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Today In Space

The award-winning space science podcast about all things space! Hosted by Alex G. Orphanos, science communicator, maker, and aerospace engineer. Our mission: to spread love and spread science!

Science Astronomy
Update frequency
every 9 days
Average duration
38 minutes
Episodes
389
Years Active
2014 - 2025
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TIS#029 Opinion Panel: The Influence of Music w/ John

TIS#029 Opinion Panel: The Influence of Music w/ John

Welcome to the Opinion Panel:

These are the opinions of the people involved, and that's it. - just trying to have some fun!

 

Alex and John talk about the influence of music in their lives and talk a…

01:27:47  |   Fri 20 Mar 2015
TIS#028 03/09/15 Weekly Update and Space Business

TIS#028 03/09/15 Weekly Update and Space Business

Alex and the Assistant talk about what's happened in Space since the last episode, with a little talk of Space Business as well. This episode is dedicated to Leonard Nimoy and the lasting impression…

01:06:47  |   Tue 10 Mar 2015
TIS#027 02/25/15 MarsOne Overview & Questions

TIS#027 02/25/15 MarsOne Overview & Questions

In this episode, Alex goes over the MarsOne mission and answers questions from the listeners. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show!

Image Credit: Mars One

Please subscribe and thank you for listening!…

00:50:33  |   Thu 26 Feb 2015
TIS#026 02/17/15 Weekly Update - SpaceX's Busy Day, ATV-5 Reentry & the 1-Year Mission in Space

TIS#026 02/17/15 Weekly Update - SpaceX's Busy Day, ATV-5 Reentry & the 1-Year Mission in Space

This is the Weekly Update of the podcast, where Alex updates you on things that have happened in Space, in orbit or on Earth this past week.  Alex and the Assistant are back on for this week's updat…

01:05:15  |   Tue 17 Feb 2015
TIS#025 02/16/15 Supplemental - NYC, Opinion of the Week & Reaching for the Impossible

TIS#025 02/16/15 Supplemental - NYC, Opinion of the Week & Reaching for the Impossible

This is the Supplemental Episode of the podcast, where Alex talks about more philosophical, side-mission topics like life in his world.  Or, more likely, gives him a chance to talk about things NOT S…

00:45:36  |   Tue 17 Feb 2015
TIS#024 02/09/15 Launch Hangout: (Scrubbed) SpaceX/DSCOVR launch & Moon Business

TIS#024 02/09/15 Launch Hangout: (Scrubbed) SpaceX/DSCOVR launch & Moon Business

In this week's episode, Alex and the Assistant hangout and watch the live coverage of the DSCOVR launch aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9. While they wait, the two talk about Moon business and eventually alie…

00:55:53  |   Tue 10 Feb 2015
TIS#023 02/03/15 Lightning Round: Inflation Deflates, SMAP, Z-1 Prototype & CubeSats

TIS#023 02/03/15 Lightning Round: Inflation Deflates, SMAP, Z-1 Prototype & CubeSats

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On this weekly update Alex does another Lightning round to go over some of the many things that have happened in Space since the last episode.

This week's Lightning Round m…

00:30:41  |   Wed 04 Feb 2015
TIS#022 01/26/15 Identical Twins for Mars & the Blizzard of '15?

TIS#022 01/26/15 Identical Twins for Mars & the Blizzard of '15?

Welcome to the Weekly Update of Today In Space!

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Topics:
  • The mission to put an Astronaut (Scott Kelly) and two Cosmonauts in space for a year. NASA & the team will check …
01:00:52  |   Mon 26 Jan 2015
TIS#021 01/24/15 Supplemental - College, Lightning Round & Perspective

TIS#021 01/24/15 Supplemental - College, Lightning Round & Perspective

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Welcome to a special bonus episode of Today in Space!

