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Made of Stars — 285 episodes

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SpaceX Breaks Another Record

2

Straight Outta Columbus

3

Three Booms and a Hmmm?

4

Upcoming Moonbase Missions

5

A Tragedy Has Delayed the SpaceX Starship V3 Launch

6

The Other Space Race

7

Rockets, Yeah

8

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

9

Artemis III Booster Is Heading to KSC

10

Nutella In Space!

11

The Reason We Send Humans

12

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

13

Artemis II Could Launch Within a Week

14

Space Walks and Objects In the Sky

15

All Your Classic Rock Favorites

16

Artemis Has a New Calendar

17

Artemis II Now Delayed Until April

18

Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal Part 2

19

Supermassive Black Hole or Dark Matter?

20

Artemis II Delayed Until March

21

The Challenger... 40 Years Later!

22

Artemis II Is On the Launchpad Ready for Tests

23

After a Medical Emergency, Crew-11 Is Home

24

ISS Astronaut's Health Delays Spacewalk

25

Recapping Space News of 2025 Part 2

26

Recapping Space News of 2025 Part 1

27

It's Finally Official! Isaacman Confirmed!

28

Satellite of Love?

29

Space Turkeys? A Big Helping of Tryptophan on an Astreoid

30

NASA Is Getting Closer to Sending Astronauts to the Moon

31

Aurora Aftermath

32

CMEs Generating Excitement and Complications

33

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

34

Blue Origin Has Entered the Chat

35

Voyager Set to Make History Again

36

Episode 250! Isaacman, SpaceX and Breaking Bad

37

Following Up on Four Stories

38

NASA Names Their Next Ten Astronaut Candidates

39

Yes, We're Returning to the Moon

40

Biggest Ever Cargo Ship Arrives at ISS

41

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

42

Is the Morning Star Not Really a Star?

43

Your Friendly Neighborhood Rocket Scientist Les Johnson

44

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

45

The Passing of a NASA Legend

46

Hey Now, Hey Now

47

Skyfall on Mars?

48

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

49

When You See the Southern Cross for the First Time

50

New York to Paris in Under an Hour?!

51

American Hero Brigadier General David R. Scott

52

A Look Back to Our Interview with Al Worden

53

Studying Medicine In Space

54

No, the Strawberry Moon Isn't Pink

55

Jared Isaacman's Launch Aborted

56

China and Russia Have Big Plans for the Moon

57

There's Gold In This Here Episode

58

The Universe Is Doomed! (Pardon the Clickbait)

59

SpaceX Starship Gets Approval for 25 Launches Per Year

60

Isaacman Is a Step Closer to Leading NASA

61

Life on Exoplanet K2-18 b? Seems Fishy

62

Baby, You're a Firework

63

Isaacman Says He's Aiming for Mars

64

You Set My Soul Alight

65

Artemis II Mission Now Has Its Boosters

66

The Astronauts Are Definitely Not Stranded Now

67

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

68

Lunar Landers and a Battle of ISS Semantics

69

An Updated Reason Why Mars Is Red

70

About That Asteroid Heading Our Way in 2032

71

Did Quipu Come from Uranus?

72

The Fantastic Two?

73

Molecules Key for Life Found on Bennu

74

Musk and Bezos Go to Washington

75

Dropping Things Much Like They are High In Temperature

76

It's a Good Tiime for Looking Up

77

Auroral Fireworks! Happy New Year!

78

Recapping Space News of 2024 Part 2

79

Recapping Space News of 2024 Part 1

80

Jupiter, Mars and Isaacman, Oh My!

81

Jared Isaacman Is Trump's Pick to Lead NASA

82

No, Turkey Isn't Moist in Space

83

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

84

Electricity from Space?!

85

Crew-9 Had to Board Their Dragon and Move It

86

Celebrating Halloween and Podcast #200

87

SpaceX Crew-8 Wasn't Stuck Either

88

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

89

Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch Tonight!

90

Starliner Astronauts Now Officially Have a Ride Home

91

The Captain Armband Has Been Passed on ISS

92

What If an Astronaut Needs Surgery in Space?

93

A New Dawn for Commercial Space Missions

94

Starliner Prepares to Return Home

95

Astronaut Cady Coleman Joins Us

96

Doritos, a Milky Way and a Glass of Tang

97

Liquid Water on Mars... Could That Mean?

