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Liftoff

Liftoff was a podcast about space, the universe, and everything. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to understand the major developments as explained by enthusiastic space fans Stephen Hackett and Jason Snell. Hosted by Jason Snell and Stephen Hackett.

Copyright: Copyright © 2019 Relay FM

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11: Moon Phases & Tides Jan 04, 2016

Show notes

This week, Jason explains how the phases of the moon work before wading into the weird world of tides.

This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:

Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!

Links and Show Notes

Liftoff #9: The Space Shuttle - Relay FM

Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 6 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vandenberg Air Force Base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Liftoff #10: The Solstice - Relay FM

Falcon 9 First Stage Landing | From Helicopter - YouTube

SpaceX Falcon 9 Returns to Flight, Sticks Landing at Cape Canaveral | The Planetary Society

SpaceX’s reusable rockets will make space cheaper — but how much? | The Verge

SpaceX graphic comparing Falcon 9 landing to pencil over Empire State Building

Why you shouldn't compare Blue Origin's rocket landing to SpaceX | The Verge

Insight: Introduction

NASA's Next Mars Mission Delayed for Two Years | The Planetary Society

InSight's Problems: Possible Impacts | The Planetary Society

Amazon.com - AcuRite 02032CRM Pro Weather Station with PC Connect, Weather Ticker, Rain and Wind -

Skywarn.org | SKYWARN® National | Severe Weather Spotters, Local SKYWARN® Groups, Severe Weather Information, SKYWARN® Training

Lunar phase - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Moon phases en - Lunar phase - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Animation of our view of the moon

Tide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tidalwaves1 - Tide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bay of Fundy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

10: The Solstice Dec 21, 2015

Show notes

To celebrate the Winter Solstice, Jason and Stephen talk all about the Earth's journey around the sun and how it affects all of our lives.

This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:

Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!

Links and Show Notes

"Best of the Best" Provides New Views, Commentary of Shuttle Launches - YouTube

Major Malfunction: Revisiting Challenger - Video - NYTimes.com

The Challenger Disaster (TV Movie 2013) - IMDb

The Space Review: Back from the brink: Akatsuki returns to Venus

Congress wants to give NASA $19.3 billion next year, even more than Obama asked for | The Verge

Scientists claimed they found elusive ‘Planet X.’ Doubting astronomers are in an uproar. - The Washington Post

Planet X? Probably not, but weird readings spark debate

Be an Astronaut: NASA Accepting Applications for Future Explorers | NASA

USAJOBS - Search Jobs

Liftoff #6: The Sun - Relay FM

Axial tilt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Precession - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Solstice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Equinox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-1 — 9: The Space Shuttle Dec 07, 2015
Show notes

This week, Stephen and Jason strap in and talk about NASA’s space shuttle program.

This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:

Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!

Links and Show Notes

Coumbia embarks on STS-1 on April 12, 1981.

Relay FM Membership
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Liftoff Sticker — Relay FM

Patrick Sullivan on Twitter: I am pretty excited about my new @liftoffpodcast sticker...

Mars May Become a Ringed Planet Someday

Fear of Phobos Falling — Medium

[Correction] Huge Piece of SpaceX Debris Washed Up in UK

Blue Origin | Historic Rocket Landing with Video

Reusable Rockets: Space Travel's 'Holy Grail' Almost Here

SpaceX wants to land next booster at Cape Canaveral

H.R.2262 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

Private space companies avoid FAA oversight again, with Congress' blessing | The Verge

Hayabusa 2 to Flyby the Earth Tomorrow

Hayabusa2 views Earth and the Moon on approach to December 3 flyby | The Planetary Society

Saved Japanese Probe Gets Final Chance to Orbit Venus : Discovery News

After the show recorded, the Japanese spacecraft went into orbit around Venus

Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço

Those Blasts of Radio Waves from Deep Space? Not Aliens. – Phenomena: No Place Like Home

Space Transportation System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

File:North American Rockwell P333.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

STS-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Countdown (Rush song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Approach and Landing Tests - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Meet the Rocket! | NASA

Space Shuttle thermal protection system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of Space Shuttle missions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Spacelab - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hubble Space Telescope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hubble Space Telescope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Image of Planned Space Shuttle Ground Processing

Image of ACTUAL Space Shuttle Ground Processing

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Christa McAuliffe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Image of grey smoke escaping from Challenger's right SRB

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

'Forever Remembered' Shares Enduring Lessons of Challenger, Columbia | NASA

"The Commander Thinks Aloud" -- 9 Years After the Columbia Disaster | WIRED

Song Exploder | Episode 28: The Long Winters

8: Halo of Junk Nov 23, 2015

Show notes

Jason and Stephen talk about the not-so-impending doom facing Phobos and a bunch of other news before being joined by Emily Lakdawalla from The Planetary Society to discuss the future of solar system exploration.

