Outback To Orbit
The official podcast of the Australian Space Agency, introducing you to the people and technologies leading Australia’s space future.
Episodes
![Hey, I'm Orbiting Here!](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18650818/s1e2_tile_comp_wcsvst_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Hey, I'm Orbiting Here!
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Friday Jun 28, 2024
There are thousands of satellites and other artificial objects in Earth’s orbit - and that number is constantly growing, as we depend more and more on space technology to support our everyday lives.
Managing the traffic is an important part of what's known in the industry as Space Situational Awareness. On this episode, we meet a couple of Australians who are helping to stop space objects crashing into each other… or into the millions of pieces of debris flying around up there as well.
Our featured guests for this episode are Jason Held (Saber Astronautics) discussing the Responsive Space Operations Centre in Adelaide, and David Shteinman (Industrial Sciences Group) talking us through the Manoeuvre Decision Support System for predicting and averting collisions.
![G'Day Moon](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18650818/O2O_S1E1_GDAY_MOON_tile_3i2m5a_300x300.png)
Thursday May 23, 2024
G'Day Moon
Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
To kick off Outback To Orbit, we meet a couple of people working to take Australia to the Moon. They’re coming up with brand-new, cutting-edge designs for autonomous rovers - and one of those designs will be chosen to make history later this decade in our nation’s first lunar mission.
As part of NASA's Artemis program, the rover mission will support an attempt to collect lunar soil (known as regolith) and extract oxygen from it. This process will be crucial in establishing a long-term human presence on the Moon, which is a key goal of the Artemis program. Developing such an advanced rover will also help us do more with autonomous and remote-controlled machines back here on Earth.
Our featured guests for this episode are Ben Sorensen (ELO2) and Dr Sarah Cannard (AROSE).
![Outback To Orbit - Trailer](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18650818/Outback_To_Orbit_square_logo_tile_q9n3m4_300x300.png)
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Outback To Orbit - Trailer
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Welcome to the new podcast from the Australian Space Agency, introducing you to the people and technologies shaping Australia's space future.