98

Okay, So Maybe They're Actually Stuck

99

Live from the Kennedy Space Center for Artemis 2 Part 2

100

Live from the Kennedy Space Center for Artemis 2 Part 1

101

Bolides Over Manhattan

102

An Exoplanet 48 Light Years Away Is Checking Boxes

103

Space Bloopers and LEGO Moon Bricks

104

Starliner Astronauts Are (Not) Stranded!

105

NASA Is Watching Two Asteroids

106

Starliner Mission Should Be Completed In Spite of Five Helium Leaks

107

Starliner Is On Its Way to the ISS!

108

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

109

It Took 60 Years But He Finally Went to Space

110

Incredible and Historic Aurora Show

111

Starliner Delays Launch After Non-Cicada Related Buzzing Sound

112

JWST Catches a Glimpse of Jar Jar Binks

113

Just a Drop of Water In an Endless Sea

114

Chicken Little Was Right!

115

Recapping the Eclipse and Watch Out for China

116

It's Almost Eclipse Time!

117

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

118

Twenty Seconds to ISS

119

SpaceX Successfully Launches Starship Into Space

120

There's a Newly Discovered Moon Near Uranus

121

Maybe It's Just Rocket Lag

122

The Biggest Quasar Ever Seen Has Quite an Appetite

123

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

124

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

125

SLIM Not So Shady Any More

126

Japan Gets a Win and a Loss on the Moon

127

Ax-3 Mission Set to Take International Crew to ISS

128

NASA's Delays Moon Missions to 2025 and 2026

129

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

130

Recapping Space News of 2023 Part 2

131

Recapping Space News of 2023 Part 1

132

Secretive Spaceplane Launch Delayed

133

Three Robotics Missions Aiming for the Moon in January

134

A Cannibal CME Is Coming!!!

135

Saturn's Rings to Disappear in 2025!

136

SpaceX Prepares Another Starship Test Launch

137

Erin Go to Space!

138

A Spacewalk on ISS Day

139

Ammonia, Sun Spots, Space Lasers, Waffles and Betelgeuse

140

SpaceX Launces Psyche Mission as Part of Its Record Breaking Year

141

Annular Solar Eclipse This Saturday!

142

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

143

Record Breaking Rubio Returns to Earth

144

The Return of OSIRIS-REx!

145

Extra Terrestrials on Display In Mexico!

146

Starship Stacked and Ready (Pending FAA Approval)

147

Super Puffy Exoplanet Has a Thermometer Molecule

148

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

149

NASA's New Horizons to Investigate Rear of Uranus

150

It's a Big Day for Virgin Galactic

151

Has JWST Found Evidence of Dark Stars?

152

Flying Tic Tacs from Deep Space?

153

Moon News on International Moon Day

154

Diverse Set of Organic Molecules Found on Mars

155

The Comeback Story of the Last 18 Months

156

Very Large Array About to Get Larger

157

Leo Investing Into a Startup Going to LEO

158

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

159

Let's Talk About Those Possible Alien Spacecraft

160

Astronauts or Space Flight Participants?

161

Virgin Galactic Successfully Launches Final Test Flight

162

Earth Will Likely Be Devoured by the Sun (Eventually)

163

An Enormous Radioactive Mass Is Heading Right for Earth

164

We Could Receive Messages from Exoplanets in 2029

165

SpaceX's Successful Launch Was Apparently Not So Successful

166

SpaceX Successfully Launches Starship Before Blowing It Up

167

Dear Reporters, Elon Musk Is Really Smart

168

The Moon May Already Have Plenty of Water for Settlements

169

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

170

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

171

Space Suits Are the New Black

172

The Five D's of Dodging Satellites and Space Debri

173

What Time Is It on the Moon?

174

Russia Says External Influences Caused the Progress Leak

175

Aliens from Saskatoon?

176

The SpaceX and Hubble Dynasties Deliver More Wins

177

A Walk Above the Clouds

178

Strange Things In the Sky?

179

Mission to Mars in 45 Days?

180

It's Not a Rescue

181

SpaceX Ends a Record Breaking Year and Begins An Abitious One

182

Recapping Space News of 2022 Part 2

183

Recapping Space News of 2022 Part 1

184

ISS Coolant Leak Said to Be "Fairly Significant"

185

50 Year Anniversary of the Apollo 17 Mission

186

Our 100th Episode!

187

Betelgeuse and Ellerman Bombs

188

Artemis 1 Has Ushered In a New Era!

