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*#10 STS-135 The end of the Shuttle Era
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STS-135 Mission Page

STS-135: The Final Voyage

*#9 Exoplanets and Kepler
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Kepler's Legacy

"Super-Puffs"
'Cotton Candy' Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations

*#8 Cassini
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Cassini- Mission Overview

Cassini- The Grand Finale

Huygens Lander

*#7 Dragon
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SpaceX COTS Demonstration Flight 1

SpaceX First Dragon Reflight

COTS- NASA page

*#6 International Spaceflight
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China's Chang'e 4 Mission

ESA Rosetta Mission

India's Mars Orbiter Mission- Mangalyaan

*#5 Mars Exploration Rovers
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers

Mars Exploration Rovers- Planetary.org

Historical Log- Mars Missions- NASA.gov

*#4 New Horizons
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New Horizons Mission Page

Pluto's Heart

*#3 Commercial Spaceflight and Shotwell's Decade
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"This may be a transcendent year for SpaceX" Ars Technica

Gwynne Shotwell- CNN Profile

"William Gerstenmaier joins SpaceX, and that’s a really big deal" Ars Technica

2 Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and the Rise of Reusable Launch Vehicles

SpaceX Falcon 9 Page

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Page

See the Evolution of SpaceX's Rockets in Pictures- Space.com

NASA COTS

I found this SpaceX 10 years in review page after recording the decade in review episode. The difference in capabilities and scale of rocket production is astonishing.

https://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/09/spacex-10-years-review

1 NASA's Astronaut Corps

NASA Astronauts

*The 2020s
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1. Artemis

2. Rise of the Super Heavies
   SpaceX Starship

NASA's SLS

New Armstrong is still years out, but here's some information on Blue Origin's next rocket, New Glenn.
Blue Origin- New Glenn

1. JWST

2. Europa Clipper

I really enjoyed this conversation and I'm looking forward to having him on again in the future!

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Rod's latest books are:

Space 2.0- I really enjoyed this book and I highly recommend it. You can buy it here.

"Interplanetary Robots: True Stories of Space Exploration" Buy it here

His two upcoming books, "Heroes of the Space Age" (releasing May 2019) and "First on the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience" (releasing April 2019) are available for preorder at fine book sellers everywhere.

Preorder "Heroes of the Space Age" here.

Preorder "First on the Moon" here.

Rod has quite the back catalogue of great books, that cover a variety of topics. Rod also writes for Space.com, Futurity, Caltech Engineering & Science, Popular Science, Huffington Post, WIRED, and Quest. He's been involved with various TV shows, from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, to Modern Marvels, to a WWII documentary.

Check out his website for more information on his books, articles, and more. www.pylebooks.com