hope mars mission

Plenty of news around Mars at the moment, plus NASA sets launch windows for two critical missions and scientists have found another planetoid in the outer solar system!

The Hope Mars mission becomes the first in a series of independent missions to the red planet expected to arrive over the coming months.

Talkin' Science is back for it's third season on Trekzone, and what a blockbuster show we have to open. Dr Brad's back with details of Axiom Space and SpaceX's bold bid to launch an all private crew to the Space Station, SpaceX's mammoth satellite launch a few weeks ago and as President Biden settles into the Oval Office, it appears Space Force is here to stay.

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.