This week in space, France puts its space lasers where its mouth is, NASA acknowledges Starship, and a technical debate about in-space refueling is actually about seedy politics and the future of space exploration.

This week in space, a Chinese startup makes history by reaching space, SpaceX's test Mars ship hops, and we discuss who the winners and losers will be of the new space internet race.

This week in space, bickering at the White House, China deorbits the Tiangong 2 station, and we talk about the legacy of Apollo.

This week in space, Arianespace loses a Vega rocket during launch, India prepares to be the fourth country on the moon, and a surprising NASA change of leadership offers insight into internal conflict in the agency.

This week in space, a study supports a space telescope to protect us from asteroids, NASA releases contracts for most parts of the Artemis mission, and we discuss how rocket reuse has been changing the industry in unexpected ways.

This week in space, NASA approves an ambitious mission to explore Saturn's moon Titan with a quadrotor drone, SpaceIL sets their sights even higher after sort of reaching the moon, and we discuss how much we can risk human lives in space.

This week in space, Falcon Heavy launches 24 payloads, including a solar sail, everyone blames everyone as NASA funding gets contraversial, and a commercial company demonstrates refueling in space! This Week in Space is now back for the summer quarter, wi

This week in space, NASA funds commercial lunar landers in 2020 and 2021, Northrup discovers PR is hard after a test anomaly, and we discuss the controversy surrounding the light pollution from SpaceX's Starlink satellites.

This week in space, NASA inexplicably gets funded to develop nuclear rockets, the battle for Air Force contracts gets intense, and we discuss how to get Congress to pay for space with someone who just lobbied them.

This week in space, NASA deflects asteroids, Japen sends robots to space to fight, and NASA announces the human return to the Moon: Project Artemis.