Podcasts about Cape Canaveral

Sponsor Link:This episode of Space Nuts is brought to you by NordVPN, your reliable partner for online security. To take advantage of our exclusive offer, including four extra months for free, visit www.nordvpn.com/spacenuts.Space Exploration: Blue Origin's Explosive Test and the Mysteries of the Universe In this thrilling episode of Space Nuts, hosts Andrew Dunkley and Professor Fred Watson reunite to discuss a range of captivating topics, including the recent explosive test of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, primordial black holes, and the ongoing debate around dark energy. Buckle up as we delve into the cosmos and explore these fascinating themes.Episode Highlights:- Blue Origin's Test Launch: The episode kicks off with an analysis of the dramatic Blue Origin test that resulted in an explosive incident at Cape Canaveral, raising questions about the future of the Artemis programme and the implications for upcoming lunar missions.- Primordial Black Holes: Andrew and Fred Watson discuss a recent microlensing event observed in the Large Magellanic Cloud, exploring the possibility that the mysterious object, dubbed Phoebe, could be a primordial black hole, a concept first proposed by Stephen Hawking.- Gravitational Microlensing Explained: The hosts break down the phenomenon of gravitational microlensing, illustrating how invisible objects can magnify the light of distant stars and what this means for our understanding of dark matter and the universe.- Dark Energy: A Possible Furphy? A thought-provoking discussion ensues about the nature of dark energy, with insights from a recent paper suggesting that our current model of the universe may be oversimplified, raising the possibility that dark energy may not be necessary at all.For more Space Nuts, including our continuously updating newsfeed and to listen to all our episodes, visit our website. Follow us on social media at SpaceNutsPod on Facebook, Instagram, and more. We love engaging with our community, so be sure to drop us a message or comment on your favourite platform.If you'd like to help support Space Nuts and join our growing family of insiders for commercial-free episodes and more, visit spacenutspodcast.com/about.Stay curious, keep looking up, and join us next time for more stellar insights and cosmic wonders. Until then, clear skies and happy stargazing.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/space-nuts-astronomy-insights-cosmic-discoveries--2631155/support.- Blue Origin's Explosive Test- Understanding Primordial Black Holes- Gravitational Microlensing Phenomenon- The Debate Around Dark Energy- Implications for Future Space Exploration

In today's episode, Anna and Avery cover six major stories: NASA's historic Artemis III crew announcement, the official August 30 launch date for the Roman Space Telescope, a G3 geomagnetic storm delivering northern lights to mid-latitudes, a worrying air leak aboard the International Space Station, the fallout from Blue Origin's New Glenn explosion and its impact on NASA's Moon programme, and JAXA's H3 rocket attempting a redemption launch tonight.   Stories Covered •        BREAKING: NASA announces the four-person crew for Artemis III at Johnson Space Center -- a mission redesignated as a low-Earth-orbit docking rehearsal, paving the way for the Artemis IV Moon landing in 2028. •        NASA officially sets August 30, 2026 as the launch date for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope -- eight months ahead of schedule. Roman will survey the sky 100x wider than Hubble, targeting dark energy, dark matter and exoplanets. •        A cannibal coronal mass ejection -- two merged CMEs -- arrives at Earth triggering a G3 geomagnetic storm, with auroras visible to mid-northern latitudes on June 8-9. •        Crew aboard the ISS briefly shelters in the docked SpaceX Dragon on June 5 as a worsening air leak in the Russian Zvezda module's PrK transfer tunnel prompts precautionary evacuation procedures. •        NASA seeks an alternative launch vehicle for Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander following the catastrophic May 28 New Glenn explosion at Cape Canaveral, which destroyed LC-36 and threatened the autumn cargo lander demonstration flight. •        JAXA launches the H3 rocket (H3-30 variant) tonight from Tanegashima on a test flight -- Japan's first large rocket powered entirely by liquid engines -- following the December 2025 failure that lost the QZS-5 navigation satellite.   Links & Further Reading NASA Artemis III crew announcement: nasa.gov Roman Space Telescope launch update: science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman Space weather updates: spaceweather.com | earthsky.org/sun ISS status blog: blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation Blue Origin New Glenn updates: spaceflightnow.com JAXA H3 launch: global.jaxa.jp  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates--5648921/support.Sponsor Details:Ensure your online privacy by using NordVPN. To get our special listener deal and save a lot of money, visit www.bitesz.com/nordvpn. You'll be glad you did!Become a supporter of Astronomy Daily by joining our Supporters Club. Commercial free episodes daily are only a click way... Click HereThis episode includes AI-generated content.

Can shoreline protection do more than defend against erosion?In this episode of The Blue Economy, Katherine O'Fallon, Executive Director of the Marine Research Hub of South Florida, is joined by Arthur Tiedeman of APH Marine Construction and Nicholas Bourdon of Reef Arches for a practical conversation about nature-based shoreline infrastructure, hybrid seawalls, artificial reef structures, mangrove planters, and the future of coastal resilience.As waterfront communities face aging seawalls, rising costs, permitting pressure, storm exposure, and the need for stronger environmental outcomes, the conversation around marine construction is changing. The question is no longer only how to protect the shoreline, but how to build infrastructure that also creates habitat, supports marine life, improves water quality, and gives homeowners, municipalities, developers, and contractors better tools.Arthur shares the APH Marine Construction perspective on hybrid seawalls, marine construction, installation logistics, contractor education, and why South Florida is entering a major seawall replacement cycle. Nicholas explains how Reef Arches are being used as modular, nature-based structures that can help attenuate waves, support habitat complexity, provide alternatives to traditional riprap, and scale across residential, municipal, and infrastructure projects.Together, they discuss Sunrise Key, Palm Bay, Cape Canaveral, mangrove planters, oysters, ecological seawall tiles, homeowner participation, regulatory pathways, pilot studies, data, grants, and why collaboration across the blue economy is essential if these solutions are going to move from innovation to standard practice.Guests:Arthur TiedemanAPH Marine Constructionhttps://www.aphmarineconstruction.comNicholas BourdonReef Archeshttps://reefarches.comHost:Katherine O'FallonExecutive Director, Marine Research Hub of South Floridahttps://marineresearchhub.orgThe Blue Economy is powered by the Marine Research Hub of South Florida, advancing ocean innovation, sustainability, and economic growth.Prefer to read? Head to Yachting News on the website:https://www.yachtinginternationalradio.com/yachting-newsSearch Yachting Channel on your favourite podcast platform for more conversations from across the global yachting industry.The Blue Economy | Yachting International Radio

