Welcome to the 200th Talkin' Science. A test for the SETI network continues, plus we now have to Question our understanding of fast radio bursts, studying lightning on Jupiter and China's next epedition to their space station lifts off.
Jun 1, 2023
10 min
The 15th biannual space forum was recently held in Adelaide, the home of Australia's space industry. Trekzone was invited to attend and I spent the day learning about the incredible work being undertaken to advance Australia's sovereign space capabilities.
May 19, 2023
25 min
Fast Radio Burst research, testing new meta-optical surfaces, a record break amateur rocket launch and Artemis 2 training begins…
May 18, 2023
8 min
The 15th Australian Space Forum. James Webb snaps an asteroid belt, China's mysterious space plane and Virgin Galactic announces it's getting back into flying.
May 9, 2023
11 min
It was a big April for our friends at Southern Launch. From signing a memorandum of understanding to retrieve payloads at Koonibba (and relaunch them from Whalers Way) to gearing up to building permanent structures at the Nullarbor Plains site and also receiving several nominations at the forthcoming Australian Space Awards.
May 4, 2023
9 min
Southern Launch gears up to receive satellites at Koonibba, environmental groups sue the FAA over Starship, astronomers hunt for pulsars and Jupiter and Saturn may be contributing to their moons smooth surfaces..
May 3, 2023
9 min
Australia's largest rocket testing facility gets the green light. An Aussie startup's revolutionary Earth observation computer and the fall out from that Starship launch continues…
Apr 27, 2023
6 min
Starship delayed, the first solar eclipse to grace australian skies since 2014, a student led lunar rover and some fascinating news from deep out in the universe.
Apr 19, 2023
8 min
A coastal town in Western Australia gears up for a tourist influx as JUICE prepares to get it’s launch down to the second. Plus will Starship go orbital and a Japanese probe gets ready to make history.
Apr 12, 2023
10 min
When Artemis II flies next year and breaks free from Earth’s gravity, they’ll be talking via one of three relay stations in the Deep Space Communication Network. Goldstone in California, Madrid in Spain and the Aussies working at the Tidbinbilla Station in Canberra.
Apr 11, 2023
11 min
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