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This Week in Space (Audio)

The new space age is upon us, and This Week in Space leaves no topic untouched. Every Friday, join Editor-in-Chief of Ad Astra magazine, Rod Pyle and Managing Editor of Space.com, Tariq Malik as they explore everything related to the cosmos. You can join Club TWiT for $10 per month and get ad-free audio and video feeds for all our shows plus everything else the club offers...or get just this podcast ad-free for $5 per month. New episodes posted every Friday.

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TWiS 188: A New NASA Leader Rises? - Trump's NASA Chief Pick Jared Isaacman Meets Congress Again

Dec 5, 2025·—

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Jared Isaacman, the billionaire entrepreneur, philanthropist, and private astronaut, took on Capitol Hill this week in his second confirmation hearing as President Trump's pick for NASA's next leader. Here's what it...

TWiS 187: An Inspired Enterprise - A History of Star Trek with Glen Swanson

Nov 21, 2025·—

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Were you inspired by "Star Trek" (or one of its innumerable spinoffs) as a young person? We know we were, so it was a pleasure to invite Glen Swanson, author of the new Star Trek history book "Inspired Enterprise" onto...

TWiS 186: Snow on the Moon? - With Dr. Jim Green, Former NASA Chief Scientist

Nov 14, 2025·—

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Snow on the moon? Yes, though not recently... but maybe billions of years ago. Recent discoveries indicate that the early moon, orbiting just 20,000 miles above our planet at the time, may have shared a dynamic magnetic...

TWiS 185: Gutting Goddard - Dismantling a NASA Center

Nov 7, 2025·—

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As you may or may not know, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is in the administration's crosshairs. With cuts to their budget and staffing beginning under Elon Musk's DOGE, it has taken a different form with the...

TWiS 184: Space is Scary! - Halloween Movies About Space

Oct 31, 2025·—

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This week we look at why space can be scary with a survey of some of the best (and some of the most laughable) movies about critters from outer space! Witness the terror of men in floppy rubber suits! Cringe as the...

TWiS 183: Lunar Lander Wanted! Apply Within - Artemis III Contract Opening Up?

Oct 24, 2025·—

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Lander, lander, who's got the lander? Last week, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced that the agency would be re-opening the contract for the Artemis III lunar lander, which had previously been let to SpaceX...

TWiS 182: The Dream is Alive - With NASA Astronaut Terry Hart

Oct 17, 2025·—

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If you ever saw the IMAX spectacular, "The Dream is Alive," you've seen astronaut Terry Hart in action, capturing the Solar Max satellite with the shuttle's robotic arm. But even if you missed that film, Terry has had a...

TWiS 181: World Space Week - A UN-Established Global Celebration of Space

Oct 10, 2025·—

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World Space Week is a global celebration of all things space, bringing together thousands of participants from all over the planet to celebrate our future in space. Chartered by the United Nations in 1999, this year's...

TWiS 180: NASA is Closed for Business - And Other Top Space Stories

Oct 3, 2025·—

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This week we cover the headlines, from the shutdown of NASA, to the risky dismantling of the space shuttle Discovery (because Texas insists), to a rogue exoplanet's weird weather, and much more. Should we be worried...

TWiS 179: The New Crew of Artemis II - Who Will Fly to the Moon in 2026?

Sep 26, 2025·—

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It's almost time for Artemis II to fly to the moon! We got together with Space.com writer Josh Dinner, who joined our own Tariq to attend the "astro unveiling" of NASA's newest class of astronauts and a major press...

TWiS 178: Tell It to the Mountain - Astronaut and Senate Hopeful Terry Virts Says NASA Needs a Major Rethink

Sep 19, 2025·—

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There's a very elite club in astronaut circles, one in which former astronauts go on to political careers. The most elite are senators, and so far, John Glenn, Harrison Schmitt, and Mark Kelly have been members, and may...