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Space Association of Australia
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A non-profit, non-political, interest group, passionate about spaceflight and space exploration.

Website: https://space.asn.au
The Space Show podcast: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/the-space-show
On The Space Show:
* The Karman Project: Building a cooperative future in space⁠.
* The Space That Makes Us Human⁠ documentary.
* Remembering Ronald McNair⁠: Marking the 70th birthday of the Challenger astronaut.

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2025.10.22 | The Karman Project: The Space That Makes Us Human
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October 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
On The Space Show podcast:
* How to become an astronaut⁠ with Rose Tasker
⁠ * ESA astronaut @Astro_Andreas Mogensen⁠
* ROSAT (ROentgen SATellite)⁠
⁠ * Fast Auroral SnapshoT (FAST)
* Copernicus Earth Observation.

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2025.10.15 | How to train your astronaut
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October 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
On The Space Show:
* Kerrie Dougherty, World Space Week Association⁠
* Parker Solar Probe Perihelions - Part 2
* Bennu organics and the origins of life
* FUSE
* Planet Earth - Episode 71
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2025.10.08 | World Space Week 2025: “Living in Space”
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October 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
On The Space Show podcast:
⁠ * Artemis II Orion spacecraft named Integrity.⁠
* Parker Solar Probe Completes 25th Close Approach to Sun⁠.
* Juno at Jupiter:⁠ ⁠Io’s tidal response precludes a shallow magma ocean⁠.

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2025.10.01 | Integrity, Parker Solar Probe and Volcanism on Io
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October 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
On The Space Show: NASA confirms Artemis II crewed mission set for 2026.

The target launch date remains April 2025, but NASA will attempt to bring that forward to February 2025 without compromising crew safety or mission success.

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2025.09.24 | NASA confirms Artemis II crewed lunar orbital mission set for 2026
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September 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Merging Black Holes & Gravitational Waves - Part 2:
Hawking Black Hole Area Theorem Confirmation.
The Space Show in conversation with Teagan Clarke, PhD candidate in gravitational-wave astrophysics at @MonashAstro and @ARC_OzGRav

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2025.09.17 | Event Horizon: Merging Black Holes and Gravitational Waves — Part 2
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September 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
On The Space Show:
Merging Black Holes & Gravitational Waves

Prof. Eric Thrane⁠, an astrophysicist at Monash University, explains the significance of the Stephen Hawking Black Hole Area Theorem confirmation.

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September 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
On The Space Show podcast — Eric Philips: Australian Polar Explorer to Polar Orbiting Astronaut

⁠Eric Philips is an Australian polar explorer, adventurer, polar guide and now private astronaut aboard the Fram2 mission.

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2025.09.03 | Eric Philips: Australian Polar Explorer to Polar Orbiting Astronaut
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September 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The State of Space: My Perspective with @Peter_J_Beck.
@RocketLab founder & CEO gives his views on the space industry in 2025, including launch vehicles, satellite constellations, funding, and his predictions for 2025.

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BONUS | The State of Space: My Perspective with Peter Beck, Rocket Lab
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September 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
On this week's The Space Show podcast:
* Sixty years since the record-breaking flight of ⁠Gemini V⁠.
* Fifty years since the ⁠Viking 1 & 2⁠ missions to Mars

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2025.08.27 | Sixty years since the record breaking flight of Gemini V
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September 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This week on The Space Show podcast:
Remembering Jim Lovell (1928-2025) – Part 2.
Largely told in his own words, hear how the flight of Apollo 8⁠ in 1968 became the highlight and peak of his space career.

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2025.08.20 | Remembering Jim Lovell (1928-2025) – Part 2
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August 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
On The Space Show podcast:
Remembering Jim Lovell (1928-2025) – Part 1.
Largely told in his own words, this two-part special episode celebrates the 97-year life of the Gemini 7 & 12 and Apollo 8 & 13 astronaut.
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2025.08.13 | Remembering Jim Lovell (1928-2025) – Part 1
The Space Show · Episode
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August 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
On The Space Show:

Searching for Life in the Outer Solar System –
The proposed BRINE Mission to Enceladus and the status of US commercial space projects in 2016 with the late Dr David Wilson @marssocietyoz & @NASAAmes

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2025.08.06 | A Retrospective: Searching for Life in the Outer Solar System
The Space Show · Episode
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August 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
On The Space Show:

Eris TestFlight-1 | Gilmour Space Technologies takes first step towards Australian sovereign launch capability with the maiden test launch of its locally designed and built orbital rocket from Australian soil.

