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Wake up with Cosmic Coffee every Thursday morning at 9am PDT! Join our director, Dr. Jeff Hall, as he sits down with a different guest each week to enjoy a cup of coffee from a local business and discuss a variety of scientific topics. Educator Jos Schindler will join CC this week. Unlike the Sun, which is a relatively "normal" star, many stars have very unusual characteristics. We'll talk about some of the strange types of stars we find in the Universe. *Cosmic Coffee explores a different topic in astronomy or planetary science each Thursday at 9 am AZ (PDT).

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts will answer questions at 3:45 p.m. EDT (19:45 UTC) Thursday, May 6, about their historic mission on the International Space Station and their return to Earth. NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, returned to Earth at 2:56 a.m. EDT (6:56 UTC) on May 2 under the parachutes of their Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft. The successful launch of Crew-1 in November 2020 was the first flight of a NASA-certified commercial human spacecraft system in history. Crew-1 is the first of six crewed missions NASA and SpaceX will fly as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which worked with the U.S. aerospace industry to return launches with astronauts on American rockets and spacecraft from American soil.

SpaceX Starship SN15 will be attempting another exciting medium altitude test flight (~10 km / 33,000 ft *ISH). This UN-CREWED rocket will lift off from Starbase (Boca Chica), Texas under the power of three Raptor engines. At apogee, it will flip into a horizontal (belly flop) configuration for descent. Prior to landing, it will ignite three of its Raptor engines to initiate the landing flip before shutting one down. SN15 will attempt a propulsive landing on the landing pad, potentially becoming the first Starship prototype to successfully do so. 00:00 - Intro 03:05 - Prelaunch Preview 08:45 - Introducing MaryLiz Bender! 11:30 - Inside Starship 15:00 - Q&A 05:23:50 - LIFT OFF! 05:29:30 - Landing! 06:45:40 - Slow Mo replays! Need to know more information? Check out our Prelaunch Preview - https://everydayastronaut.com/starship-sn15-10-km-test-flight/ Subscribe to Cosmic Perspective! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh3jrub_0od3EFoUtiIG4jQ #SpaceX #Starship #SN15 ------------------- Want to support what I do? Consider becoming a Patreon supporter for access to exclusive livestreams, our discord channel and subreddit! - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Or become a YouTube member for some bonus perks as well! - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6uKrU_WqJ1R2HMTY3LIx5Q/join The best place for all your space merch needs! https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ All music is original! Check out my album "Maximum Aerodynamic Pressure" anywhere you listen to music (Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, etc) or click here for easy links - http://everydayastronaut.com/music I'm the cohost of an awesome podcast where we talk all about current technologies and how they shape our future! http://ourludicrousfuture.com or here on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/ourludicrousfuture

This week we are airing Fraser's prerecorded interview with Dr. Ronald Mallett, Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Physics at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. Ron received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in physics from the Pennsylvania State University. In 1975 he joined the physics faculty at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. His research interests include black holes, general relativity, quantum cosmology, and relativistic astrophysics. As part of his research, Ron has hypothesized that a rotating ring laser could, via frame dragging, sufficiently twist space and time to mimic the conditions inside a rotating Black Hole, potentially allowing a binary message (encoded in a neutrino stream) to be sent back in time. You can learn more about the theory behind Ron's hypothesis in this January 2020 Popular Mechanics article: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a30420165/time-machine-prototype/ Prof. Mallett has published numerous papers on black holes and cosmology in professional journals. His breakthrough research on time travel has been featured extensively in print and broadcast media around the world and has appeared in a feature-length documentary "How to Build a Time Machine" which won Best Documentary at the 2017 Philip K Dick Film Festival in New York City. The documentary is now available on Amazon Prime. His published memoir “Time Traveler: A Scientist’s Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality” has been translated into Korean, Chinese, Japanese and is currently in discussion become a major Hollywood motion picture. To learn more about Ron and his research, visit his faculty website https://physics.uconn.edu/person/ronald-mallett/. You can also follow Ron on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ronald.l.mallett) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/rlmallett). **************************************** The Weekly Space Hangout is a production of CosmoQuest. Want to support CosmoQuest? Here are some specific ways you can help: ► Subscribe FREE to our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/cosmoquest ► Subscribe to our podcasts Astronomy Cast and Daily Space where ever you get your podcasts! ► Watch our streams over on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/cosmoquestx – follow and subscribe! ► Become a Patreon of CosmoQuest https://www.patreon.com/cosmoquestx ► Become a Patreon of Astronomy Cast https://www.patreon.com/astronomycast ► Buy stuff from our Redbubble https://www.redbubble.com/people/cosmoquestx ► Join our Discord server for CosmoQuest - https://discord.gg/X8rw4vv ► Join the Weekly Space Hangout Crew! - http://www.wshcrew.space/ Don't forget to like and subscribe! Plus we love being shared out to new people, so tweet, comment, review us… all the free things you can do to help bring science into people's lives.

