This Week in Space (Audio)
TWiTThe new space age is upon us, and This Week in Space leaves no topic untouched. Every Friday, join Editor-in-Chief of Ad Astra magazine, Rod Pyle and Managing Editor of Space.com, Tariq Malik as they explore everything related to the cosmos. You can join Club TWiT for $10 per month and get ad-free audio and video feeds for all our shows plus everything else the club offers...or get just this podcast ad-free for $5 per month.
New episodes posted every Friday.
New episodes posted every Friday.
This Week in Space 169: The Day Mars Died
Jul 18 • 1h 18m
This Week in Space 168: "Survivor: NASA"
Jul 11 • 1h 9m
This Week in Space 167: An Outpost on the Moon
Jun 27 • 51m
This Week in Space 166: Live From the Swamps, ISDC 2025
Jun 20 • 1h 17m
This Week in Space 165: Guardians of Space
Jun 13 • 1h 8m
This Week in Space 164: Goodbye NASA?
Jun 6 • 1h 15m
This Week in Space 163: The Trials of Starship
May 30 • 59m
TWiS 156: Rocket Blast - With Dr. Phil Metzger
Apr 11 • 1h 10m
TWiS 153: Pathways to Mars - With Dr. Robert Zubrin
Mar 22 • 1h 6m
TWiS 141: Holiday Special 2024 - TWiS Crew's Childhood Space Obsessions
Dec 20, 2024 • 1h 31m
TWiS 140: University Rocketeers - USC's Rocket Lab Smash the Amateur Altitude Record
Dec 13, 2024 • 1h 13m
TWiS 139: Look to the Skies - Leonard David, Jared Isaacman, UFOs & UAPs
Dec 6, 2024 • 1h 22m
TWiS 138: From the Garage to Mars - With Space Entrepreneur Scott Tibbetts
Nov 23, 2024 • 1h 15m
Strange New Worlds - Kepler's Legacy With Dr. Jason Steffen
Nov 16, 2024 • 1h 19m
SpaceX Ascendant - Can Anyone Compete?
Nov 8, 2024 • 1h 2m
TWiS 135: The Spacer Pipeline - Preparing for Careers in Space
Nov 1, 2024 • 1h 5m
Red Moon Rising - Artemis, Commercial Space, and the China Challenge
Oct 18, 2024 • 1h 13m
TWiS 132: Living in Martian Mushrooms - Growing Fungal Space Habitats
Oct 11, 2024 • 1h 13m
TWiS 130: Dogs on Mars, Snakes on the Moon - Mars Sample Return and VIPER
Sep 27, 2024 • 1h 9m
Starliner is Back! What Now? - Can Boeing Compete with SpaceX's Dragons?
Sep 13, 2024 • 1h 11m
Space Stations Inc. - A Visit With Max Haot of VAST
Sep 6, 2024 • 1h 7m
Danger! Rogue Planets! - Danger From the Dark - Rogue Planets
Aug 30, 2024 • 53m
Back to Space School 2024 - Looking Ahead to the Next Year in Spaceflight
Aug 23, 2024 • 1h 13m
Space For Everyone - A Chat with STEM Advocate Czarina Salido
Aug 16, 2024 • 59m
The Mighty Perseids - Meteors are Coming!
Aug 9, 2024 • 1h 0m
An Exploding Star Near You! - A Nova is Coming with Carlos Badenes
Jul 26, 2024 • 1h 11m
Remembering Apollo 11 & Looking Ahead - Plus Artemis II and Starship 5
Jul 19, 2024 • 1h 16m
Junkyard in Space - The Dangers of Orbital Debris
Jul 12, 2024 • 1h 3m
Understanding the Darkness - Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Jul 5, 2024 • 1h 8m
A Home on the Moon - 3D Printing Lunar Habitats
Jun 28, 2024 • 1h 9m
Spreading the Good Word - With the Space and Things Podcast
Jun 21, 2024 • 1h 5m
Our Friendly Mr. Sun - Mr. Sun: Friend or Foe? With Dr. Alex Young
Jun 14, 2024 • 1h 7m
Starliners & Starships - Boeing's Redemption, SpaceX's Ambition
Jun 7, 2024 • 1h 16m
China's Heavenly Dream - Chang'e 6 and China's Lunar Ambitions With Mike Wall
May 31, 2024 • 1h 7m
Mars on Pause? - With JPL Chief Engineer Emeritus Rob Manning
May 24, 2024 • 1h 7m
TWiS 109: Music of the Spheres - Space Music with Chris Carberry
May 3, 2024 • 1h 6m
Starliner: Better Late Than Never? - Boeing's College Try
Apr 26, 2024 • 1h 7m
TWiS 106: Space Potpourri! - Eclipse Wrap-Up & More Favorite Space Places
Apr 12, 2024 • 1h 18m
TWiS 105: Apoc-eclipse 2024! - With Astronomer Joe Rao
Apr 5, 2024 • 1h 5m
TWiS 97: Attempt No Landing There - The Mission of Europa Clipper
Feb 9, 2024 • 1h 4m
Happy Holidays From Rod & Tariq - We Return Will January 5th!
