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Made of Stars — 295 episodes

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1

Kim Steadman from NASA's JPL

2

Trina Ray from NASA's JPL

3

Black Hole Star, Won't You Come?

4

The Sun and the Moon and Iceland

5

SpaceX Launched Flight 13 and Is Floating in the Indian Ocean

6

Deva Vu All Over Again for SpaceX

7

The Space Race Is In Full Swing

8

Check Out the Size of These Numbers

9

American Exceptionalism in Space Exploration

10

SpaceX Launches Starfall

11

SpaceX Breaks Another Record

12

Straight Outta Columbus

13

Three Booms and a Hmmm?

14

Upcoming Moonbase Missions

15

A Tragedy Has Delayed the SpaceX Starship V3 Launch

16

The Other Space Race

17

Rockets, Yeah

18

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah... Let's Bring Pluto Back

19

Artemis III Booster Is Heading to KSC

20

Nutella In Space!

21

The Reason We Send Humans

22

Live from CSU's Coca-Cola Space Science Center! Again!

23

Artemis II Could Launch Within a Week

24

Space Walks and Objects In the Sky

25

All Your Classic Rock Favorites

26

Artemis Has a New Calendar

27

Artemis II Now Delayed Until April

28

Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal Part 2

29

Supermassive Black Hole or Dark Matter?

30

Artemis II Delayed Until March

31

The Challenger... 40 Years Later!

32

Artemis II Is On the Launchpad Ready for Tests

33

After a Medical Emergency, Crew-11 Is Home

34

ISS Astronaut's Health Delays Spacewalk

35

Recapping Space News of 2025 Part 2

36

Recapping Space News of 2025 Part 1

37

It's Finally Official! Isaacman Confirmed!

38

Satellite of Love?

39

Space Turkeys? A Big Helping of Tryptophan on an Astreoid

40

NASA Is Getting Closer to Sending Astronauts to the Moon

41

Aurora Aftermath

42

CMEs Generating Excitement and Complications

43

Live from CSU's Coca-Cola Space Science Center!

44

Blue Origin Has Entered the Chat

45

Voyager Set to Make History Again

46

Episode 250! Isaacman, SpaceX and Breaking Bad

47

Following Up on Four Stories

48

NASA Names Their Next Ten Astronaut Candidates

49

Yes, We're Returning to the Moon

50

Biggest Ever Cargo Ship Arrives at ISS

51

No, It's Not Definitely a Sign of Life on Mars, But It Could Be

52

Is the Morning Star Not Really a Star?

53

Your Friendly Neighborhood Rocket Scientist Les Johnson

54

X-37B Set to Launch Tonight... Weather Permitting

55

The Passing of a NASA Legend

56

Hey Now, Hey Now

57

Skyfall on Mars?

58

Half of the Planet Will Go Dark? It Happens Every Night

59

When You See the Southern Cross for the First Time

60

New York to Paris in Under an Hour?!

61

American Hero Brigadier General David R. Scott

62

A Look Back to Our Interview with Al Worden

63

Studying Medicine In Space

64

No, the Strawberry Moon Isn't Pink

65

Jared Isaacman's Launch Aborted

66

China and Russia Have Big Plans for the Moon

67

There's Gold In This Here Episode

68

The Universe Is Doomed! (Pardon the Clickbait)

69

SpaceX Starship Gets Approval for 25 Launches Per Year

70

Isaacman Is a Step Closer to Leading NASA

71

Life on Exoplanet K2-18 b? Seems Fishy

72

Baby, You're a Firework

73

Isaacman Says He's Aiming for Mars

74

You Set My Soul Alight

75

Artemis II Mission Now Has Its Boosters

76

The Astronauts Are Definitely Not Stranded Now

77

Crew-10 Delayed as Crew-9 Waits to Return Home

78

Lunar Landers and a Battle of ISS Semantics

79

An Updated Reason Why Mars Is Red

80

About That Asteroid Heading Our Way in 2032

81

Did Quipu Come from Uranus?

82

The Fantastic Two?

83

Molecules Key for Life Found on Bennu

84

Musk and Bezos Go to Washington

85

Dropping Things Much Like They are High In Temperature

86

It's a Good Tiime for Looking Up

87

Auroral Fireworks! Happy New Year!

88

Recapping Space News of 2024 Part 2

89

Recapping Space News of 2024 Part 1

90

Jupiter, Mars and Isaacman, Oh My!

91

Jared Isaacman Is Trump's Pick to Lead NASA

92

No, Turkey Isn't Moist in Space

93

SpaceX Doesn't Catch the Booster with the President-elect Watching

94

Electricity from Space?!

95

Crew-9 Had to Board Their Dragon and Move It

96

Celebrating Halloween and Podcast #200

97

SpaceX Crew-8 Wasn't Stuck Either

98

A Second Wave of Aurora... But Could There Be a Third?!

99

Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch Tonight!

100

Starliner Astronauts Now Officially Have a Ride Home

101

The Captain Armband Has Been Passed on ISS

102

What If an Astronaut Needs Surgery in Space?