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SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, May 4 for launch of 60 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous window is at 3:01 p.m. EDT, or 19:01 UTC, and a backup opportunity is available on Wednesday, May 5 at 2:39 p.m. EDT, or 18:39 UTC. The Falcon 9 first stage rocket booster supporting this mission previously supported launch of Telstar 18 VANTAGE, Iridium-8, and six Starlink missions. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, which will be located in the Atlantic Ocean. One half of Falcon 9’s fairing previously supported two Starlink missions.

On April 19, the Ingenuity Mars helicopter became the first spacecraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on another world. This historic flight on Mars has implications for how we will explore other worlds. Join experts from the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter team and upcoming Dragonfly mission to learn about the future of extraterrestrial flight. Have questions? Use #askNASA.   Meet the guests:   Mr. Johnny Lam is an Ingenuity Mars Helicopter pilot at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Mr. Lam always had an interest in math and science growing up, and enjoys getting to work on one-of-a-kind missions that are helping us to learn more about the universe. He is an avid frisbee player and has a family that is expecting their second baby soon. Mr. Lam has an exciting vision for how aerial vehicles could be used for exploration in the future. Watch the show to hear more about it!   Mr. Nishant Mehta is the Deputy Lead for the Dragonfly Mobility System at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory. Mr. Mehta grew up surrounded by science fiction through books and television, these stories reinforced the notion that possibilities are endless with science. His favorite part of his job is knowing that he is working on something that will ultimately be on another planet to help humanity understand our universe better than before.   Ms. Jia-Rui Cook is the News Events & Projects Supervisor at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and will be your host for this episode. As the child of immigrants, she has always been interested in American history and asking the question, “What does it mean to be American?” Working for NASA’s news and media team means she gets a front-row seat at this history in the making. In her role in the media office, she gets to help figure out how stories about first-of-their-kind accomplishments are told. When it comes to the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, Ms. Cook is amazed that the team could build something so light and powerful at the same time.

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Crew-1 is home! Four astronauts are back on Earth after SpaceX's Crew Dragon Resilience splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida Sun., May 2 at 2:56 a.m. EDT (6:56 UTC). This was the first night splashdown of a U.S. crewed spacecraft since Apollo 8’s predawn return in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 27, 1968. Tune in at 5 a.m. EDT (9:00 UTC) for a return to Earth news update with experts from NASA, SpaceX, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) from our Johnson Space Center in Houston. Participants are: Kathy Lueders, associate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, Kennedy Space Center Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station, Johnson Holly Ridings, chief flight director, Johnson Hans Koenigsmann, senior advisor, Flight Reliability, SpaceX Hiroshi Sasaki, vice president and director general, JAXA’s Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate

SpaceX and NASA are targeting Saturday, May 1 at 8:35 p.m. EDT, or 00:35 UTC on May 2, for Dragon to autonomously undock from the International Space Station (ISS) and splashdown off the coast of Florida on Sunday, May 2 at approximately 2:57 a.m. EDT, 6:57 UTC, completing its first six-month operational mission to the Station. A series of departure burns will move Dragon away from the orbiting laboratory, followed by the vehicle jettisoning the trunk to reduce weight and mass to help save propellant for the deorbit burn. Once complete, Dragon will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere and deploy its two drogue and four main parachutes in preparation for a soft water landing. Aboard the spacecraft will be NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who flew to the space station on Dragon six months ago when Falcon 9 launched the spacecraft from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, November 15, 2020. Upon splashdown, the Dragon and the astronauts will be quickly recovered and returned to Cape Canaveral and Houston respectively. Once the mission is complete, Dragon will be inspected and refurbished for future human spaceflight missions.

Four astronauts are on their way home. Join us for the final leg of their journey from the International Space Station back to Earth, as the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience re-enters Earth's atmosphere and splashes down at about 2:57 a.m. EDT (6:57 UTC) Sun., May 2, in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.  Aboard the Crew Dragon are NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).  This will be the first night splashdown of a U.S. crewed spacecraft since Apollo 8’s predawn return in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 27, 1968, with NASA astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders. 