As militarized drone technology rapidly reshapes global warfare, national security officials are turning their focus to potential threats right here at home. This summer presents unprecedented security challenges, with massive crowds expected for America's 250th anniversary events—including a historic UFC fight on the White House South Lawn—and for the World Cup tournament, which is being hosted at multiple venues across the country. Brett Velicovich, a former Delta Force intelligence analyst, founder of Powerus, and FOX News Contributor, joins FOX News' Lucas Tomlinson to discuss the threats drones pose to the public at large events, what security officials must do to be ready, and how drone technology is revolutionizing modern warfare.A massive explosion at the Cape Canaveral launch pad last week forced Blue Origin to scrub their highly anticipated launch of its New Glenn rocket, pushing the potential of another mission to next year. Clayton Anderson, a retired NASA astronaut who spent 30 years at the agency and lived on the International Space Station, joins to discuss the impact of the explosion on NASA's Artemis missions, the engineering challenges of building a lunar base, and how private consortiums like Blue Origin and SpaceX are shaping the future of space exploration. PLUS, commentary by Ted Jenkin, President of Exit Stage Left Advisors and Host of The Red, White & Green Show. PHOTO CREDIT: ASSOCIATED PRESSBest, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As militarized drone technology rapidly reshapes global warfare, national security officials are turning their focus to potential threats right here at home. This summer presents unprecedented security challenges, with massive crowds expected for America's 250th anniversary events—including a historic UFC fight on the White House South Lawn—and for the World Cup tournament, which is being hosted at multiple venues across the country. Brett Velicovich, a former Delta Force intelligence analyst, founder of Powerus, and FOX News Contributor, joins FOX News' Lucas Tomlinson to discuss the threats drones pose to the public at large events, what security officials must do to be ready, and how drone technology is revolutionizing modern warfare.A massive explosion at the Cape Canaveral launch pad last week forced Blue Origin to scrub their highly anticipated launch of its New Glenn rocket, pushing the potential of another mission to next year. Clayton Anderson, a retired NASA astronaut who spent 30 years at the agency and lived on the International Space Station, joins to discuss the impact of the explosion on NASA's Artemis missions, the engineering challenges of building a lunar base, and how private consortiums like Blue Origin and SpaceX are shaping the future of space exploration. PLUS, commentary by Ted Jenkin, President of Exit Stage Left Advisors and Host of The Red, White & Green Show. PHOTO CREDIT: ASSOCIATED PRESSBest, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As militarized drone technology rapidly reshapes global warfare, national security officials are turning their focus to potential threats right here at home. This summer presents unprecedented security challenges, with massive crowds expected for America's 250th anniversary events—including a historic UFC fight on the White House South Lawn—and for the World Cup tournament, which is being hosted at multiple venues across the country. Brett Velicovich, a former Delta Force intelligence analyst, founder of Powerus, and FOX News Contributor, joins FOX News' Lucas Tomlinson to discuss the threats drones pose to the public at large events, what security officials must do to be ready, and how drone technology is revolutionizing modern warfare.A massive explosion at the Cape Canaveral launch pad last week forced Blue Origin to scrub their highly anticipated launch of its New Glenn rocket, pushing the potential of another mission to next year. Clayton Anderson, a retired NASA astronaut who spent 30 years at the agency and lived on the International Space Station, joins to discuss the impact of the explosion on NASA's Artemis missions, the engineering challenges of building a lunar base, and how private consortiums like Blue Origin and SpaceX are shaping the future of space exploration. PLUS, commentary by Ted Jenkin, President of Exit Stage Left Advisors and Host of The Red, White & Green Show. PHOTO CREDIT: ASSOCIATED PRESSBest, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In onze 200e aflevering kondigen we een nieuwe nieuwsbrief van Space Cowboys aan - en komen we met live publiek en een flinke collectie co-hosts vanuit de Space Expo in Noordwijk, opgenomen net nadat een static fire van Blue Origin een belangrijk launch pad op Cape Canaveral verwoest. De Space Cowboys nieuwsbrief plus archief: https://thysroes.nl/spacecowboys In deze aflevering, een groot aantal hosts over onderwerpen uit de volle breedte van Space Cowboys, van de ontplofte raket tot geopolitiek, astronomie en de voyagers. Pim van Strien wethouder in Noordwijk en de enige ‘wethouder ruimtevaart’ van Nederland, schuift ook even aan. AGENDA (publiek toegankelijk):11 juni - Goffertpark Nijmegen - Nacht van de Ruimte14 juni - Space Expo - lezing Joos Ockels over de vlucht van Wubbo18 juni - Space Expo - lezing Wieger Wamelink (WUR) over verbouwen van voedsel op maan en Mars19 juni - Space Expo - bijeenkomst Ambassade van de Maan Een stuk historie: de Voyagers! (Philippe)https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/176-year-window-how-graduate-students-calculations-built-srujana-c-c0bsc/ https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/27/science/voyager-1-big-bang Wat moet er bewaard worden uit het ruimtestation ISS voordat het terugvalt in 2030? (Herbert)https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-052226a-why-what-how-save-international-space-station-iss-smithsonian.html De James Webb-telescoop ontdekt een 'naakt' zwart gat dat op de een of andere manier vóór zijn eigen sterrenstelsel is gevormd (Jeffrey)https://www.livescience.com/space/black-holes/astronomers-weighed-a-little-red-dot-discovered-by-the-james-webb-telescope-and-found-a-naked-black-hole-inside Reparatie launchpad LC-36 gaat lang duren https://nos.nl/artikel/2616810-reparatie-lanceerbasis-blue-origin-waar-raket-ontplofte-gaat-lang-duren De Russen zitten in dezelfde baan als een satellietbedrijf dat de Oekrainers helpt.https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/a-satellite-company-supporting-ukraine-appears-to-be-in-russias-crosshairs/ (Marco) Duitsland stelt voor om een Centrale Europese Space Commando op te zetten onder haar leiding. (Nick)https://spacenews.com/germany-pushes-european-military-space-command-initiative/ Italie gaat mogelijk een habitat maken voor de maanmissies van NASAhttps://europeanspaceflight.com/italys-lunar-habitat-clears-nasa-system-requirements-review/ (Charlotte) @SpaceCowboysPod behandelt ruimtevaart- en astronomienieuws van land, planeet en daarbuiten. Afwisselend gepresenteerd door: @thysroes @hmblank @michelvanbaal @pschoone @ingeloes @arnouxus @LucLucreation @nadineduursma @BastiaanBom @ExogeologyMarc @NickPoelstra @brunchik @mariekebaan @charlottepouwels @eriklaan @jeffrey_bout - Space Cowboys is te vinden op https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-cowboys-podcast/ https://x.com/spacecowboyspod https://mastodon.social/@SpaceCowboys@mastodon.nl De hosts mailen? Dat kan via spacecowboyspod@gmail.com Nieuwsbrief Space Cowboys: https://thysroes.nl/spacecowboys/nieuwsbriefSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Blue Origin says it expects to fly its New Glenn rocket by the end of this year. That's after an explosion last week destroyed a rocket and damaged the company's launch facility at Cape Canaveral.

