Talking Space Podcast: Celebrating Our 16th Year of Podcasting!
Talking Space
Latest Episode

Episode 1703: Stopping the Space Shuttle Rustlers

In 2012, following the end of the Space Transportation System program, NASA faced the monumental task of finding permanent homes for the three remaining Space Shuttle Orbiters—so that their incredible stories could be preserv...

The player is loading ...
Episode 1703: Stopping the Space Shuttle Rustlers

Recent Episodes

July 25, 2025

Episode 1703: Stopping the Space Shuttle Rustlers

In 2012, following the end of the Space Transportation System program, NASA faced the monumental task of finding permanent homes for the three remaining Space Shuttle Orbiters—so that their incredible stories could be preserv...

Listen to the Episode
July 2, 2025

OSIRIS-APEX and the 2026 NASA Budget: A Discussion with Dr. Dani Dell…

Episode 1702 -- The OSIRIS-APEX mission, an extension of the wildly successful OSIRIS-REx mission, is set to rendezvous with Asteroid 9942 Apophis in April 2029. This mission takes full advantage of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft,...

Listen to the Episode
March 24, 2025

A Fleet for Lunar Science

Episode 1701: Talking Space returns after a hiatus to discuss the landing attempts by the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. First a successful soft landing of the Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost 1 mission on the pl...

Listen to the Episode
Nov. 9, 2024

Episode 1614: Talking Space Retrospective, Part 2

This time, our entire on-air team (as it existed on Sept. 19, 2023) again reminisces in Part 2 of the Talking Space retrospective about audience feedback, launch anomalies, podcast burnout, and more!

Listen to the Episode
Oct. 13, 2024

Episode 1613: Talking Space Retrospective, Part 1

This time, our entire on-air team (as it existed on Sept. 19, 2023) reminisces about how Talking Space got started back in the earliest days of podcasting. Plus, much more!

Listen to the Episode
Aug. 18, 2024

Episode 1612: EPA, TCEQ Cite SpaceX for Starbase Clean Water Act Viol…

EPA, TCEQ cite SpaceX with Starbase Clean Water Act violations. Talking Space has an in-depth analysis of the CNBC story and the SpaceX response.

Listen to the Episode

Recent Blog Posts

Feb. 7, 2024

A Mea Culpa, An Explanation, and Sincere Thanks

Dear Friends, And if you have downloaded even one episode of Talking Space, I consider you to be a friend.  The following is a “mea culpa” and one, I think our long-term listeners deserve. As the classic story “A Tale of Tw…

Read the Blog Post