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Interplanetary Podcast

Matthew Russellwww.interplanetary.org.uk
Putting The Ace Back Into Space. Host Matthew Russell's critically acclaimed fun and factual show about all things SPACE. New episode every week with a deep dive into the latest hot space topics. With regular Interviews and discussions with the worlds top space experts. From how rockets fly to how blackholes work and everything in-between.
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#79 - Goonhilly - Magnetospheres

This week features a Chat with Eddy Search at Goonhilly one of the UK's most important Space infrastructures Jamie is back to talk about the latest news Can artificial miniature magnetospheres be used to protect spacecraft Ariane Space having a bit of a rough ride China is developing a Long March launch vehicle with a reusable first stage Blue Origin flew its New Shepard system for the eighth time on Sunday SpaceX and Boeing spacecraft may not become operational until 2020 MOON V MARS NEWS ESA a...

May 04, 20181 hr

#78 - Spy Satellites - David Baker

This week features a Chat with David Baker about Spy Satellites, SLS, Skylab an NASA Budgets. George steps in for Jamie to have a quick catchup up on the latest news Late Obituary Donald Lynden-Bell CBE FRS (5 April 1935 – 6 February 2018) TESS Sentinel-3B X37-B Amazing Gifs Jim Bridenstine confirmed as new NASA Administrator ESA's Gaia satellite data dump UK explores producing own satellite system after EU’s Galileo snub Jamie's Space Fact. Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If yo...

Apr 27, 20181 hr

#77 - Lonely Robot - Spacerocks and Diamonds

This week features a chat with prog rock legendJohn Mitchell of Lonely Robot, before he plays ESA Spacerocks Jamie and Matt have a quick catch up up on the latest news ESA SPACE ROCKS - www.spacerocksofficial.com Space diamonds came from an embryo planet Space Legend of the week!!! Robert Albert Charles Esnault-Pelterie Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you...

Apr 18, 201849 min

#76 - Orbital Rings with Isaac Arthur

This week features a chat with youtube legend Isaac Arthur about Orbital Rings and much more Jamie and Matt have a quick catch up up on the latest news Virgin Galactic’s initial rocket-powered April 5 test flight of the “Unity” SpaceShipTwo Life in Venus Clouds? ESA remotely update the software on its Mars Express NASA has selected the Science Mission Directorate’s Planetary Science Division Director Jim Green as the agency’s new chief scientist. SpaceX Cleared In $3.5 Billion Zuma Failure Elon ...

Apr 13, 20181 hr 2 min

#75 - Robert Kurson - 1968 - removeDEBRIS

This week features a chat with internationally renowned author Robert Kurson with a new and brilliant book on Apollo 8 called "Rocket Men" which is out this week. We have a quick catch up up on the latest news Dozen black holes found at galactic centre The RemoveDebris system is at the International Space Station A University of Bath scientist will see over 15 years of work realised with the launch of Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) Why SPACEX is abandoning Falcon 9 boosters 50th an...

Apr 06, 201847 min

#74 - Remco Timmermans - Ellen Ochoa

This week features a Chat with Remco Timmermans about SpaceUp Sentinerds and more. Astronaut of the week features Ellen Ochoa whose first space flight was 25 years ago next week on STS-56. We have a quick catchup up on the latest news James Webb delays!!! ESA's massive ExoMars 2020 parachute 3 April 1966 - Luna 10 - First artificial satellite around another world (the Moon) Space Fact: Ultima Thule Sentinel 3-b launch event http://blogs.esa.int/eolaunches/2018/03/21/join-us-for-sentinel3-launch-...

Mar 30, 201836 min

#73 -Ariel - MS08- David Baker

This week features a Chat with David Baker about Space Force, Chang'e-4, Deep space Gateway and Interstellar Navigation We have a quick catchup up on the latest news Mars Curiosity rover SpaceX’s official Facebook page Sentinel-3B ESA's fourth medium-class science mission, ... ARIEL Humanity Star ESA's Gaia satellite Tiangong-1 station Roscosmos launches Soyuz MS-08 mission, first crew launch of 2018 24 March 1992 Dirk Frimout was the first person from Belgium Vanguard 1 60 Years ago Astronauts ...

Mar 24, 20181 hr 11 min

#72 - Hawking and Asteroid Mining

This week we talk to Mitch Hunter-Scullion of the Asteroid Mining Corporation, and Jamie is excited. We also discuss the late great Stephen Hawking and try to explain Hawking Radiation. We have a quick catchup up on the latest news Space Force UK Space Port And Drones that can fix satellites. Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS ...

Mar 17, 201859 min

#71 - Black Holes - Space News

This week we talk about Black Holes, what Pauli Exclusion and Heisenberg Uncertainty have to do with them, and how everything Matt thought he knew was wrong. ESA-led team has built and fired an electric thruster to ingest scarce air molecules from the top of the atmosphere for propellant Lightsail 2 going up on Falcon Heavy Tim Peake Visits Airbus and the Eutelsat Quantum Satellite Bridenstine Nomination still Blocked in Senate Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the sh...