This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:

Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!
The Freelancer’s Guide to Escaping Taxes, by Andrew Carroll

Guest Starring:

Emily Lakdawalla

Links and Show Notes

Attempt no landing there? Yeah right—we’re going to Europa | Ars Technica

Sophomore Lit » Blog Archive » 011 Cat’s Cradle

Stanford astronomers observe the birth of an alien planet | Stanford News Release

Earth-Like Exoplanet May Be Too Radiation-Blasted to Host Life

An explosive quartet | ESA/Hubble

Astrophoto: Space station photo gets a seismic jiggle.

Space station suffers small power failure, but it can’t be fixed until next year | The Verge

NASA’s New Horizons Yields Wealth of Discovery | NASA

Mars’ Moon Phobos is Slowly Falling Apart | NASA

NASA's Deputy Administrator discusses agency's road-map to Mars in exclusive interview - SpaceFlight Insider

Astronomers spy most distant Solar System object ever : Nature News & Comment

Emily Lakdawalla | The Planetary Society

Emily Lakdawalla (@elakdawalla) | Twitter

Homepage | The Planetary Society

Blogs | The Planetary Society

Planetary Radio Program Archives | The Planetary Society

Europa (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Enceladus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Uranus | Planets - NASA Solar System Exploration

Neptune | Planets - NASA Solar System Exploration

7: Still Probably Not Aliens Nov 10, 2015

Show notes

A fortnight of news has passed, and Jason and Stephen are here to talk water in the solar system, Orion's progress, the 15th anniversary of crewed ISS missions and some new job openings at NASA.

This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:

Ting: Mobile that makes sense. Get $25 off a new device or $25 in Ting credit, by signing up at http://liftoff.ting.com.
The Freelancer’s Guide to Escaping Taxes, by Andrew Carroll

Links and Show Notes

Play "Space Theme" yourself — Hair-Breened Ideas

Live From Mars – We are the Martians! | 12 months, 6 scientists, 1 Hab. Welcome to "Mars"

Dreaming of Blue: Water and Mars | Live From Mars – We are the Martians!

SETI Institute

Allen Telescope Array Checks Out Star KIC 8462852 | SETI Institute

NASA | Thermonuclear Art – The Sun In Ultra-HD (4K) - YouTube

Liftoff #6: The Sun - Relay FM

Space: Water, Water Everywhere — but Does That Mean There’s Life?

Earth's Oldest Crust Dates to 4.4 Billion Years Ago

Earth's Oldest Crust Dates to 4.4 Billion Years Ago

Seven Key Facts About Cassini's Oct. 28 'Plume Dive' | NASA

Deepest-Ever Dive Through Enceladus Plume Completed | NASA

Cassini Solstice Mission: Saturn's Geyser Moon Shines in Close Flyby Views

Saturn's Geyser Moon Shines in Close Flyby Views | NASA

Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy of Europa: The Distinct Spectrum of Large-scale Chaos

Mike Brown's Planets: Whale bones on Europa

Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mission to Europa | NASA

NASA's Orion moves on to full-scale assembly and testing - SpaceFlight Insider

CDR, Orange Rockets And A Sense of “Since” | Rocketology: NASA’s Space Launch System

Space Launch System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Orange tank SLS evolution - Post CDR - Space Launch System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

NASA Releases Harrowing New Photos of Last Year’s Antares Rocket Explosion

GoPro Hero Camera Captures Awesome Sight Of Antares Orb-3 Rocket Explosion - YouTube

NASA: AJ26 turbopump likely to blame for loss of Orb-3 Antares - SpaceFlight Insider

NASA Mission Reveals Speed of Solar Wind Stripping Martian Atmosphere | NASA

Mars’ Atmosphere Stripped by Solar Winds, NASA Says - The New York Times

15 Years on Station | NASA

International Space Station program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

NASA denies Boeing a billion-dollar contract to resupply the ISS | The Verge

Want to Be an Astronaut? NASA's Looking : Discovery News

Be an Astronaut: NASA Seeks Explorers for Future Space Missions | NASA

The sun is complicated — 6: The Sun Oct 26, 2015
Show notes

This week, Stephen and Jason answer some burning questions about the sun.

This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:

Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!

The Freelancer’s Guide to Escaping Taxes, by Andrew Carroll

Links and Show Notes

image via NASA

The Incomparable | Let's Hear It for Botanists (Episode 268)

GROUND CONTROL (APOLLO ARCHIVE) 4K - YouTube

NASA projects related to The Martian, complied by Liftoff listener Andrew

NASA TechPort - Home Page

Weird star: Strange dips in brightness are a bit baffling.

Dyson sphere - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Search For Extraterrestrial Civilizations With Large Energy Supplies (PDF)

New Horizons: First Pluto journal paper discusses dwarf planet's origins - BBC News

The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons

DSCOVR: Daily pictures of the Earth from space.

