On The Space Show for Wednesday, 15 October 2025:

How to become an astronaut with Rose Tasker at the Moon Village Association, Deakin Edge, Melbourne.

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark and selected as an ESA astronaut in 2009, Andreas completed extensive training in spacecraft operations, spacewalks, and extreme environment missions, including ESA CAVES and NASA NEEMO underwater missions. He has served as European liaison officer to NASA’s Johnson Space Center and participated in ESA’s Pangaea field science training.

Andreas has logged two spaceflights: the 10-day ‘iriss’ mission to the ISS in 2015, and the 2023 ‘Huginn’ mission on SpaceX Crew-7, where he became the first non-US pilot of the Crew Dragon and later the longest-serving European commander of the International Space Station.

NASA The Space Story: ROSAT (ROentgen SATellite) was an X-ray observatory developed through a cooperative program between Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the world's most powerful X-ray telescope. It has eight-times greater resolution and is able to detect sources more than 20-times fainter than any previous X-ray telescope.

NASA The Space Story: Fast Auroral SnapshoT (FAST or Explorer 70) was a NASA plasma physics satellite, and the second spacecraft in the Small Explorer program (SMEX). FAST was designed to observe and measure the plasma physics of the auroral phenomena which occur around both of Earth's poles.

Planet Earth - Episode 72:

* Carbon Emissions: Europe’s Regional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes project with Prof. Ana Bastos of the Max Planck Institute

* The Copernicus Earth Observation Program supports society by providing authoritative information about the past, present and future climate in Europe and the rest of the World.

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 8 October 2025:

Kerrie Dougherty, Board Member, World Space Week Association

* International Space Week - its origin, local events & theme. (Recorded Deakin Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne, 2019)

* World Space Week theme for 2025 is "Living In Space”.

* Australia in Space by Kerrie Dougherty: This revised and updated edition of Space Australia tells the definitive story of Australia’s involvement with space activities, from the earliest rocketeers to the latest satellite projects.

Parker Solar Probe Perihelions - Part 2

* Parker Solar Probe Completes 25th Close Approach to Sun

* Mission scientists discuss the series of perihelion passes that brought the Parker Solar Probe as close as 6.1 million kilometres of the solar surface at a record setting speed of 687 000 km/h. (Inserts courtesy GSFC)

Bennu organics and the origins of life in the solar system

* The analysis of the samples of asteroid Bennu brought to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft reveals the presence of organic chemicals. (Courtesy GSFC)

FUSE

* The FUSE astrophysics satellite, and the design of other satellites. (Courtesy GSFC)

Planet Earth - Episode 71

* Some Queensland projects use space technology to address environmental issues; the AIRS (Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder) on the Aqua satellite; and Agriculture and Climate Change (Inserts courtesy JPL, GSFC).

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 1 October 2025:

Artemis II Orion spacecraft named Integrity:

* The crew of Artemis II explain the naming of their Orion capsule. (Courtesy NASA)

Parker Solar Probe Completes 25th Close Approach to Sun:

* Mission scientists discuss the series of perihelion passes that brought the Parker Solar Probe as close as 6.1 million kilometres of the solar surface at a record setting speed of 687,000 km/h.

(Courtesy GSFC)

Juno at Jupiter: Io’s tidal response precludes a shallow magma ocean:

* Scott Bolton (Southwest Research Institute), Shannon Brown (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Alessandro Mura (National Institute for Astrophysics, Italy) and Ryan Park (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), discuss the findings by the Juno spacecraft about the internal structure of Io and Jupiter.

(Courtesy American Geophysical Union and European Geophysical Union)