The Hope Mars Mission Lifts Off
The Emirates Mars Mission – or Hope – has successfully lifted off from Earth bound for the red planet.
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
A Trekzone Conversation
Getting Really Close to the Sun
The Solar Orbiter Spacecraft has captured what appear to be campfires littering the solar surface in the latest images beamed back from the joint NASA-ESA probe.
Wed, 22 Jul 2020
Getting Closer to the Sun as the Hope Mars Mission Lifts Off : Talkin’ Science
As the Solar Orbiter spacecraft beams back the most detailed images of the Sun, the Emirates Mars mission lifts off and we take stock of the decade-long plan to build on Australia’s astronomical community.
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
Aussie Space Month : Pioneering Aussie Rockets
Gilmour Space on the Gold Coast is another pioneer of the Aussie space industry and they’re powering ahead with their hybrid rocket design. Today, co-CEO Adam Gilmour zooms in for A Trekzone Conversation about their company.
Mon, 20 Jul 2020
Remembering Grant Imahara
From electrical engineering, visual effects at ILM and Sulu on Star Trek: Continues. The man, the mythbuster, the legend – Grant Imahara.
Sun, 19 Jul 2020
China’s Big Week as we Celebrate 45 Years Since the Apollo-Soyuz Docking
We’ve covered it all on this week’s editions of Talkin’ Science, and it’s time to wrap them all up with this uncut edition, produced live…
Sat, 18 Jul 2020
Planetary Opposition A Sight to Behold
The night time sky is turning on a treat for amateur astronomers with Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn all at opposition – find out exactly what that means, and how you can see it, with today’s Talkin’ Science Story of the Week..
Fri, 17 Jul 2020
NASA’s Directives to Prevent Space Contamination
It’s a real concern in both directions of travel as we set our minds to further missions to Mars and the Artemis program, space contamination could spell disaster not only for what lies preserved on the worlds of our solar system, but what these sample return missions (and crewed return missions) can bring back to Earth.
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
China’s Big Week
China’s space program has wrapped a busy week, launching three satellites into orbit from two launches. Dr Brad has the details in this Talkin’ Science Story of the Week.
Wed, 15 Jul 2020
China’s Big Week as Planetary Opposition Inspires Amateur Astronomers : Talkin’ Science
As China launches three satellites in two weeks, NASA issues directives to manage space contamination and planetary opposition provides a treat for amateur astronomers. It’s Talkin’ Science from Trekzone!
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
Aussie Space Month : Designing the Next Gen Spacesuit
Chief Engineer James Waldie is our guest today as part of Aussie Space Month here at Trekzone, with thanks to SpaceAustralia.com.
Mon, 13 Jul 2020
LIVE: Hungry Black Holes, Exomoons and Rocketlabs Failure to Launch
We’re back live for another edition of Talkin’ Science uncut. From hungry black holes to the loss of 7 satellites, we’ve got this week’s science and space news headlines.
Sat, 11 Jul 2020
Rocketlabs Stumbles At The Final Step
Over the weekend Rocketlabs – the US company aiming to provide fast and reliable access to space – had another failure to launch, which resulted in the loss of all seven satellites.
Fri, 10 Jul 2020
6 More Exomoons Discovered
Astronomers studying data from the Kepler Space Telescope have discovered moons orbiting exoplanets. They’re even harder to find because of their size, but these candidates are about 200 to 3,000 light years away.
Thu, 9 Jul 2020
A Hungry, Hungry Black Hole
Astronomers have made an astonishing discovery while spotting the largest black hole in the known universe. It’s thirty four billion times the mass of our star… and consumes the equivilant of our sun a day.
Wed, 8 Jul 2020
A Hungry Black Hole as Rocketlabs Fails To Launch
Astronomers are being kept busy by new research into black holes and exomoons as Rocketlabs – the US based company aiming to provide fast and reliable access to space – fails to launch again.
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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