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Today In Space

Alex G. Orphanos, Science Communicator

The award-winning space science podcast about all things space! Hosted by Alex G. Orphanos, science communicator, maker, and aerospace engineer. Our mission: to spread love and spread science!

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All Episodes

01:25:23

TIS#031 04/07/15 Space Business, Exp. 43 Update &...

Today In Space ·

2015/04/08

Welcome to the show! On today's show, Alex brings the Assistant on so they can talk about Space Business, Space Lawyers, Expedition 43 Launch and update, the Year in Space mission and the benefits of Discipline. CORRECTION: SpaceX's Launch of CRS-6 (and the next Droneship landing) is scheduled for April 13th, 2015 @ 4:32 PM EST Space Links: Expedition 43 Launch: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition43/ Expedition 43 Update:

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56:55

TIS#030 03/24/15 Mars Exploration: What have the...

Today In Space ·

2015/03/24

Welcome to the show! Alex brings you the history of mankind's exploration of the Red Planet, Mars. He goes through the decades and explains how we got to Mars, what we did wrong and what we did right. He also briefly describes the scientific findings that have changed our perception of Mars. Enjoy the history of Mars Exploration through the decades in a "Lightning Round". "Hyperfun", "Maccary Bay", "Raw", "RetroFuture Clean", "Son of a Rocket" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative

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01:27:47

TIS#029 Opinion Panel: The Influence of Music w/ John

Today In Space ·

2015/03/20

Welcome to the Opinion Panel: These are the opinions of the people involved, and that's it. - just trying to have some fun! Alex and John talk about the influence of music in their lives and talk about the band Public Service Broadcasting and their album "The Race for Space". The two also talk about what life was like as a full-time musician growing up, how music listening technology changed as they grew up. Rambling ensues, as always. Enjoy! Space Links: Public Service Broadcasting:

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01:06:47

TIS#028 03/09/15 Weekly Update and Space Business

Today In Space ·

2015/03/10

Alex and the Assistant talk about what's happened in Space since the last episode, with a little talk of Space Business as well. This episode is dedicated to Leonard Nimoy and the lasting impression he left on all of us - LLAP SCHEDULE CHANGE! I will be releasing podcast episodes every other week from now on. Need more time for research! Thanks for your understanding, Enjoy the show! Space Links: Commercial Crew Program: (Massachusetts):

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TIS#027 02/25/15 MarsOne Overview & Questions

Today In Space ·

2015/02/26

In this episode, Alex goes over the MarsOne mission and answers questions from the listeners. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show! Image Credit: Mars One Please subscribe and thank you for listening! REMEMBER: Subscription is free - you don't have to pay for it. Image Credit: Aspiring Martians Source: Mars One Space Links: Time-Line of the mission: http://www.mars-one.com/mission/roadmap Short version of MarsOne: http://tech.co/mars-one-startup-humans-to-mars-2023-2012-08 Explanation of

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01:05:15

TIS#026 02/17/15 Weekly Update - SpaceX's Busy Day,...

Today In Space ·

2015/02/17

This is the Weekly Update of the podcast, where Alex updates you on things that have happened in Space, in orbit or on Earth this past week. Alex and the Assistant are back on for this week's update and they close the show with more talk about Moon business. TOPICS for this Episode: Click on the photos for more info! SpaceX Splash-lands the Dragon, completes CRS-5 Brings back over 4,000lbs of scientific data to Earth Image Credit: SpaceX SpaceX launches DSCOVR on it's first Deep-Space mission -

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TIS#025 02/16/15 Supplemental - NYC, Opinion of the...

Today In Space ·

2015/02/17

This is the Supplemental Episode of the podcast, where Alex talks about more philosophical, side-mission topics like life in his world. Or, more likely, gives him a chance to talk about things NOT Space and *try* to be funny. But of course he tries to bring it all back to Space in the end. In this episode, Alex talks about his time in NYC for the Patrice O'Neal benefit, starts a brand new segment and talks about why "Reaching for the Impossible" is so important. Photos from the Patrice

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55:53

TIS#024 02/09/15 Launch Hangout: (Scrubbed)...

Today In Space ·

2015/02/10

In this week's episode, Alex and the Assistant hangout and watch the live coverage of the DSCOVR launch aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9. While they wait, the two talk about Moon business and eventually aliens. The SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of DSCOVR has been scrubbed and will launch on Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 6:05PM ETwith a backup for Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 @ 6:03PM ET You can watch it here on NASA-TV http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#.VNlHl8aM7y8 SpaceX DSCOVR Mission

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30:41

TIS#023 02/03/15 Lightning Round: Inflation Deflates,...

Today In Space ·

2015/02/04

EXPLICIT MATERIAL Possible On this weekly update Alex does another Lightning round to go over some of the many things that have happened in Space since the last episode. This week's Lightning Round mixes electronic synth & beat loops as well as some disco-era baselines accompanied by the intuitive GarageBand Drummer Nikki. She's not real...but she plays like she's real. Topics for this EP: Click the images for the link to the topic, and see underneath for extras! Inflation Deflated Image

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01:00:52

TIS#022 01/26/15 Identical Twins for Mars & the...

Today In Space ·

2015/01/26

Welcome to the Weekly Update of Today In Space! EXPLICIT MATERIAL Possible Topics: The mission to put an Astronaut (Scott Kelly) and two Cosmonauts in space for a year. NASA & the team will check the effects of microgravity with identical twin Mark Kelly (who will be on the ground supporting the mission). http://www.msnbc.com/the-ed-show/watch/a-historic-space-mission-for-identical-twins-388472387515?cid=sm_TW

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49:48

TIS#021 01/24/15 Supplemental - College, Lightning...