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2025.07.30 | Gilmour Space takes first step towards Australian sovereign launch capability
The Space Show · Episode
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August 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
28 July 2025

ERIS TESTFLIGHT-1 LAUNCH UPDATE: Gilmour Space Technologies is expecting its launch window to open No Earlier Than (NET) Tuesday, 29 July (afternoon).

Join the livestream as Josh Keegan (aka Aussienaut) attempts to cover the launch attempt.

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ERIS | Test Flight 1 | Gilmour Space Technologies
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July 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
On The Space Show podcast —
50th Anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project:
* Apollo 7 astronaut ⁠Walter Cunningham ⁠shares his perspective on the first joint mission.
* Former NASA astronaut @AstroTerry reflects on working with his Russian counterparts.
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2025.07.23 | A Cold War Handshake in Space: The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
The Space Show · Episode
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July 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Reposted by Space Association of Australia
Apollo 11.
Rarely seen shot of Eagle, the Moon and Earthrise, taken on this day, July 21, 1969.
Mike Collin's alternate photo is extremely well known, but this one - shown remastered and cropped - is an absolute beauty!
July 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Join @aussienaut.space, Josh Keegan, as he again attempts to cover the launch attempt of the Australian-made ERIS rocket by Gilmour Space Technologies from Bowen in Queensland.

The livestream will be here: youtu.be/mgXkXSFX0Dg
ERIS | Test Flight 1 [DATE CHANGED]
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July 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Eris TestFlight-1 Launch Update: The @GilmourSpaceEris test flight has shifted slightly. The launch window is still July 16–20, but it is now tracking No Earlier Than (NET) Thursday, July 17 (AEST).

Track the latest NET date at: gspace.com/missions
Missions | Gilmour Space
Gilmour Space Technologies is providing dedicated and affordable LEO launches to small satellite customers from Queensland, Australia.
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July 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
On The Space Show:

Avoiding the Kessler Syndrome: Anti-satellite tests and space debris. A history of anti-satellite tests and a discussion from @esa.int on the problem of space debris and mitigation⁠ efforts.

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2025.07.02 | Avoiding the Kessler Syndrome: Anti-satellite tests and space debris
The Space Show · Episode
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July 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Join the livestream as Josh Keegan covers Eris TestFlight-1, the orbital launch attempt of the Australian-made rocket by Gilmour Space Technologies.

The current launch window opens at 7:30 am on Thursday, 3 July 2025 (AEST), weather permitting.
ERIS | Test Flight 1
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July 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
On The Space Show podcast:
* Elon Musk outlines his plan for using Starships to establish a human settlement on Mars
* Reactions to that plan by the Planetary Society's Bill Nye and the Mars Society’s founder & president, Robert Zubrin.
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2025.06.25 | Occupying Mars: A critical look at Elon Musk’s visionary plan to make human civilisation multi-planetary
The Space Show · Episode
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June 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Australian Space Industry 2025 – Part 8:
* A panel discussion about the emerging Australian space industry as it stood just before the formation of the Australian Space Agency on 1 July 2018.

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2025.06.18 | Australian Space Industry 2025 — Part 8
The Space Show · Episode
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June 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
On The Space Show: Another one bites the (lunar) dust: The failed landing attempt by iSpace's Hakuto R-M2 “Resilience”

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2025.06.11 | Another one bites the (lunar) dust: The failed landing attempt by iSpace's Hakuto R-M2 “Resilience”
The Space Show · Episode
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June 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
On The Space Show podcast: 60 years since the first EVAs or “space walks” and the Soviet Union’s ill-fated Luna 6.
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2025.06.04 | Turn Back Time: 60th anniversary of first EVAs and Luna 6
The Space Show · Episode
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June 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM