On The Space Show for Wednesday, 17 December 2025:

Bill Nelson, Administrator, NASA and Pam Melroy, Deputy Administrator, NASA, speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra on 23 March 2023. The then Administrators answered questions from Press Club members. (Courtesy NPC)

Enrico Palermo, Head, Australian Space Agency, Adelaide

Welcome speech to the 2025 International Astronautical Congress in Sydney: Growth of the Australian space industry and agreements with the U.S. (NASA) and Europe (ESA). (Courtesy IAC)

Sean Duffy, Acting Administrator, NASA and Clay Mowry, President, International Astronautical Federation, in conversation at the 2025 International Astronautical Congress, Sydney:

Artemis; American leadership; commercial industry; lunar village; sustainability; NASA does exploration, not routine; and nuclear power on the Moon. (Courtesy IAC)

Turn Back Time: Pioneer 6 and its interplanetary siblings

The launch 60 years ago yesterday of Pioneer 6, along with the history of its siblings, Pioneer 7, Pioneer 8, Pioneer 9, and Pioneer E.

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 10 December 2025:

Conversations at the 24th Australian Space Research Conference 2025 - Part 3: HEO - Non-Earth Imagery

The Space Show in conversation with Hiranya Jayakody, Chief Technical Officer & Co-founder, HEO, Sydney.

Hiranya talks about the formation of HEO, its aims, rented and hosted cameras for imaging satellites, reasons for photographing satellites, and the asteroid Apophis mission.

Impulse Space and LEO Express 3

A report on the launch of the LEO Express 3 satellite carrying HEO's Holmes Mark 2 camera, a description of Impulse Space, and the vision of founder Tom Mueller for cargo delivery missions to the Moon.

Turn Back Time: Gemini Rendezvous - Part 2

Sixty years ago, Gemini 7 and Gemini 6A returned to Earth after a rendezvous in orbit. The story of the parody song "Hello Wally".

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 3 December 2025:

SpIRIT on Orbit

Professor Michele Trenti (Principal Investigator, SpIRIT, University of Melbourne) describes the Hermes instrument on the SpIRIT satellite and its results.

(Conversation with The Space Show recorded at the 24th Australian Space Research Conference 2025)

[10.01.2024 SpIRIT in the Sky: The Space Show in conversation with Clint Therakam, Thermal Engineer, ⁠Melbourne Space Laboratory⁠ at the University of Melbourne, discussing the ⁠SpIRIT satellite⁠, its experiments, and Clint’s role in the project]

EIRSAT-1: Ireland’s first satellite

A description of a similar gamma ray instrument on Ireland's first satellite, EIRSAT-1, and a reading of the poem “All Ways Home” (Gach Sli Abhaile) that was mounted onto the satellite.

Turn Back Time: Gemini Rendezvous

Sixty years ago, Gemini 7 and Gemini 6A made a rendezvous in orbit following the scrubbing of the Gemini 6 mission.