Dr. Tanya Harrison, also known as "Tanya of mars" is more than a self-avowed Martian. A former scientist and mission operator on several Mars missions including Curiosity, MRO and Perseverance, and is now at Planet Labs, Dr. Harrison is no stranger to when it comes to unlocking the secrets of the cosmos at a distance.

So just what goes into unraveling the secrets of the red planet, or even looking down at our own home planet? Dr. Harrison tells us all about.

Dr. Tanya Harrison http://tanyaofmars.com/ http://www.tanyaharrisonphoto.com/ https://www.planet.com/ Twitter: @tanyaofmars

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This past July, the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope took the first ever image of a young, Sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets. Until now, astronomers had never directly observed more than one planet orbiting a Sun like star. But what's so special about this, how was it accomplished, and does it reveal anything about our own Sun? Dr. Matthew Kenworthy and Alexander Bohn of Leiden Observatory tell us all about it.

Article: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2011/

Research Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aba27e

SPHERE: https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/paranal-observatory/vlt/vlt-instr/sphere/

Publication: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso2011/eso2011a.pdf

Leiden Observatory

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/science/astronomy

Matthew Kenworthy Twitter: @mattkenworthy https://home.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~kenworthy/

Alexander Bohn Twitter: @ajbohn https://home.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~bohn/

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An astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and staff member at the Chandra X-ray Center responsible for operating the Chandra X-ray Observatory spacecraft, Jonathan McDowell is no stranger when it comes to peering out into the cosmos and unraveling its mysteries.

In this episode, we discuss Quasars, the James Webb Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Starlink and the future of astronomy.

Jonathan McDowell Twitter: @planet4589 Jonathan's Page: planet4589.org

Chandra X-Ray Observatory YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/cxcpub First Light Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omMn85XDQUc

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/

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The 1980s was the decade of extreme fashion, punk rock and the first personal computers, and the dawn of a new era in spaceflight with the introduction of the first ever dedicated reusable space craft, the Space Shuttle.

1978 saw the first class of astronauts to be selected by NASA since Apollo, but what were those experiences like through the eyes of the astronaut's families?

Patrick Mullane, author of "The Father, Son, and Holy Shuttle", the executive Director of the Harvard Business School Online, and the son of retired Shuttle astronaut and Mike Mullane is here to tells us all about it.

Patrick Mullane https://www.pjmullane.com/ Twitter: @mullaneHBS patrick@pjmullane.com

The Father, Son, and Holy Shuttle where to buy: https://www.pjmullane.com/shop

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From flying in the backseat of an F4 Phantom as a Weapons Systems Operator during Vietnam, to graduating from the Air Force Flight Test Engineer School at Edwards Air Force Base, to riding rockets aboard three Shuttle missions as a Mission Specialist, former Shuttle Astronaut and retired USAF Colonel Mike Mullane has quite the story to tell.

Today I sit down with retired Shuttle astronaut and talk about his journey into space, the ups and downs, and the astronaut life before and after Challenger.

About Mike Mullane https://mikemullane.com/

https://mikemullane.com/biography/

https://mikemullane.com/astroblog/

Mike's Missions

STS-41D

STS-27

STS-36

Riding Rockets https://mikemullane.com/product/riding-rockets/

Liftoff! https://mikemullane.com/product/liftoff-astronauts-dream/

Do Your Ears Pop In Space https://mikemullane.com/product/ears-pop/

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Space is the greatest frontier of human exploration uniquely exposing the human body to trials and struggles it would otherwise not encounter, and in our quest to better understand how to best meet the daunting challenges presented to us by space exploration, we enter the realm of space analogue studies. 

Vi Tran is a medical researcher part of ESA's Artificial Gravity Bed Rest Study helping astronauts stay healthy in space.

Vi Tran @vistronaut http://vistronaut.com/ @SpaceAusDotCom

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From being the 3rd nation to have a satellite in LEO to robotics on Shuttle and the ISS, Canada has a long and proud history in space.

The one thing Canada is not know for is orbital class rockets. There has never been a satellite launched into Earth orbit from Canadian soil. The Montreal Based startup Reaction Dynamics hopes to change all that and COO, Neil Woodcock is here to tell us all about it.

Reaction Dynamics https://www.reactiondynamics.space/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/reaction-dynamics/

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A lot of people join STEM fields in the hopes to be a part one day of an extraordinary exploration mission. As someone who's been a part of nearly every major NASA Mars mission over the past two decades, Rick Welch certainly has an enviable history!

Rick joined the Mars Pathfinder Sojourner Rover Operations Team in 1997, and has since worked on the MER (Spirit & Opportunity), Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity), InSight and the Mars2020 missions.

Rick Welch https://mars.nasa.gov/people/profile/?id=22927

Mars2020 Perseverance Mission https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/

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