| BROADCAST DATE | GUEST | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| January 22 | Paolo Ferris Head Mission Operations European Space Agency | Highlights of Rosetta mission so far and the function of the European Space Operations Centre. (Courtesy ESA) |
| January 22 | Mark McCaughrean Senior Scientific Advisor European Space Agency Matt Taylor | Desire to find evidence for the formation of the Solar System and how Rosetta may help address the big questions. (Courtesy ESA) |
| February 5 | John Stoke Manager Infirmal Science education Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore Maryland | The Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope. (This 2006 interview was accompanied by an update.) Listen or download (10 min 56 s - 10.2 MB) |
| February 12 | Steve Mardigian BEST Wrecking (Retired) California | Fate of the Apollo launch tower at the Kennedy Space Center. Clearing up the wreckage of the World Trade Center buildings in New York. (Interview by P Aylward) Listen or download (18 min 16 s - 16.7 MB) |
| February 12 | Greg Harland Public Affairs Officer Kennedy Space Center Florida | The work of the Kennedy Space Center's Preservation Office.(Interview by P Aylward) Listen or download Part 1 (10 min 49 s - 9.9 MB) Listen or download Part 2 (6 min 31 s - 6.0 MB) Listen or download Part 3 (7 min 25 s - 6.8 MB) |
| February 19 | Stewart Gangell Member Space Association of Australia Melbourne | Viewing the launch of Maven from the Kennedy Space Center's Saturn 5 Building, and the tours available from the Visitor's Center. Listen or download (25 min 22 s - 23.1 MB) |
| March 5 | Jim McDivitt Commander Apollo 9 Houston Texas | Plans for the Apollo 9 mission to test the lunar module in Earth orbit. (Courtesy VOA, 1969) |
| March 12 | Dave Scott Command Module Pilot Apollo 9 Houston Texas | Plans for the Apollo 9 mission to test the lunar module in Earth orbit. (Courtesy VOA, 1969) |
| March 12 | Rusty Schweikart Lunar Module Pilot Apollo 9 Houston Texas | Plans for the Apollo 9 mission to test the lunar module in Earth orbit. (Courtesy VOA, 1969) |
| March 19 | Rachel Webster Professor Astrophysics Group Physics Department University of Melbourne Melbourne | The detection of gravity waves in the cosmic microwave background radiation lends support to the view that the early universe experienced inflation in its first moments. Listen or download (15 min 15 s - 13.9 MB) |
| March 26 | Australia and the Deep Space Network - Episode 1 | To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Deep Space Network we interview some of the Australians who built and operated the ground stations at Island Lagoon, Honeysuckle Creek and Tidbinbilla. Interviewees included Mike Dinn (former Director, Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, Tidbinbilla), Hamish Lindsay (former Technical Officer and author), Roy Littlemore (pioneer space tracker, Island Lagoon) and Jim Kirkpatrick (former Project Manager, Tidbinbilla). * Listen or download full programme (40 min 31 s - 37.0 MB) * Listen or download Mike Dinn (4 min 3 s - 3.7 MB) * Listen or download Mike Dinn Retirement (0 min 43 s - 0.7 MB) * Photo: Mike Dinn * Photo: At DSS43 anniversary, left to right, John Saxon, Mike Dinn and John Kirkpatrick. * Listen or download Hamish Lindsay (11 min 55 s - 10.9 MB) * Photo: John Saxon (left) and Hamish Lindsay at Honeysuckle Creek. * Photo: Tracking Apollo to the Moon Book dust jacket. * Photo: John Saxon and Hamish Lindsay at Honeysuckle Creek. Hamish points to himself at console, while John holds an album of memorabilia. * Listen or download Roy Littlemore (3 min 53 s - 3.5 MB) * Listen or download Jim Kirkpatrick (4 min 35 s - 4.1 MB) * Photo: Jim Kirkpatrick See also our 2013 programme about the Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station |
| April 3 | Australia and the Deep Space Network - Episode 2 | To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Deep Space Network we interview some of the Australians who built and operated the ground stations at Island Lagoon, Honeysuckle Creek and Tidbinbilla. Interviewees included Len Ricardo (Operations Manager and Deputy Director, Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex), Ken Strickland (former Software Technician), and Peter Pistoor (former Technician). * Listen or download full programme (43 min 46 s - 40.0 MB) * Listen or download Len Ricardo (11 min 58 s - 10.9 MB) * Listen or download Ken Strickland (4 min 16 s - 3.8 MB) * Listen or download Peter Pistoor Part 1 (6 min 11 s - 5.6 MB) * Listen or download Peter Pistoor Part 2 (11 min 14 s - 10.3 MB) * Photo: Plaque for Ballima, a.k.a. DSS 43. * Photo: Full view of Ballima. * Photo: Ballima's lattice from below. * Photo: Left view of DSS 43. * Photo: Right view of DSS 43. See also our 2013 programme about the Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station. |
