Hosted by Jason Snell and Stephen Hackett.
Liftoff is a fortnightly podcast about space, the universe, and everything. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to understand the latest developments as explained by enthusiastic space fans Stephen Hackett and Jason Snell.
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#60: Crumbs Are Bad
November 21st, 2017 · 44 minutes
New spacecraft is being tested, and we had a weird visitor from outside the solar system. That, plus the first crewed Gemini missions (complete with secret beef sandwiches) this fortnight.
#59: Kinda Bananas and Super Dangerous
November 7th, 2017 · 34 minutes
SpaceX is returning to Launch Complex 40 and the GRACE mission is coming to an end while Dawn has a new lease on life. Then, discussion of the Gemini capsule and the two uncrewed launches of the program.
#58: Getting in on the Moon Money
October 24th, 2017 · 44 minutes
Blue Origin is firing up its new rocket engine as Bigelow is talking about inflatable lunar stations. Then, the recent LIGO announcement and some background on Project Gemini.
#57: A Realistic View
October 10th, 2017 · 47 minutes
LIGO is busy with gravitational waves, Elon Musk is busy talking about SpaceX's future and Mike Pence has his eye on the moon.
#56: A Guy and a Grease Pencil
September 26th, 2017 · 29 minutes
This fortnight: damage to the Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico, a Mars sample return proposal and the final two Mercury flights.
#55: Fireflies
September 12th, 2017 · 45 minutes
Stephen and Jason are back to discuss the end of Cassini and Jim Bridenstine, who appears to be Trump's pick for NASA Administrator. After that, they journey into orbit with John Glenn and Scott Carpenter.
#54: Live from the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
August 22nd, 2017 · 27 minutes
Stephen and Jason both witnessed the 2017 total solar eclipse. They recorded throughout the event and sat down to compare notes the next day.
#53: More Sevens
August 15th, 2017 · 43 minutes
This fortnight, 2014 MU69 comes into focus, SLS has a new paint job and Stephen and Jason talk about the two rockets used in Project Mercury and the first two crewed American spaceflights.
#52: Missed by Half an Inch
August 1st, 2017 · 31 minutes
After going over some last-minute eclipse planning notes, Stephen and Jason start a new series looking at NASA's pre-shuttle crewed missions, starting with testing for Project Mercury and America's first astronauts.
#51: Dark Matter, with Dr. Katie Mack
July 18th, 2017 · 45 minutes
Jason and Stephen are joined by Dr. Katie Mack, a theoretical astrophysicist working at the University of Melbourne on dark matter and the potential it has to change our understanding of the universe, physics and more.