Today In Space ·

2015/01/24

EXPLICIT MATERIAL Possible Welcome to a special bonus episode of Today in Space! In this episode, Alex talks more about himself and his experiences with college. This episode features the first "Lightning Round", a little experimental piece that could make it's way to being a regular segment. Let me know what you think, email the show at todayinspace.net/contact Topics: UPCOMING: Jan 26, 2015 - Asteroid 2004 BL86 Flyby-Stargazing Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Mars 'Opportunity' rover - new

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50:49

TIS#020 01/19/15 Boston, Beagle-2, Falcon 9 landing...

Today In Space ·

2015/01/20

EXPLICIT MATERIAL Possible Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day everyone. We celebrate a leader who cared about the people and showed us all how to peacefully protest. Today in Space, Alex and the Assistant talk about: The first attempt at landing a rocket after 1st stage seperation by SpaceX's Falcon9 The mystery of the Beagle-2 on Mars - found after 11 years New Dawn mission images of Ceres as it approaches The guys also talk about the success of Boston this week, from Patriots to the UFC at the

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01:56:39

TIS#019 01/14/15 Space Movies w/ John

Today In Space ·

2015/01/14

SPOILER ALERT! We will ruin these movies for you (Movies listed Below) Alex has John back on the podcast so they can talk about their favorite Space-Related Movies and other things that happen to pop-up during the episode. Alex also opens with what happened Today in Space: The ISS alarm about a possible leak that occurred @ 4AM EST this morning and what we know What the ESA's Huygens Probe has accomplished and what we know about Titan because of it Enjoy! EXPLICIT MATERIAL Possible Spoiler:

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27:07

TIS#018 01/12/15 CRS-5 Mission Updates & Back...

Today In Space ·

2015/01/13

EXPLICIT MATERIAL Possible Today In Space, Alex brings updates from SpaceX's CRS-5 mission and the science that they'll be doing up in Space. He also talks about four different events in Space, from the years 1820, 1986, 1997 & 2005 that happened on January 12. Thanks to the friends who tried to keep me out tonight - love you all! But this shit is real. Enjoy! Space Links: http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/12/7531133/spacex-falcon-9-barge-returns-to-port-damaged

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33:41

TIS#017 01/10/15 (SUCCESSFUL) CRS-5 Launch

Today In Space ·

2015/01/11

EXPLICIT MATERIAL Possible Alex dubs the CRS-5 Launch video (since he missed the live launch). He also talks about the cold weather, the student scientists who got a second chance, and things to come with the show! Enjoy! link to the Launch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7x-SumbynI&index=27&list=WL Space Links: http://www.spacex.com/falcon9 http://www.universetoday.com/117914/student-scientists-get-second-chance-to-fly-experiments-to-iss-aboard-falcon-9-after-antares-loss/

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48:37

TIS#016 01/06/15 Abort of CRS-5 Mission, Drifting...

Today In Space ·

2015/01/07

EXPLICIT MATERIAL Possible Alex and the Assistant talk about the aborted CRS-5 mission today and what caused the engineers to stop the launch. They also talk about fear and anxiety and how to deal with it. Enjoy! The next launch attempt of the Falcon9 rocket and CRS-5 mission is slated for 4:47AM ET this Saturday (January 10th). You can watch coverage of it here Image Credit: SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/webcast/ Space Links:

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TIS#015 01/05/15 The Big Bang, Curlicues, Bicep & Planck

Today In Space ·

2015/01/06

EXPLICIT MATERIAL Possible Today In Space, Alex introduces the new assistant to the show. The two go over the Big Bang, what it is and how we know about it. Alex then goes into the controversy with the Bicep teams study on Inflation and what the Standard Cosmological Model is - as it relates to the Big Bang. Enjoy! And don't forget to check out the SpaceX Launch tomorrow (01/06/15) at 6AM EST here http://www.spacex.com/webcast/ I'll be covering the launch with the Assistant tomorrow and it

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41:17

TIS#014 12/31/14 Opinion Panel: The Scientific...

Today In Space ·

2015/01/01

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! EXPLICIT MATERIAL Welcome to the 16th episode of Today In Space. Thank you to everyone for listening and subscribing, and I'm looking forward to bringing you more of what is new, today in Space! Here is Part 2 of the the "Opinion Panel" featuring Brian Folan. Alex and Brian talk about the Scientific Method, String Theory, Theoretical Physicists, "Armageddon", "Gravity", and real-life Zombie Brains. Enjoy! Space Links:

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TIS#013 12/29/14 Dark Energy & Matter

Today In Space ·

2014/12/30

EXPLICIT MATERIAL POSSIBLE In Part 1 of this Two Part episode, Alex has Brian Folan (artist/musician out of Providence, RI) on the show to discuss Dark Energy. This episode is part of the "Opinion Panel" where Alex brings people who are interested in space and science to come on and give their opinion. The idea is to get people who aren't involved in science to "ask questions" and talk about Space. This is the first try. Enjoy! From "What is Dark Energy?", to "How do we know there is Dark Energy?",

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27:42

TIS#012 12/22/14 Beta Angles & Private Space Companies

Today In Space ·

2014/12/23

EXPLICIT MATERIAL POSSIBLE The Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser flight vehicle is readied for 60 mph tow tests at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Aug. 2, 2013 Credit: NASA/Ken Ulbrich Alex talks about the postponing of SpaceX's CRS-5 mission to resupply the ISS and also talks about some other private companies and what they are doing to help bring the cost down for space travel and help make it safer. The companies discussed are Sierra Nevada Corporations (SNC) Space Systems and

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