Episode Summary In today's episode, Anna and Avery cover six major space and astronomy stories: the growing implications of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explosion for NASA's lunar plans; China's surprise maiden flight of the Long March 12B reusable rocket plus the return of the Shenzhou-21 crew; Starship V3 being grounded by the FAA following Flight 12 — with SpaceX's IPO in the balance; the upcoming launch of NASA's Roman Space Telescope and its mission to find 100,000 new exoplanets; new research suggesting Earth remained a global magma ocean for up to half a billion years; and a stunning new Hubble image of galaxy M88 on a perilous journey through the Virgo Cluster.   Story 1 — New Glenn Aftermath: NASA Moon Plans Under Threat Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket was destroyed on May 28 during a pre-launch static fire test at Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral. As of June 2, the damage to Blue Origin's lunar programme is becoming clear: the Blue Moon Mark 1 lander — scheduled to deliver Moon Base 1 hardware in autumn 2026 — now faces likely delays, and the crewed Blue Moon MK2 timeline may slip as a result. LC-36 is Blue Origin's only orbital pad; rebuilding will take considerable time. NASA had signed a new New Glenn launch agreement for Moon rovers just two days before the explosion. Sources: Space.com, Time Magazine, TechTimes (June 1–2, 2026)   Story 2 — China's Long March 12B Debut + Shenzhou-21 Returns China's new Long March 12B rocket completed its maiden flight on June 1 from Jiuquan, deploying Qianfan constellation satellites in a no-advance-notice launch. The rocket — China's answer to the Falcon 9 — features a 20-tonne LEO capacity, a 5.2m fairing, kerolox propulsion, and dual independent flight computers ('dual brains'). No booster recovery on this flight, but planned for future missions. Developed in just 21 months. In other Chinese space news: the Shenzhou-21 crew (Zhang Lu, Wu Fei, Zhang Hongzhang) returned safely on May 29 after a record 210-day stay aboard Tiangong, landing in a Shenzhou-22 emergency rescue capsule after their original return craft was damaged by a suspected space debris strike. Sources: SpaceNews, Global Times, Xinhua (June 1, 2026)   Story 3 — Starship V3 Grounded: FAA Mishap Investigation Following Flight 12 (May 22), the FAA has formally classified the Starship V3 debut as a mishap and grounded the vehicle. The Super Heavy booster failed its boostback burn and hard-splashed in the Gulf of America; one Raptor Vacuum engine on the upper stage also failed. SpaceX must complete an FAA-overseen investigation before Flight 13. This is Starship's seventh grounding in three years. A July–August return-to-flight window is cited; a booster catch may be skipped on Flight 13. SpaceX's IPO (ticker: SPCX, Nasdaq) was filed May 20 with shares potentially trading from ~June 12. Sources: SpaceNews, Aviation Week, TechCrunch (May 27–June 1, 2026)   Story 4 — NASA Roman Space Telescope: 100,000 New Worlds NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on track to arrive at Kennedy Space Center in June, with a launch target of early September 2026 — ahead of its May 2027 commitment. Over its five-year primary mission, Roman is expected to discover ~100,000 exoplanets, hundreds of millions of galaxies, and billions of stars, generating a 20,000-terabyte data archive. Its Galactic Bulge Survey will observe ~100 million stars in underexplored Milky Way regions. Roman also features a Coronagraph Instrument to directly image nearby exoplanets and test techniques for future Earth-analogue imaging. Sources: NASA.gov, ScienceDaily, SciTechDaily (June 1–2, 2026)   Story 5 — Earth Was a Lava World for Half a Billion Years A preprint from researchers at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (arXiv, June 2026) proposes that Earth's global magma ocean phase lasted up to 500 million years — far longer than previously assumed. Two key factors sustained the molten state: tidal heating from the newly formed, much-closer Moon; and a thick steam atmosphere that acted as a thermal blanket, slowing planetary cooling. The prolonged hot conditions would also have favoured the photochemical production of hydrogen cyanide — a key prebiotic molecule linked to the origin of RNA and amino acids. Sources: Universe Today, Phys.org (June 1, 2026) — preprint on arXiv   Story 6 — Hubble Images M88 on a Perilous Virgo Cluster Journey NASA/ESA Hubble's June 2026 Picture of the Month features Messier 88 (M88/NGC 4501), a spiral galaxy 63 million light-years away in Coma Berenices. M88 is on a long inward journey through the Virgo Cluster, with a supermassive black hole ~100 million solar masses at its core. Ram pressure stripping is already depleting its cold gas reserves, visible as compressed gas on the galaxy's leading edge. In ~200–300 million years, M88 will make its closest pass to M87. Observed as part of Hubble program #18103 (PI: D. Thilker). Sources: NASA Science, ESA, ScienceDaily (May 29–June 1, 2026)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates--5648921/support.Sponsor Details:Ensure your online privacy by using NordVPN. To get our special listener deal and save a lot of money, visit www.bitesz.com/nordvpn. You'll be glad you did!Become a supporter of Astronomy Daily by joining our Supporters Club. Commercial free episodes daily are only a click way... Click HereThis episode includes AI-generated content.

Astronaut Stuart Roosa had a special relationship with the U.S. Forest Service, and when it was his turn to go to the moon, he proposed a science experiment. You can see the results towering over Peavy Hall at Oregon State University today. (Cape Canaveral, Florida; 1970s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1405b.moon-trees-of-oregon.html)

This week on TechRadio we break down the dramatic Blue Origin rocket explosion during a New Glenn test at Cape Canaveral and what it means for the space race. Also: Easy guide: How to send your Gmail to ProtonMail automatically Will you have to pay to use Facebook? Meta's new subscription plans explained The brand-new Oura Ring 5 is smaller, smarter, and what it offers Affordable $300 Windows PCs coming soon New operating system age check laws coming and what they mean for privacy Our latest tops in streaming recommendations Practical tips and clear explanations, this episode is perfect if you care about privacy, fitness tech, budget gadgets, or staying safe online. Tune in for your friendly weekly tech update!

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad during a test in Cape Canaveral on Thursday. The company, owned by Jeff Bezos, said no one was injured and all personnel were accounted for. But the rocket has a crucial role in NASA's Artemis program to return American astronauts to the surface of the moon. Amna Nawaz discussed its significance with science correspondent Miles O'Brien. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

A charter bus plows into cars on I-95 in Virginia, killing at least five and injuring 44. Inside the operation to rescue a gold miner stuck in a flooded Laos cave. And, a Blue Origin rocket explodes at Cape Canaveral.

With an uncrewed Blue Origin rocket exploding during a hot fire test at Cape Canaveral, Florida, we speak to former NASA engineer Sinead O'Sullivan about how much of a setback it is for Jeff Bezos business in the space race while Elon Musk's SpaceX firm's IPO gets ever closer. Leanne Byrne finds out why the US travel industry is warning that plans being considered by Donald Trump's administration could cost the economy billions of dollars and disrupt one of America's busiest international gateways just weeks before the FIFA World Cup. Elsewhere, we discuss why tech companies in Silicon Valley are hiring philosophers, and do Africa's wealthiest people have a responsibility to help tackle inequality? Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Africa, Europe and the USA. (Picture: Fire during an explosion of the uncrewed Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket during a test on a launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, on 28 May 2026. Credit: NASASpaceflight.com / Reuters.)

CannCon and Chris Paul close out May with a Friday that mixes epistemology, geopolitics, and fraud exposure in equal measure. Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes during a test fire at Cape Canaveral, and Chris Paul uses it to open a discussion on predictive programming, the feedback loop between Hollywood and government, and the fundamental epistemological question nobody asks: how do we actually know the things we are told are true? The Trump White House drops a troll page called whitehouse.gov/aliens using UFO language to describe 3.1 million illegal immigrant encounters, and the conversation about real disclosure follows naturally. Axios publishes another Iran deal framework that Chris Paul dismantles piece by piece, noting the media does not know who is negotiating on either side and has published multiple false frameworks already. The CSIS think tank, funded by the Gates Foundation, Open Societies, Rockefeller Brothers, and 16 foreign governments, warns that US weapons stockpiles are depleted after the Iran conflict, and CannCon identifies it as the military industrial complex demanding a rebuild. The national debt interest now consumes 19 cents of every federal tax dollar. A Fox News segment reveals North Carolina had an 11,000 percent increase in autism therapy Medicaid billing in four years, Minnesota 51,000 percent since 2018, and Todd Blanche confirms politicians including Tim Walz and Ilhan Omar are in the scope of accountability.

U.S. sources have confirmed to NTD that the United States and Iran have agreed to a 60-day extension of the ceasefire and are now awaiting President Donald Trump's approval.This comes after the United States launched self-defensive strikes against the Iranian regime earlier this week.The Treasury Department imposed new sanctions on Iran's oil trade on Thursday, with the Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioning eight vessels carrying Iranian crude oil and petroleum products, plus more than 15 entities that help move and sell the oil.Blue Origin's New Gen rocket erupted in flames in Florida on Thursday night, during a routine engine test on the launch pad.The incident occurred around 9 p.m. at Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 36 as the rocket was being prepared for a static-fire of its seven engines. Blue Origin says no one was injured and all personnel are accounted for.It is not yet clear what caused the explosion or how much damage the pad sustained, with founder Jeff Bezos saying the company will investigate and rebuild as needed.The Louisiana State House on Thursday approved a new congressional map that will eliminate one of two majority-black districts. The State Senate could vote on it as early as Friday.This new map comes after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found Louisiana relied too heavily on race when drawing its previous map. The new map carves up the 6th district, making it more favorable to Republicans. If the new map is approved, Democrat Cleo Fields will likely lose his U.S. House seat.

In hour 3, Mark is joined by Mack Bradley, a local space writer and the author of “The Space to Lead”. They discuss the Blue Origin rocket explosion in Cape Canaveral, NASA's timeline to get back to the moon and more. He's later joined by Tim Sommer, a Music Journalist, Former Record Executive and a Contributor to The Rock and Roll Globe. They discuss Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and more. They wrap up the show with the Audio Cut of the Day.

