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Episode 66: The Artemis Missions in Specific (And Spaceflight in General)

Posted on August 19, 2026 by asabpod Leave a comment

Image: “NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I mission is the first integrated flight test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and ground systems. SLS and Orion launched at 1:47 a.m. EST, from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)” (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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Episode 63: SEVERAL SPACE UPDATES

Posted on February 18, 2025 by asabpod Leave a comment

Photographs of three planets against a black background. In order from left to right: Pluto, Venus, and Mars.

Image: Pluto, Venus and Mars (Source: NASA)

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Episode 62: The (Trans) Body in Space

Posted on March 14, 2023 by asabpod Leave a comment

An image of the planet Jupiter in alternating blue and pink colors against a black backdrop.

Image: “Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble” (Source: NASA)

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Episode 59: Dead Dinosaurs, Cockroach Sperm, and Monkey Testicles – A Science Sampler Platter for the New Year

Posted on January 6, 2023 by asabpod Leave a comment

Image: Male genital hook (left) and acrosomes on sperm cells (right) on Supella dominicana, described from amber. (Source: Poiner 2022)

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Episode 54: What’s the Big Deal With the James Webb Space Telescope?

Posted on August 16, 2022 by asabpod Leave a comment

A crop of the deep field JWST image showing many galaxies and stars.

Image: A crop of the image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, “known as Webb’s First Deep Field.” (Source: NASA)

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Episode 48: Lucianne Walkowicz on Space – Who Does It Belong To? How Gay Is It?

Posted on April 23, 2022 by asabpod Leave a comment

The "two muscular arms grasping each other" meme against a background of space. On one arm is "astronomy/astrobiology" and on the other is "taxonomy/systematics."

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Episode 42: Charlotte Olsen on SPACE

Posted on January 29, 2022 by asabpod Leave a comment

Image: “The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the “UFO Galaxy.” NGC 2683 is a spiral galaxy seen almost edge-on, giving it the shape of a classic science fiction spaceship. This is why the astronomers at the Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory, Cocoa, Fla., gave it this attention-grabbing nickname.” (Source: NASA)

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Episode 39: Emily Hunt on GALAXIES

Posted on November 27, 2021 by asabpod Leave a comment

" The region around the center of our Milky Way galaxy glows colorfully in this new version of an image taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope."

Image: “Stars Gather in ‘Downtown’ Milky Way” (Image Source: Spitzer Space Telescope)

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Episode 35: Oh I Am What I Am (Roswell Fan), I’ll Watch What I Want (Roswell), But I Can’t Hide (That I Love Roswell)

Posted on September 4, 2021 by asabpod Leave a comment

Image of the Roswell Daily Record (a newspaper) from 1947 with headline: "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On Ranch in Roswell Region"

Image: Roswell Daily Record from July 9, 1947 detailing the Roswell UFO incident. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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Episode 34: Back to Space! with Teal

Posted on August 20, 2021 by asabpod Leave a comment

A worker at NASA inspects part of the James Webb Space Telescope.

Image: “NASA engineer Ernie Wright looks on as the first six flight ready James Webb Space Telescope’s primary mirror segments are prepped to begin final cryogenic testing at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.” (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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