This Week In Space

This Week In Space


Latest Episodes

Episode 37: After Artemis
November 11, 2019

This week in space, the ISS gets commercial, astronauts bake cookies, and we discuss how the 2020 election season shapes the future of the Artemis moon program.

Episode 36: The Space Shindig
November 04, 2019

This week in space, we discuss the fallout from the world's largest space convention with an SSI member who was there!

Episode 35: Getting Ahead of the Competition.
October 29, 2019

This week in space, Blue Origin gets ahead of the competition by, well, not competing, nobody can find India's lunar lander, and we discuss how astronauts get fed.

Episode 34: This Week In Space, Fashion Edition
October 21, 2019

This week in space, NASA finally gets somebody in charge of human spaceflight, ESA admits its rockets are too expensive, and ... NASA holds a fashion show? We discuss what that means.

Episode 33: ISS Spring Cleaning
October 14, 2019

This week in space, NASA and SpaceX hug and make up, all ships will be watched by commercial spy satellites, and we discuss what ongoing repairs to the ISS say about the future of the station.

Episode 32: What the Hell Happened?
October 07, 2019

This week in space, NASA makes some compromises on their lunar lander, Relativity Space receives a frightening amount of funding, and we discuss the past and future of commercial space tourism.

Episode 31: Starships Are Meant to Fly
September 30, 2019

This week in space, NASA goes back to the old style of contracting, Russia and China team up to go to the moon, and Elon unveils his Starship and everyone has questions.

Episode 30: We Know that We're Not Absolutely Insane
August 26, 2019

This week in space, the Vice President gets excited about space nuclear propulsion, yet another internet constellation annoys astronomers, and we sit down with the head of an ambitious effort to reach space with a liquid rocket ... using only volunteer co

Episode 29: 3D-Printed Rat Kidneys Are the Future
August 18, 2019

This week in space, Blue Origin is preemptively angry about a launch contract, Cape Canaveral braces for an eye-watering amount of launches, and we sit down with a space 3D printing expert to talk about how the technology will change the industry.

Episode 28: The Great Consolidation
August 11, 2019

This week in space, SpaceX muscles in on the smallsat market, Rocket Lab considers reuseability, and we discuss the coming consolidation in launch and what it means for the industry as a whole.