In hour 1 of The Mark Reardon Show, Mark is joined by the Reardon Roundtable which is made up by Missouri State Representative Steve Butz and Political Consultant Jean Evans. They discuss and debate multiple topics including the Iran conflict, if the potential end of the Missouri Income Tax would be beneficial for citizens, James Talarico and more. In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day and more. Mark is then joined by Paul Hall, with Common Guy's Film Reviews. They discuss the latest trending movies and shows to watch including "Pressure", "The Breadwinner" and more. He's later joined by KSDK Sports Director Frank Cusumano. He previews the upcoming Cardinals vs Cubs series, the latest roster moves for the Cards and more. In hour 3, Mark is joined by Mack Bradley, a local space writer and the author of “The Space to Lead”. They discuss the Blue Origin rocket explosion in Cape Canaveral, NASA's timeline to get back to the moon and more. He's later joined by Tim Sommer, a Music Journalist, Former Record Executive and a Contributor to The Rock and Roll Globe. They discuss Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and more. They wrap up the show with the Audio Cut of the Day.

In this segment, Mark is joined by Mack Bradley, a local space writer and the author of “The Space to Lead”. They discuss the Blue Origin rocket explosion in Cape Canaveral, NASA's timeline to get back to the moon and more.

A Blue Origin rocket explosion during a test launch at Cape Canaveral in Florida could have huge implications for Jeff Bezos' ambitions in space.His company had just won a big NASA contract to deliver lunar landers to the moon using his New Glenn rockets which are specifically designed to carry cargo.The failure will also affect NASA's moon plans, which already included little margin for error.Sky's science and technology correspondent Mickey Carroll joins Mhari Aurora to discuss what the explosion means for Blue Origin, getting humans back on the moon and the space race.

Today on America in the MorningUS-Iran Agreement Reached U.S. negotiators and their Iranian counterparts have reportedly reached an agreement to extend the ceasefire and re-open the Strait of Hormuz, but President Trump has the final say on the deal.  Correspondent John Stolnis has the latest from Washington.   Confusion Over Carroll Investigation The top federal prosecutor in Chicago denied Thursday evening that his office had opened an investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the woman who said that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her 30 years ago, despite numerous media reports to the contrary.  Correspondent Haya Panjwani reports the Department of Justice appears to be probing a non-profit group they claim helped pay for some of Carroll's legal bills, while Carroll's representation is calling this a weaponized legal assault against someone who won a court case against President Trump.  T Dallas Apartment Explosion A recovery operation is underway in Dallas after an apartment building exploded following reports of a gas leak.  Correspondent Clayton Neville reports from Dallas that it's unclear how many people may have died in the blast.   The Trump $250 Some controversy in Washington over the potential for new U.S. currency with President Trump's face on it.  The details from correspondent Ed Donahue.   Judge OK's Trump Voter Order A federal judge is refusing to block an executive order from President Trump that would create a federal voter list and limit some mail-in voting.  Correspondent Donna Warder reports.   Latest On US-Iran Agreement The United States and Iran have reached a tentative agreement to end their months-long war in the Middle East, but there are questions as to what will happen next in what appears to be a multi-step process.  Correspondent Ed Donahue reports that even if officials on both sides agree, it will still be up to President Trump to give the go-ahead.   Latest On California Primary Texas was the big primary this week, and next week California will be front-and-center with important races from the governor to the mayor of Los Angeles.  Correspondent Clayton Neville reports while one candidate is seemingly pulling away in the polls in the California Governor's race, the battle for mayor in L-A appears close.   Focus On NJ ICE Detention Center National attention has turned to a detention center called Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, an ICE facility where agitators have staged protests outside leading to 6 arrests so far, and one US Senator getting pepper sprayed this week.  Correspondent Joan Jones has details.   Blue Origin Rocket Explodes A Blue Origin Glenn rocket exploded Thursday night on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida.  Alleged Hawaii Murderer Apprehended It was a frantic couple of days in Hawaii after word spread of three murders of elderly men in two days.    Finally   There is a significant shakeup coming to 60 Minutes.  Correspondent Jenifer King reports that CBS is making big changes to the long-running news program, both on the air and behind the scenes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vor 60 Jahren startete von Cape Canaveral aus die erste Sonde des Surveyor-Programms. Die Landvermesser, so die Bedeutung des englischen Namens, waren ein wichtiger Schritt zur Vorbereitung der Mondlandung von Astronauten. Lorenzen, Dirk www.deutschlandfunk.de, Sternzeit

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, we are joined by Admiral William O. Studeman, United States Navy, retired, and his wife Diane, former Pan Am stewardess and one of the most gracious ambassadors the airline ever had.Their connection to Pan Am runs deeper than most. Diane grew up in Milford-on-Sea in Hampshire, England. The navy and aviation were not just a backdrop to her childhood but its very fabric. She joined Pan Am as a stewardess in the early 1960s, at what many would argue was the cultural apex of the Jet Age, when the uniform was a statement and the Clipper was a promise of something larger than the ordinary.Bill is, in the truest sense, a Pan Am kid. His father, Oliver J. Studeman, joined Pan Am's Western Division at Brownsville, Texas in 1933, flying mail-carrying tri-motored Fokkers from Texas through Mexico to Panama and across the north coast of South America. He was known professionally as O.J. and had the nickname of "Stude" by his friends and colleagues. Over four decades, O.J. rose from Chief Pilot of the Western Division to Operations Manager of the Alaska, Pacific, and Latin American divisions, to Assistant Vice President of Pan Am's Guided Missile Range Division at Cape Canaveral, to Vice President of the Metropolitan Air Facilities Division at Teterboro, New Jersey, where he retired in 1972. His uncle, on his mother's side, also worked for the airline. Bill was born in Brownsville in January 1940. Pan Am, for him, was not just a company. It was a family inheritance.Bill and Diane met in the summer of 1962 at London's Heathrow Airport, where Bill was working the Pan Am ticket counter and Diane was working the TWA desk. She joined Pan Am shortly after. He entered Officer Candidate School in 1963 and spent the next 32 years in the United States Navy as a naval intelligence officer. At his Senate confirmation hearing, Senator Frank Murkowski said Bill had "mastered, as few others have, the intricate and arcane world of signals intelligence." He served as Director of Naval Intelligence, Director of the National Security Agency, and Deputy Director of Central at CIA, twice serving as its acting director of the agency across two presidential administrations. Diane hung up her wings to become a Navy wife and mother. They settled eventually in Annapolis.Before the interview, this episode explores three places that rarely appear in the standard Pan Am narrative: Brownsville, Texas, where the airline learned to fly in the clouds and where O.J. "Stude" Studeman first fell in love with the sky; Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, the man-made island built to launch the Boeing B-314 Flying Boats toward Asia, whose art deco terminal still stands today; and Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, the oldest operating commercial airport in the New York metropolitan area, and the place where O.J. Studeman's remarkable Pan Am career came to a close.Bill and Diane's son, Rear Admiral Mike Studeman (ret.), recently published a book on leadership called Might of the Chain: Forging Leaders of Iron Integrity now available in bookstores and as an audiobook. This is Episode 65 of The Pan Am Podcast, and the final full episode with Tom Betti as host in the history and humanities format that has defined this program since its first season. Episode 66, the season finale and Tom's final episode, will be a five-year retrospective with special guests.Support the showVisit Us for more Pan Am History! Support the Podcast!Donate to the Museum!Visit The Hangar online store for Pan Am gear!Become a Member! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!A very special thanks to Mr. Adam Aron, Chairman and CEO of AMC and president of the Pan Am Historical Foundation and  Pan Am Brands for their continued and unwavering support! 