Dec 22, 2023 • 47s
TWiS 91: 2023 Holiday Special! - The Year in Review With Leonard David
Dec 15, 2023 • 1h 6m
TWiS 88: Thanksgiving Special - What We're Grateful For in Space
Nov 17, 2023 • 1h 8m
One Lunar Fizz Please - Drinking in Space With Colleen McLeod Garner
Nov 10, 2023 • 1h 6m
TWiS 86: Home is Where the Air Is - Life Support to Mars with Grant Anderson
Nov 3, 2023 • 1h 2m
TWiS 85: Top 10 Scary Space Frights - Halloween Special
Oct 27, 2023 • 1h 2m
TWiS 82: Our Favorite Space Places - Space Museums and Facilities You Can Visit
Oct 6, 2023 • 1h 10m
TWiS 80: Onward to the Stars - Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz and the VASIMR Plasma Drive
Sep 22, 2023 • 1h 11m
Threats From Above - Jonathan Dagle, Policy Chief of the National Space Society
Jul 21, 2023 • 1h 8m
TWiS 69: A Meteorite In My Attic - Geoffrey Notkin, Meteorite Man!
Jul 7, 2023 • 1h 9m
TWiS 67: Our Favorite Space Conspiracies - Wild Ideas and Weird Beliefs
Jun 23, 2023 • 1h 4m
TWiS 66: Look to the Skies For a Warning - NASA's UFO Report
Jun 16, 2023 • 57m
Space Is For Everyone - Rachel Lyons of Space For Humanity
Jun 9, 2023 • 59m
TWiS 64: The Original Space Buccaneer - Charles Miller and the New Space Age
Jun 2, 2023 • 1h 1m
The Angry Sun With Dr. C. Alex Young - The Sun Is Heating Up, Solar Cycle 25
May 26, 2023 • 1h 2m
Going Interstellar - The Hows and Whys of Traveling Beyond the Solar System
May 5, 2023 • 1h 9m
The Battle for Starship - There's No Middle Ground on SpaceX's Starship Flight Test
Apr 28, 2023 • 1h 10m
Starship Ahoy! - Mike Wall of Space.com Discusses the Starship Test Flight
Apr 21, 2023 • 1h 3m
Listener Questions Special! - We Answer Listener Questions!
Mar 24, 2023 • 1h 9m
UFOs and Occam's Razor - Dale Skran and a Reasoned Look at UFOs
Mar 3, 2023 • 1h 2m
Re-live the Apollo Program With Tom Jennings - NatGeo's Apollo Documentary
Feb 24, 2023 • 1h 5m
Best Space Books Ever! - Jason Snell, The Greatest Space Books of All Time!
Jan 27, 2023 • 1h 12m
Apollo 8 Holiday Special - With Apollo Flight Director Gerry Griffin
Dec 23, 2022 • 1h 8m
China in Space - Leonard David Weighs in on the Chinese Space Program
Dec 9, 2022 • 1h 5m
Artemis Update - Astronaut Doug Hurley talks about Artemis to the Moon
Dec 2, 2022 • 1h 4m
Who is "Q"? - Star Trek's "Q," John de Lancie, Joins us!
Nov 18, 2022 • 1h 0m
Artemis Update - A New Generation of Megarockets for the Moon, SLS Facts
Nov 11, 2022 • 1h 10m
NASA's UFO Report - Leonard David on NASA Tackling UFOs at Last
Nov 4, 2022 • 1h 6m
A Man on the Moon - Superauthor Andy Chaikin talks about Space Books
Oct 28, 2022 • 1h 8m
Mars on Earth - Mars Scientist Pascal Lee
Oct 21, 2022 • 1h 10m
DART's Bullseye - The DART Mission's Nancy Chabot
Oct 14, 2022 • 55m
Space Art Master! - James Vaughan, Aerospace Artist
Oct 7, 2022 • 1h 3m
Investing in the Stars! - Steve Jurvetson and Investing in Newspace
Sep 30, 2022 • 1h 7m
Why Space? - Propulsion Scientist Jeff Greason Talks About Why We Explore Space
Sep 23, 2022 • 1h 4m
Flying on Titan! - Dragonfly Mission Chief Ralph Lorenz
Sep 16, 2022 • 58m
Space Tourism - Dylan Taylor, NewSpace Entrepreneur
Sep 2, 2022 • 1h 1m
Space For the Rest of Us - Dale Skran of the National Space Society
Aug 26, 2022 • 47m
A Beginner's Guide to Dying in Space - Bill Tarver, NASA Flight Surgeon
Aug 19, 2022 • 1h 1m
Reinventing NASA - Lori Garver, Former NASA Deputy Administrator
Aug 12, 2022 • 52m
SpaceSTEM - Rod and Geoff Talk to Janet's Planet Creator Janet Ivey
Jul 29, 2022 • 1h 2m
Alien Megastructures - Isaac Arthur and Alien Megastructures!
Jul 22, 2022 • 1h 6m
The God of (Space) Rock! - Geoffrey Notkin, Meteorite Man
Jun 10, 2022 • 1h 7m
The Cosmic Curmudgeon - Andrew Aldrin Talks NewSpace
Jun 3, 2022 • 1h 0m
Landing on Luna - NASA's New Lunar Landing System Is On Its Way!
May 27, 2022 • 1h 5m
The Wooden Space Shuttle - When Rockwell Built a Wooden Space Shuttle
May 20, 2022 • 57m
A Bloody Moon - Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse of May 15 2022
May 13, 2022 • 1h 11m
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