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by Andrew Rennie for the Space Association of Australia

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2026.10.14 | Indigenous Sky Knowledge at IAC 25 Sydney

October 25, 2026 · 47 min

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 14 October 2026: Indigenous Sky Knowledge: The Host Nation Plenary session at IAC 25 Sydney, introduced and moderated by astrophysicist Dr Kirsten Banks (aka @AstroKirsten) Enrico Palermo (Head, Australian…
2026.10.07 | Astronauts at the International Space Summit — Part 2

October 25, 2026 · 32 min

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 7 October 2026: Space Show News: Roo’ver: Australian lunar roving platform Astronauts and the ISS — Part 2 A panel discussion with astronauts at the International Space Summit 2026 in Paris led by French…
2026.09.30 | Astronauts at the International Space Summit — Part 1

October 25, 2026 · 52 min

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 30 September 2026: Space Show News: SpaceX Starship Flight 14 Turn Back Time: From 1971 the Luna 19 lunar orbiter, the Vertical 2 sounding rocket, the Intercosmos series of scientific satellites, and the…
2026.09.23 | International Space Summit 2026

October 25, 2026 · 41 min

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 23 September 2026: Planet Earth — Episode 74 * Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, speaking in Paris at the opening of the International Space Summit, describes Europe's Copernicus…
2026.09.16 | Space activities at the University of Tasmania

September 19, 2026 · 55 min

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 16 September 2026: Tasmania and Space with Prof. Simon Ellingsen, Dean of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania: AuroraeIonosphereVLF radio astronomyTracking antenna from the Orroral ValleyExplorer…

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2026.09.09 | The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – Part 4

September 15, 2026 · 47 min

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 9 September 2026: Automated space object identification using RMIT's Robotic Optical Observatory (ROO) Telescope An interview at the November 2025 Australian Space Research Conference with Cody Jeynes, an…
2026.09.02 | The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – Part 3

September 12, 2026 · 52 min

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 2 September 2026: (Episode artwork credit: NASA/John Kraus) Roman Space Telescope Launched Roman Space Telescope description and launch; origins of the telescope; commissioning process. (Audio inserts…
2026.08.12 | The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – Part 1

September 5, 2026 · 27 min

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 12 August 2026: The Fellowship of the Telescopes — The Great Space Telescopes: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is ready for launch Ask NASA: * Who is Nancy Grace Roman? * About the Roman Space…
2026.08.26 | The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – Part 2

September 2, 2026 · 47 min

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 26 August 2026: Space Show News: * Astronomers from the University of Southern Queensland have led research into the discovery of an Earth-sized extrasolar planet, HD 137010 b, likely colder than Mars…
2026.08.05 | Juno at Jupiter: Science results briefing

August 9, 2026 · 30 min

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 5 August 2026: Turn Back Time: * Marking the 15th anniversary of the launch of the Juno spacecraft to Jupiter with a science results briefing from project scientists at the 2025 European Geophysical…
2026.07.29 | The wind that kills galaxies

August 8, 2026 · 52 min

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 29 July 2026: Space Show News: Astronomers have discovered a galaxy-killing wind that may explain why there are far more massive dead galaxies than expected in the early universe. The Melbourne Space…
2026.07.22 | Melbourne Space Program: ACRUX-2 and the Management of Ambiguity

July 24, 2026 · 53 min

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 22 July 2026: The Melbourne Space Program student satellite project, ACRUX-2, at Melbourne University. The Melbourne Space Program has the mission of developing future technology leaders by selecting…

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The Space Show is a one-hour radio program presented every Wednesday evening between 7.00 and 8.00 pm Australian Eastern Time by Andrew Rennie for 88.3 Southern FM and the Space Association of Australia Inc. The program aims to promote a public understanding of spaceflight and astronomy and to provide the public and members of the Space Association with up-to-date news, interviews and features of space-related events.