We interview Annie from spacerenaissance.org talking about making space accessible to everyone. In Space News we have Kepler shedding its dust cover, The 50th anniversary of the Mercury 7 and Expedition 18 lands safely. Distributed by Tubemogul.

About 48 hours after it launched, the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft docked with the Nadir port of the Zarya module at 8:26am UTC on Tuesday, October 14th, 2008. Distributed by Tubemogul.

This is the last time two space shuttles are scheduled to be on both launch pads at the same time. This even has not happened since 2001, and it is a rarity that is an amazing sight. After Space Shuttle Atlantis launches (No earlier than October 14th, 2008) Space Shuttle Endeavour will be moved from pad 39B to pad 39A allowing NASA to retire pad 39B and redesign it for use on Constellation. Distributed by Tubemogul.

China Lifts off, Boeing lifts off, a Japanese Internet Tycoon didn't lift off and he is *not* happy about it! Plus, Some big names in the Space industry sound off. All that and more on this week's epicsode! China Lifts off: http://www.chinaview.cn/shenzhou7/ english: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080925-china-space.html Wannabe Space Tourist Wants $21 Million Back Over Scuttled Mission http://www.wired.com/science/space/news/2008/09/enomoto_lawsuit http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE48O6HS20080925 50th anniversary speeches: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14812-neil-armstrong-makes-rare-speech-as-nasa-turns-50.html Distributed by Tubemogul.

China nearly doubles their astronaut roster, Russia doubles their funding... and decided to build a space center in Cuba. We also take a look at OnOrbit.com, and talk endlessly about the upcoming STS-125 with Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104) and as a backup Space Shuttle Endeavour (OV-105). Catch our live shows every Friday at 2:00am UTC every week! Show Links: China's Second Generation Of Astronauts Draws Concern At Home And Abroad - http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_Second_Generation_Of_Astronauts_Draws_Concern_At_Home_And_Abroad_999.html Russia to double funding for space exploration - http://www.interfax.com/3/428867/news.aspx The Russians may be putting more rockets in Cuba - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,424067,00.html On Orbit Mercury is a social space news networking site - http://onorbit.com/mercury/ Distributed by Tubemogul.

On September 12th at 3:00pm UTC NASA administrator Dr. Mike Griffin addressed the NASA community with his NASA Update series. This update lasted about an hour and we have pulled out the best parts in our daily update. If you would like to watch the entire video make sure to check out our extended coverage here on SpaceVidcast.com Full NASA Update: http://www.spacevidcast.com/2008/09/14/full-nasa-update-with-dr-mike-griffin Distributed by Tubemogul.

Johnson Space Center closes, ask Stephen Hawking a question, clean solar power looked at on Discovery Channel and we have one of the coolest opportunities yet!! Northrup Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge by X PRIZE Foundation has asked us to be the exclusive webcasters for the up coming Oct. 24-25 2008 event. Awesome! See what that's all about and how you can help. Show Links: Donate to SpaceVidcast via PayPal https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=benjamin%40spacevidcast%2ecom&item_name=SpaceVidcast%20%2410k%20HD%20rush%21&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 Hurricane Ike http://www.examiner.com/x-504-Space-News-Examiner~y2008m9d11-Hurricane-Ike-Closes-Johnson-Space-Center-Today CNN Space Special http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/11/spiritof.octobershow/ Space Based Solar Power http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/space-based-solar-power-breakthrough-announced/story.aspx?guid=%7B95E1A8FD-F593-45B0-942F-E7B3793BDA20%7D&dist=hppr http://www.nss.org/settlement/ssp/ http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/project-earth/project-earth.html?sicontent=0 Space X Launch http://www.spacefuture.com/journal/journal.cgi?art=2008.09.10.spacex_will_launch_cape_canaveral Distributed by Tubemogul.

Launch of the GeoEye imaging satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket. The GeoEye-1 satellite will provide extremely high resolution pictures to Google, most likely for use in their mapping products. Distributed by Tubemogul.

This week we tackle lunar dust and all of the dirty little tricks that it plays on us. Does Nasa have any solutions, and have privatized space agencies even thought of ways around this problem? Distributed by Tubemogul.

Continuing our Hubble week on SpaceVidcast.com we have our LIVE Hubble show. Where Hubble came from, where is is now and what will be happening to Hubble are all covered along with space news. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope#Flawed_mirror http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hubble http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble%27s_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_the_universe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope#Orbital_decay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin Distributed by Tubemogul.

STS-125 is just over a month away with the final servicing mission to the Hubble Telescope. To get everyone excited and prepped we have Hubble Week here on SpaceVidcast.com. In this video: During servicing missions the Space Telescope Operations Control Room at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center becomes a very busy place. This video was created by NASA and additional information can be found at http://www.nasa.gov/hubble.

STS-125 is just over a month away with the final servicing mission to the Hubble Telescope. To get everyone excited and prepped we have Hubble Week here on SpaceVidcast.com. In this video: A team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center designs and builds the special tools and aids astronauts need when they service the Hubble Space Telescope. This video was created by NASA and additional information can be found at http://www.nasa.gov/hubble.

STS-125 is just over a month away with the final servicing mission to the Hubble Telescope. To get everyone excited and prepped we have Hubble Week here on SpaceVidcast.com. In this video: The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) will study a diverse range of objects and phenomena, from early and distant galaxy formation to nearby planetary nebulae, and finally our own backyard -- the planets and other bodies of our Solar System. This video was created by NASA and additional information can be found at http://www.nasa.gov/hubble.

X-Prize, what is it and why do we care? Because someone who wins it is gunna get us off this planet! William Pomerantz, the Director of Space projects for the X Prize Foundation joins us for a great discussion about X-Prize and what it all means. Going to the Moon: Video and pictures and ice! Oh my!

Last week we did a story on the Hubble telescope and the upcoming and final servicing mission to fix it up. The James Webb Space Telescope was mentioned, but not many details were given. This video found on the NASA site shows what is new with JWST, why it is better than the Hubble and a bit of what we can expect. The telescope is still being built and it is possible it will be delayed a bit, but JWST is scheduled to fly no earlier than 2013, so we have a bit of time to admire the images from Hubble a bit longer.

The Ariane 5 launched two satellites in to orbit on August 14th, 2007. The first was the Superbird-7 for Japanese operator Space Communications Corporation (SCC) and AMC-21 for American operator SES Americom. This launch happened at the spaceport is Kourou, French Guiana with a liftoff at 8:44pm UTC.

NASA comes across yet another delay that may cause the US to not have transport into space for up to four years. And this time, the US space enthusiasts aren't the only ones who are upset.

William Pomerants, Director of Space Projects at the X PRIZE Foundation will be joining us live this Friday, August 29th at 2:00am UTC. For those in the United States that is Thursday, Auguest 28th at 7:00pm Pacific time, 9:00pm Central time or 10:00pm Eastern time. We hope to see you there at http://www.spacevidcast.com/live

Another privatized space racer, NASA delays their robotic moon mission, and does NASA's reliance on Russia make it weak? Plus: Who owns the moon anyway? Well, it's all complicated and all covered in this episode of SpaceVidcast. Space Racer Takes Off: http://tinyurl.com/5es9ff NASA delays robotic moon mission until 2009: http://tinyurl.com/6kgx93 Experts: Reliance on Russia makes NASA weak: http://tinyurl.com/5du9dg Who owns the moon? It's 'complicated,' say experts http://tinyurl.com/65gbfy

On August 11th, 2008 the Hubble Telescope hit the 100,000 orbit mark! Since its launch in April of 1990 the Hubble Space Telescope has been traveling at 5 miles per second with its on-board odometer racking up around 2.72 BILLION miles! That's about 5,700 trips to the moon and back! In October of this year the STS-125 crew will be be working on the 5th and final servicing mission to Hubble. There are currently 5 spacewalks scheduled for Atlantis where astronauts will install new equipment and repair broken instruments. Once this mission is complete, NASA's favorite telescope will need to live out the remainder of its days alone in space, with no chance of repair. This is the story of the Hubble Space Telescope, or HST.