189

Another Hurricane Delay for SLS

190

Elon Musk Is Really Having the Best Week Ever

191

Gabby Winner for Best Podcast Series!

192

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

193

There's Nothing More Authentic Than Tom Cruise

194

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

195

DART Plays Real-Life Asteroids

196

Does the Autumnal Equinox Really Mean the Start of Fall?

197

Totality: A Conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Bennett

198

Artemis Dealing with Complications and Axiom is Having a Great Week

199

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

200

Artemis Is Still Go for Monday Launch

201

Artemis 1 Is On the Launchpad

202

Scientists Have a Plan to Raise Intestellar Visitor

203

Did an Interstellar Traveler Land on Earth in 2014?

204

Space Stations and Out of Control Boosters

205

SLS Sets a Tentative Date for Launch

206

About Those James Webb Space Telescope Images

207

Which Mega Rocket Will Launch First?

208

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

209

Did China Really Detect Alien Life?

210

Solar Storms Could Impact Weekend Weather

211

SLS Back to the Launch Pad for Another Wet Test

212

NASA Schedules Artemis 1 Retest

213

Boeing Gets a Much-Needed Win

214

Congress Hearings to Investigate UFOs.. er, UAPs

215

And the Moon Shall Turn Red!

216

Star Wars Day and the Sun Turned Into the Death Star

217

Astronauts Coming and Going from ISS

218

Engineering and Robotics Wins

219

A Megacomet Is Coming... But How Close?

220

Axiom Will Make History with AX-1 Launch

221

The Stars Truly Aligned for Hubble

222

About Those Ukrainian Colors

223

Shatner, Strahan... Pete Davidson?

224

Let the American Broomstick Fly

225

Russian Invasion of Ukraine Creates Strange Dynamics for ISS

226

Business as Usual for ISS Astronauts

227

Elon Musk Is Having Another Great Week

228

Elon Musk Set to Make a Major Announcement

229

The Beginning of the End for the ISS

230

NASA's Day of Remembrance

231

Things Get More Interesting on Mars

232

More Good News for JWST But Still No First Light Yet

233

So Far So Good for JWST

234

Recapping Space News of 2021 Part 2

235

Recapping Space News of 2021 Part 1

236

Big Discoveries on Mars

237

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

238

SpaceX Bankruptcy Risk "Getting Fixed"

239

Family, Football, and a JWST Fumble

240

Sara Is Their Best Song

241

Dragon Crew-3 Is Away

242

Cannibals In Space!

243

It's a Halloween Launch for Dragon

244

James Webb Is Closer to Launch

245

Blue Origin Is Having an Stellar Week

246

Don't Wear a Red Shirt, Bill

247

It's a Great Time for Star and Planet Gazing

248

Uranusquakes? No, Marsquakes.

249

Truly Inspirational

250

Firefly's Alpha Rocket Explodes on Test Launch

251

Ingenuity is Assisting Perseverance

252

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

253

Blue Origin, Blue Moons, and Smurfs

254

Bring on the Perseids

255

A Little Panic, Then Work the Problem

256

Russia Drops a Space Station Module

257

Blue Origin Sends Oldest and Youngest Into Space

258

And the Billionaire Winner Is...

259

Dueling Telescopes and Billionaires

260

Coronal Mass Ejections: Communications and Climate

261

Hubble Goes Into Safe Mode

262

NASA Looking for More Private Space Missions to ISS

263

Billionaires In Space!!

264

Rovers Everywhere... Even Canada!

265

Super Terrific Happy Hour Flower Blood Moon

266

Who Wants to Be an Astronaut?

267

NASA Administrator Says China Needs to Meet Responsible Standards

268

Splashdowns, Antimatter and Bill Nelson

269

Put "Lucky" On My Tombstone

270

Ingenuity Flies and Perseverance has MOXIE

271

Software Glitches and Carbonaceous Asteroids

272

How's the Weather Up There?

273

Orion's Cufflink

274

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

275

Sounds from Mars, Dave Gruel and Dave Grohl

276

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

277

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

278

It's Not Utah, It's Mars

279

Perseverance Makes Impact Today

280

Mars, Venus and an Optimus Prime Rover

281

SpaceX Has Groundhog Day Moment... on Groundhog Day

282

Tom Cruise's Space Mission Still Possible Just Not Imminent

283

They Stopped Short!!!

284

No Rodents Were Harmed in the Making of This Episode

285

STEVEs over Finland