Day: June 14, 2025

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 165 — Guardians of Space

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Guardians of Space – With Astronaut Nick Hague – YouTube Watch On On Episode 165 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with NASA astronaut Nick Hague, the first U.S. Space Force Guardian to launch to the International Space Station in that role. Space is rapidly becoming a critical domain for so much of 21st-century living. Banking, transport across the sea and land, agriculture, and dozens of other things we take for granted all depend on satellites, and tracking them to avoid collisions. We invited Hague…

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Blue Origin reveals passengers for 13th space tourism launch

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has revealed who will fly on its next space tourism mission. That six-passenger suborbital flight will lift off from the company’s West Texas launch site, on a date that hasn’t been announced yet. The upcoming mission is known as NS-33, because it will be the 33rd overall launch of Blue Origin‘s reusable, autonomous New Shepard vehicle. It will be the company’s 13th human spaceflight mission. You may like The six passengers on Blue Origin’s upcoming NS-33 suborbital spaceflight. (Image credit: Blue Origin) Here’s a brief rundown…

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‘Star Trek’ actor William Shatner and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse team up in new space bromance show ‘The Universe Is Absurd’

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Seattle space fans are in for a cosmic treat as two cultural icons  —  astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and “Star Trek” actor William Shatner  —  team up for the live event “The Universe is Absurd,” hosted by media companyFuture of Space. “It’s raw, it’s wry, and it’s surprisingly human — a glimpse into what happens when two brilliant minds forget the audience is listening,” the company said in an advertisement. Scheduled to hit Seattle as a one-night-only event, the online bromance between Shatner and Tyson in McCaw Hall promises an…

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