Jake and Anthony are joined by Aria Alamalhodaei, reporter at TechCrunch, to talk about valves, getting footage of Astra’s explosions, Mars Sample Return, and everything else that has been going on lately, including cursed eclipses. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 149 - Bob from Valves, Inc. (with Aria Alamalhodaei) - YouTube Aria Alamalhodaei on X: “my most unpopular opinion is that I hated the eclipse, felt cursed” Why valves are a spacecraft engineer’s worst nightmare | TechCrunch Footage from 2020 shows Astra rocket exploding during prelaunch testing | TechCrunch Internal pre-Starlin ..read more

Jake and Anthony catch up after some travels, unfortunate events, clouds, news, and hijinks. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 148 - Keep the Meter Running - YouTube Jake Robins on X: "if you're about to have a bad eclipse experience like me, you can at least have a funny shirt" Nerd Alert: Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Lunar Eclipse - YouTube Solar and Lunar Eclipses Worldwide – Next 10 Years Total Solar Eclipse on August 12, 2026 Total Solar Eclipse on August 2, 2027 NASA selects three companies to advance Artemis lunar rover designs - SpaceNews Japanese astronauts to land on moon as ..read more

Jake is joined my Simon Stähler from ETH Zürich to talk about the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube 147 - Bouncy Castle Payload Adapter - YouTube Eclipse 2024 Meetup - Off-Nominal Jake's new blog post on Mission Success Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show! - Off-Nominal Support the show, join the Discord Off-Nominal (@offnom) / Twitter Off-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Jake Blog WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Jake Robins ..read more

Jake and Anthony are joined by Paul Niles, CLPS project scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, to talk about the science side of CLPS. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 146 - Stocking the Shelves - YouTube Eclipse 2024 Meetup - Off-Nominal Commercial Lunar Payload Services - NASA Peregrine payloads returned useful data despite no lunar landing - SpaceNews NASA Releases PRISM Call for Potential Lunar Surface Investigations - NASA Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show! - Off-Nominal Support the show, join the Discord Off-Nominal (@offnom) / Twitter Off-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space ..read more

Jake and Anthony are joined by Michael Sheetz, space reporter from CNBC, to talk about Starship’s third flight, recent earnings calls, whatever Astra is up to, and…there’s way too much on our list. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 145 - Space Elevator Jazz (with Michael Sheetz) - YouTube Starship's Third Flight Test / X SpaceX Starship rocket flies milestone third test flight Intuitive Machines stock (LUNR) jumps after Odysseus moon landing Space company Astra going private to avoid bankruptcy Rocket Lab (RKLB) Q4 2023 results: Contract backlog grows Rocket Lab Unveils Spacecraft Bus Line ..read more

Jake and Anthony are joined by journalist and author Tim Fernholz to talk about some of his recent stories on the Space Force, Kam Ghaffarian, and let’s be honest, we’ll probably get distracted by Intuitive Machine’s first lunar landing attempt. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 143 - Maneuver Without Regret (feat. Warfighting Domain) (feat. Tim Fernholz) - YouTube Goodnight, Sweet Prince: Saying Goodbye to IM-1 - Payload Kam Ghaffarian’s Moonshots - The New York Times Meet True Anamoly, the startup working to win America’s space race against Russia - Vox Harry Stranger on X: “A very high ..read more

Jake and Anthony are joined by Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, to talk about the latest on Mars Sample Return, JPL layoffs, and everything space policy. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 142 (with Casey Dreier) - YouTube How layoffs at JPL can be traced to a stalemate in Congress | The Planetary Society The path forward for Mars Sample Return | The Planetary Society The U.S. Senate threatens to cancel Mars Sample Return | The Planetary Society The Planetary Exploration Budget Dataset | The Planetary Society The 2024 Day of Action | The Planetary Society Follo ..read more

Jake and Anthony are joined by Elizabeth Frank to talk about the future of the CLPS program, JPL’s Mars-focused Commercial Services Studies, and a whole bunch more, including Elizabeth’s epic travel photos. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 141 - TRL Valley of Death (with Elizabeth Frank) - YouTube Astrobotic to begin formal investigation into failed Peregrine mission - SpaceNews Moon Manifest | Astrobotic Technology First Intuitive Machines lunar lander mission set for Feb. 14 launch - SpaceNews Exploring Mars Together: Commercial Services Studies For the first time NASA has asked industr ..read more

Jake and Anthony are joined by Rae Paoletta of The Planetary Society to pour one out for Ingenuity, breakdown the epic SLIM landing, and do some eclipse planning. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 140 - Cultivating a Vibe (with Rae Paoletta) - YouTube SLIM moon lander revived after solar power setback - SpaceNews Dawoon Jung on X: “One of #SLIM main engines fell off during landing” SLIM_JAXA on X: “Communication with SLIM was successfully established last night, and operations resumed! Science observations were immediately started with the MBC, and we obtained first light for the 10-band o ..read more

Jake and Anthony are joined by John Conafay to talk about what he’s been up to since founding Integrate, and we’ll probably dish out some hot takes, too. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 139 - Sourdough Software Starter (with John Conafay) - YouTube Integrate Cosma Schema • The New Space design & branding agency. Ingenuity Mars helicopter mission ends after 72 flights - SpaceNews Awkward Cousins – A List Apart Follow John John Conafay (@JConafay) / X Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show! - Off-Nominal Support the show, join the Discord Off-Nominal (@offnom) / Twitter Off-Nomin ..read more