This Week In Space podcast: Clean Energy From Space | Watch SpaceX launch private cargo spacecraft to the ISS | Astronaut controls dog robot on simulated Mars mission
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On Episode 95 of This Week In Space, Tariq and Rod discuss the future of space-based solar power with John Mankins. A recent NASA-backed study was positive but careful with its conclusions, and John Mankins, one of the first researchers of SSP, joins us to address the report and to talk about the possible future of limitless, clean, and affordable energy.
A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch Northrop Grumman's latest robotic Cygnus freighter Tuesday (Jan. 30) at 12:07 p.m. EST (1707 GMT). The freighter is packed with more than 8,200 pounds (3,720 kilograms) of supplies and scientific hardware, and is the first Cygnus to launch on a Falcon 9.
Space robotics has gone to the dogs. ISS astronaut Marcus Wandt controlled Bert, a four-legged robot pal, from space for the first time in January. Putting legs on a robot, instead of wheels, may allow machines to more easily climb hills or crawl into caves on Mars or other worlds
Eight giant, 160-foot-deep (50 meters) craters in the Siberian permafrost have baffled scientists since their discovery more than a decade ago - but a new theory may finally explain how they formed.
SpaceX launched two more batches of its Starlink internet satellites overnight (Jan. 28-29), on doubleheader liftoffs from both U.S. coasts. It was the 18th launch and landing for the booster flying from KSC and was the ninth for the one launching from Vandenberg, according to SpaceX. The company's reuse record is 19 launches, set by a Falcon 9 just last month.
Very soon, a robot surgeon may begin its orbit around our planet - and though it won't quite be a metallic, humanoid machine wearing a white coat and holding a scalpel, its mission is fascinating nonetheless.
One of the great mysteries of the universe, especially shifting into 2024, is the future status of the "Alien" franchise after Disney absorbed the iconic sci-fi property into their vast empire following 2019's $71 billion acquisition of 20th Century Fox. While we're still waiting for an official sneak peek, teaser or trailer to drop from upcoming projects, there are multiple fan-made concept trailers orbiting the internet for impatient fans to ingest, and here's one for "Romulus" that delivers the proper tone and style of the evolving "Alien" cinematic landscape.
