The Space Show Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era — Episode 04

The Space Show podcast is on its annual summer hiatus for six weeks. In its place, we are pleased to present our Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era. 

This episode features the Apollo lunar samples with:

* James Head 

* Juliane Gross 

* Chip Shearer 

* Chiara Ferrari-Wong

* Judy Allton.

Lunar Science In the Artemis Era is a series which focuses attention on the science to be done at the Moon by both robotic missions and the crewed Artemis missions.

These programs are based on a series of NASA workshops held during 2020, 2021 and 2022 in which the scientific knowledge gaps that need to be filled to achieve the Artemis human missions to the Moon, and the scientific investigations that scientists desire to be done both on the Moon and in the vicinity of the Moon, were discussed.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the participants were talking from their homes and offices, and so the audio quality varies considerably. Some relevant talks were not included because the audio was so dreadful as to make them unlistenable.

The Space Show Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era — Episode 03

The Space Show podcast is on its annual summer hiatus for six weeks. In its place, we are pleased to present our Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era. 

This episode features CLPS, LunaH-Map, Lunar Trailblazer, Halos, LEMS, VIPER, AEGIS and Moonba Microrover with:

* Craig Hargrove 

* Bethany Ehlmann

* John Keller 

* Mehdi Benna 

* Anthony Colaprete 

* Daniel Moriarty 

* Mike Barker. 

Lunar Science In the Artemis Era is a series which focuses attention on the science to be done at the Moon by both robotic missions and the crewed Artemis missions.

These programs are based on a series of NASA workshops held during 2020, 2021 and 2022 in which the scientific knowledge gaps that need to be filled to achieve the Artemis human missions to the Moon, and the scientific investigations that scientists desire to be done both on the Moon and in the vicinity of the Moon, were discussed.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the participants were talking from their homes and offices, and so the audio quality varies considerably. Some relevant talks were not included because the audio was so dreadful as to make them unlistenable.

The Space Show Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era — Episode 02

The Space Show podcast is on its annual summer hiatus for six weeks. In its place, we are pleased to present our Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era. 

This episode features Artemis science at the lunar south pole with:

* NASA Lunar Science Institute - now known as the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI)

* Jacob Bleacher - Chief Exploration Scientist, NASA

Lunar Science In the Artemis Era is a series which focuses attention on the science to be done at the Moon by both robotic missions and the crewed Artemis missions.

These programs are based on a series of NASA workshops held during 2020, 2021 and 2022 in which the scientific knowledge gaps that need to be filled to achieve the Artemis human missions to the Moon, and the scientific investigations that scientists desire to be done both on the Moon and in the vicinity of the Moon, were discussed.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the participants were talking from their homes and offices, and so the audio quality varies considerably. Some relevant talks were not included because the audio was so dreadful as to make them unlistenable.

The Space Show Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era — Episode 01

The Space Show podcast is on its annual summer hiatus for six weeks. In its place, we are pleased to present our Summer Series: Lunar Science In the Artemis Era. Lunar Science focuses on the science to be done on, and around the Moon, by both robotic missions, and the crewed Artemis missions.

This episode features:

* Artemis project science overview with Jacob Bleacher

* Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) with Steve Clarke

* Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper (LunaH-Map) Mission with Craig Hardgrove.

Lunar Science In the Artemis Era is a series which focuses attention on the science to be done at the Moon by both robotic missions and the crewed Artemis missions.

These programs are based on a series of NASA workshops held during 2020, 2021 and 2022 in which the scientific knowledge gaps that need to be filled to achieve the Artemis human missions to the Moon, and the scientific investigations that scientists desire to be done both on the Moon and in the vicinity of the Moon, were discussed.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the participants were talking from their homes and offices, and so the audio quality varies considerably. Some relevant talks were not included because the audio was so dreadful as to make them unlistenable.

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 21 December 2022:

50th Anniversary of Apollo 17 - Part III: On the Shoulders of Giants — Gene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt and Jim Lovell in conversation with journalist Phil Rogers at Chicago’s Adler Planetarium on 13 November 2012.

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 14 December 2022:

Space Show News:

* Artemis I Mission Update — The Orion spacecraft returns to the Earth and splashes down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja, California.