| April 9 | Australia and the Deep Space Network - Episode 3 | To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Deep Space Network we interview some of the Australians who built and operated the ground stations at Island Lagoon, Honeysuckle Creek and Tidbinbilla. We also chat with NASA managers and the U.S. Ambassador. Interviewees included Keith Aldworth (former Analogue Intrumentation Technician, Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex), Wayne Sible (Deputy Manager, Deep Space Network, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California), Jon Walker (Operations Manager, NASA Tracking Networks, NASA HQ, Washington, D.C.) and Jeffrey Bleich (Ambassador to Australia, USA). * Listen or download full programme (41 min 39 s - 38.0 MB) * Listen or download Keith Aldworth (18 min 49 s - 17.2 MB) * Listen or download Wayne Sible (8 min 55 s - 8.1 MB) * Listen or download Jon Walker (4 min 0 s - 3.6 MB) * Listen or download Jeffrey Bleich (3 min 6 s - 2.8 MB) * Photo: View of DSS 43 at Tidbinbilla. * Photo: Ambassador and Mrs. Bleich with John Saxon. * Photo: Some of the former space trackers and guests at Tidbinbilla. * Photo: Keith Aldworth (at left) * Photo: Ambassador Jeffrey Bleich. * Photo: Ambassador Jeffrey Bleich. * Photo: Historian Colin McKellar making a video record of ceremony. N.B. Some of these photos courtesy E. Saxon See also our 2013 programme about the Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station. |
| May 21 | Emily Wilson Lab Chief Laser Remote Sensing Laboratory Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Maryland | How she measures greenhouse gases. (Courtesy GSFC) |
| June 4 | Bob Springer former NASA Astronaut Brevard County Florida | His interest in space, his current role as a motivational speaker and why he became an astronaut. Listen or download (2 min 50 s - 2.5 MB) |
| June 11 | James Rigney Member Space Association of Australia Beaumauris | His experience in attending Spacefest 2014, where he met astronauts, writers, artists, scientists and fellow enthusiasts, listened to panel discussions and took tours of space facilities. Also, his visit to the SpaceX company factory to see Falcon rockets and Dragon spacecraft being assembled. Listen or download (30 min 21 s - 27.7 MB) |
| June 18 | Robert Brand Director Spacecraft Communications, Navigation and Data Team Stellar Sydney | His role in Team Stellar, the team's aim to win the Google Lunar X-Prize by landing and operating a rover on the Moon by the end of 2015, and how it might refute the Moon Hoax hoax. (Interview by Peter Aylward) Listen or download (11 min 55 s - 10.9 MB) Photo of Robert and Jason Brand |
| June 18 | Willem Bouma Division of Atmospheric Research CSIRO Aspendale | The use of satellites for atmospheric and Earth studies. This helps the Country Fire Authority, fishermen and farmers. Listen or download (16 min 26 s - 15.0 MB) |
| July 2 | Mitchel Lanke 3rd Year Electrical Engineering Student University of New South Wales Sydney | The Bluesat project, its management and testing. Balloon test to an altitude of 40 km over Wagga Wagga. His personal involvement and career plans. Listen or download (10 min 30 s - 9.8 MB) |
| July 9 | Tom Prettyman Planetary Scientist GRAND Instrument Dawn Mission Los Alamos National Laboratory | The Dawn mission to asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres and the role of the Gamma Ray and Neutron Detector. Evidence that pieces off Vesta have fallen to Earth. Also Bode's Law of planetary distances, the definition of a planet and the history of asteroid discovery. (Courtesy LANL) |
| Sep 24 | Carl Meade NASA Astronaut Houston | Experiences as astronaut, training and flights. Why he chose to be mission specialist rather than pilot. His STS 38 and STS 50 missions, and assignment to STS 64. (Recorded 20 years ago this month in the Library of Melbourne High School) Listen or Download (13 min 55 s - 12.7 MB) |
