The Journal

The University of Melbourne is honouring 65, 000 years of astronomy with the first Indigenous Astronomy undergraduate course in Australia.

Following the American space agencies successful landing on asteroid Bennu in October last year, the plans for the return voyage of OSIRIS-REx have been announced.

Welcome to the new look Trekzone. The recent server move and upgrade took us down a very bumpy, very long road but we've emerged out the other side all the better for the experience.

Several countries sign on to NASA's Artemis Accords, a new study suggests the moon helped Earth survive the sun's teenage years and a very close call for two bits of space junk over Antarctica.

Southern Launch Australia is one of a bunch of companies pioneering the Aussie Space Industry and they're gearing up for a massive 2021. Launch director Alexander Linossier joins Matt for a chat about what the future holds for this Aussie company.

It's Tuesday September 29 2020. This is Talkin' Science. Detailed images emerge of M-87's heart, a supermassive black hole, Artemis is on track for a return to the moon according to NASA and analysing archive data pays off for researchers... finding three salt water lakes on Mars.

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.

As we gear up for next week's crewed Dragon test flight, NASA is looking further ahead by putting out the rules for companies and countries collaborating on the Artemis missions to the moon. Interestingly the US hasn't signed the treaty as yet...

SpaceX and Blue Origin have been awarded contracts by NASA to aid in their Artemis missions to the moon.

Dr Brad Tucker drops by with details of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, SpaceX and Blue Origin winning contracts for NASA's Artemis missions to the moon and Hubble spotting comet Atlas' breakup as the power of the sun got too much for the iceball.

Our final story of the week sees Airbus quietly achieving it's targets with Artemis' crew capsule.

Australia's broadcaster of the Seth MacFarlane created show has confirmed to Trekzone that it will be broadcasting the third season of The Orville in the second half of 2020.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison attended NASA Headquarters overnight to commit Australia's new space agency to aiding the US in its return to the Moon by 2025.