On The Space Show for Wednesday, 25 March 2026:

The announcement of a major change in direction and focus for NASA with Jared Isaacman, NASA Administrator. (Courtesy NASA HQ)

Policy as a compass for Australia's lunar future with Jeremy Kruckel, a member of the Space Association of Australia.

The lunar discoveries of LRO

A summary of the achievements of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter since its launch in 2009. (Courtesy GSFC)

Turn Back Time: Luna 10

Sixty Years ago, Luna 10 became the first craft to be placed into orbit around the Moon, and how a 'swifty' was pulled on the Communist Party Congress.

Should spacefarers have their appendix removed before a long-duration mission? Also, reflections on the lack of aerospace medical training in Australia with Dr Rowena Christiansen, Medical School, University of Melbourne.

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 18 March 2026:

Artemis II Mission Update: Read the latest update here.

Post-Shuttle Changes to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC)

As preparations are being made for the launch of Artemis II by the second Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from the Kennedy Space Center, we pop back to 2014 when Mike Bolger (Program Manager, Ground Systems Development and Operations, KSC, Florida) described the ground infrastructure changes being made in preparation for the SLS and commercial operators, and Chris Crumbly (Manager, Space Launch System Payload Integration and Evolution, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama) set out the status of the Space Launch System. (Inserts courtesy KSC)

Stools in Space: An Excremental History of the Space Age

The answer to every child's (everyone’s?) question about human spaceflight provided by: Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7 astronaut), Jim Lovell (Gemini 7 & 12 and Apollo 8 & 13 astronaut), Richard Scheuring (NASA Flight Surgeon), Wally Funk (Mercury 13 candidate and Blue Origin NS-16 commercial spaceflight participant), and David Munns (researcher).

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 11 March 2026:

Artemis II Crew Briefing — 24 September 2025

In anticipation of their forthcoming historic flight, the four members of the Artemis II crew discuss their planned mission around the Moon and answer questions from the media. (Inserts courtesy JSC)

Turn Back Time: 60th Anniversary of Gemini 8

The near-disastrous flight of Gemini 8. (Inserts courtesy NZBC, VOA and ABC)

Precursor audio: Recordings from the NZBC, VOA and Andrew Rennie, describing the visit to Australia and New Zealand by astronauts Frank Borman and Wally Schirra soon after their Gemini 7 and Gemini 6 space missions. Also, some of Andrew's photos of the event.

You can access these recordings and photographs here.