Mar 09, 201838 min

#70 - Planck - Space News

This week we talk a lot about the amazing Planck Space Telescope and it's heroics with the Cosmic Background Radiation seeing back to the start of time from it's Lissajous orbit in the shade of the Legrange point. We have time for a bit of space news SpaceX testing the latest and last of it's Falcon 9 rockets the Block 5 Curiosity finds a new way to drill on mars, like a dad on DIY monday. TGO ExoMars finishes it's aerobraking manouvres NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba and cosmonaut ...

Mar 02, 201849 min

#69 - Hervé Stevenin - Sci-Fi Predictions

Featuring an amazing interview with Head of ESA NBF Operations and EVA Training Unit Hervé Stevenin Sci-Fi Predictions with Harriet Brettle Goonhilly Earth Station, a commercial tracking station in Cornwall The Republic of Croatia signed a Cooperation Agreement with ESA All 7 Solar system Planets (not including Pluto) fit Between the Earth and Moon Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a...

Feb 23, 20181 hr 9 min

#68 - Mars v Venus - David Baker - Falcon Heavy - Zuma

Featuring an amazing interview with Space Expert David Baker, taking a closer look at Falcon Heavy and what it all means, we also chat about Zuma!!!, and the new Nasa Budget. Venus V Mars Currently no manned missions to Venus in discussion at all ...But Why ? George Russell explains why there should be!!! New Horizons picture is Farthest Ever Taken From Earth! What really happened to GovSat-1’s Falcon 9 first stage European wakeup call. JAN WOERNER Blog http://blogs.esa.int/janwoerner/2018/02/11...

Feb 17, 20181 hr 16 min

#67 - Falcon Heavy - Exoplanets

We Chat about the Falcon Heavy Launch OBVIOUSLY! Great news on the Dream Chaser Trappist-1 and Extragalactic Exoplanets ESA’s Rave in Space 10th anniversary of the launch of the ESA’s Columbus Laboratory Module Space Walk - Misurkin and Shkaplerov Quick interview with Paul Hildebrandt Director, Fight for Space, and new Apollo 8 Documentary "First to the Moon" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/420606009/first-to-the-moon-the-journey-of-apollo-8 Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs ...

Feb 10, 201846 min

#66 - Tim Peake - Explorer1

Featuring our space chat with Tim Peake, Britain's ESA astronaut 60th Anniversary of the start of the Space Race Ariane 5 Launch stress. SpaceX and Soyuz triumphs. Opportunity 14 years on Mars Falcon Heavy, Fox and the Grapes Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the w...

Feb 02, 201852 min

#65 - ISS - Disco Balls - Atmospheres

Atmospheres are special. Is it all over for the ISS, How's Falcon Heavy doing, What's up with the Lunar Xprize, Looking forward to the Ariane5 Launch and GOLD. Are Rocket Lab graffiti of the skys with Humanity Star? Crypto funding and democratising space with Spacebit A spacewalk to fix a trusty workers hand Remembering the fallen heroes of Space Featuring our Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www. Patreon.com/Interplanetary and pecome a Pat...

Jan 27, 201846 min

#64 - Space Music - Zuma

Featuring our 50+ Space Song playlist on spotify Bowie, Radiohead, Strauss, Holst, Eno, Sufjan Stevens all give Space a go. Zuma Blame Game Begins Bad Delays to NASA’s commercial crew program Crater Neukum named after Mars Express founder International Space Station spacewalks Jan. 23 and 29 Venus with Akatsuki NASA Announces Updated Crew Assignments for Space Station Missions Launches! Space fact! Playlist http://bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www. Patreon.com/Interpl...

Jan 20, 201838 min

#63 - Eric Berger - John Young

Featuring our chat with Eric Berger of ArsTechnica about what to expect in 2018 Space Science : Tabby Star Update Astronaut of the Week: John Young Space fact: Fastest Launch Quote: Nadia Drake If you enjoy the show please go over to www. Patreon.com/Interplanetary and pecome a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Sti...

Jan 13, 20181 hr 10 min

#62 - Everything Happening in 2018

The first Podcast of the year - The preview of the YEAR 2018 !!! Out a little early Can you spot the mission in the cover shot? We launch our Patreon page Recording on January the 1st 2018 News Angosat has been recued!!! Progress MS-06 freighter undocks from ISS Helen Sharman, the first Briton in space, has been made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Prof Michele Dougherty from Imperial College, London, has become a Commander of the Order of the British Empire 2018 Preview UK ...

Jan 02, 201837 min

#61 - Review of 2017 - Space News

Review of the year! Our favourite episodes, our favourite guests, our favourite news items. We also have a look at all the news this week, Falcon Heavy, NASA Chooses New Frontiers Mission Finalists, Space flights this week The Launch Table - The Launches of the year, the EVA's of the year and the Deep Space activities. Look out for the launch of our Patreon Page next week. Shout out to a few of our friends. And we pick our Space Exploration moment of the year and the winner is? 2017 best Stories...