103

A New Dawn for Commercial Space Missions

104

Starliner Prepares to Return Home

105

Astronaut Cady Coleman Joins Us

106

Doritos, a Milky Way and a Glass of Tang

107

Liquid Water on Mars... Could That Mean?

108

Okay, So Maybe They're Actually Stuck

109

Live from the Kennedy Space Center for Artemis 2 Part 2

110

Live from the Kennedy Space Center for Artemis 2 Part 1

111

Bolides Over Manhattan

112

An Exoplanet 48 Light Years Away Is Checking Boxes

113

Space Bloopers and LEGO Moon Bricks

114

Starliner Astronauts Are (Not) Stranded!

115

NASA Is Watching Two Asteroids

116

Starliner Mission Should Be Completed In Spite of Five Helium Leaks

117

Starliner Is On Its Way to the ISS!

118

I have Been and Always Shall Be... Not a Real Planet?

119

It Took 60 Years But He Finally Went to Space

120

Incredible and Historic Aurora Show

121

Starliner Delays Launch After Non-Cicada Related Buzzing Sound

122

JWST Catches a Glimpse of Jar Jar Binks

123

Just a Drop of Water In an Endless Sea

124

Chicken Little Was Right!

125

Recapping the Eclipse and Watch Out for China

126

It's Almost Eclipse Time!

127

Deep Space Alcohol and Blue Milk... Shaken, Not Stirred

128

Twenty Seconds to ISS

129

SpaceX Successfully Launches Starship Into Space

130

There's a Newly Discovered Moon Near Uranus

131

Maybe It's Just Rocket Lag

132

The Biggest Quasar Ever Seen Has Quite an Appetite

133

SpaceX Has Been Very Busy... the Good Kind of Busy

134

It's Just a Helicopter... Don't Kick the Dog

135

SLIM Not So Shady Any More

136

Japan Gets a Win and a Loss on the Moon

137

Ax-3 Mission Set to Take International Crew to ISS

138

NASA's Delays Moon Missions to 2025 and 2026

139

SpaceX Ends Record Setting Year and Kicks Off 2024 with a Record Pace

140

Recapping Space News of 2023 Part 2

141

Recapping Space News of 2023 Part 1

142

Secretive Spaceplane Launch Delayed

143

Three Robotics Missions Aiming for the Moon in January

144

A Cannibal CME Is Coming!!!

145

Saturn's Rings to Disappear in 2025!

146

SpaceX Prepares Another Starship Test Launch

147

Erin Go to Space!

148

A Spacewalk on ISS Day

149

Ammonia, Sun Spots, Space Lasers, Waffles and Betelgeuse

150

SpaceX Launces Psyche Mission as Part of Its Record Breaking Year

151

Annular Solar Eclipse This Saturday!

152

NOVA-C Could Be the First Private Company's Spacecraft to Land Safely on the Moon

153

Record Breaking Rubio Returns to Earth

154

The Return of OSIRIS-REx!

155

Extra Terrestrials on Display In Mexico!

156

Starship Stacked and Ready (Pending FAA Approval)

157

Super Puffy Exoplanet Has a Thermometer Molecule

158

India's Lunar Lander Lands, Russia's Does Not

159

NASA's New Horizons to Investigate Rear of Uranus

160

It's a Big Day for Virgin Galactic

161

Has JWST Found Evidence of Dark Stars?

162

Flying Tic Tacs from Deep Space?

163

Moon News on International Moon Day

164

Diverse Set of Organic Molecules Found on Mars

165

The Comeback Story of the Last 18 Months

166

Very Large Array About to Get Larger

167

Leo Investing Into a Startup Going to LEO

168

Massive Asteroid Almost Hits Earth! (By Almost We Mean Not Really Close)

169

Let's Talk About Those Possible Alien Spacecraft

170

Astronauts or Space Flight Participants?

171

Virgin Galactic Successfully Launches Final Test Flight

172

Earth Will Likely Be Devoured by the Sun (Eventually)

173

An Enormous Radioactive Mass Is Heading Right for Earth

174

We Could Receive Messages from Exoplanets in 2029

175

SpaceX's Successful Launch Was Apparently Not So Successful

176

SpaceX Successfully Launches Starship Before Blowing It Up

177

Dear Reporters, Elon Musk Is Really Smart

178

The Moon May Already Have Plenty of Water for Settlements

179

NASA Will Soon Tell Us Which Astronauts Will Travel to the Moon

180

Why Not Print a 3D Rocket and Launch It Into Space?

181

Space Suits Are the New Black

182

The Five D's of Dodging Satellites and Space Debri

183

What Time Is It on the Moon?

184

Russia Says External Influences Caused the Progress Leak

185

Aliens from Saskatoon?

186

The SpaceX and Hubble Dynasties Deliver More Wins

187

A Walk Above the Clouds

188

Strange Things In the Sky?

189

Mission to Mars in 45 Days?

190

It's Not a Rescue

191

SpaceX Ends a Record Breaking Year and Begins An Abitious One

192

Recapping Space News of 2022 Part 2

193

Recapping Space News of 2022 Part 1

194

ISS Coolant Leak Said to Be "Fairly Significant"

195

50 Year Anniversary of the Apollo 17 Mission

196

Our 100th Episode!

