian company Gilmour Space Technologies is still waiting patiently to receive a launch permit from the Australian Space Agency for its Eris orbital rocket.

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 12 June 2024:

• Remembering Apollo 8 astronaut William (Bill) Anders
• Starship Integrated Flight Test 4
• Starliner CST-100 Crew Flight Test
• An update on China’s Chang'e 6 mission
• The Hubble Space Telescope has a problem with its gyroscopes