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Houston We Have a Podcast

Artemis II: The Orion Spacecraft

Houston We Have a Podcast

Katie Konans

Science

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Acting Vehicle Integration Office Manager for NASA's Orion Program Chris Edelen discusses the spacecraft that will carry astronauts around the Moon on Artemis II. HWHAP 398.

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0:00.0

Hey, if you love the deep conversations about engineering, science, and space exploration, you get every week from Houston. We have a podcast. Well, there's another official NASA podcast you should check out, NASA's Curious Universe. Each episode of Curious Universe brings you stories only NASA can tell. Hear from scientists looking for signs of life beyond Earth.

0:22.6

Find out what it's like to fall into a black hole.

0:25.9

And tag along with NASA experts paving the way for astronauts to return to the moon

0:30.4

and eventually set foot on Mars.

0:34.1

Whether you're a total space nerd or a first-time space explorer,

0:40.1

there is a curious universe episode for you.

0:43.9

Three, two, one.

0:48.2

We have ignition and we have nips off.

0:55.3

Check out NASA's Curious Universe wherever you're listening to this podcast, or at nassah.gov slash curious universe houston we have a podcast welcome to the official podcast of nassas johnson space center episode

1:03.5

398 artemus two the orion spacecraft i'm kenna pell and i'll be your host today. On this podcast, we bring in the experts,

1:12.3

scientists, engineers, and astronauts all to let you know what's going on in the world of human

1:16.4

spaceflight and more. Built to take humans farther than they've ever gone before,

1:21.1

Orion is NASA's spacecraft capable of crude flight to deep space and high-speed re-entry from

1:26.3

the vicinity of the moon. On the

1:28.5

Artemis II mission, Orion will be tested for the first time in space with humans on board.

1:33.9

It'll send NASA astronauts Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Cook, and Canadian

1:38.5

Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hanson around the moon and bring them home safely.

1:43.6

This deep space capsule is built upon everything learned from NASA's past 50-plus years of

1:48.0

human spaceflight missions and uses new and advanced technologies to enable it to travel

1:52.3

farther into space than any other crude spacecraft in history.

1:56.6

On this episode, we bring in Chris Edelan, the acting manager of the Orion Program's office

2:01.5

responsible for the spacecraft's systems integration and analysis.

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