In this episode, Alex talks more about himself and his experiences with college. This episode features the first "Li…

00:49:48  |   Sat 24 Jan 2015
TIS#020 01/19/15 Boston, Beagle-2, Falcon 9 landing (almost) & Leadership

TIS#020 01/19/15 Boston, Beagle-2, Falcon 9 landing (almost) & Leadership

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Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day everyone. We celebrate a leader who cared about the people and showed us all how to peacefully protest. Today in Space, Alex and the Assi…

00:50:49  |   Tue 20 Jan 2015
TIS#019 01/14/15 Space Movies w/ John

TIS#019 01/14/15 Space Movies w/ John

SPOILER ALERT! We will ruin these movies for you (Movies listed Below)  

Alex has John back on the podcast so they can talk about their favorite Space-Related Movies and other things that happen to p…

01:56:39  |   Wed 14 Jan 2015
TIS#018 01/12/15 CRS-5 Mission Updates & Back then...In Space!

TIS#018 01/12/15 CRS-5 Mission Updates & Back then...In Space!

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Today In Space, Alex brings updates from SpaceX's CRS-5 mission and the science that they'll be doing up in Space. He also talks about four different events in Space, from …

00:27:07  |   Tue 13 Jan 2015
TIS#017 01/10/15 (SUCCESSFUL) CRS-5 Launch

TIS#017 01/10/15 (SUCCESSFUL) CRS-5 Launch

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Alex dubs the CRS-5 Launch video (since he missed the live launch). He also talks about the cold weather, the student scientists who got a second chance, and things to come…

00:33:41  |   Sun 11 Jan 2015
TIS#016 01/06/15 Abort of CRS-5 Mission, Drifting Actuators & Fear

TIS#016 01/06/15 Abort of CRS-5 Mission, Drifting Actuators & Fear

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Alex and the Assistant talk about the aborted CRS-5 mission today and what caused the engineers to stop the launch. They also talk about fear and anxiety and how to deal wi…

00:48:37  |   Wed 07 Jan 2015
TIS#015 01/05/15 The Big Bang, Curlicues, Bicep & Planck

TIS#015 01/05/15 The Big Bang, Curlicues, Bicep & Planck

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Today In Space, Alex introduces the new assistant to the show. The two go over the Big Bang, what it is and how we know about it. Alex then goes into the controversy with t…

00:31:27  |   Tue 06 Jan 2015
TIS#014 12/31/14 Opinion Panel: The Scientific Method, String Theory & Zombie Brains

TIS#014 12/31/14 Opinion Panel: The Scientific Method, String Theory & Zombie Brains

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!

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Welcome to the 16th episode of Today In Space. Thank you to everyone for listening and subscribing, and I'm looking forward to bringing you more of what …

00:41:17  |   Thu 01 Jan 2015
TIS#013 12/29/14 Dark Energy & Matter

TIS#013 12/29/14 Dark Energy & Matter

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In Part 1 of this Two Part episode, Alex has Brian Folan (artist/musician out of Providence, RI) on the show to discuss Dark Energy.

This episode is part of the "Opinion Pa…

00:21:17  |   Tue 30 Dec 2014
TIS#012 12/22/14 Beta Angles & Private Space Companies

TIS#012 12/22/14 Beta Angles & Private Space Companies

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The Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser flight vehicle is readied for 60 mph tow tests at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Aug. 2, 2013

Credit: NASA/Ken Ulbrich

00:27:42  |   Tue 23 Dec 2014
TIS#011 12/15/14 Pluto and the Pluto Express/New Horizons

TIS#011 12/15/14 Pluto and the Pluto Express/New Horizons

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Alex brings you the information you should know as New Horizons makes its approach to Pluto and it's moons. Alex explains the history of why Pluto became classified as a "dwarf plan…

00:24:31  |   Tue 16 Dec 2014
TIS#010 12/09/14 Upcoming Launches - SpaceX

TIS#010 12/09/14 Upcoming Launches - SpaceX

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Alex talks about the technology that will be tested on the next SpaceX launch (CRS-5) on December 16th, 2014:

Hypersonic Grid Fins

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/536258…

00:28:01  |   Tue 09 Dec 2014
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