The Mars Desert Research Station will fall under an Australian Commander - Andrew Wheeler.

Australia Day was special where The Space Down Under was able to a live-cross to the MDRS in the United States Andrew all about the Mars Desert Research Station and crew under his command!

Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year from Brian and Josh

Brian, Riley and Josh try and work out what happened to the livestream for October???

Live-cross to Jackie Carpenter from One Giant Leap Australia

Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface.

It consists of Vikram Lander and Rover configuration.

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT CUTS FUNDING

The former Coalition government announced $1.2bn for a National Space Mission for Earth Observation (NSMEO), designing, building and operating four new satellites, in March 2022. In May 2022, an election was held bringing a new Australian Political party to power.

Cold fire tested in December 2022 by Jarmyn Enterprise Space at Next Aero testing facility in Melbourne. The Wren engine fully reusable, 3D printed using binder jet technology…

I was able to get an interview with the Deputy Premier of South Australia - Hon. Susan Close!

We managed to nerd out and chat all about the Australian Space Industry, orbital sustainability and what the industry will look like for the future of South Australia.

Souktik Bhattacherjee will be joining The Space Down Under livestream to discuss Space Architecture and the influence of AI.

This interview was a "take two" of the livestream on 26 March ended due to technical issues.

Using hypersonic technology to "Fly to Space" at Mach 5 and beyond A chat with Dr Michael Smart and David Waterhouse from Hypersonix using technology developed over the last 30+ years.

I had a chat with Brian Lim the CEO of Dandelions where we discussed the Gyrochute and the overall capability of this new technology.

The Gyrochute represents a new way to establish communications in a post natural disaster scenario and a new way of bringing experiments home from the International Space Station.

Southern Launch is a commercial launch provider located in South Australia with a commercial facility at Whalers Way and a test range at Koonibba.

Founded in 2017, Southern Launch has racked up a couple of major achievements since its inception. They were able to not only return sovereign launch capability to Australia but they also provided Australia’s first commercial launch service.

If you have been paying attention to what has been happening with One Giant Leap you may notice - things have changed! I chat with Jackie Carpenter, the founder of One Giant Leap Australia to find more about what has happened since the last time we spoke! Let me say Jackie has been very, very busy.

In February 2021, Australia signed an agreement with the UK to form a Space Bridge strengthening ties between our two countries.

The Space Bridge Framework Arrangement focuses on areas such as:

• Government-to-government collaboration on space programs and technology

• Trade and investment, including commercial contracts and collaboration

• Research and education

For this livestream, I will be speaking with Tracy Thompson the Chair of Open Universities Space Society.

We will be discussing:

• Her journey to set up the OU Space Society: from Plastics Engineer to society chair

• What the space bridge might mean in terms of research and education between Australia and the UK

• How her other interests in fusion energy and forensic science/criminology have shaped her new interest in Astronomy and Planetary Science During the livestream

The James Webb Space Telescope has safely arrived at L2!

JWST successfully completed its 1.5 million kilometre journey to L2 having completed 344 single points of failure, unfurling itself into the final form factor. Launching on the 25th of December 2021 on an Ariane 5 rocket, the subsequent minimal course corrections have given JWST a lifespan of up to 20 years!

I will be chatting again with upcoming astronomical expert Aritra Mondal about the JWST launch, what happens next and what this will mean for our understanding of the origins of the early universe using redshift.

This is one of those moments where it was your turn to Ask Me Anything!

Josh Keegan was joined by tSDU intern Jaxon Thomas to answer any questions you may have regarding just about ANYTHING!

Do you have a question about The Space Down Under? Would you like to know more about Josh Keegan? What does Jaxon do for The Space Down Under? What is point of the Australian Space Industry?

In 2021 the possibility of Aussienauts became very real with the announcement of an MoU between Saber Astronautics and Axiom Space to provide access to the International Space Station on the new and privately owned, Axiom Space Station. Dr Jason Held is the CEO of Saber Astronautics who headed up this agreement and during this livestream we will explore how this all came about and what this means for Australia

In October 2019, I met and interviewed Adam Gilmour the CEO of Gilmour Space Technologies. Since then I have wanted to return to find out more about what is happening at Gilmour Space Technologies - I was lucky enough to get a chance to get a face-to-face interview Peter Kinne in October 2021. Oh….and watch for the moment where I manage to invent a completely new word.

n November 2021 I gained an opportunity to interview Jackie Carpenter and what is happening behind the scenes of One Giant Leap Australia.

On the 24th of October 2021, a documentary To the Stars was shown at the New Farm Five Star Cinemas all about the early years of Gilmour Space Technologies and their creation of the One Vision rocket. We will be sharing our experiences and impressions of the documentary with you as it will only have a limited showing around Queensland.