Space and Things

This week we're joined by Jim Remar, CEO of the Cosmophere in Hutchinson, Kansas, the home of Liberty Bell 7, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of it's flight carrying Gus Grissom into space. A truly…

This week we were joined by retired astronaut Clayton C. Anderson to discuss his new podcast 'Making Of An Ordinary Spaceman. In a wonderful honest and inspirational interview, we talked about his jo…

This week we're joined by Bruce McCandless III as he is just releasing a brand new book about his father, NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II who is most famous for being the astronaut floating about …

We're joined by author Elizabeth Howell to discuss her new book 'Leadership Moments from NASA - Achieving The Impossible' which is co-written with former Canadian Astronaut Dr. Dave Williams who is a…

This week we're joined again by Christina Korp, this time to talk all about her organisation 'Space For A Better World' and the the zero gravity flight that is coming up with Apollo 16 moonwalker Cha…

This year's Spacefest will take place from July 15th- 18th at the JW Marrito Starr Pass Resort & Spa in Tucson, Arizona. We asked one of the organisers Kelsey Poor to come and talk to us about what i…

This week we talk about Kennedy Space Center on Florida's Space Coast. We discuss a few of our favourite parts and what not to miss, plus some tips for what to see and do around the area.

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This week we're joined by not one, but two astronauts! Mike Massimino and Garrett Reisman have just started their own podcast '2 Funny Astronauts' - so we asked them if they'd like to come and talk t…

This week we were joined by legendary NASA flight director Gerry Griffin to discuss the 50th anniversary of Apollo 14 and Apollo 15. We obviously had some other questions for him too, but we really w…

There have been some things happen in the space industry this week that we're not happy about, so we speak about that but also offer a positive story as well as we talk to Czarina Salido, founder of …

It's finally happened. We've got a whole show dedicated to Skylab. That's right, this week Emily talks us through 5 random facts about Skylab which maybe you knew, or maybe you didn't, but either way…

We decided we needed to record an extra podcast to celebrate the life of Michael Collins, who died on Wednesday 28th April at the age of 90.

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This week we talk about a real unsung hero. Gerard K. O'Neill. His work about space colonies was truly ground breaking and his book 'The High Frontier' is one of the most inspiring there is. O'Neill …

April 22nd is Earth Day, so today we are joined by BluShift Aerospace CEO Sascha Deri and communications director Seth Lockman to talk to us about what they're doing to try and kickstart the conversa…

This week we take a look at the very first Space Shuttle mission which took place on April 12th 1981. To do this we're joined by the wonderful author David Hitt who wrote the book 'Bold They Rise: Th…

On April 12th it's the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first spaceflight, so we asked author Stephen Walker to join us. He has just released a wonderful book called 'Beyond' all about Gagarin and …

Today Lego release a brand new Space Shuttle Discovery set which also includes the Hubble Space Telescope, so we thought it was a great time to talk Lego and space with Charlie Nangle who runs one of…

On Friday, the news broke that legendary NASA flight director Glynn Lunney had passed away aged 84. We spend some time talking about his finest moments and do our best to pay tribute to one of our he…

This week we talk to author, historian and curator of the Project Apollo collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum to discuss her new book, 'Operation Moonglow: A Political History …

This week Emily teaches Dave about the existence of possibly the worst space movie of all time... We'd love to know if you've seen it, or if you have other films which would qualify for that title.

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