Space and Things

Sad news this week as the space world mourns the loss of General Thomas P. Stafford, pilot of Gemini 6 and commander of Gemini 9a, Apollo 10 and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. A true legend of spacef…

This week we conclude the interviews we recorded at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in January by asking about what it means to be a curator at the museum. We had three interview and we spoke to…

This week we speak to David Woods, the editor of a brand new movie called ‘Galileo Moon’ which is all about the Apollo 15 mission and is produced by the commander of that mission, Dave Scott.

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This week we speak to Dr. Margaret Weitekamp, the Space History Department Chair at the Smithsonian Institution and the curator of the Air and Space Museum’s social and Cultural history of spacefligh…

This week we speak to Logan Jaeren who is just about to launch STEAM4SPACE to try and use his extensive mission patch collection to help inspire the next generations.

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There are only 3 Space Shuttle Orbiters left. Atlantis is on display at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Endeavour will be on display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles and Discovery…

A recent NASA report wasn't too encouraging about the use of space based solar power to help solve the planets energy problems, but we think there might be more to it than the report suggests so we s…

February 8th 1974 marked the end of the crewed missions to Skylab, America's first space station. To celebrate this 50th anniversary we take a look at that mission and the legacy of Skylab. We're hel…

Part 2 of our deep dive into space policy with Casey Dreier the Chief of Space Policy at the Planetary Society. This week we learn about the Mars Sample Return mission and how the upcoming US electio…

This week we speak to Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at the Planetary Society. We’ve been wanting to take a deeper dive into space policy for a while now and Casey is the perfect person to help …

We often get messages asking for advice on how to help encourage younger people with space flight. Well our guest this week has been doing that for over 25 years. Chris Barber founded ISSET space in …

A new year brings in a new first, a new rocket from United Launch Alliance, the Vulcan Centaur, is due to launch on January 8th and the first private Lunar Lander. So we want to learn more about one …

2024 is just around the corner so we carry on from last week and preview what we can hope to see in the upcoming year, to do this we're once again joined by the hosts of This Week In Space: Rod Pyle …

It’s time for our 2023 annual review and we’re joined by two big stars of the space world to take a look back at what’s happened this year, the hosts of This Week In Space: Rod Pyle and Tarik Malik. 

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This week we’re joined by David Chudwin, author of a wonderful book called “I Was A Teenage Space Reporter” – David was among the only college journalists accredited to cover the 1969 Apollo 11 launc…

This week we want to share with you the story of the Sew Sisters, a group of women who used their skills to hand sew the thermal blankets used to protect the Space Shuttle. To do this we’re joined by…

With so much focus on new heavy lift vehicles at the moment, we wanted to talk about the iconic Saturn V, so we asked John Duncan, founder of ApolloSaturn.com to join us to talk about this iconic roc…

This week we talk to film maker Bill Muench about his brand new documentary “The Artist & The Astronaut” about Skylab 4 commander Jerry Carr and his wife Pat Musick. The 50th anniversary of Jerry’s m…

Even more sad news this week. On November 7th, Frank Bowman, commander of Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 passed away at the age of 95. One of the true greats in space history. We speak to his friend Chris Hen…

Sad news this week, we’ve lost another of our Apollo heroes. Kenneth T. Mattingly, command module pilot of Apollo 16 and commander of STS4 and STS51c has passed away aged 87. Today we pay our tribute…