197

Betelgeuse and Ellerman Bombs

198

Artemis 1 Has Ushered In a New Era!

199

Another Hurricane Delay for SLS

200

Elon Musk Is Really Having the Best Week Ever

201

Gabby Winner for Best Podcast Series!

202

It's Not the Infinity Gauntlet, It's the Pillars of Creation

203

There's Nothing More Authentic Than Tom Cruise

204

Getting Serious About Space Junk, No, Not the Star Wars Sequels

205

DART Plays Real-Life Asteroids

206

Does the Autumnal Equinox Really Mean the Start of Fall?

207

Totality: A Conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Bennett

208

Artemis Dealing with Complications and Axiom is Having a Great Week

209

Star Trek, LIGO and Dragon Con: A Conversation with Dr. Erin Macdonald

210

Artemis Is Still Go for Monday Launch

211

Artemis 1 Is On the Launchpad

212

Scientists Have a Plan to Raise Intestellar Visitor

213

Did an Interstellar Traveler Land on Earth in 2014?

214

Space Stations and Out of Control Boosters

215

SLS Sets a Tentative Date for Launch

216

About Those James Webb Space Telescope Images

217

Which Mega Rocket Will Launch First?

218

Comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) Is the Name But You Can Call Him K2

219

Did China Really Detect Alien Life?

220

Solar Storms Could Impact Weekend Weather

221

SLS Back to the Launch Pad for Another Wet Test

222

NASA Schedules Artemis 1 Retest

223

Boeing Gets a Much-Needed Win

224

Congress Hearings to Investigate UFOs.. er, UAPs

225

And the Moon Shall Turn Red!

226

Star Wars Day and the Sun Turned Into the Death Star

227

Astronauts Coming and Going from ISS

228

Engineering and Robotics Wins

229

A Megacomet Is Coming... But How Close?

230

Axiom Will Make History with AX-1 Launch

231

The Stars Truly Aligned for Hubble

232

About Those Ukrainian Colors

233

Shatner, Strahan... Pete Davidson?

234

Let the American Broomstick Fly

235

Russian Invasion of Ukraine Creates Strange Dynamics for ISS

236

Business as Usual for ISS Astronauts

237

Elon Musk Is Having Another Great Week

238

Elon Musk Set to Make a Major Announcement

239

The Beginning of the End for the ISS

240

NASA's Day of Remembrance

241

Things Get More Interesting on Mars

242

More Good News for JWST But Still No First Light Yet

243

So Far So Good for JWST

244

Recapping Space News of 2021 Part 2

245

Recapping Space News of 2021 Part 1

246

Big Discoveries on Mars

247

Blue Origin Calls Audible for Michael Strahan's Trip to Space

248

SpaceX Bankruptcy Risk "Getting Fixed"

249

Family, Football, and a JWST Fumble

250

Sara Is Their Best Song

251

Dragon Crew-3 Is Away

252

Cannibals In Space!

253

It's a Halloween Launch for Dragon

254

James Webb Is Closer to Launch

255

Blue Origin Is Having an Stellar Week

256

Don't Wear a Red Shirt, Bill

257

It's a Great Time for Star and Planet Gazing

258

Uranusquakes? No, Marsquakes.

259

Truly Inspirational

260

Firefly's Alpha Rocket Explodes on Test Launch

261

Ingenuity is Assisting Perseverance

262

You Can't Sell What You Don't Own, Can You?

263

Blue Origin, Blue Moons, and Smurfs

264

Bring on the Perseids

265

A Little Panic, Then Work the Problem

266

Russia Drops a Space Station Module

267

Blue Origin Sends Oldest and Youngest Into Space

268

And the Billionaire Winner Is...

269

Dueling Telescopes and Billionaires

270

Coronal Mass Ejections: Communications and Climate

271

Hubble Goes Into Safe Mode

272

NASA Looking for More Private Space Missions to ISS

273

Billionaires In Space!!

274

Rovers Everywhere... Even Canada!

275

Super Terrific Happy Hour Flower Blood Moon

276

Who Wants to Be an Astronaut?

277

NASA Administrator Says China Needs to Meet Responsible Standards

278

Splashdowns, Antimatter and Bill Nelson

279

Put "Lucky" On My Tombstone

280

Ingenuity Flies and Perseverance has MOXIE

281

Software Glitches and Carbonaceous Asteroids

282

How's the Weather Up There?

283

Orion's Cufflink

284

Who Is Bill Nelson? And What Is Dyson Sphere Virtual Immortality?

285

Sounds from Mars, Dave Gruel and Dave Grohl

286

Black Holes, Proca Stars, Dark Matter and the Return of STEVE

287

SpaceX Has Two Big Wins... One for Only Eight Minutes

288

It's Not Utah, It's Mars

289

Perseverance Makes Impact Today

290

Mars, Venus and an Optimus Prime Rover

291

SpaceX Has Groundhog Day Moment... on Groundhog Day

292

Tom Cruise's Space Mission Still Possible Just Not Imminent

293

They Stopped Short!!!

294

No Rodents Were Harmed in the Making of This Episode

295

STEVEs over Finland