SPACED OUT, Stardome Observatory and Planetarium
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Spaced Out has been going strong since 2011. Have a listen around 4:40pm Tuesdays fortnightly. (You can catch up later or listen to archived episodes here). SPACED OUT 27 AUGUST 2024The eight-day mission for the Starliner astronauts has turned into a likely eight-month journey, there's commercial astronauts heading to space, and the latest experiments on effects of space on the human body. Plus the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission does a fly-by. Listen here. SPACED OUT 13 AUGUST 2024What do you do when you're stuck in space? How will the Boeing Starliner astronauts get home? And water has been discovered on Mars. Listen here. SPACED OUT 2 JULY 2024Emergency on the space station! Find out what happens when space junk heads your way. Listen here. SPACED OUT 18 JUNE 2024Things don't always go smoothly in space - there's ssues with the Hubble telescope, and the Boeing Starliner is in trouble. Listen here. SPACED OUT 4 JUNE 2024What's so special about moon rocks and why are we still collecting them? And how incredible was it to see an aurora in Auckland! Find out what causes them. Listen here. SPACED OUT 7 MAY 2024China launches their sixth space mission, this time to the far side of the moon. Plus Josh talks about next generation spacesuits. Find out more here. SPACED OUT 30 APRIL 2024Solar sails, how to handle being hit by space debris, and news of an icy comet near Neptune. Listen here. SPACED OUT 9 APRIL 2024Stardome's Zeiss telescope reopens, and what timezone is the Moon in? Find out here. SPACED OUT 26 MARCH 2024Josh talks about sightings of an aurora, the reusable Starship rocket, and the hunt for a meteorite in New Zealand! Listen here. SPACED OUT 12 MARCH 2024Kris is joined by Josh Aoraki to talk about India's plan for a first crewed space expedition, robots in space, slashing to NASA's funding, and the space race between China and the USA. Listen here. SPACED OUT 27 FEBRUARY 2024Josh and Sam chat about moon landings, and the discovery of extra moons around Neptune. Listen here. SPACED OUT 13 FEBRUARY 2024We've got some good news about Stardome's Zeiss telescope, there's new of a volcanic eruption on Jupiter's moon Io, and more moon missions. Listen here. SPACED OUT 30 JANUARY 2024Japan's bumpy moon landing, bad news from Mars, and how to celebrate Valentine's day at Stardome. Listen here. SPACED OUT 16 JANUARY 2024Spaced Out on bfm is back for 2024! This episode we're talking about our return to the Moon and how things don't always go to plan. Listen here. SPACED OUT 12 DECEMBER 2023The last Spaced Out of 2023! Josh talks about the various space missions during the year to Mars, Jupiter, and the Moon. Plus crash landings and mining spacerocks. Listen here. SPACED OUT 28 NOVEMBER 2023Whether you call it an explosion or a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly', what happens when rockets go wrong? Learn what's happening on the ISS, and hear about a weird and wonderful experience at Stardome called XYZZY. Listen here. SPACED OUT 14 NOVEMBER 2023Josh chats asteroids, binary moons and dark energy. Listen here. SPACED OUT 31 OCTOBER 2023
This week Josh talks about space lasers! Listen here. SPACED OUT 17 OCTOBER 2023New space mission Psyche, and asteroid samples return to Earth. Listen here. SPACED OUT 19 SEPTEMBER 2023The search for extraterrestrial life, UFOs, and landing on an asteroid. Listen here. SPACED OUT 5 SEPTEMBER 2023All about the Moon! Listen here. |