Supercluster

Supercluster is here to tell humanity’s greatest outer space stories. We’re exploring the amazing milestones that changed space history, the wildest ideas that drive our future, and every development in this new Golden Age of Space.

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LAST WEEK IN SPACE / JUNE 14, 2019

Every week, Supercluster recaps the biggest stories in space exploration. This week: our Director of Content Robin Seemangal is joined by seasoned space photographers Tom Cross and Pauline Acalin who just visited SpaceX’s mysterious testing facility in Texas and the company's launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Jun 14, 2019•23 min

LAST WEEK IN SPACE / JUNE 7, 2019

Every week Supercluster keeps you up to date on what just happened in space. This week: NASA provides an update on the effort to return human spaceflight to Cape Canaveral. Stratolaunch tested the world's largest plane, built to launch rockets, but will now shut its doors. Brad Pitt unveils tentpole space film 'Ad Astra' in which he'll star as a NASA astronaut bound for Neptune.

Jun 07, 2019•21 min

Blasting Our Dead Loved Ones to Space

Vice Motherboard reporter Samantha Cole joins Robin Seemangal to discuss a new emerging industry: Sending human remains to space. This podcast is a supplement to Samantha’s recent feature “When We Blast Our Dead Loved Ones to Space,” which explores these odd missions and the folks who sign up for space memorials.

May 30, 2019•14 min

LAST WEEK IN SPACE / MAY 24, 2019

Every week, Supercluster recaps the biggest stories in space. This week: SpaceX launches 60 of its experimental broadband satellites to orbit from Cape Canaveral. NASA continues its citizen engagement effort by allowing fans to send their names to the red planet aboard the Mars 2020 rover. Also, a new announcement from NASA sets a course for return to the moon.

May 24, 2019•19 min

LAST WEEK IN SPACE / MAY 17, 2019

Every week, Supercluster recaps the biggest stories in space. This week: SpaceX attempts to launch the first 60 of its experimental internet-broadcasting satellites. Also: The Trump administration called for NASA to return Americans to the moon and requested a controversial budget increase. For NASA and SpaceX, a critical question remains: how much funding is needed to expand our human footprint throughout the solar system?

May 17, 2019•21 min

LAST WEEK IN SPACE / MAY 10, 2019

Every week Supercluster keeps you up to date on what just happened in space. This week: Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos unveils a lunar lander to help NASA return to the moon. Elon Musk-founded SpaceX plans for its next Falcon Heavy launch and the first mission to place its space-based Starlink internet satellites in orbit.

May 10, 2019•24 min

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