Every sailor has a vision for how a voyage is supposed to begin. Mine involved launching in Indiantown, pointing the bow toward the Bahamas, and slipping into warm trade winds and turquoise water. Instead, 2026 had other ideas. In this episode of Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond, I tell the story of the first leg of this year's sailing adventure — a trip defined less by tropical anchorages and more by stubborn weather forecasts, cold nights, and constant recalculating. After launching the boat in Indiantown, I waited for a weather window that never really arrived. Rather than bash east into uncomfortable conditions, I made the difficult decision to abandon the Bahamas plan entirely and head north up the Intracoastal Waterway instead. What followed was a voyage full of the kinds of moments every cruiser knows well: Grumpy lock keepers who seemed personally offended that we existed Barnacles multiplying underneath the boat and slowing us down Long cold passages where “Florida” felt a lot more like winter than paradise The challenge of adapting plans when nature simply refuses to cooperate Eventually, I brought the boat to Cape Marina at Cape Canaveral, where I tucked her away for two months before returning later with my family to continue the trip north toward St. Augustine. This episode is about flexibility, frustration, and the reality that cruising rarely looks like the glossy version we imagine beforehand. Sometimes the adventure is not the one you planned — but the one you end up with anyway. If you've ever had to scrap the “perfect plan” and make the best of changing conditions, this story will probably feel very familiar. Also, for those who have followed this journey over the years, I mention in the episode that I have officially put the boat up for sale. She is currently located at Belle Isle Marina in Hampton, Virginia. If you are interested and would like additional information, contact me and I'll put you in touch with the broker. https://www.medsailor.com/bristol-channel-cutter-for-sale/ Fair winds, Franz   Want me to go sailing with you? Then contact me! If you have ideas for future podcasts or comments please drop me a note! and PLEASE rate my podcast in iTunes and perhaps write a note. link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you’re interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2019 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Sponsor Link:When your ready to check out our special money saving NordVPN deal - Click HereToday on Astronomy Daily: A weather-delayed rocket launch gets a second chance — Dragon is heading to the ISS tonight. The most powerful rocket ever built is fuelled and ready, with Starship V3 Flight 12 targeting as early as May 19. NASA's Psyche spacecraft is days away from a dramatic Mars slingshot. A startup wants to beam electricity to satellites using lasers. Physicists may have cracked one of science's greatest puzzles. And Juno delivers the closest-ever view of a mysterious moon of Jupiter. All this — plus a Southern Hemisphere skywatching guide and space trivia — on Episode 101.   Chapter Timestamps 00:00 — Cold Open & Introduction 01:15 — Story 1: SpaceX CRS-34 Dragon cargo launch — weather scrub resolved 05:00 — Story 2: Starship V3 Flight 12 — launch as early as May 19 09:00 — Story 3: NASA Psyche spacecraft Mars flyby — this Friday 13:00 — Story 4: Star Catcher Industries raises $65M for space power grid 17:00 — Story 5: Brown University solves the cosmological constant problem 21:00 — Story 6: Juno's closest-ever image of Jupiter's moon Thebe 25:00 — Southern Hemisphere Skywatching Guide 26:30 — Space Trivia: What is asteroid Psyche made of? 27:30 — Outro & Sign-off   Stories Covered Today • SpaceX CRS-34 mission launches tonight from Cape Canaveral after Tuesday weather scrub • Starship V3 completes wet dress rehearsal — Flight 12 targeting May 19 • NASA Psyche spacecraft performs Mars gravity assist flyby on May 15 • Star Catcher Industries raises $65 million for world's first orbital power grid • Brown University proposes topology solution to the cosmological constant problem • NASA Juno captures closest-ever image of Jupiter's inner moon Thebe   Find us at astronomydaily.io | Follow @AstroDailyPod | Part of the Bitesz.com Podcast NetworkBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates--5648921/support.Sponsor Details:Ensure your online privacy by using NordVPN. To get our special listener deal and save a lot of money, visit www.bitesz.com/nordvpn. You'll be glad you did!Become a supporter of Astronomy Daily by joining our Supporters Club. Commercial free episodes daily are only a click way... Click HereThis episode includes AI-generated content.

In this episode, Ray Cochrane leads with GitHub’s worst reliability month on record and the AI infrastructure pressure behind it. He also covers Warp going open source, Apple’s Mac supply crunch, OpenAI’s goblin tic, the first 1X humanoid factory in the US, Tesla’s Semi finally hitting mass production, Chinese EVs with movie-projecting headlights, the final GPS III satellite, and a quantum researcher who won 1 Bitcoin. – Want to start a podcast? Its easy to get started! Sign-up at Blubrry – Thinking of buying a Starlink? Use my link to support the show. Subscribe to the Newsletter. Email Ray if you want to get in touch! Like and Follow Geek News Central’s Facebook Page. Support my Show Sponsor: Best Godaddy Promo Codes Get 1Password Full Summary Cochrane opens the show with one of the biggest infrastructure stories of the year. GitHub is buckling under unprecedented agentic load, and the world’s largest code host just had its worst reliability month on record. Furthermore, the broader episode threads a clear pattern: AI demand is reshaping infrastructure, hardware supply, and developer tooling in ways the industry did not see coming. GitHub’s Worst Reliability Month on Record GitHub CTO Vlad Fedorov posted an apology on the company blog this week. He acknowledged the platform’s recent failures and committed to a new priority order: availability first, then capacity, then features. Meanwhile, an April 23 merge queue regression silently produced wrong squash commits across 658 repositories and over 2,000 pull requests. Additionally, an Elasticsearch cluster crashed on April 27 after a botnet attack, and GitHub Actions went down on April 28. Outside reconstructions put April uptime under 85 percent. However, GitHub’s own status page stays in the 99 percent range because it does not count degraded performance as downtime. Cochrane notes that GitHub originally planned a 10x capacity increase and has now revised that to 30x in eight months. Mitchell Hashimoto, GitHub user 1299 since 2008, also announced he is pulling his Ghostty terminal off the platform entirely. Warp Terminal Goes Open Source Under AGPL Warp open-sourced its AI-first terminal client this week under the AGPL license. Their contribution model leans heavily on agents handling code, planning, and testing while humans focus on direction and verification. However, Cochrane pushes back on that framing. He argues the recent GitHub problems show that human approval alone is not enough oversight for agent-driven workflows. Additionally, he notes that the more hands-off developers get, the less they can mentally model their own systems. Apple Caught Flat-Footed by Local AI Demand Tim Cook told Wall Street on the Q2 FY2026 earnings call that Mac mini and Mac Studio supply will be constrained for several months. Both machines turned out to be popular local AI workstations, which Apple did not predict. Consequently, Apple discontinued the 512GB Mac Studio upgrade in early March and raised the 256GB upgrade by $400. Some upgraded configurations now show 4 to 5 month delivery estimates. Cochrane connects the demand spike to the OpenClaw wave and his own recent OpenClaw scare, where his install started making suspicious outbound requests. Furthermore, he is in no rush to lean into local agentic tooling given the constant prompt injection and security issues in the space. OpenAI Explains the Goblin Obsession After GPT-5.1 launched, ChatGPT users noticed the model could not stop saying “goblin.” OpenAI traced the bias to the optional Nerdy personality, which was 2.5 percent of all responses but produced 66.7 percent of all goblin mentions. The reward signal during personality training quietly favored creature metaphors. Then the bias leaked into the rest of the model through later supervised fine-tuning. OpenAI retired Nerdy in March, filtered creature words from training data, and added an explicit Codex system prompt rule: never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, or pigeons. Cochrane frames this as the beauty and disaster of pattern matching. Additionally, he notes that LLM behavior is not editable like static code; it can only be patched, and the patches stack up over time. Sponsor: GoDaddy GoDaddy has been sponsoring this show for over twenty years. Economy hosting starts at $6.99/month, WordPress hosting at $12.99/month, and domains at $11.99. Use codes at geeknewscentral.com/godaddy for exclusive deals and to directly support the show. 1X Opens America’s First Vertically Integrated Humanoid Factory Bloomberg reports that 1X Technologies opened a 58,000 square foot humanoid robot factory in Hayward, California. The Norway-founded, OpenAI-backed company is calling it America’s first vertically integrated humanoid factory. Their goal: 10,000 NEO home humanoids in year one, with a 100,000 unit target by end of 2027. Furthermore, the first 10,000 unit allocation reportedly sold out in five days when pre-orders opened in October. NEO sells for $20,000 outright or $499 per month. Cochrane is skeptical that humanoids solve a real problem for the average household. However, he sees genuine potential for elderly and disabled users. Additionally, he flags privacy and data collection concerns about robots that have to perceive everything in your home. Tesla Semi Rolls Off the High-Volume Line Tesla rolled the first Semi off its 1.7 million square foot factory adjacent to Gigafactory Nevada on April 29. The Long Range version delivers 500 miles at $290,000, while the Standard Range hits 325 miles at $260,000. Additionally, the Long Range supports the 1.2 megawatt Megacharger that restores 60 percent of range in about 30 minutes. The factory targets 50,000 trucks per year, though analysts project 5,000 to 15,000 deliveries in 2026. Cochrane opens with a recent personal experience. He saw a semi truck on the freeway with the entire cabin removed from the engine, an unusual failure mode he had never seen before. Furthermore, he questions the actual environmental benefit of electric trucking given grid sourcing and battery mineral concerns. The reveal was 2017, and high-volume production is now nine years after that announcement. Chinese EVs With Headlights That Project Movies Huawei’s XPixel headlight system can now project full-color movies up to 100 inches in front of the car. The technology debuted in full color on the Aito M9 and is rolling out across Stelato S9, Qijing GT7, and Luxeed V9 MPV. Additionally, the same hardware powers real safety features: adaptive driving beam, lane-change path projection, and pedestrian crossing direction signaling. Meanwhile, US regulations only approved adaptive driving beam in February 2022. Pixel-addressable projection systems are not covered by current FMVSS rules at all. Consequently, even if these cars sold in the US, the headlights would have to be downgraded to be street legal. The Final GPS III Satellite Reaches Orbit SpaceX launched GPS III SV-10, the tenth and final GPS III satellite, on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral on April 21. GPS III delivers signals 3 times more accurate and 8 times more resistant to jamming than the previous constellation. It also adds the L1C signal, which interoperates with Galileo, BeiDou, IRNSS, and QZSS, plus M-code military encryption. Up next, GPS IIIF launches start in 2027 with up to 22 satellites deploying through about 2037. IIIF adds laser inter-satellite links and optical reflectors for centimeter-level satellite tracking. Cochrane loves this kind of quiet infrastructure win that powers global economics without anyone noticing it. Researcher Wins 1 Bitcoin for a Quantum Attack on Crypto Independent Italian researcher Giancarlo Lelli won Project Eleven’s 1 Bitcoin Q-Day Prize on April 24. He derived a 15-bit elliptic curve private key from its public key using a variant of Shor’s algorithm on rented cloud quantum hardware. Furthermore, the previous record was 6 bits, set in September 2025 on an IBM 133-qubit machine, so this extends the record by a factor of 512. However, Bitcoin uses 256-bit elliptic curve cryptography, so real wallets are not at risk yet. Additionally, other researchers have pushed back on the result. Their criticism: a 15-bit search space is only 32,767 possibilities, which a laptop can brute-force in milliseconds. Project Eleven defends the milestone as a stepping stone for demonstrating Shor’s algorithm running end-to-end on real quantum hardware. Gemini Now Generates Real Files Google rolled out file generation for the Gemini app. Users can now generate PDFs, Word docs, Excel spreadsheets, Google Workspace files, CSV, LaTeX, plain text, RTF, and Markdown directly from a chat prompt. Additionally, files can be downloaded to device or exported straight to Google Drive. The feature is globally available to all Gemini app users. Google Illuminate Turns Papers Into Podcasts Google Illuminate is the experimental Labs tool that converts academic papers into roughly five-minute two-voice podcast-style audio. Generation takes about 30 seconds, with a 20-per-day cap and a 30-day library. Additionally, transcripts are interactive and clickable for jumping to specific moments. Cochrane likes it as an index for triaging papers but pushes back on using it to replace deep reading. He argues that real technical material like clustering logic needs a real read, not a summary by AI podcasters. Cochrane closes with show housekeeping and a callout to Pocket Casts and True Fans as solid modern podcast apps. Have a great night, and happy June. The post GitHub, Goblins, Ghostty, and GPS III #1863 appeared first on Geek News Central.

