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About Space Today begins a four-part series on the upcoming Mars 2020 launch on July 20th, ironically, the 51 anniversary of the historic moon landing of Apollo 11.

Join Host David Denault, as we'll hear from the very people who helped shape this historic mission the Mars and Back to Earth.

Join Rick Potlock from the Washington Bureau as he introduces the next women astronaut to board the International Space Station.  Kate Rubins has been assigned to a six-moth mission to the ISS.

Rubins and two Russian Cosmonauts will blast off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in October on the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft.

Join David Denault as he reveals a conversation between Mr. Space X, Elon Musk and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstien about having Tom Cruise make a movie at the International Space Station.

About Space Today's Washington Bureau Chief, Rick Potlock introduces the upcoming mission of the Mars 2020 Rover to launch on July 20th,  ironically, the 51st anniversary of the historic Moon landing of Apollo 11.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine comments on the historical implications of returning Martian soil samples to Earth.

In the past few weeks questions on how to be a space tourist and visit the International Space Station.  Today, you'll find out just how much a trip costs for the round trip and the daily service charges.  Get your pen and paper ready.  

Our Return to the Moon to Stay series, we will hear from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstien that going to the Moon is not just the United States.

In our continuing series, America In Space, Rick Potlock joins International Space Station (ISS) Commander, Chris Cassidy during a news conference from space and that astronauts are people too!

In our continuing series of Return To the Moon To Stay, NASA has just finalized the initial crew module of the agency's Gateway lunar orbiting outpost and is about the size of a small studio apartment.

About Space Today's Friday News and Current Events program "America In Space Series" from our Washington Bureau is Rick Potlock.

In our Return To The Moon To Stay series, Masten Space Systems of Mojave, California was selected by NASA to deliver and operate eight payloads to the Moon's South Pole in 2022, that will lay the foundation for the first women and next man on the Moon.

Once aboard the International Space Station, the Space X Dragon Crew talk with. special guests and reporters.  About Space Today's Washington Bureau Chief  Rick Potlock reports.