| October 8 | James Dutton NASA Astronaut Houston Texas | Why he became an astronaut and some of his experiences flying aboard the Space Shuttle. (Courtesy JSC) |
| October 8 | John Morgan Eumetsat Europe | His career using NOAA satellites, how Europe decided to develop its own meteorological satellites, what they tell us about our planet, cost of the Meteosat satellites and interoperability with other meteorological systems. (Recorded in 1995) Listen or Download (10 min 5 s - 9.2 MB) |
| October 15 | Charlie Duke former Astronaut (Apollo 16 moonwalker) | His formative childhood experiences, attraction to aeroplanes, Air Force careeer, Graduate School at MIT, test pilot school, astronaut selection, working with Chuck Yeager, developing the lunar module and Saturn 5 propulsion systems, decision making on Apollo and Shuttle, why he left NASA, role during the early Apollo missions, role as Capcom (capsule communicator) during Apollo 10 and 11, the Apollo 11 landing, and lunar module abort limits. Listen or Download (33 min 34 s - 30.6 MB) View browse photo View full photo (5.9 MB) |
| October 22 | Charlie Duke former Astronaut (Apollo 16 moonwalker) | How he learnt that he was to fly Apollo 16, the lunar roving vehicle, contingencies for walking without the rover, why the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package could have been out of reach, his role as back-up crew member for Apollo 17, working on the Space Shuttle, his decision to not fly Shuttle, and leaving NASA. Listen or Download (30 min 43 s - 28.0 MB) View browse photo View full photo (5.7 MB) |
| October 22 | Robert Brand Project Thunderstruck Sydney | Plans for Project Thunderstruck, an atmospheric re-entry test vehicle, to be remotely piloted by his 12 year-old son, Jason, after being dropped from a balloon at an altitude of 40 km. (Interviewed by Peter Aylward) Listen or Download (8 min 10 s - 7.4 MB) Photo of Robert and Jason Brand |
| October 29 | Charlie Duke former Astronaut (Apollo 16 moonwalker) | What he has done in the 40 years since he left NASA, speaking to scool children in Melbourne, thoughts on the current space programme, why humans should return to the Moon before going on to Mars, and responses to Space Show audience questions. Listen or Download (27 min 28 s - 25.0 MB) View browse photo View full photo (5.5 MB) View browse photo View full photo (5.6 MB) View browse photo View full photo (1.9 MB) |
| December 3 | Aaron Cohen Director Johnson Space Center Houston Texas | Preparations for STS 40 Spacelab Life Science mission. Physiological research; planning for humans to Mars; environental conditions in a closed space; role of a space station in Moon exploration; restructuring the design of Space Station Freedom; the JSC Bioreactor; possible Australian involvement in space station instrumentation; curation of the Apollo moon rocks; and possible use of lunar soil helium-3 in fusion reactors. Listen or Download (18 min 17 s - 17.3 MB) |
| Dcember 3 | Robert Brand Director Spacecraft Communications, Navigation and Data Team Stellar Sydney | His role in Team Stellar, the team's aim to win the Google Lunar X-Prize by landing and operating a rover on the Moon by the end of 2015, and how it might refute the Moon Hoax hoax. How the team plans to negotiate the complexities of government regulation and the technical difficulties to be overcome. His personal role ends when the rover touches down on the Moon. (Rebroadcast of 2014 June 18 interview by Peter Aylward)
Listen or download (11 min 55 s - 10.9 MB) Photo of Robert and Jason Brand |
| December 10 | Stewart Gangell Treasurer Space Association Of Australia Melbourne | His experience in travelling to the Kennedy Space Center to view the Orion Exploration Flight Test 1 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Part of a documentary feature on EFT 1. Listen or Download (46 min 15 s - 44.4 MB) |
| December 17 | Naomi Mathers Industry Liaison Engineer ANU Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics Mt Stromlo The Australian National University Canberra) | The Giant Magellan Telescope, instrument development and testing, student involvement in cubesats, Australian invovement in space, and strategies to engage students, industry and the public. Listen or Download (9 min 6 s - 8.3 MB) Photo |
