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Made of Stars
Made of Stars is a look at everything in space exploration from programs and vehicles on Earth to discoveries made just out of our atmosphere and into deep space. Space enthusiast Wes Carroll interviews executive director of CSU's Coca-Cola Space Science center Dr. Shawn Cruzen each week with new episodes published Thursday mornings.
Georgia Association of Broadcasters winner for Best Podcast Series at the 2022 and 2026 Gabby Awards
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Episodes
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An Exoplanet 48 Light Years Away Is Checking Boxes
An exoplanet discovered 48 light years away is in the habitable zone and likely has liquid water on it. Comet Tsuchinshan may be about to fall apart. ESA has a…
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Space Bloopers and LEGO Moon Bricks
We hope you had a great Asteroid Day! Chinese space company Space Pioneer accidentally launched a rocket during a static-fire test. SpaceX accidentally dropped…
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Starliner Astronauts Are (Not) Stranded!
No, the Starliner astronauts are not stranded at the ISS, in spite of what you may have heard. China has returned samples from the far side of the moon. A new…
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NASA Is Watching Two Asteroids
NASA has an eye on several asteroids but there are two of them they are watching a little more closely than the rest. A new star could be coming to our sky…
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Starliner Mission Should Be Completed In Spite of Five Helium Leaks
Starliner now has five helium leaks but there's plenty of helium for the mission to be completed in spite of the leaks. SpaceX has a very good week after…
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Starliner Is On Its Way to the ISS!
Bloeing has finally gotten its big win with a successful launch of Starliner that is on its way to the ISS. SpaceX congratulated Boeing while planning a…
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I have Been and Always Shall Be... Not a Real Planet?
This week's show sounds a little familiar... Starliner planning to launch, SpaceX is crushing it with launches and AR3664 is back! Also, Venus likely has…
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It Took 60 Years But He Finally Went to Space
Starliner delays launch again but hopes for a June 2 launch now. SpaceX is continues to launch successfully with the latest launch for the NRO. Ed Dwight…
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Incredible and Historic Aurora Show
The aurora present in the earth's northern and southern hemispheres rank as one of the best in the last 500 years. A sunspot like the one that caused the…
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Starliner Delays Launch After Non-Cicada Related Buzzing Sound
Starliner was forced to delay launch because of a buzzing sound coming from a rocket valve. A massive sunspot could cause problems with communication on Earth…
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JWST Catches a Glimpse of Jar Jar Binks
The James Webb Space Telescope has given us a glimpse of the Horse Head Nebula and the galaxies behind it. Starliner is preparing for a Monday launch. No…
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Just a Drop of Water In an Endless Sea
There's a lot of dust talk this week as a Moon mission is in the works with dust guards ready to deal with dust on the Moon. Plus NASA is planning ahead for…
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Chicken Little Was Right!
NASA has learned the hard way that not everything burns up on rentry. Starliner is a step closer to a test launch in early May. A nova and the "devil comet"…
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Recapping the Eclipse and Watch Out for China
Amateur astronomers learned a few new terms from the "Sheldons" of atronomy. NASA has entered into a partnership with JAXA that will put Japanese boots on the…
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It's Almost Eclipse Time!