http://www.astronomycast.com/archive/ From October 26, 2009. Launching a rocket into space requires a big effort on the ground. Space agencies have built up huge infrastructures to store, prepare and launch rockets. Let's take a look at what's involved on the ground at a place like Cape Canaveral. What happens before, during and after a launch.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

#543 Artemis & Beyond. Space journalist Richard Hollingham joins us to discuss the 1st crewed lunar mission since 1972. The new moon race, has political support, sponsors and mass public engagement, but will the US beat China to a human landing?

Keith Touchberry, City Manager of Cape Canaveral, joins host Steve Vancore to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities of governing a city at the center of America's space industry. Keith shares how economic activity generated by space programs has reshaped the community, while introducing new concerns about noise and vibrations and their implications for building codes and infrastructure.Before becoming city manager, Keith served as police chief in Fellsmere, and he reflects on how crisis management skills from law enforcement translate directly into city government leadership. He and Steve also explore the role of ethics in public service, with Keith emphasizing that strong leadership means choosing the hard, right decision over the easy wrong one — and that protecting human health and safety must always come first.

Tim Conway Jr. Hour 2 (4.7) We had the SpaceX rocket launched yesterday out of Vandenberg north of Santa Barbara, plus the launch out of Cape Canaveral in Florida happening tomorrow. How will the weather impact those launches, especially with rain scheduled for SoCal? We might get thunderstorms! What does Dallas Raines have to say about all that? Tim reads love letters from his many fans. Women will often remain pleasant into old age, whereas men aged in their 90s are just the worst kind of grumpy curmudgeon. A lot of rampant hospice fraud is being unearthed in the state of California right now. New rule on Southwest Airlines: There will be limits on portable chargers or power banks beginning this month. An Orange County man was arrested after demanding $55 worth of free gas from an Irvine station. Theres a new drug-free treatment for rheumatoid arthritis that makes your throat flutter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Artemis II crew has completed the most significant human spaceflight milestone since 1972 — a historic lunar flyby that took four astronauts further from Earth than any humans in history. In today's episode, Anna and Avery cover every moment of Flight Days 6 and 7, including the far-side blackout, a solar eclipse observed from beyond the Moon, and what comes next on the journey home. Plus: NASA faces another proposed 47% science budget cut, a cargo ship heads to the space station, Europe and China are about to launch a groundbreaking solar shield explorer called SMILE, and Blue Origin reveals its ambitious plan to map the Moon's hidden water ice.   Today's Stories 1. Artemis II Days 6 & 7: The Lunar Flyby •       The crew of Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen completed a 7-hour lunar flyby on April 6 •       Orion reached a maximum distance of 252,760 miles from Earth, surpassing the Apollo 13 record of 248,655 miles •       Closest lunar approach: 4,067 miles above the surface at approximately 7 p.m. EDT •       Christina Koch became the first woman to complete a lunar flyby •       The crew witnessed an Earthset, Earthrise, and a solar eclipse from behind the far side of the Moon •       Day 7 is a rest day; splashdown in the Pacific is targeted for April 10   2. NASA FY2027 Budget Proposal •       White House proposes $18.8 billion for NASA — a 23% overall reduction •       Science Mission Directorate would be cut by 47%, from $7.25B to $3.9B •       More than 40 missions face termination; Mars Sample Return and SERVIR named explicitly •       Exploration/Artemis funding would increase by ~10% •       Congress rejected nearly identical cuts last year   3. Cygnus NG-24 ISS Resupply •       Launch targeted April 8 from Cape Canaveral on SpaceX Falcon 9 •       Named S.S. Steven R. Nagel after four-time shuttle veteran •       Carrying 11,000+ lbs including Cold Atom Lab upgrade and stem cell research hardware •       Also includes Africa's ClimCam AI-powered climate camera from Egypt, Kenya, and Uganda   4. SMILE Mission — Launch April 9 •       Joint ESA / Chinese Academy of Sciences mission; first ever jointly designed, built, launched and operated by both agencies •       Launches April 9 on Vega-C from French Guiana; 3-year science mission •       Will give humanity its first complete, simultaneous view of Earth's magnetosphere reacting to the solar wind •       Four instruments: soft X-ray imager, UV aurora camera, light ion analyser, magnetometer •       Science orbit reaches 121,000 km above North Pole; up to 40 hours continuous observation per orbit •       Critical for understanding and predicting space weather — protecting satellites, power grids and communications   5. Blue Origin Oasis-1: Lunar Water Ice Prospecting •       Introduced at the 2026 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) •       Two-smallsat mission deployed from Blue Origin's uncrewed Mk1 lander; ultra-low 10x50 km polar orbit •       Instruments: neutron spectrometer (water ice to 1m depth), magnetometer (metals), multispectral imager (Helium-3) •       90-day global mapping phase followed by 10-day controlled deorbit — science continues to impact •       Partnership with Luxembourg Space Agency; data licensed commercially, non-commercial data released publicly via ESRIC •       Phase 1 of a 3-phase Project Oasis roadmap: orbit survey, surface mobility, then extraction operations   6. April Skywatching •       Comet C/2025 R3: closest approach April 27, magnitude ~8, binoculars needed •       Lyrid meteor shower peaks April 21–22, look toward Lyra from 10pm •       Mercury at best visibility of 2026 in the eastern pre-dawn sky   Links & Resources •       NASA Artemis II Flight Day 6 updates: nasa.gov •       Planetary Society Artemis II guide: planetary.org •       NASA FY2027 budget: spacenews.com •       Cygnus NG-24 launch: nasaspaceflight.com •       ESA SMILE mission: esa.int/smile •       Blue Origin Oasis-1: blueorigin.com   Connect With Us •       Website: astronomydaily.io •       Twitter/X: @AstroDailyPod •       Instagram: @AstroDailyPod •       TikTok: @AstroDailyPod •       YouTube: Astronomy Daily •       Tumblr: AstroDailyPodBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates--5648921/support.Sponsor Details:Ensure your online privacy by using NordVPN. To get our special listener deal and save a lot of money, visit www.bitesz.com/nordvpn. You'll be glad you did!Become a supporter of Astronomy Daily by joining our Supporters Club. Commercial free episodes daily are only a click way... Click HereThis episode includes AI-generated content.

