On The Space Show for Wednesday, 17 June 2026:

Australian Space Research Conference:

 * Iron Making on Mars with Dr Deddy Nababan, Postdoctoral Fellow at CSIRO Mineral Resources and a Swinburne University alum.

 * Studying the Sun with balloons launched by a student team with Joseph George, Monash High Altitude Balloon team, Monash University, Clayton. 

Artemis Lunar Science:

Artemis II — Looking for electrostatic levitation of lofted Lunar dust and impact flashes

Artemis I — The early results of BioSentinel with Dr Sergio Santa Maria, Principal Investigator of Space Bio Sciences at the NASA Ames Research Centre. 

Lunar Science in the Artemis Era: The Space Show series in which we discuss the scientific investigation of the Moon and its environment in the Artemis era. (Episode 01 is here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/22gtgYHWhm9fJNJnaPJVw5)

Turn Back Time:

 * Gemini 9 and the ‘Angry Alligator'. (Inserts courtesy VOA)

 * The OGO 3 satellite launched. (Insert courtesy VOA)

 * An Able-Star rocket stage explosion becomes the first major space debris event with 321 tracked pieces.

 * United Nations 'Moon Treaty' negotiations begin. (Inserts courtesy VOA)