Countdown to Crew Dragon This Week on Planetary Radio.

Welcome, I'm Matt Kaplan of the Planetary Society,

with more of a human adventure across our solar system and

beyond. Thanks for letting us join you in these challenging times. As Deputy

Administrator for NASA, Lori Garver may have been the most influential advocate

for what we now call commercial or new space.

Now seven years after her departure from the agency, a dream will become real when two astronauts

head for the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center.

Join me for a conversation with Lori about the long road to this moment and much more.

First though, Planetary Society editorial director Jason Davis will give us an overview of the SpaceX

demo two mission and its status. Later Bruce Betts will

assure me that rumors of a supernova in our own solar system are entirely

unfounded, but there's still much to see in the night sky and there's a new space

trivia contest to enter.

Speaking of Jason Davis, we can thank him for space headlines in the downlink each week. Here's the sampling of the latest.

If you've been with us for a while you've heard our coverage of the Mars

helicopter that the Perseverance Rover will carry to the red, that tiny innovative flying machine now has a name

given to it by an Alabama high school student.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet ingenuity. China has also come up with a name for its Mars

visitor. The upcoming mission is now Tian Wen 1. I'm going to make you wait for

this week's what's up to learn what that means.

NASA has selected three companies Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX,

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