What makes Cape Canaveral the center of U.S. spaceflight? The answer is a fascinating mix of geography, military strategy, Cold War politics, and a fair amount of historical accident. In this episode of the Space Policy Edition of Planetary Radio, host Casey Dreier, chief of space policy at The Planetary Society, sits down with Stephen C. Smith, author and writer behind the Substack The Space Pundit, to discuss his book Return to Launch: Florida and America's Space Industry. A longtime Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex communicator and Merritt Island resident, Smith brings a unique perspective to the story of how a remote Florida peninsula became the gateway to the Cosmos. The conversation spans the full arc of Cape Canaveral's history, from captured Nazi V-2 rockets fired off a concrete slab in 1950, the Apollo era's dramatic economic boom and bust, and the rise of commercial spaceflight. Along the way, Smith and Dreier explore why Mexico's president inadvertently shaped U.S. launch site selection, how eminent domain built a spaceport, and what Space Florida did to help break the region's cycle of economic dependence on government programs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Friday, April 3rd, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Adam McManus Pakistani Christian legislator's bill would end forced conversions to Islam On March 31st, a Pakistani Christian lawmaker introduced a bill to criminalize forced religious conversions to Islam with penalties of up to five years in prison, reports Morning Star News. Falbous Christopher submitted the Punjab Protection of the Rights of Religious Minorities Bill 2026 in a renewed attempt to address a long-standing human rights challenge affecting Pakistan's religious minorities, particularly Christian and Hindu women and underage girls. No doubt his bill was inspired by stories like Maira Shahbaz, a 14-year-old Christian girl, who was abducted and forced to convert to Islam and marry a Muslim man in April 2020. Micah 6:8 urges us “to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.”  Abduction of girls, forced conversion to Islam, and forced marriages are out of keeping with all three. Trump: We'll be free from Iranian wickedness and nuclear blackmail On Wednesday night, President Donald Trump addressed the nation with an update on “Operation Epic Fury,” the United States war with Iran. TRUMP: “We are on track to complete all of America's military objectives shortly. We're going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We're going to bring them back to the stone ages, where they belong. In the meantime, discussions are ongoing. “Regime change was not our goal. We never said regime change. But regime change has occurred because of all of their original leaders' deaths. They're all dead. The new group is less radical and much more reasonable. “Yet, if during this period of time, no deal is made, we have our eyes on key targets. If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric-generating plants very hard and probably simultaneously. We have not hit their oil, even though that's the easiest target of all, because it would not give them even a small chance of survival or rebuilding. “They have no anti-aircraft equipment. Their radar is 100% annihilated. We are unstoppable as a military force. The nuclear sites that we obliterated with the B2 Bombers have been hit so hard that it would take months to get near the nuclear dust. “We have all the cards. They have none. They were the bully of the Middle East, but they're the bully no longer. Tonight, every American can look forward to a day when we are finally free from the wickedness of Iranian aggression and the specter of nuclear blackmail.” War Secretary Hegseth quoted from imprecatory Psalms On March 25th, War Secretary Pete Hegseth quoted from the imprecatory Psalms and invoked divine wrath against the enemies of the United States during introductory remarks he made at the first monthly prayer service at the Pentagon since the outbreak of the war in Iran, reported The Christian Post. Hegseth read from a military chaplain's prayer used ahead of the January 3rd, 2026 operation to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro which he implied was equally relevant in the battle against the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Listen. HEGSETH: "Almighty God, who trains our hands for war and our fingers for battle, You who stirred the nations from the north against Babylon of old, making her land a desolation where none dwell: behold now the wicked, who rise against Your justice and the peace of the righteous. "Snap the rod of the oppressor, frustrate the wicked plans of the ungodly. By the blast of Your anger, let the evil perish. Let their bulls go down to slaughter, for their day has come; the time of their punishment. Pour out Your wrath upon those who plot vain things and blow them away like chaff before the wind." Psalm 17:13 says, “Rise up, LORD, confront them, bring them down; with your sword. Rescue me from the wicked.” Constitution expert predicts Supreme Court will affirm birthright citizenship Appearing on The Human Events podcast, Mike Davis, the founder of the Article III Project, predicted that the U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to affirm “birthright citizenship” for illegal aliens.  Listen. DAVIS: “I worry this is a 7-2 case.” JACK PROSOBIEC: “Wow!” DAVIS: “I worry that the only two justices who will have the courage to follow the law here are Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Sam Alito. I worry that the Chief Justice [John Roberts] and the three Trump justices [Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett] will join the three leftists [Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson]  who will always vote against President Trump. “The law is so crystal clear here. We the people, the sovereign citizens of America, get to decide who comes, who goes, get to decide who our fellow citizens are. We certainly did not give that away after the Civil War. “The 14th Amendment, the birthright citizenship clause, was to correct an egregious wrong with the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision that held that the freed slaves are not citizens. We fixed that with the 14th Amendment. There is a Supreme Court case that has extended that to lawful and permanent residents of the United States. “There is no way that the proponents of the 14th Amendment ever agreed to give birthright citizenship to illegal aliens!” If the Supreme Court does affirm birthright citizenship for illegal aliens it would be a major blow to both President Donald Trump's agenda and the Constitution. President Trump, first president to hear oral arguments, walked out Remarkably, President Trump heard the oral arguments in that birthright citizenship case in person, becoming the first sitting U.S. president ever to do so. At 11:20am on Wednesday, President Trump expressed his fury in a one-sentence post on Truth Social. “We are the only Country in the World STUPID enough to allow “Birthright” Citizenship!” The Western Journal reported that on the day he took office in January 2025, President Trump issued an executive order directing that only children born to parents “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States are citizens, quoting from the Fourteenth Amendment. NASA launches Artemis II to travel around the moon And finally, on Wednesday night at 6:35pm Eastern, NASA launched the long-awaited Artemis II mission from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Listen. ANNOUNCER 1: “Here we go. 10-9-8-7 RS 25 engines lift 4-3-2-1. Booster ignition and lift off. The crew of Artemis II now bound for the moon. Humanity's next great voyage begins.” ANNOUNCER 2: “Good roll pitch.” ANNOUNCER 3: “Houston now controlling the flight of Integrity on the Artemis II mission around the moon.” The crew — NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover, as well as Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen — were the first people to launch toward the moon since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, more than 50 years ago, reported NBC News. However, they will not land on the lunar surface. Rather, the 10-day mission is designed as a step toward a landing in 2028, building a base on the moon, and eventually, toward NASA's goal of establishing a long-term presence on the moon. Living on the moon will involve inhabiting shielded, pressurized modules or underground lava tubes to protect against radiation, extreme temperatures, and toxic lunar dust. Among other issues for those who colonize the moon: How would they get power? How would they breathe? and How would they get food? Watch a live stream from the cockpit of Artemis II through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com. Close And that's The Worldview on this Friday, April 3rd, in the year of our Lord 2026. Follow us on X or subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