* The HAKUTO-R and NASA's Lunar Flashlight spacecraft successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and are now both on course for the Moon. 

50th Anniversary of Apollo 17 - Part II: A second mission to Taurus-Littrow

* Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt describe their voyage to the Moon.

* The Apollo Next Generation Sample Analysis (ANGSA) program — A fascinating discussion between Harrison Schmitt (ANGSA Principal Investigator), Charles Shearer (ANGSA Co-Lead, Research Scientist, University of New Mexico) and Clive Neal (Planetary Geology Researcher, University of Notre Dame) at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in November 2022.

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 7 December 2022:

Space Show News:

* The three-person crew of Shenzhou 14 return to Earth after a six month stay aboard the China Space Station

* The Australian companies Southern Launch and ATSpace have announced they intend to launch two South Australian built Kestrel 1 rockets from the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex in South Australia.  Learn about ATSpace.

* HHAKUTO-R is a multinational commercial lunar exploration program operated by ispace. It includes ispace’s first two lunar missions: Mission 1, a soft lunar landing in 2022 — this will be the first privately-led Japanese mission to land on the lunar surface — and Mission 2, a lunar landing and deployment of a rover in 2024. For both missions, the HAKUTO-R lander will launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.

Artemis I Mission Update:

* The Orion spacecraft is on it’s way back to Earth from the far side of the Moon

* Reports on the little-known biological passengers aboard the Orion spacecraft: algae, fungi, seeds and yeast! 

The trials & tribulations of the cubesats flying rideshare on Artemis I:

* Near-Earth Asteroid Scout 

* CuSP 

* BioSentinel 

* EQUULEUS 

* OMOTENASHI 

Mission Updates:

* GeoTail

* CAPSTONE

50th anniversary of Apollo 17 - Part I:

* Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, geologist and Apollo 17 Lunar Module Pilot speaks in Melbourne about the history of the Moon 

* Eugene “Gene” Cernan, Commander of Apollo 17, in conversation with The Space Show’s Peter Aylward

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 30 November 2022:

The launch of Shenzhou 15: Six Chinese astronauts make historic gathering in space aboard Tiangong, the China Space Station. 

The European Space Agency has announced the names of 17 new astronaut candidates for its 2022 astronaut class: Meganne Christian was born in 1987. In addition to British and Italian citizenship, she also holds Australian and New Zealand citizenship.

Space Show News: Australia and Japan recommit to deepening their bilateral collaboration in space.

50 years of the Voyager I & II spacecraft and Project Scientist Ed Stone - Part II

Artemis 1 Mission Update

The trials and tribulations of the cubesats flying rideshare on Artemis 1:

 * ArgoMoon

 * LunaH-Map

 * LunIR

 * Team Miles

 * Lunar IceCube

 * Near-Earth Asteroid Scout

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 23 November 2022:

Space Show News:

* Funding for a new Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space (P4S) is announced.

Artemis 1 Mission Update:

* Outbound powered lunar flyby for insertion into distant retrograde orbit (DSO)

* Orbital manoeuvring system (OMS) engine burn

* Alexa around the Moon

* Helga and Zohar medical phantoms

* Artemis Flight Director report

* Orion Integration Manager report

* Artemis 1 Mission Manager report

* The trials, tribulations and triumphs of the cubesats flying rideshare on Artemis 1

 — OMOTENASHI

 — EQUULEUS

 — LunaH-Map

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 16 November 2022:

Liftoff! NASA’s Artemis 1 Mega Rocket Launches Orion to the Moon:

* Following a successful launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the agency’s Orion spacecraft is on its way to the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Carrying an uncrewed Orion spacecraft, SLS lifted off for its flight test debut at 5:47 p.m. AEDT on Wednesday, 16 November from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  

* The European Space Agency contributions to the Artemis program

55 Years Ago: Apollo 4, the First Flight of the Saturn V

Lunar Flashlight: Roughly the size of a briefcase, Lunar Flashlight is a very small satellite being developed and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that will use near-infrared lasers and an onboard spectrometer to map ice in permanently shadowed regions near the Moon's south pole.