Humans just traveled farther from Earth than ever before.

Meanwhile, the President's budget request in the United States proposed cutting nearly half of NASA's science budget.

We're calling on space advocates everywhere.

This week on Planetary Radio.

I'm Sarah al-Ahmed of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond.

Four astronauts just made history, traveling farther from Earth than any humans ever have. Will we live some of the most breathtaking moments of the Artemis 2 mission

with Commander Reed Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Cook and Jeremy Hanson?

They'll share their experiences with a solar eclipse from deep space, meteorite impacts on the lunar

surface, and a deeply personal tribute to a loved one, memorialized forever on the

moon. Then Planetary Society Director of Government Relations, Jack Corelli, and

AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow Ari Coppell join us to sound the alarm about the President's

fiscal year 2027 budget request. It proposes eliminating nearly half of NASA's science portfolio.

And of course, we'll wrap up with What's Up with our chief scientist, Dr. Bruce Betz.

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within it. Before we get into the main topics of today's show, we have an exciting opportunity

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Jen Vaughn. It's one of those high trust roles that spans everything from calendar management

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