Casey Dreier, chief of space policy at The Planetary Society, sits down with Stephen C. Smith, author of Return to Launch and Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex communicator, to explore how a remote Florida peninsula became the heart of U.S. spaceflight.

Nasa has said it's back in the business of sending astronauts to the Moon, after the Artemis II mission successfully blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. It said there had been a temporary loss of communications but all was now well, and the four astronauts on board were safe, secure and in great spirits. The spacecraft is expected to circle the far side of the Moon and eventually return to Earth. In other news, in a TV address President Trump has said the US is close to meeting its objectives in the war against Iran. And police in the Chinese city of Wuhan are investigating a malfunction which led to at least 100 self-driving cars stopping in the middle of the road.The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk

The four Nasa astronauts on the Artemis II Moon mission are preparing for its next stage, after their first sleep in space. We speak to former astronaut Tim Peake about Nasa's plan for them to travel around the Moon. Also in the programme: Britain hosts a meeting on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and a historic warship discovered on the seabed of Copenhagen harbour. (Photo: Nasa's Artemis II mission to fly by the moon lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, 1 April, 2026. Credit: Joe Skipper/Reuters)

On Thursday's show: NASA's historic Artemis II mission launched successfully, lifting off at 5.35 p.m. Central Time Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. We learn what's next for the mission and the role Houston's Johnson Space Center will play.Also this hour: We consider the experiences of youth transitioning out of the foster care system.Then, a dermatologist offers advice on how to take care of your skin as many of us are spending more time outdoors.And we get to know the Houston Symphonic Band.Watch

After more than 50 years, astronauts have made their way back to the moon. After a successful launch from the Cape Canaveral spaceport in Florida, the capsule 'Orion' is now transporting four people to our nearest companion in space and back again. - Nach mehr als 50 Jahren haben sich Astronauten wieder auf den Weg zum Mond gemacht. Nach einem geglückten Start vom Weltraumbahnhof Cape Canaveral in Florida, transportiert die Kapsel ‚Orion‘ jetzt vier Menschen zu unserem nächsten Trabanten und wieder zurück.

President Trump says the US will end its war against Iran in the next "2 or 3 weeks" - but it will be up to other countries to secure the vital Strait of Hormuz. We'll look at how Australia is dealing with rising fuel costs, and whether it's a good idea for Britain's King Charles to visit Washington at this moment. Also: Donald Trump's White House ballroom project is halted; a special report from the North Sea on a plan to capture carbon dioxide; shocking news for families who had fertility treatment in Northern Cyprus; and we check in with our reporter at Cape Canaveral ahead of NASA's first Moon mission in five decades.

NASA is to launch the Artemis II mission to the Moon, more than half a century after the last Apollo missions – we'll hear from one of the four surviving astronauts who have set foot on the Moon. Also in the programme: US President Donald Trump attends a Supreme Court hearing about his attempt to end birthright citizenship by executive order; and how a hundred driverless taxis all suddenly stopped mid-journey in a city in China – so how robust is the tech? (Photo: The Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Complex 39B ahead of the mission launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US. Credit: Reuters/ Brendan McDermid)

History was made at Cape Canaveral today during the show and we had it LIVE!!! Artemis II launched today at 5:35:12 CST but right before the countdown and launch SIMON spoke to astronaut CLAYTON ANDERSON, a.k.a. 'ASTROCLAY', about what today has been like for the flight crew in the build-up to the launch, what the earlier 'NO-GO/GO' issue was and what this mission to the moon hopes to achieve.

There is SOOOO MUCH happening today!!!! POTUS and SCOTUS were in the same room today for oral arguments over birthright citizenship. Will they be in agreement when the official dissent is release? Tonight, President Trump will address the nation. Speculation is across the map on what he will be discussing. Will it be Iran? Will it be NATO? Will it be something entirely different? There's a big launch happening at Cape Canaveral today! Artemis II LAUNCHES in moments and SIMON is as excited as an 8 year old!!! Oh! And Costco has a 10 POUND chocolate "Pete the Bunny" for $135! Would you buy a 10lb bunny? Would you pay that much money? SIMON and MRS. C say "hard pass" in the Conway household.

5. Landing Success and the Mystery of Amos-6 In December 2015, SpaceX achieved its first successful land landing at Cape Canaveral, overcoming concerns that the sonic booms might damage nearby spy satellites. However, the company faced a major setback in 2016 when the Amos-6 rocket exploded on the pad during fueling. Musk briefly entertained a "sniper theory" involving competitors, though the cause was technical. This period showcased Musk's intense management style, where he demanded data-driven results while pushing his young workforce to be "flawless" to ensure the existential survival of the company. (5)1897 WAR OF THE WORLDS

Tehran has fired missiles and drones at its Gulf neighbours causing blazes at a Kuwait refinery and a Bahrain warehouse. Israel has launched more air attacks against Iran. Powerful explosions were reported in the capital. Iranian media said sixteen of its cargo ships anchored in the Gulf had been burnt out after being targeted there. There's been a warning that the world faces its greatest ever energy threat from the Iran war. Also, weight loss drugs are set to become much cheaper as patents expire in India and elewhere. A cyclone has hit Australia's northeastern coast bringing fierce winds, heavy rain and floods. An international aid convoy arrives in Cuba. Actor and martial artist Chuck Norris dies at 86. And Mission to the Moon, NASA's huge rocket - now repaired - heads back to the launchpad at Cape Canaveral in Florida in preparation for the first crewed flight in more than half a century.The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk

Three victims of IRA bombings in England have ended their civil court case against the former Sinn Féin leader, Gerry Adams. Also: The government has given its approval for UK bases to be used by the US to launch strikes on Iranian sites targeting the Strait of Hormuz. And Nasa's huge Moon rocket has completed its four mile journey to the launchpad at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

On Jan. 28, 1986, NASA's 25th space shuttle mission, Challenger, left the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Seventy-three seconds into flight, Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean as millions of people watched. All seven people on board died. Now, forty years later, journalist Adam Higginbotham chronicles what went wrong. His book Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space pieces together stories from key officials, engineers and the families of those killed in the explosion – and details how its legacy still haunts spaceflight today. Consider checking out our episode speaking to an astronaut while she's in space.Have a scientific question you want us to answer? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.Listen to Short Wave on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Forty years ago this week, the space shuttle Challenger exploded in flight, 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. All seven crew members were killed. In the months that followed, the tragedy was traced to a failed O-ring in one of the shuttle's rocket boosters. Now, with the Artemis II mission preparing for launch to lunar orbit, what have we learned about spaceflight and risk? Former astronaut Jim Wetherbee joins Host Ira Flatow to remember the Challenger tragedy, and look ahead to the age of private spaceflight and the upcoming Artemis II mission.Guest: Jim Wetherbee is a former NASA astronaut, the former head of flight crew operations for NASA, and the author of Controlling Risk: Thirty Techniques for Operating Excellence.Transcripts for each episode are available within 1-3 days at sciencefriday.com. Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.