Dec 29, 201730 min

#60 - Mike Foale - Apollo 8 and Christmas

Featuring our chat with Mike Foale, legendary NASA astronaunt and fellow Brit, at Estec earlier this year. We chat about Christmas in Space including, Apollo 8 the first christmas in space, Scott Kelly's first spaceflight (with Mike Foale) We also fall out over Star Wars. Space facts: What is a Parsec?, Who cooked Peake's Christmas dinner? Christmas Constellation NGC 2264 What ever happened to those pesky Stage 3 of Saturn V rockets? Does a Space fact even exist!!!

Dec 21, 201758 min

#59 - Happy 100th Birthday Arthur C Clarke

It's Arthur C Clarke's 100th Birthday!!! Jamie and Matt soldier on with colds! We have a look at all the news this week, Falcon Heavy, Trump signs Space Policy Directive-1, Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik, Paolo Nespoli and Sergey Ryazanskiy landed, Blue Origin and the New Shepard flies again after 14 months, Kepler-90i was discovered using machine learning, space launches inc Rocketlab, Ariane, SpaceX. Juno science data and giant space mirrors all in this wee'ks episode. If you enjoy why ...

Dec 16, 201734 min

#58 - Space Rider - Musk - Voyager

Featuring Matt's chat with Giorgio Tumino Head of the Vega and Space Rider development Programmes, about Europe's new spaceplane We have a look at all the news this week, Falcon Heavy and Musk's Car, 50th anniversary of the death of America's first black astronaut, Robert Lawrence Jr, Rocket Lab launch, Nasa firing up a set of reserve thrusters on Voyager 1, 37 years after last burn, More SLS delay? Space Letter: What if Andromeda was an Antimatter Galaxy? Space fact: The Moon illusion If you en...

Dec 09, 201745 min

#57 - David Baker - Mars Base Camp - Gamma Ray Observatory - News

Featuring part 2 of Matt's chat with David Baker about Mars Base Camp, China and the general future of space flight We have a look at all the News this week, Flat earth Rockets, Soyuz, Fregat cockup and the loss of Metoer M2-1, Falcon Heavy delay, Orbital ATK / NG merger. UKSpace gets 50 million, Space Mission: Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, featuring antimatter from lightning. Space fact: The Huge structure in the universe, the Huge LQG and the Great GRB. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at ww...

Dec 02, 201751 min

#56 - Brian Blessed - David Baker -SLS

Featuring part 2 of our interview with living legend Brian Blessed Chatting about pretty much everything. Part 1 of Matt's chat with David Baker about SLS and the future of space flight We have another quick chat about `Oumuamua a visitor from another solar system, GomX-4B, Swedish Space and neutron stars If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.s...

Nov 25, 20171 hr 9 min

#55 - Brian Blessed at the BIS - Part 1

Featuring part 1 of our interview with living legend Brian Blessed Chatting about pretty much everything. We have a quick chat about a visitor from another solar system, A/2017 U1, Dream Chaser flight test, Gravitational waves, SpaceX and Zuma and more launch news. Corrections from Jake and Alex If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.co...

Nov 18, 201746 min

#54 - Ernst Messerschmid - Lava Tubes

Featuring our interview with German Astronaut Superstar Ernst Messerschmid of STS-61-A fame at ESTEC. We have a quick chat about Lava Tubes on the moon. Some SpaceX engine explosions, lasers on planes, and more news. For a chance to win an Interplanetary Podcast mug, please leave a nice review on Itunes. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.st...

Nov 10, 201741 min

#53 - Jean-Jacques Favier - Space Misconceptions

Featuring our interview with French Astronaut Superstar Jean-Jacques Favier of STS-78 fame at ESTEC. We have a quick chat about some misconceptions about space. Some SpaceX news as well. For a chance to win an Interplanetary Podcast mug, please leave a nice review on Itunes. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanet...

Nov 04, 201740 min

#52 - Dumitru Prunariu - Animals in Space

Featuring our interview with Romanian Astronaut Superstar Dumitru Prunariu of Soyuz 40 / Salyut 6 fame at ESTEC. The 60th anniversary of the first animal in orbit, we chat about the animals who have gone to space, Virgin galagtic, X-3 thruster, Lunar Tribute and Lego women of nasa. For a chance to win an Interplanetary Podcast mug, please leave a nice review on Itunes. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes ...

Oct 26, 201748 min

#51 - Claudie Haigneré - BE-4 - ARD

Featuring an interview with French Astronaut Superstar Claudie Haigneré from Jamie and Matt's visit to ESTEC on the anniversary of her ''Andromède'' mission. We also chat about the missing matter, the new multimessenger astrophysics, Blue Origin BE-4, and the anniversary of the flight of the ESA ARD. For a chance to win an Interplanetary Podcast mug, please leave a nice review on Itunes. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. S...

Oct 22, 201730 min

#50 - Dirk Frimout - Estec - Esa

Jamie and Matt visit ESTEC for the 50th Podcast. Featuring Interviews with Dirk Frimout, the first Belgian in space and Franco Ongaro the Director of ESTEC. For a chance to win an Interplanetary Podcast mug, please leave a nice review on Itunes. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russel...

Oct 13, 201743 min
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