Made of Stars
Made of Stars is a look at everything in space exploration from programs and vehicles on Earth to discoveries made just out of our atmosphere and into deep space. Space enthusiast Wes Carroll interviews executive director of CSU's Coca-Cola Space Science center Dr. Shawn Cruzen each week with new episodes published Thursday mornings.
Georgia Association of Broadcasters winner for Best Podcast Series at the 2022 Gabby Awards
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Voice Over: Joe Earl Williams
Original Music: Graham Hobson
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 244
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
The Biggest Quasar Ever Seen Has Quite an Appetite
Intuitive Machines Odysseus will attempt to land on the Moon today. The Europpean "zombie sat" has successfully crash landed into t he Pacific. Another giant sunspot is big enough to see without magn…
00:33:15 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
SpaceX Has Been Very Busy... the Good Kind of Busy
SpaceX has been very busy with successful launches and some of them are very significant... including the successful mission by the Ax-3 crew who landed back on Earth after time at the ISS. A new stu…
00:24:49 |
Thu 15 Feb 2024
It's Just a Helicopter... Don't Kick the Dog
An image of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars shows it sitting all alone in the sand now that it's out of service. Ax-3's crew of private astornauts is on the way home from the ISS. One of Saturn's mo…
00:32:35 |
Thu 08 Feb 2024
SLIM Not So Shady Any More
Japan's SLIM Moon lander isn't dead yet after sunlight reached its solar panels giving it life. Ingenuity however has ended its service on Mars after a crash and 72 flights. ISS astronaut has been co…
00:36:56 |
Thu 01 Feb 2024
Japan Gets a Win and a Loss on the Moon
Japan has become the 5th nation to successfully land a craft on the Moon, but the solar panels did not deploy and the batteries can't charge. Astrobotic's Peregrine lander has burned up in Earth's at…
00:33:13 |
Thu 25 Jan 2024
Ax-3 Mission Set to Take International Crew to ISS
Axiom Space's Ax-3 mission is scheduled to launch today and take a crew of astronauts from four countries to the ISS. Scientists begin the examine the contents of the OSIRIS-REx sample container. NAS…
00:24:38 |
Thu 18 Jan 2024
NASA's Delays Moon Missions to 2025 and 2026
NASA has made the decision to move its next two Moon missions ro September 2025 and 2026. Astrobotic's Peregrine Moon lander will not successfully land on the Moon however ULA's Vulcan rocket was a s…
00:31:21 |
Thu 11 Jan 2024
SpaceX Ends Record Setting Year and Kicks Off 2024 with a Record Pace
SpaceX has an amazing end to 2023 with two launches less than three hours apart and accomplishing a 96 launch year. Juno has the 2nd closest pass of Io but the closest in a very long time. A new rock…
00:35:01 |
Thu 04 Jan 2024
Recapping Space News of 2023 Part 2
This week Wes and Shawn take a look back at the 5 biggest space news stories of 2023
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00:29:30 |
Thu 28 Dec 2023
Recapping Space News of 2023 Part 1
This week, Wes and Shawn begin their look back at the 10 biggest space news stories of 2023
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00:29:50 |
Thu 21 Dec 2023
Secretive Spaceplane Launch Delayed
SpaceX has delayed the a launch that would have included the X-37B spaceplane and removed it from the launchpad. The Geminid meteor shower's origin is now a mystery now that it's suspected orgin is n…
00:33:03 |
Thu 14 Dec 2023
Three Robotics Missions Aiming for the Moon in January
Three different robotics missions are hoping to land on the Moon in January. The cannibal CME that hit Earth last weekend put on a dazzling light show. A new meteor shower is soon bevisible in the so…
00:40:45 |
Thu 07 Dec 2023
A Cannibal CME Is Coming!!!
A cannibal CME is heading our way and could cause power and communication problems. Astronomers have discovered a solar system with planets behaving in a very mathematical way. A protoplanetary disc …
00:31:49 |
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Saturn's Rings to Disappear in 2025!
We've seen the clockbait articles, now we discuss why Saturn's rings will disappear in 2025. Plus, SpaceX had a successful Super Heavy-Starship launch of sorts on Saturday and is planning another lau…
00:36:46 |
Wed 22 Nov 2023
SpaceX Prepares Another Starship Test Launch
SpaceX is counting down to a second test launch for the Super Heavy. The White House is laying out rules for governing space tourism and space stations owned by private companies. And asteroid will s…
00:34:04 |
Thu 16 Nov 2023
Erin Go to Space!
SpaceX will carry Ireland's first ever satellite to space. Starship hopes to launch again on Nov 13 but that's not officially official. JWST has detected clues about how the Earth may have formed. Th…
00:36:31 |
Thu 09 Nov 2023
A Spacewalk on ISS Day
Astronauts aboard the ISS performed a spacewalk on the anniversary of the first crew to live aboard the ISS. Solar activity on the Sun is sending radiation our way. Plus, Astrobotic's Peregrine is in…
00:41:13 |
Thu 02 Nov 2023
Ammonia, Sun Spots, Space Lasers, Waffles and Betelgeuse
Russians on the ISS are having another ammonia issue. Sun spots have decreased in volume which may mean we didn't enter solar maximum early after all. NASA will demonstrate their two-way laser commun…
00:37:31 |
Thu 26 Oct 2023
SpaceX Launces Psyche Mission as Part of Its Record Breaking Year
NASA's Psyche mission has successfully launched and is on its way to the asteroid. SpaceX has set a new record for rocket launches with 74 so far in 2023 and expects to hit 100 by year's end. FAA is …
00:35:54 |
Thu 19 Oct 2023
Annular Solar Eclipse This Saturday!
Get ready for this weekend's annular solar eclipse! Plus, NASA's Psyche metal asteroid mission gets ready to launch. NOAA forecasters say CIRs could hit Earth. And JWST has discovered hundreds of fre…
00:34:09 |
Thu 12 Oct 2023
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