Tuesday, February 15 2022
•Astronomy•Matt
It’s 2022’s seventh week, this is Talkin’ Science… Southern Launch firm their partnership with a German rocket maker for launches at Whaler’s Way. SpaceX announces the Polaris Program to forge...
Tuesday, February 9 2021
•Talkin' Science•Matt
SpaceX ups the ante, over 3,000 galaxies get a phsical and there's about to be a traffic jam at the red planet!
Sunday, February 7 2021
•The Journal•Matt
Powering ahead in 2021, SpaceX has performed a courier service for clients wanting to get their satellites into orbit at a fraction of the cost.
Friday, February 5 2021
•The News•Matt
We've got another bite sized News podcast for you. Tune in to catch the latest on Star Trek's nods at the NAACP Image Awards, Jeri Ryan confirming filming delayed on Picard and a Nichelle Nichols doco focusing on her work at NASA in 70's gets a downloadable release date!
Tuesday, February 2 2021
•Talkin' Science•Matt
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.
Wednesday, August 19 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
It turns out Ceres is geologically active with a salty ocean beneath the surface... It's National Science Week and Brad and the team are posing for some satellite selfies.... and Crew-1 delayed again as NASA continues to pour over Demo-2's mission data.
Saturday, August 15 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
As the Parkes Radio Telescope joins the national heritage list, SpaceX's Starship successfully flies and supernova '1987A' gives away a fascinating secret.
Friday, August 14 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
SpaceX has backed up their Crew Dragon success with the first flight of Starship... it flew, and landed, at their testing range in Texas.
Tuesday, August 11 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
Astronomers use a total lunar eclipse to study the ozone, and find exoplanets. The 1987 supernova may have brought the universe a neutron star and Starship finally soars, and lands, in another successful test flight for SpaceX.
Wednesday, August 5 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are back on Earth following the successful test flight of the Crew Dragon capsule. It means NASA is back in the game of launching astronauts from American soil, for the first time since the shuttle retired almost a decade ago.
Tuesday, August 4 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
As Perseverance finally launches, SpaceX completes it's final test flight for Crew Dragon and a globular cluster of stars has astronomers rethinking what they thought they knew about their life cycles.
Thursday, June 25 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
SpaceX's Starlink has put the call out for members of the public to test their network but the catch is only folks in the far northern hemisphere have access, but the speeds potentially on offer are astronomical..
Tuesday, June 23 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
New research indicates that there may be up to 36 intelligent civilisations in the Milky Way right now, as Starlink opens its doors for initial trials and some Aussies were part of a world record attempt to measure light pollution.
Friday, June 19 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
Last weekend was a busy one for low Earth orbit. Three private companies attempted to launch three separate rockets into orbit - and while only SpaceX & Rocket Lab were successful, the Japanese attempt marked a step forward in their endeavour.
Tuesday, June 16 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
It's another jam packed installment of Talkin' Science this week. Dr Brad stops by with details of the fifth solar flyby for the Solar Parker Probe, an exoplanet system that's pretty close to our system, a long duration fast radio burst pattern and a busy weekend for low Earth orbit.
Saturday, June 6 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
Last weekend was a monumental one for NASA's crewed spaceflight program, meanwhile Australian astronomers have paved the way for new understandings...
Thursday, June 4 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
While the crucial next step in commercial spaceflight for the American space agency was waiting for launch, SpaceX's Starship prototype exploded at their Boca Chica proving grounds.
Wednesday, June 3 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
Following a delayed launch into orbit, astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are now on board the International Space Station as the third phase of the crucial "demo-2" mission is completed.
Tuesday, June 2 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
What a monumental weekend of crewed spaceflight we've just experienced, as America continues to show us the dichotomy it is.
Sunday, May 31 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
A successful afternoon at the Cape as SpaceX marks an historic milestone of returning American astronauts to launches on American soil, nine years after the space shuttle program ended.
Tuesday, May 26 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
Astronomers capture the image of a newborn planet, we bust a couple of myths doing the rounds at the moment and Brad and Matt discuss the upcoming SpaceX launch...
Tuesday, May 19 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
As astronomers uncover the complexities surrounding galaxy PKS 2014-55, we're learning details about China's "whoopsie" as the core stage of their new rocket lands close to New York City and NASA sets down the ground rules for the Artemis missions to the moon...
Saturday, May 16 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
We're LIVE once again for this Saturday, May 16 2020 with the uncut edition of this weeks Talkin' Science...
Thursday, May 14 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
Known for his daredevil stunts that help push the audience into a massive sense of disbelief, actor Tom Cruise is set to head up to the Space Station to film his next movie. Details are scarce, but at least Tom and a camera operator will be heading up at some point.
Tuesday, May 12 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
Another week in our Coronavirus lockdown life rolls around, and Dr Brad Tucker is here with details of the closest black hole to Earth being discovered by astronomers, Tom Cruise and SpaceX signing up to film a movie on the Space Station and China's shakedown cruise of it's new long March 5B rocket.
Saturday, May 9 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
We're live across social media this morning for this week's uncut edition of Talkin' Science.
Thursday, May 7 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
SpaceX and Blue Origin have been awarded contracts by NASA to aid in their Artemis missions to the moon.
Tuesday, May 5 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
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.
Wednesday, April 1 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
While NASA remains undecided on whether the Gateway station around the moon will actually go ahead, they've awarded SpaceX's Dragon XL capsule the contract of getting cargo into lunar orbit to aid the Artemis missions.
Tuesday, March 31 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
This week, we've got details of SpaceX's Dragon XL capsule, OneWeb declaring bankruptcy and the US Space Force's first launch!
Wednesday, March 25 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
NASA and SpaceX are continuing to work towards the late-May launch window for the first crewed Dragon capsule.
Tuesday, March 24 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
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