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This week we speak to Logan Jaeren who is just about to launch STEAM4SPACE to try and use his extensive mission patch collection to help inspire the next generations. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings STEAM4SPACE: https://steam4space.org/?page=section/home.html Space exploration Patches: https://sxpatches.com/  Logan Jaeren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loganjaeren/  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/ Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: STEAM4SPACE Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: [email protected] Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are only 3 Space Shuttle Orbiters left. Atlantis is on display at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Endeavour will be on display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles and Discovery is at the Udvar-Hazy Center just outside of Washington DC. While we were in Washington we caught up with Dr. Jennifer Levasseur, the curator of the Space Shuttle Program for the Smithsonian and we tried to find out how you use a Space Shuttle to tell it’s history and inspire the next generation. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Dr. Jennifer Levasseur: https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/jennifer-levasseur  Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: https://airandspace.si.edu/visit/udvar-hazy-center  Being Discovery’s Curator by Dr. Jennifer Levasseur: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/being-discoverys-curator  Apollo 13 Minute Podcast Featuring Dr. Jennifer Levasseur:  https://www.apollo13minute.com/cm/episodes/minute-009-give-me-a-lever-long-enough/  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp181-telling-the-story-of-the-space-shuttle-with-dr-jennifer-levasseur Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: NASM Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: [email protected] Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A recent NASA report wasn't too encouraging about the use of space based solar power to help solve the planets energy problems, but we think there might be more to it than the report suggests so we speak to an expert on the subject John Mankins, who has been working on this since the 1990s. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings John Mankins:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-mankins-a89a7130/  NASA’s Space-Based Solar Power Report: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/otps-sbsp-report-final-tagged-approved-1-8-24-tagged-v2.pdf?emrc=744da1 The Case For Space Solar Power book: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Space-Solar-Power/dp/099133700X  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp180-can-space-based-solar-power-save-the-planet-with-john-mankins Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: NASA SPS-ALPHA concept by John C. Mankins Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: [email protected] Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

February 8th 1974 marked the end of the crewed missions to Skylab, America's first space station. To celebrate this 50th anniversary we take a look at that mission and the legacy of Skylab. We're helped to do this by Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator of the Apollo Collection at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings More on Dr Muir-Harmony: https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/teasel-muir-harmony X: https://twitter.com/teaselmuir Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teaselmuir/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teasel-muir-harmony-3a67519/ The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum: https://airandspace.si.edu/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/airandspacemuseum/ X: https://twitter.com/airandspace Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/airandspace   Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp179-the-mutiny-episode-skylab-4-50th-anniversary-with-dr-teasel-muir-harmony Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: NASA Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: [email protected] Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part 2 of our deep dive into space policy with Casey Dreier the Chief of Space Policy at the Planetary Society. This week we learn about the Mars Sample Return mission and how the upcoming US election might affect NASA. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Casey Dreier:  https://www.planetary.org/profiles/casey-dreier Threads: https://www.threads.net/@caseydreierspace  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-dreier-7371a054/ The Planetary Society: https://www.planetary.org/ Space Advocacy 101 Course: https://www.planetary.org/courses Planetary Radio: Space Policy Edition with Casey Dreier: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/space-policy-edition  The Space Advocate Newsletter: https://secure.planetary.org/site/SPageNavigator/advocacy_newsletter.html  Planetary Society Day Of Action: https://www.planetary.org/advocacy/day-of-action  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/ Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: NASA Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: [email protected] Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we speak to Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at the Planetary Society. We’ve been wanting to take a deeper dive into space policy for a while now and Casey is the perfect person to help us understand how it all works. Part 2 of this interview will be in next week’s podcast. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Casey Dreier:  https://www.planetary.org/profiles/casey-dreier Threads: https://www.threads.net/@caseydreierspace  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-dreier-7371a054/ The Planetary Society: https://www.planetary.org/ Space Advocacy 101 Course: https://www.planetary.org/courses Planetary Radio: Space Policy Edition with Casey Dreier: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/space-policy-edition  The Space Advocate Newsletter: https://secure.planetary.org/site/SPageNavigator/advocacy_newsletter.html  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp177-space-policy-aka-how-things-happen-in-space-with-casey-dreier Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: The Planetary Society Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: [email protected] Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We often get messages asking for advice on how to help encourage younger people with space flight. Well our guest this week has been doing that for over 25 years. Chris Barber founded ISSET space in 1998 and has had 60 different astronauts and cosmonauts involved with events around the globe to inspire people. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings ISSET Space: https://www.isset.space/ Mission Discovery: https://www.isset.space/pages/missiondiscovery Chris Barber: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-barber-3478361a/  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp176-how-to-inspire-people-using-spaceflight-with-isset-space-founder-chris-barber Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: ISSET Space Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: [email protected] Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new year brings in a new first, a new rocket from United Launch Alliance, the Vulcan Centaur, is due to launch on January 8th and the first private Lunar Lander. So we want to learn more about one of the payloads on board. With that in mind we speak to Charles Chafer, CEO of Celestis Memorial Spaceflights about their second Luna mission and their first deep space Voyager mission. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Celestis: https://www.celestis.com Charles Chafer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-chafer-8652684/ Countdown to Vulcan: https://www.ulalaunch.com/rockets/vulcan-centaur/countdown-to-vulcan Vulcan Payload Blog: https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/vulcan-cert-1-payloads-mounted-atop-rocket-for-launch  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp175-celestis-memorial-spaceflights-with-ceo-charles-chafer Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: Celestis Memorial Spaceflights Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: [email protected] Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 is just around the corner so we carry on from last week and preview what we can hope to see in the upcoming year, to do this we're once again joined by the hosts of This Week In Space: Rod Pyle and Tarik Malik.  100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings This Week In Space Podcast: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space Rod Pyle:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodpyleleadership/ Tariq Malik: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tariq-j-malik/ Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp174-2024-the-big-preview-with-rod-pyle-and-tariq-malik Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: Space and Things Podcast Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: [email protected] Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s time for our 2023 annual review and we’re joined by two big stars of the space world to take a look back at what’s happened this year, the hosts of This Week In Space: Rod Pyle and Tarik Malik.  100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings This Week In Space Podcast: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space Rod Pyle:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodpyleleadership/ Tariq Malik: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tariq-j-malik/ Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp173-2023-year-end-review-with-rod-pyle-and-tariq-mallik Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: Space and Things Podcast Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: [email protected] Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we’re joined by David Chudwin, author of a wonderful book called “I Was A Teenage Space Reporter” – David was among the only college journalists accredited to cover the 1969 Apollo 11 launch and first landing on the Moon. At age 19, he was one of only a handful of teenagers with official press passes at the Kennedy Space Center for the launch. He gives us a wonderful insight to what it was like being at the launch of the most famous space mission of all time, Apollo 11. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings David Chudwin: https://davidchudwin.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-chudwin-m-d-8b891820/ X: https://twitter.com/DChudwin Buy the book: US: https://www.amazon.com/Was-Teenage-Space-Reporter-Apollo/dp/0999187120/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=I+was+a+teenage+space+reporter&qid=1553167013&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Was-Teenage-Space-Reporter-Apollo/dp/0999187120/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1553167108&sr=8-1&keywords=i+was+a+teenage+space+reporter  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp172-i-was-a-teenage-space-reporter-getting-up-close-to-the-launch-of-apollo-11-with-david-chudwin Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: LID Publishing Inc. Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: [email protected] Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we want to share with you the story of the Sew Sisters, a group of women who used their skills to hand sew the thermal blankets used to protect the Space Shuttle. To do this we’re joined by one of the seamstresses, Jean Wright, who has just had a book written about her by Elise Matich called: “Sew Sister: The Untold Story of Jean Wright and NASA’s Seamstresses.”  100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Jean Wright: X: https://twitter.com/JeanWright0274  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-wright-0b62b328/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jean.wright.39 Sew Sister Book: https://www.tilburyhouse.com/product-page/sew-sister  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp171-sew-sisters-the-untold-story-of-nasas-seamstresses-with-jean-wright Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: Tilbury House Publishers Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: [email protected] Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.