On The Space Show for Wednesday, 11 September 2024:

Australian Binar satellites:

* A detailed report on the fate of Curtin University's Binar-1 cubesat in 2021

* The deployment of the Binar-2, Binar-3 and Binar-4 cubesats on 29 August 2024

* Plans for Binar Prospector

Europa Clipper mission:

* After rigorous testing of suspect transistors, it has been decided to proceed with the launch next month of the Europa Clipper spacecraft to fly the originally planned trajectory to the icy moon of Jupiter. (Insert courtesy NASA HQ)

Polaris Dawn crew:

* Profiles of the crew of the privately funded Polaris Dawn mission in a rented SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. (Insert courtesy SpaceX)

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 4 September 2024:

Space Show News:

* Boeing, boing, boing — strange pulsing noise emanates from the speakers on the Boeing CST-100 Starliner.

A collection of reports from The Space Show archive about astronomy and space science:

• European Southern Observatory HARPS telescope discovers a Solar twin in an open cluster hosting exoplanets.
• A look back at the discovery of the first Earth-like exoplanet.
• Hubble Space Telescope used to observe the formation of young stars with dynamic gas jets.
• Research into stellar magnetism reveals the origins of geo-magnetic storms on Earth.
• Secrets of the super-massive black hole Sagittarius A* orbiting the centre of our Milky Way galaxy revealed.

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 28 August 2024:

Space Show News:

* Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test update —Starliner to return uncrewed and the crew to return on Crew Dragon 9 in February 2025

Astronomical Miscellany:

• ALMA (Atacama Large Millimetre Array) — European Southern Observatory, Chile
• HARPS (High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher) — European Southern Observatory
• Europa Clipper being prepared for launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida
• Luna H-Map results
• JWST discovers most distant galaxy
• Solar spicules
• ESA’s Solar Orbiter sheds light on solar wind
• Plasma oscillations around Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko
• The van Allen Radiation belts
• Exoplanets

(Audio inserts courtesy JSC, ESO, JPL, ASU, GSFC)

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 21 August 2024:

SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter 11 rideshare mission:

The launch of Kanyini, CUAVA-2, and Waratah Seed 1 (Inserts courtesy SpaceX)

An update on the University of Melbourne’s SpIRIT satellite tests of the Neuman Drive.

Findings from the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) crash into the double asteroid have been published and reveal Didymos and Dimorphos' origin.

Space Show News:

* Binary star system fuels pulsar transformation

* VIPER cancellation impact on Artemis 3 landing site selection

* AROSE Moon rover design revealed.

Astrobotic mobility service for planetary surfaces and Cube Rover explained.

Jupiter-sized exoplanet experiences atmospheric erosion due to X-ray bursts from its nearby parent star.

Vice President Kamala Harris discusses three space priorities of the United States National Space Council.

A development update on the Neutron rocket and its Archimedes engine with Peter Beck, CEO, Rocket Lab. (Courtesy Rocket Lab)

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 14 August 2024:

Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN):

SouthPAN is a joint initiative of the Australian and New Zealand Governments that provides Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) for position, navigation and timing services for Australia and New Zealand.

Geoscience Australia as the Australian Government lead agency, is working in collaboration with Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand on the development, deployment, and operation of SouthPAN, the first SBAS in the Southern Hemisphere.

SouthPAN is comprised of reference stations, telecommunications infrastructure, computing centres, signal generators, and satellites that provide improved positioning and navigation services in Australia, New Zealand, and its maritime region.

A trio of Aussie cubesats

KANYINI — South Australian Space Services Mission:

• ​SmartSat CRC (Cooperative Research Centre)
• ​Myriota
• ​Inovor Technologies
• ​Government of South Australia: South Australian Space Industry Centre

CUAVA 2: ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for CubeSats, UAVs, and their Applications (CUAVA)

Waratah Seed 1

SpaceMAITRI.

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 and 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).