This week we talk about the eclipse and everying you need to know.. plus an update on Starliner and a potentially massive discovery on Mars. Become a supporter…
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Deep Space Alcohol and Blue Milk... Shaken, Not Stirred
JWST has discovered deep space alcohol and other life chemicals near a protostar. Roscosmos has successfully launched after last week's last second scrub…
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Twenty Seconds to ISS
A Soyuz launch scheduled to travel to the ISS was scrubbed twenty seconds before liftoff. SpaceX plans to launch later today with cargo for the ISS. SpaceX has…
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SpaceX Successfully Launches Starship Into Space
SpaceX celebrated its founding anniversary with a successful launch of Starship into space. Japan's first attempt at launching a commerical rocket into space…
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There's a Newly Discovered Moon Near Uranus
SpaceX continues to make things look easy after launching and docking the Crew 8 to the ISS while prepping the 3rd test for the Starship. The Curiosity Rover…
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Maybe It's Just Rocket Lag
ILM's Odysseus is going to sleep but sunlight could still wake it up. SpaceX was forced to cancel a launch due to weather but decided to launch a different…
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The Biggest Quasar Ever Seen Has Quite an Appetite
Intuitive Machines Odysseus will attempt to land on the Moon today. The Europpean "zombie sat" has successfully crash landed into t he Pacific. Another giant…
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SpaceX Has Been Very Busy... the Good Kind of Busy
SpaceX has been very busy with successful launches and some of them are very significant... including the successful mission by the Ax-3 crew who landed back…
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It's Just a Helicopter... Don't Kick the Dog
An image of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars shows it sitting all alone in the sand now that it's out of service. Ax-3's crew of private astornauts is on the…
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SLIM Not So Shady Any More
Japan's SLIM Moon lander isn't dead yet after sunlight reached its solar panels giving it life. Ingenuity however has ended its service on Mars after a crash…
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Japan Gets a Win and a Loss on the Moon
Japan has become the 5th nation to successfully land a craft on the Moon, but the solar panels did not deploy and the batteries can't charge. Astrobotic's…
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Ax-3 Mission Set to Take International Crew to ISS
Axiom Space's Ax-3 mission is scheduled to launch today and take a crew of astronauts from four countries to the ISS. Scientists begin the examine the contents…
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NASA's Delays Moon Missions to 2025 and 2026
NASA has made the decision to move its next two Moon missions ro September 2025 and 2026. Astrobotic's Peregrine Moon lander will not successfully land on the…
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SpaceX Ends Record Setting Year and Kicks Off 2024 with a Record Pace
SpaceX has an amazing end to 2023 with two launches less than three hours apart and accomplishing a 96 launch year. Juno has the 2nd closest pass of Io but the…
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Recapping Space News of 2023 Part 2
This week Wes and Shawn take a look back at the 5 biggest space news stories of 2023 Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Recapping Space News of 2023 Part 1
This week, Wes and Shawn begin their look back at the 10 biggest space news stories of 2023 Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Secretive Spaceplane Launch Delayed
SpaceX has delayed the a launch that would have included the X-37B spaceplane and removed it from the launchpad. The Geminid meteor shower's origin is now a…
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Three Robotics Missions Aiming for the Moon in January
Three different robotics missions are hoping to land on the Moon in January. The cannibal CME that hit Earth last weekend put on a dazzling light show. A new…
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A Cannibal CME Is Coming!!!
A cannibal CME is heading our way and could cause power and communication problems. Astronomers have discovered a solar system with planets behaving in a very…
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Saturn's Rings to Disappear in 2025!
We've seen the clockbait articles, now we discuss why Saturn's rings will disappear in 2025. Plus, SpaceX had a successful Super Heavy-Starship launch of sorts…
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SpaceX Prepares Another Starship Test Launch
SpaceX is counting down to a second test launch for the Super Heavy. The White House is laying out rules for governing space tourism and space stations owned…
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Erin Go to Space!
SpaceX will carry Ireland's first ever satellite to space. Starship hopes to launch again on Nov 13 but that's not officially official. JWST has detected clues…
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A Spacewalk on ISS Day
Astronauts aboard the ISS performed a spacewalk on the anniversary of the first crew to live aboard the ISS. Solar activity on the Sun is sending radiation our…
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Ammonia, Sun Spots, Space Lasers, Waffles and Betelgeuse
Russians on the ISS are having another ammonia issue. Sun spots have decreased in volume which may mean we didn't enter solar maximum early after all. NASA…
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SpaceX Launces Psyche Mission as Part of Its Record Breaking Year
NASA's Psyche mission has successfully launched and is on its way to the asteroid. SpaceX has set a new record for rocket launches with 74 so far in 2023 and…
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Annular Solar Eclipse This Saturday!
