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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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TIS#011 12/15/14 Pluto and the Pluto Express/New...

Today In Space ·

2014/12/16

EXPLICIT MATERIAL Alex brings you the information you should know as New Horizons makes its approach to Pluto and it's moons. Alex explains the history of why Pluto became classified as a "dwarf planet" in 2006. Learn a little bit about the mission & what to expect during the time until New Horizons reaches its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015. Also, Alex goes over the different data the science team is planned to gather during their time at Pluto. An artist's drawing shows the New

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12/13/14 Geminid Meteor Shower 2014

Today In Space ·

2014/12/14

Hello Everyone! This is my first ever blog-post or whatever it is that I'm doing with this website haha I figured the best time to write was IMMEDIATELY after I experienced something, and then write as I slowly think over what just happened. This time I am writing about the meteor shower tonight. Honestly, I grew up never really experiencing the same things someone who's interested in Space does (or at least that's what I think right now). I've never seen a meteor shower, although I used to see

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TIS#010 12/09/14 Upcoming Launches - SpaceX

Today In Space ·

2014/12/09

EXPLICIT Content Possible Alex talks about the technology that will be tested on the next SpaceX launch (CRS-5) on December 16th, 2014: Hypersonic Grid Fins https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/536258543675252739/photo/1 Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/536262624653365248/photo/1 Alex then talks about the craziness that is the space race we are in the middle of, and he talks about how he got into the space industry. SpaceX unveiled its Dragon V2 spacecraft

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TIS#009 12/05/14 (SUCCESSFUL) Orion Launch - Here We...

Today In Space ·

2014/12/05

Alex gives you a play-by-play of the successful test flight of the Orion service module. Rapidly going through the highlights for today's incredible accomplishment, Alex goes through each major step, explaining different aspects of the mission as well. Alex also shows you how to 'properly' react to this historic event, not only as an American, but as a human being. Launch video of Orion (12/05/14) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hn8qnsucwo Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Topics on today's

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TIS#008 12/04/14 ORION Test Flight (Scrubbed 1st Day)

Today In Space ·

2014/12/04

EXPLICIT MATERIAL Today, the Orion Test Flight attempted to launch and faced several challenges during it's launch window and had to scrub the launch for 24 hours. Alex goes over the first (scrubbed) launch of the Orion Spacecraft from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. He goes over the incidents that caused the delay. ("Higher-than-expected" winds, another boat, and "sticky" Hydrogen Valves) He tells the story of the "Four-Inch Launch" of the Mercury-Redstone 1 (MR-1)

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TIS#007 12/03/14 INTERSTELLAR PART 2

Today In Space ·

2014/12/03

EXPLICIT MATERIAL This is Part 2 of the Interstellar Podcast. Alex, and his guest John, discuss the problems of having a popular "main-stream" science movie. They also make their way through trying to explain the ending too. There is more film and science to learn about as well. Topics in Part 2: 'Her', Apollo 13, film, camera mounting, 'Gravity', field of view, Batman, Christopher Nolan, event horizon, human nature, Hans Zimmer, 'Inception'. Space Links:

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TIS#006 12/02/14 - INTERSTELLAR PART 1

Today In Space ·

2014/12/03

EXPLICIT MATERIAL SPOILER ALERT! DON'T LISTEN TO THIS IS YOU HAVEN'T/STILL WANT TO/CARE TO SEE THIS MOVIE. WE WILL RUIN IT FOR YOU. Otherwise... Join Alex and special guest John as they talk about the movie Interstellar. They talk about their initial thoughts, comparing the movie to other great sci-fi epics; Star Wars, Star Trek, Back to the Future, Gravity, etc. Be prepared to learn a little bit about the film and the science behind the movie. Topics from Part 1 Relativity, gravity,

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TIS#005 12/01/2014 Ganymede, 3D Printers, Space...

Today In Space ·

2014/12/02

EXPLICIT MATERIAL Welcome back to another week of the show! Thank you everyone who got in touch with me about the show, I really appreciate the support! Enjoy this weeks segment! ELGR3CO Credit: USGS Astrogeology Science Center/Wheaton/NASA/JPL-Caltech Ganymede (Jupiters Moon) What is it? What do we know about it? New scientific research might show it's more similar to Earth than we though Credit: NASA 3D Printing - IN SPACE! Credit: 3Dprint.com November 25th, 2014 - The first thing

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TIS#004 11/24/2014 Asteroids

Today In Space ·

2014/11/25

EXPLICIT MATERIAL Updates on the Philae mission CORRECTION FROM LAST WEEK: Pronunciation of the "ORION" Some information on why the harpoons may not have released What is "Flight Heritage" Asteroids Some research shows we're getting hit with more asteroids than we thought Some facts about asteroids How many people have been killed by them? What are they made of? Where do most of the asteroids we know of come from? Alex then goes over different ways we could "defend" ourselves from

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TIS#003 11/17/2014 Orion Launch System

Today In Space ·

2014/11/18

Today, November 17, 2014, in Space! - Updates from the Philae mission - Correction from the last show: How many times Philae "bounced" vs. "touched down" - Overview of the Orion Launch System - 1st Test flight (12.4.14), overview of what to expect, etc - A few facts on why we use cones to exit atmospheres, and large wide surfaces to re-enter QUESTION OF THE WEEK: "How can we know what the Milky Way Galaxy looks like, if we are inside and have never sent anything outside the galaxy?"

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TIS#002 11/10/2014 Antares Rocket Incident

Today In Space ·

2014/11/18

The first independent segment of "Today in Space" with Alex. Alex explains some new things for the podcast, including the intent of the new 20 min episodes and what's to come. SPACE Topics: The Antares incident for Orbcomm3 The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Incident Test Pilots 3-Stage Rockets EXPLICIT MATERIAL POSSIBLE

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TIS#001 11/13/2014 Rosetta Mission - Philae Lander...

Today In Space ·

2014/11/18

Today, 11/13/2014, in Space! Alex covers the Rosetta mission and the landing of the Philae robot lander on comet 67P. He covers the mission, the after-math issues with the Philae lander. Later, he talks about the general use of the term "scientist", the difficulty of space travel, and his opinion on allowing robots to go first - then humans. Links: content via ESA http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Touchdown!_Rosetta_s_Philae_probe_lands_on_comet content via The Guardian

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