Space and Things

This week we're joined by Dr. Alice Gorman to talk all about space junk and space archaeology.

Dr. Alice Gorman:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/drspacejunk

https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/alice.gorman

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This week we are joined once again by Stephen Walker and this time to discuss the 60th anniversary of the mission of Enos, the only chimpanzee to have orbited the Earth in space. He also taught us so…

This week we take a look at Apollo 17 command module pilot Ron Evans as there is a brand new book which has been released all about his life. We're joined by the author of the book Geoffrey Bowman to…

As the Crew-2 mission arrived home on Monday 8th November, we thought we'd have a little look back at what they've achieved during their mission.

Full show notes can be found at: https://spaceandthing…

This week we look at the crazy world of collecting autographs with Steve Zarelli of Zarelli Space Authentication.

Steve's Website: https://zarellispaceauthentication.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook…

This week we take a look at the tiny lapel pin which Deke Slayton used to wear. It's currently on display at the Museum of Flight just outside Seattle.

Museum of Flight: https://www.museumofflight.or…

In episode 50 we spoke to Britaney Phillips just as she was about to go on an analog mission to Mars so we thought we'd ask her back to give us the full debrief.

Britaney Phillips:

Twitter: https://twi…

This week we're talking about space suits with Daniel Klopp from ILC Dover.

ILC Dover have designed and manufactured all the of EVA suits used by NASA since the Apollo program. NASA decided to try and…

This week we got to speak to Colonel Eileen Collins and Jonathan Ward as the two of them are releasing a book about the life of Colonel Collins called Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars - The Sto…

Following Emily's first ever trip to Space Center Houston in August, Dave and Emily decided to pull together their experiences to help you figure out why you need to go there and what not to miss!

Did…

This week we're joined by author and space historian Richard Jurek to cover a diverse set of subjects which he is interested in. Richard has released two books, 'Marketing The Moon: The Selling Of Th…

Inspiration 4 has launched the first all civilian crew into orbit, so we wanted to talk about it and what it means to us. We hope you're as inspired as we are.

Inspiration 4: https://inspiration4.com/

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This week we talk to author Gerald Brennan to discuss all about how he got into Alternative History writing and to get a glimpse into his process.

Gerald Brennan:

http://www.tortoisebooks.com/

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We start our second year of podcasting off in style by interviewing the incredible Nicole Stott about her new book: “Back to Earth – What Life In Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet And Our Mission…

This week we celebrate the completion of our first year of weekly podcasts by discussing mission patches with Tim Gagnon who has designed us an anniversary patch! Tim has designed patches for flown m…

Due to Emily getting stuck in Houston thanks to Tropical Storm Fred, we've had to break away from our scheduled show and bring you this little nugget.

If you could keep just one item from a museum wha…

This week we're joined by someone who is going to Mars for two weeks, well kind of. Britaney Phillips is about to take part in an Earth analog mission run by HI-SEAS. An analog mission is where a sit…

This week it's the 60th anniversary of the flight of Gherman Titov on Vostok 2. One of the most colourful characters of the Soviet Union space program and someone who we should all know more about, b…

It's the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission so we've decided to celebrate the mission of Dave Scott, Al Worden and Jim Irwin by asking author and historian Francis French to join…

This week we're joined by Apollo legend Fred Haise. Known for being the lunar module pilot on the ill fated Apollo 13 mission, but we wanted to talk to him about the other parts of his life which oft…