Astronaut Stephanie Wilson Might Walk on the Moon

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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🗓️ 23 December 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Engineer and astronaut Stephanie Wilson was a toddler when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin visited the Moon. She may someday almost literally walk in their footsteps. Stephanie is one of 18 astronauts--9 women and 9 men--chosen for the Artemis Team. We also welcome back Cassini-Huygens project scientist Linda Spilker for another update on the discoveries still being made thanks to that flagship mission. Linda also looks ahead toward more missions in the outer solar system. Did you catch the great conjunction? Mat and Bruce did, and they’ll talk about it in What’s Up. There’s more to discover at https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/1223-2020-stephanie-wilson-artemis-linda-spilker

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0:00.0	She could become the first woman on the moon this week on planetary radio.
0:06.0	Welcome, I'm at Kaplan of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond.
0:18.0	Stephanie Wilson is one of the 18 astronauts just chosen for what NASA calls the Artemis team.
0:25.0	It moves her one step closer to walking on the moon.
0:29.0	We'll meet her in a brief conversation.
0:31.0	Then we'll turn to another pioneering explorer.
0:34.0	Cassini Project Scientist Linda Spilker is back to tell us about the most recent science from the mission that spent so many years circling Saturn.
0:44.0	Linda also has thoughts to share about our exploration of the outer solar system
0:49.0	and the current planetary science Decatal Survey.
0:52.0	Speaking of Saturn, did you catch the great conjunction?
0:56.0	Though I wasn't all that excited when I first heard it was coming, I have to admit that it was
1:00.8	thrilling to see our solar system's two biggest worlds sharing the
1:04.8	eyepiece of my telescope. I'm sure Bruce Betts was also watching this once in
1:09.6	many lifetimes event so we'll ask him about it when we get to What's Up.
1:15.1	The conjunction also tops the December 18 edition of The Downlink, our weekly newsletter
1:20.5	that you'll find at planetary dot o'rg. Just below is some lovely coffee-colored
1:26.5	dirt that's not just any dirt it is material gathered in 2019 by Japan's
1:32.4	Hayabusa 2 spacecraft that has safely dropped it off on Earth.
1:37.7	The same goes for Regolith brought back from our moon by China's Changuil 5. Over now to Israel, where non-profit Space IL has announced it will once again try to land on the
1:48.1	Moon.
1:49.1	The Barrasheet 2 mission is set for launch in 2024.
1:53.6	We've got links to our coverage of Barracheet 1 on this week's episode page at planetary.org
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