Space news with live-mission pulse.
Today In Space treats space news like a shared live event, not a distant briefing. Recent episodes track Artemis II, Crew 11, NASA planning, telescopes, stargazing, and astrophotography with a mix of awe, worry, and practical context.
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Today In Space covers spaceflight with the intensity of someone watching history unfold in real time. It is especially alive around human missions. Recent episodes follow Artemis II from launch anticipation through days in orbit, moon-mission context, splashdown, and the afterglow of seeing a crew return safely to Earth. The show keeps returning to why that matters. A lunar mission is not treated as just hardware and trajectory; it becomes a generational marker, a reminder that many people have never lived through humans circling the moon. That emotional scale sits beside practical explanation. Heat shields, translunar injection, Orion docking tests, landers, SpaceX Dragon undocking, space station safety zones, and NASA planning all get translated into plain language. The pace is brisk. The tone is close to the audience. Live streams, chat callouts, community members, and friends on the ground are part of the texture, so the podcast often feels like mission coverage and hangout at the same time. NASA’s future gets serious attention, especially the Artemis campaign, lunar infrastructure, Mars ambitions, nuclear power in space, Roman Telescope science, and debates about low Earth orbit and lunar stations. The show is not only about agencies and vehicles. Space Talkers episodes move into stargazing and astrophotography, where the conversation turns to light pollution, star parties, broken drivers, forgotten cables, backups, and the stubborn pleasure of making a night under the sky work. It has room for awe and frustration. It celebrates engineering without sanding off the risk. It suits listeners who want space explained through both systems and human stakes, with enough technical grounding to be useful and enough community warmth to feel present at the event.
Made for: For space-curious listeners who want NASA, SpaceX, Artemis, ISS, stargazing, and astrophotography coverage in plain language. It especially fits people who like mission recaps with emotional context and community energy.
What sets it apart: Today In Space stands out by blending live-watch immediacy, technical explanation, and personal reflection. It makes launches, undockings, NASA planning sessions, and stargazing feel connected to the same larger story of human exploration.
The award-winning space science podcast about all things space! Hosted by Alex G. Orphanos, science communicator, maker, and aerospace engineer. Our mission: to spread love and spread science!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Alex G. Orphanos connects spaceflight headlines to the hardware, procedures, and practical problem-solving behind them.
Today In Space follows spaceflight where plans meet hardware and operations. Alex G. Orphanos moves between industry interviews, live-event commentary, and personal reflections, keeping attention on how missions are built, managed, and sometimes forced to change course.
From telescope mishaps to Crew 11's undocking, Alex G. Orphanos gives you a seat in the hangout.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A live, personal look at NASA's Moon plan, grounded in the post-Shuttle gap.
Today In Space treats NASA's ignition-program updates as a personal live response to Artemis and the moon-base plans. After a seven-hour broadcast, the host keeps close to what NASA announced while widening the view to the post-Shuttle gap and the sense that these updates point…
A live astronomy hangout that folds backup cables and clear skies into the story.
Today In Space turns a live Space Talkers hangout into a warm astronomy conversation with Andrew Abin and Thorne Ransom, while Matt Schricker and Boss Astronomy are held for a future return. Its strongest quality is plain affection for looking up.
Crew 11's return is framed as a live, technically detailed undocking update with a few personal and editorial detours.
Today in Space presents Crew 11's return as a live, grounded account of the undocking, with NASA and SpaceX handling a medical alert and bringing the crew back within a week.
A live NASA briefing where the clock, the crew, and the return plan all matter.
Episode 401 of Today in Space turns a live NASA update into a tense, plainspoken briefing about an unnamed astronaut who had a medical event on the ISS and was stabilized before plans were set to bring them home on January 14 at 5 p.m. Eastern. Jared Isaacman, Dr.
A grounded account of using Starlink, AI, and 3D printing to regain momentum amid NASA uncertainty.
The episode treats NASA uncertainty less as a headline than as a prompt to look for solid ground elsewhere. Alex G. Orfanos talks through Starlink reaching a price he can manage, then folds that into a broader push to build practical skills, including running AI on his own…
A focused look at Space Armor and the blunt math of orbital debris.
Today in Space stays tightly focused on Trevor Smith of Atomic Six and the problem his team is trying to solve: protecting the ISS from micrometeorite and orbital debris with Space Armor.
KBR engineers and experts unpack wind energy, Artemis imagery, and cybersecurity compliance.
Australian headlines, quickly made human.
Aruba's public square, live on mic.
Atomic Six president and CEO Trevor Smith tells Today In Space host Alex how a commercial real estate broker from Northwest Mississippi became a composites founder by starting a commercial LED lighting company in Atlanta and feeding its profits into Atomic Six, which both started on April 1, 2018.
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Interview with SpaceVIP CEO Roman Chiporukha discussing space tourism, his company's origin, and controversies like the all-female NS31 mission.
This episode of Today in Space discusses the current status of Boeing's Starliner docked at the ISS, clarifying that astronauts are not stranded but facing delays, and analyzes the implications for Boeing and NASA.
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A recap of the Artemis II crew's successful return to Earth and the public's reaction one week after splashdown.
A spaceflight enthusiast recaps days 2-7 of the Artemis 2 mission, highlighting key events like the TLI burn and the human aspects of lunar missions.
Recap of the Artemis 2 launch day, including live coverage and community reactions.
This episode covers the third part of NASA's Ignition Plan, focusing on the upcoming Artemis II launch, the Roman Telescope, and Mars exploration, with a highlight on Dr.
Part two of NASA's Ignition Program coverage discusses the costs and future of space stations in low Earth and lunar orbit, alongside Artemis 2 launch updates.
Today in Space presents the host's live reaction to NASA's Ignition Program, a seven-hour public conference that he describes as 'the most solid plan that matters to me' in 12 years of covering the space program and having an aerospace engineering background.
Today in Space episode 404, Space Talkers 2, released on the night of the total lunar blood moon eclipse, brings professional astrophotographers Andrew Rabin and Thorne Ransom together with the host for a live multi-platform conversation about their hobby.
Today In Space episode 402 ties Crew 11's early return to NASA's January 7 decision after a medical concern on the ISS and a planned 10.5-hour trip home.
NASA’s January 8, 2026 ISS briefing centered on a stable astronaut, a postponed spacewalk, and plans to bring Crew 11 home on January 14 at 5 p.m.
Interview with SpaceVIP CEO Roman Chiporukha discussing space tourism, his company's role in booking Axiom Space's first mission, and controversies around the NS31 all-female mission.
This episode compares SpaceX's Starship and Blue Origin's New Glenn rockets, exploring their different development approaches and what they mean for the future of space exploration.
Interview with Brad Bergan, author of 'SpaceX: Elon Musk & The Final Frontier', discussing his book and the history of SpaceX.