Jun 23, 2025
Astronomy Cast Ep. 760: What to Look For This Summer
By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
Streamed live on Jun 16, 2025.
It’s almost time for our annual summer hiatus, but before we go, we wanted to direct you towards all the fun and space stuff we’ll be enjoying this summer. We’ve got meteor showers, planets,...
Jun 16, 2025
Astronomy Cast Ep. 759: The Commercial Space Program
By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
Streamed live on Jun 9, 2025.
Humanity has turned its focus back to the Moon, sending a fleet of spacecraft to the lunar surface. Some are run by the government, but there’s a whole new group of commercial landers bearing instruments...
Jun 2, 2025
Astronomy Cast Ep. 758: Non-Roving Rovers
By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
Streamed live on May 26, 2025.
Some of our favorite robots are rovers currently roving around the surface of the Moon & Mars. But there’s some pretty tricky terrain out there and engineers are scheming up clever ways to explore other worlds...
May 26, 2025
Astronomy Cast Ep. 757: CubeSats
By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
Streamed live on May 19, 2025.
Computers are getting smaller, faster and more capable, which has enabled an entirely mew class of satellites: CubeSats. A mission small enough that you can hold it in your hands, and yet powerful enough to even travel to...
May 19, 2025
Astronomy Cast Ep. 756: SphereX
By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
Streamed live on May 12, 2025.
NASA’s newly launched SphereX mission is up & operational and has completed its initial checkout and “first light”. Everything looks good! And now it’s starting its science operations. And that’s good enough for...