Get ready for this weekend's annular solar eclipse! Plus, NASA's Psyche metal asteroid mission gets ready to launch. NOAA forecasters say CIRs could hit Earth…
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NOVA-C Could Be the First Private Company's Spacecraft to Land Safely on the Moon
Intuitive Machines is hoping to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon which would be the first by a private company. JWST's discovery of galaxies that…
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Record Breaking Rubio Returns to Earth
Astronaut Frank Rubio now holds the record for the longest spaceflight by an American and is tied for their place for the longest spaceflight by anyone…
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The Return of OSIRIS-REx!
The OSIRIS-REx mission will return to Earth on Sunday with samples collected from asterois Bennu after a 5 year mission. SpaceX's Starship is now waiting for…
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Extra Terrestrials on Display In Mexico!
Two small mummified alien bodies were presented to a congressional hearing in Mexico... but what were they really? NASA's independent study team of UAPs held a…
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Starship Stacked and Ready (Pending FAA Approval)
Starship is stacked and ready for another launch but the FAA has to sign off first. Japan is having a great week with a new X-ray telescope and a new lunar…
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Super Puffy Exoplanet Has a Thermometer Molecule
A temperature sensitive molecule was docovered on a bizarre super-puffy exoplanet. Last night's full moon was a Super Blue Moon. New Horizons' Kuiper Belt…
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India's Lunar Lander Lands, Russia's Does Not
India has successfully landed a lunar lander near the Moon's south pole. Russia's latest attempt to land on the Moon did not succeed. Crew 7 is preparing for…
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NASA's New Horizons to Investigate Rear of Uranus
Russia has successfully put their newest lunar lander into lunar orbit. NASA's New Horizons with soon redirect its view to catch the backside of Neptune and…
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It's a Big Day for Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic launched its Galactic-02 today. Plus Russia is planning to launch a lunar lander later today. Dust inside the ISS may be toxic. Olympus Mons on…
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Has JWST Found Evidence of Dark Stars?
The James Webb Space Telescope has provided new data that could support a 16 year theory about Dark Stars. The Falcon Heavy has set a new record by delivering…
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Flying Tic Tacs from Deep Space?
A Congressional hearing on UAPs raises more questions than it answers about security, safety, and transparency. Amazon has big plans for network of satellites…
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Moon News on International Moon Day
It's the 54th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing so there's plenty of Moon stories for this week. India attempts a second lunar lander launch. Russia…
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Diverse Set of Organic Molecules Found on Mars
The Perseverance Rover has dug up a diverse set of molecules that are exciting astrobiologists. There's more talk about UAPs but still no actual science to…
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The Comeback Story of the Last 18 Months
This week, Wes and Shawn talk about the successes of the James Webb Space Telescope and how the 30 year journey saw complications but has already succeeded in…
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Very Large Array About to Get Larger
The VLA is getting a mssive upgrade. There's more evidence of Population III stars. The Mars Spirit and Opportunity rovers launched twent years ago. Plus, even…
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Leo Investing Into a Startup Going to LEO
Leonard DiCaprio has been named an investor in Nuview, a startup that's planning a constellation of LIDAR satellites. Psyche mission is on track for October…
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Massive Asteroid Almost Hits Earth! (By Almost We Mean Not Really Close)
A massive asteroid is passing Earth but it's not nearly as close as some of the media outlets are implying. The ISS is getting a power upgrade today. There's…
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Let's Talk About Those Possible Alien Spacecraft
Does the US already have ships of non-human origin in their possession? A reputable says so. Plus ULA has test-fired a Vulcan Centaur rocket. SpaceX has docked…
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Astronauts or Space Flight Participants?
A new record was set when twenty "space flight participants" were all off the Earth at the same time. Ax-2 has successfully splashed down plus Virgin Galactic…
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Virgin Galactic Successfully Launches Final Test Flight
Virgin Galactic has successfully launched their final test flight to suborbital space. NASA has awarded a $3.4 billion Artemis moon lander contract to Blue…