Touchdown!

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 19
*Touchdown! NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars
After a seven-month 472 million kilometre journey, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has successfully touched down on the surface of the red planet.
*A new model to predict galactic stellar production
A new study suggests that massive galaxies with extra-large extended disks produce stars over longer periods of time than their smaller more compact counterparts.
*Russia starts its 2021 rocket launch season off with a bang over Australia
Russia’s first rocket launch for the new year saw a Lotos spy satellite fly into orbit from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome 800 kilometres north of Moscow.
*The Science Report
Australia’s COVID-19 national vaccination rollout is finally underway.
Latest opinion polls show 64% of Australian want to get the vaccine but 27 percent are still unsure.
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