In this Xtra episode we talk space news, space exploration and look forward to the trip to the ISS in December 2015 by UK astronaut Major Tim Peake.
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Major Tim Peake
Joining Pieter as guest hosts are Gene Mikulka from TalkingSpace and space exploration and STEM ambassador Amjad Zaidi.
Shoreham Accident
There is a book of condolence and Community Fund http://shorehamcondolence.org/
Tim Robinsons article for CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/24/europe/shoreham-air-crash-ban/
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NASA’s Orion spacecraft
Show Links
- Tim Peake
- Raspberry PI
- Orion’s Critical Design Review
- SLS NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
- ISRO is set to launch India’s first astronomical satellite, ASTROSAT
- What is the future of the Chinese Space Program
- Rosetta ESA Rosetta Blog
- Cassini end of mission activities Saturn’s moon Dione
- Dawn Spacecraft
- Mark Rayman Dawn Blog The DAWN Mission by Marc Rayman – YouTube
- The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter just celebrated 10 years since launch
- ISRO indicated Mars Orbiter Mission Data will be free to the Public
- Mars Mission Human factors
- Mars One
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Atlas V 551
Gene Mikulka
https://twitter.com/talkingspace
http://www.talkingspaceonline.com/
http://facebook.com/talkingspace
https://plus.google.com/107695164169479935141/posts
Amjad Zaidi
https://twitter.com/AmjadPZaidi
Thanks for listening, and wish us luck at the UK Podcast awards on the 12th September!