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Weekly Space Hangout – May 23, 2014: How Do You Say “Camelopardalids?”

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain)
Guests: David Dickinson (@astroguyz, www.astroguyz.com), Alessondra Springmann (@sondy), Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) & Mike Simmons (Astronomers without Borders)

This Week’s Stories:
Possible Meteor Storm
Starlight Festival
ISEE-3 space act/reboot/amp arrived
Dream Chaser wind tunnel tests
Mars crater discovered
Atlas Launch
Mars Crater Seen Before/After

We record the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. You can watch us live on Google+, Universe Today, or the Universe Today YouTube page.

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Weekly Space Hangout – April 25, 2014: Asteroids, ISS Repairs & an Annular Eclipse

Host: Fraser Cain
Guests: Morgan Rehnberg, Brian Koberlein, David Dickinson, Jason Major

This Week’s Stories:
Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter):
EVA
Cosmos
SpaceX announcements

Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein, briankoberlein.com):
Meteors are not more likely to hit Earth

Dave Dickinson (@astroguyz, www.astroguyz.com):
Saturn at Opposition
Bizarre Annular Eclipse

Jason Major (@JPMajor, LightsInTheDark.com):
B612 Foundation asteroid announcement

We record the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. You can watch us live on Google+, Universe Today, or the Universe Today YouTube page.

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Weekly Space Hangout – April 4, 2014: Space Politics, Skydiving Meteor, and Enceladus Ocean

We record the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. You can watch us live on Google+, Universe Today, or the Universe Today YouTube page.

Host: Nicole Gugliucci (cosmoquest.org / @noisyastronomer)
Guests: Morgan Rehnberg, Scott Lewis, Nancy Atkinson, Dave Dickinson

This Week’s Stories:
Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter):
NASA lowballs Europa mission
Enceladus ocean confirmed?

Scott Lewis (@ScientificScott):
NASA cutting ties w/ Russia except ISS

Nancy Atkinson (@Nancy_A):
Skydiver Almost Hit By Meteor

Dave Dickinson (@astroguyz):
Mars Opposition
Lunar Eclipse

We record the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. You can watch us live on Google+, Universe Today, or the Universe Today YouTube page.