The mission that certified the return of astronaut launches from the U.S. is coming home. Starting at 6 p.m. EDT (22:00 UTC) on Sat., May 1, join us LIVE from space to bid farewell to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 crew members: NASA Astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, and Mike Hopkins, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Soichi Noguchi. The hatch of their Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft is targeted to close at approximately 6:20 p.m. EDT (22:20 UTC). NASA and SpaceX decided to move Crew-1’s undocking from Fri., April 30, following a review of the forecast weather conditions in the splashdown zones off the coast of Florida. During their six-month stay in orbit, the crew worked on hundreds of science experiments to benefit humans in space and on Earth. Here are just a few: https://go.nasa.gov/3aoWxGn

SpaceX and NASA are targeting Saturday, May 1 at 8:35 p.m. EDT, or 00:35 UTC on May 2, for Dragon to autonomously undock from the International Space Station (ISS) and splashdown off the coast of Florida on Sunday, May 2 at approximately 2:57 a.m. EDT, 6:57 UTC, completing its first six-month operational mission to the Station. A series of departure burns will move Dragon away from the orbiting laboratory, followed by the vehicle jettisoning the trunk to reduce weight and mass to help save propellant for the deorbit burn. Once complete, Dragon will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere and deploy its two drogue and four main parachutes in preparation for a soft water landing. Aboard the spacecraft will be NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who flew to the space station on Dragon six months ago when Falcon 9 launched the spacecraft from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, November 15, 2020. Upon splashdown, the Dragon and the astronauts will be quickly recovered and returned to Cape Canaveral and Houston respectively. Once the mission is complete, Dragon will be inspected and refurbished for future human spaceflight missions.

Join the NASA Night Sky Network and SciStarter on Thursday, April 29 at 6:00 pm Pacific (9:00 pm Eastern) for a conversation with three citizen science project leaders and David Eicher, Editor-in-Chief of Astronomy Magazine. Find out more about this event, along with the Aurorasaurus, Spiral Graph, and Smartphone Astrophotography projects, at SciStarter.org/AstronomyMag NSN Webinar Series Page: Current & Upcoming Event Schedule: https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/news-display.cfm?News_ID=707 Night Sky Network https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/ Astronomical Society of the Pacific https://astrosociety.org/

This week on Space Radio Live I rant… errrr, talk… about the Pro (yes, singular,) and Cons of having thousands of small communication satellites orbiting the Earth. I also answer some viewer questions, including: ► Why are scientists so surprised to find galaxies at the edge of the observable Universe? ► How the inherent nature of Space-Time impacts Earth-based observations using light that has just arrived here; ► … and much more. Cover Image: Credit: Mike Lewinski, Flickr Tonight's Dom's Cheese of the Week was Tête de Moine, a raw milk cheese from Switzerland. Special shout out to Russell Neitzke for his Super Chat! Join the show recording every Thursday at 8pm ET by leaving a voicemail at www.SpaceRadioShow.com Support the show on Patreon. Follow on Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube. Justin G, Matthew K, Chris L, Barbara K, Duncan M, Corey D, Justin Z, Neuterdude, Nate H, Andrew F, Naila, Aaron S, Scott M, Rob H, David B, Frank T, Tim R, Alex P, Tom Van S, Mark R, Alan B, Craig B, Richard K, Steve P, Dave L, Chuck C, Stephen M, Maureen R, Stace J, Neil P, lothian53 , COTFM, Stephen S, Ken L, Debra S, Alberto M, Matt C, Ron S, Joe R, Jeremy K, David P, Norm Z, Ulfert B, Robert B, Fr. Bruce W, Catherine R, Nicolai B, Sean M, Edward K, Callan R, Darren W, JJ_Holy, Tracy F, Tom, Sarah K, Bill H, Steven S, Jens O, Ryan L, Ella F, Richard S, Sam R, Thomas K, James C, Jorg D, R Larche, Syamkumar M, John S, Fred S, Homer V, Mark D, Brianna V, Colin B, Bruce A, Steven M, Brent B, Bill E, Jim L, Tim Z, Thomas W, Linda C, Joshua, David W, Aissa F, Tom G, Marc H, Avery P, Scott M, Michael G, and Katelyn!! Produced by Nancy Graziano. Cheese for today’s tasting proudly provided by Dom’s Cheese Shop (https://domscheese.com/). Hosted by Paul M. Sutter, astrophysicist and the one and only Agent to the Stars.

