Making the case for saving Veritas, this week on Planetary Radio.

I'm Sarah Alahmid of the Planetary Society with more of the human adventure across our

solar system and beyond. This week we have a very special guest. Darby Dyer, the deputy

principal investigator on NASA's Veritas mission to Venus, which is now on an indefinite

hold. Darby will share the story behind the spacecraft, the foundational science that

it hopes to achieve, and how you can help save the mission. Then we'll kick it over to

Bruce Betz for what's up. Hell, let you know what to spot in the upcoming night sky,

take a look back at this week in space history, and we'll wrap up with our space trivia

contest. But first, it's time for some space news. Environmental groups are suing the United

States Federal Aviation Administration over SpaceX's Starship Launch. The lawsuit

argues that the FAA failed to fully assess the environmental impacts of the Starship launches

from Boca Chica, Texas. It sites as an example the April 20 launch that scattered debris

over Boca Chica State Park. The launch created plumes of material that spread 10 kilometers

or six miles and caused a 3.5-acre wildfire. SpaceX says that it's taking measures to

prevent similar debris in future launches. Our chief of space policy, Casey Dyer, discuss

this turn of events with environmental expert Eric Roche in our most recent space policy

edition of Planetary Radio, which came out on May 5th.

If you're a fan of the beloved Voyager spacecrafts, we've got some great news. Voyager 2's

lifespan has been extended thanks to engineering ingenuity. The spacecraft launched in 1977

and is now in interstellar space. It has very limited battery power remaining and was facing

possible shutdown, but mission engineers found a way to reroute power to science instruments

from a non-essential voltage regulator. This could potentially extend the spacecraft's lifespan

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