This Week in Space (Audio)
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This Week in Space (Audio)
The new space age is upon us, and This Week in Space leaves no topic untouched. Every Friday, join Editor-in-Chief of Ad Astra magazine, Rod Pyle and Managing Editor of Space.com, Tariq Malik as they explore everything related to the cosmos. You can join Club TWiT for $10 per month and get ad-free a...
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TWiS 181: World Space Week - A UN-Established Global Celebration of Space
World Space Week is a global celebration of all things space, bringing together thousands of participants from all over the planet to celebrate our fu...
TWiS 180: NASA is Closed for Business - And Other Top Space Stories
This week we cover the headlines, from the shutdown of NASA, to the risky dismantling of the space shuttle Discovery (because Texas insists), to a rog...
TWiS 179: The New Crew of Artemis II - Who Will Fly to the Moon in 2026?
It's almost time for Artemis II to fly to the moon! We got together with Space.com writer Josh Dinner, who joined our own Tariq to attend the "astro u...
TWiS 178: Tell It to the Mountain - Astronaut and Senate Hopeful Terry Virts Says NASA Needs a Major Rethink
There's a very elite club in astronaut circles, one in which former astronauts go on to political careers. The most elite are senators, and so far, Jo...
TWiS 177: Life on Mars? - With Dr. Michael Tice
You've heard the news about a possible detection of ancient life on Mars... now get the inside scoop from one of the paper's key authors. Dr. Michael...
TWiS 176: Beyond the Solar System - With Dr. Alan Stern, PI for New Horizons
What's next in deep space exploration? Dr. Alan Stern, planetary scientist and the Principal Investigator for the New Horizons mission to Pluto, joins...
TWiS 175: More AI in Space - Crews and AI with Dr. Daniel Selva
So you're on a months-long flight to Mars... seven months with five people and one computer as crewmates. You've been told to put any fears of a HAL-9...
TWiS 174: Gifts From Orbit - With Lynn Harper
The International Space Station has been serving as a major research center in space for over 25 years, but its time is coming to an end with a planne...
TWiS 173: The Return of the Malik - The Wild Proposals on NASA's Table
Tariq is back from the Far East and bursting with space news! This week we'll look at the passing of Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell, potential re-task...
TWiS 172: Earth on Mars - Terraforming the Red Planet
If we're ever to make Mars a second home, we have some serious housekeeping to do... as in a total renovation. The Red Planet has little atmosphere, n...
TWiS 171: What's an UNOOSA? - Rick Jenet, the National Space Society, and the UN
The United Nations has mediated conflicts since its founding in 1945. That domain of involvement extended into space in 1967 with the Outer Space Trea...
TWiS 170: Atomic Space Batteries! - Dr. Robert O'Brien of USRA
Powering spacecraft, especially out in the dark, cold outer solar system, is a huge challenge. There are limits to how large solar panels can be, and...
TWiS 169: The Day Mars Died - 60th Anniversary of Mariner 4
Sixty years ago this week, the Mariner 4 probe sped past Mars, the first to succeed in this then-brash undertaking. The technology was unbelievably pr...