Join us on Thursday 6th May for Uplink 46 with musician/producer Laura Kidd and multi-instrumentalist J. Willgoose Esq., founding member of the alternative band, Public Service Broadcasting. to talk about their unique use of space as musical source material. Laura Kidd is a music producer, songwriter and indie rock recording artist based in Bristol, UK who works under the solo project name of Penfriend. With her time split between writing, recording and performing in her home studio The Launchpad, making her critically acclaimed podcast series Attention Engineer and heading up a vibrant online community, Laura is on a mission to create supportive spaces of all kinds for those who need them, gently encouraging creativity in everyone who crosses her path. Her new album Exotic Monsters – which uses samples from ESA's ESTEC facility – is out on 21st May. J. Willgoose Esq. is the original member of alternative/indie band Public Service Broadcasting, known for sampling old public information films, archive footage and propaganda material. The band have released three albums, Inform-Educate-Entertain (2013); The Race for Space (2015); and Every Valley (2017). The Race for Space was supported by two shows at the National Space Centre in Leicester to celebrate the album's launch. The album charted just outside the top 10 in 11th place in the UK in its release week and reaching Number 1 in the UK Independent Charts for that week. A follow-up EP Sputnik/Korolev was released at the end of 2015. In 2019, Public Service Broadcasting performed a specially commissioned new arrangement of The Race for Space on 25 July 2019 in a late-night Prom, joined by London Contemporary Voices and the Multi-Story Orchestra, the performance being shown on BBC television the following night. Space Rocks is a celebration of space exploration and the art, music, and culture it inspires, in association with the European Space Agency. Enjoy this video? Then subscribe and be the first to know about future livestreams and events. While you're at it, sign up to our newsletter at https://spacerocksofficial.com and follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/spacerockslive, Instagram at @spacerocksofficial and on Facebook at @spacerocksofficial. You can also sign up to our new weekly newsletter MISSION UPDATE right here: https://bit.ly/3sefUc8

Join us on Thursday 29th April for Uplink 46 with planetary scientist Jacqueline Campbell and astronomer Gaitee Hussain. We’ll be discussing diversity, inclusivity and accessibility for anyone wanting to work in space science, regardless of their background. Jacqueline Campbell began studying space science after a 10 year career as a tube train driver by taking correspondence and evening classes, then began working in retail and as a carer while she completed her Earth and Ocean Science BSc from the University of Brighton. She went on to look for organic signatures on Mars for her PhD at UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, and is now a Schmidt Science Fellow at the University of Oxford, researching ocean acidification. She is passionate about improving diversity and accessibility in space science, particularly for those like herself who didn't get the opportunity to start on the path towards a STEM career at school. Gaitee Hussain first became interested in space as a child, a self-confessed sci-fi geek. Her first ever computing project at school involved devising a program that catalogued space missions. Gaitee's main area of research focuses on probing the role that stellar activity plays in the evolution of stars and in shaping their immediate surroundings. Her career spans an undergraduate degree in Astronomy & Physics at UCL, a PhD at St Andrews, postdoctoral positions at the Center for Astrophysics in the US, ESA’s ESTEC in The Netherlands, and St Andrews, before joining the European Southern Observatory in Garching, Germany in 2007. AT ESO, she was responsible for organising calls for telescope proposals, peer review and scheduling, editing The Messenger bulletin, and served as deputy head of the Office for Science. Moving back to ESTEC in 2020, Gaitee is now Head of the Science Division in ESA’s Science Directorate, which includes all of the project scientists working on all of ESA’s science missions, 25 research fellows and several trainees/interns. She also supports the faculty and science communication / education initiatives. Space Rocks is a celebration of space exploration and the art, music, and culture it inspires, in association with the European Space Agency. Enjoy this video? Then subscribe and be the first to know about future livestreams and events. While you're at it, sign up to our newsletter at https://spacerocksofficial.com and follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/spacerockslive, Instagram at @spacerocksofficial and on Facebook at @spacerocksofficial. You can also sign up to our new weekly newsletter MISSION UPDATE right here: https://bit.ly/3sefUc8 #YourWayToSpace #ESArecruits #SpaceRocks #Uplink #ESA #spacescience