DSCOVR::EPIC::Earth Polychromatic Camera

Image: The sun

Image: The sun's zones

Total Solar Eclipse - 14th November 2012 - philhart

They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Really Shine? (The Sun is a Miasma of Incandescent Plasma) - YouTube

The Sunspot Cycle - NASA/Marshall Solar Physics

Image: Raining loops of plasma

March 1989 geomagnetic storm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

TMBG-Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is A Mass of Incandescent Gas) original version lyrics - YouTube

5: 'The Martian' Oct 09, 2015

Show notes

Forget the popcorn; grab your potatoes! This week, Jason and Stephen talk all about The Martian.

This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:

Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!
Ting: Mobile that makes sense. Get $25 off a new device or $25 in Ting credit, by signing up at http://liftoff.ting.com.

Links and Show Notes

Project Apollo Archive’s albums | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

The Project Apollo Archive

Color-corrected Apollo images - Album on Imgur

Nasa Apollo wallpapers - iPhone 6/s - Album on Imgur

Script for downloading Apollo images

HI-SEAS

Inside NASA's Yearlong Isolation Dome - Tested

Bio-Dome (1996) - IMDb

Bed Rest Studies | NASA

The Martian (2015) - IMDb

Life on Mars: the VFX of The Martian | fxguide

‘The Martian’ author on seeing his ‘MacGyver on Mars’ story launch into Hollywood

Finding new language for space missions that fly without humans

The Incomparable: Man versus Mars

4: A Laptop Every Ten Years Sep 28, 2015

Show notes

Jason and Stephen gush over more Pluto photos and wish some Mars hardware a happy birthday before interviewing Rachel Binx from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:

Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!
ISS Finder: A simple and beautiful way to track the International Space Station.

Guest Starring:

Links and Show Notes

Interview with Rachel Binx

Rachel Binx is a data visualizer, developer, and designer. She works at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California.

3: Poke His Twin Sep 14, 2015

Show notes

Jason and Stephen catch up on some of the latest space news, including classic NASA design specs, the new Boeing Starliner, a year-long mission to the International Space Station, and new pictures from Pluto.

This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:

Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!

Links and Show Notes

Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond: Gene Kranz: 9781439148815: Amazon.com: Books

The First Men on the Moon: The Apollo 11 Lunar Landing

Did an astronaut enter space? Get a notification! by alexander - IFTTT

I'll wait, my dear, till it's my turn - All this

NOAA's SciJinks :: What causes tides?

Reissue of the 1975 NASA Graphics Standards Manual. by Jesse Reed & Hamish Smyth — Kickstarter

NASA on Twitter: "Remember the worm? Take a look back at our 1976 styleguide @NASAHistory dug from our archive: http://t.co/Mk1WkdSxzx http://t.co/cwo16Oqogw"

Enter the Starliner: Boeing names its commercial spaceship | Spaceflight Now

Boeing Revamps Production Facility for Starliner Flights | NASA

SpaceX Pad Abort Test - YouTube

Pad Abort Test | Point of View - YouTube

SpaceX shows off snazzy Dragon capsule for manned missions

One Year Crew | NASA

Twins Study | NASA

Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) | Twitter

Scott Kelly (@stationcdrkelly) • Instagram photos and videos

NASA | Human Research Program - How Astronauts are Affected by Space Exploration

Space Stress: How 1-Year Mission Is Studying Astronaut Health

Kelly takes command of International Space Station - SpaceFlight Insider

Soyuz TMA-16M trio return back to Earth | NASASpaceFlight.com

Pluto: New images from New Horizons.

Newest Pluto pictures show what may be huge blocks of ice | The Seattle Times

2: The Moon Aug 31, 2015

Show notes

Jason and Stephen talk about Earth's closest neighbor, the Moon.

This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:

Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!

Links and Show Notes

Liftoff - Relay FM

Liftoff (@liftoffpodcast) | Twitter

Baikonur Cosmodrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

About the Space theme — Hair-Breened Ideas

Remixing Chris Breen's beautiful 'Space Theme' podcast music — Keith Bradnam

NASA technologies star in One Direction's music video

NASA — Tour NASA with One Direction

One Direction - Drag Me Down - YouTube

Why Do We Only See One Side of the Moon? - YouTube

The "adorable" video of how the moon's axis and orbit mean we only ever see one side of it.

The Moon And Tides

Theia (planet) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Mars-sized object that (maybe) smashed into Earth to help form the moon.

Far side of the Moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chandrayaan-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of missions to the Moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of proposed missions to the Moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mining the Moon | MIT Technology Review

Apollo 13: James Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger: 9780618619580: Amazon.com: Books

A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts: Andrew Chaikin, Tom Hanks: 9780143112358: Amazon.com: Books

Apollo 13 (1995) - IMDb

From the Earth to the Moon (TV Mini-Series 1998) - IMDb

Seveneves: A Novel: Neal Stephenson: 9780062190376: Amazon.com: Books

Inherit the Stars by James P. Hogan - Baen Books

Moon (2009) - IMDb

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - IMDb

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