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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 183 — Lunar Lander Wanted! Apply Within
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On Episode 183 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Mike Wall to discuss NASA's pursuit to beat the Chinese to a human landing on the moon.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 182 — The Dream is Alive
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On Episode 182 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Terry Hart to discuss his career from a fighter jet pilot to a NASA astronaut.

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Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 181 — World Space Week
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On Episode 181 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Alma Okpalefe to discuss World Space Week, a global celebration of all things space.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 180 — NASA is Closed for Business
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On Episode 180 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the headlines, from the shutdown of NASA to the risky dismantling of the space shuttle Discovery (because Texas insists).

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 179 — The New Crew of Artemis II
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On Episode 179 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Josh Dinner for coverage of NASA's new class of astronauts and upcoming Artemis II mission to the moon.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 178 — Tell It to the Mountain
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On Episode 178 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Terry Virts, a former shuttle and ISS astronaut, who is running for the U.S. Senate.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 177 — Life on Mars?
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On Episode 177 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Michael Tice to talk about a possible detection of ancient life on Mars.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 176 — Beyond the Solar System
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On Episode 176 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Alan Stern to talk about what is next in deep space exploration.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 175 — More AI in Space
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On Episode 175 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik are joined by Daniel Selva to talk about crew interactions and trust with AI using computers.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 174 — Gifts From Orbit
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On Episode 174 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik are joined by Lynn Harper to discuss some of the amazing research taking place aboard the International Space Station.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 173 — The Return of the Malik
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On Episode 173 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik look back at the week in space news.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 172 — Earth on Mars
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On Episode 172 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest host Rick Jenet are joined by Erika Alden DeBenedictis to discuss how terraforming Mars might work.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 171 — What's an UNOOSA?
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On Episode 171 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest host Isaac Arthur are joined by Rick Jenet to discuss the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 170 — Atomic Space Batteries!
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On Episode 170 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Dr. Robert O'Brien to discuss powering spacecraft by radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs).

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 169 — The Day Mars Died
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On Episode 169 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by JPL Chief Engineer Emeritus Rob Manning to look back at the Mariner 4 Mars mission 60 years later.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 168 — "Survivor: NASA"
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On Episode 168 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik jump into the headlines. including Sean Duffy being named interim NASA Administrator.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 167 — An Outpost on the Moon
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On Episode 167 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by AJ Gemer of Lunar Outpost, a fast-moving company innovating in cislunar technology.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 166 — Live From the Swamps, ISDC 2025
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On Episode 166 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik broadcast live from the National Space Society's International Space Development Conference in Orlando.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 163 — The Trials of Starship
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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.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 163 — The Trials of Starship
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On Episode 164 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss these concerning times for NASA with Casey Dreier, the Chief of Space Policy for The Planetary Society.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 163 — The Trials of Starship
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On Episode 163 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss Starship's recent test flight with reporter Mike Wall.
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