STP90 - Introducing 'SOLAR' - A Brand New Audio Drama - with Chris Porter and Jenny Curtis
This week we talk to the team behind the brand new audio drama podcast called “Solar” which stars Stephanie Beatriz, Alan Cumming, Helen Hunt and Jonathan Bangs.
Solar:
https://www.solarthepodcast.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SolarthePodcast
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SolarthePodcast/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/solarthepodcast
Chris Porter:
https://twitter.com/mgnfcntbeast
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-porter-aa525914/
Jenny Curtis:
https://twitter.com/TheJennyCurtis
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thejennycurtis/
This Week’s Launches:
Fri 13 May 2022: Failed: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China: i-Space: Hyperbola-1: Jilin-1 Mofang-01A (R) -
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6877
No Video Available.
Fri 13 May 2022: Vandenberg SFB, California: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink Group 4-13
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6795
Sat 14 May 2022: Kennedy Space Center, Florida: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink Group 4-15
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6920
This Week’s Other News:
Boeing's Starliner to fly crucial OFT-2 test flight to space station this week at long last:
https://www.space.com/boeing-starliner-oft2-launch-long-last
Behold! This is the first photo of the Milky Way's monster black hole Sagittarius A*:
https://www.space.com/milky-way-monster-black-hole-first-image-eht
The 1st photo of the Milky Way's monster black hole has scientists over the moon. Here's why:
https://www.space.com/milky-way-black-hole-1st-photo-scientists-excited
Monster black holes fuel Arcade Fire's cosmic album and performance:
China's Mars rover Zhurong is hunkering down for its 1st Red Planet winter:
https://www.space.com/china-mars-rover-zhurong-first-winter
Water may have been on Mars much more recently than scientists thought, China's rover suggests:
https://www.space.com/mars-water-more-recent-china-rover
Mars helicopter Ingenuity scouts rocky ridge for Perseverance rover:
https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-scouts-rock-ridge-photo
The 'doorway' seen on Mars is not for aliens. Here's how it really formed:
https://www.livescience.com/mars-doorway-not-for-aliens
NASA's InSight lander detects the biggest quake on Mars yet:
https://www.space.com/mars-insight-lander-strongest-marsquake-yet
InSight Rover Retirement:
https://www.space.com/mars-lander-insight-ending-low-power
Dream Chaser space plane gets FAA approval to land at Alabama airport:
https://www.space.com/faa-huntsville-airport-dream-chaser-landings
Rocket startup Astra announces plans for UK launches, starting in 2023:
https://www.space.com/astra-to-launch-from-scotland-2023
Orbex unveils reusable Prime rocket for small satellite launches from Scotland:
https://www.space.com/orbex-prime-first-europe-microlauncher-unveiled
A solar power plant in space? The UK wants to build one by 2035:
https://www.space.com/space-based-solar-power-plant-2035
Colombia signs the Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration:
https://www.space.com/colombia-artemis-accords-space-exploration
For All Mankind Season 3 Trailer:
Image Credits: Curtco Media
Space and Things:
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/
Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings
Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com
Emily Carney
A veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.
In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.
Blog: https://space.nss.org/category/this-space-available/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/EmilyLCarney
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyCarneySpace/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilycarneyspace/
Dave Giles
Giles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he’s been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon’.
In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.
Full info: https://www.davejgiles.com
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davejgiles
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davejgilesmusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davejgiles
Space and Things is brought to you And Things Productions: https://www.andthingsproductions.com
