Noah Petro on NASA's Return to the Moon and the LRO - Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion June 15, 2021
We talk with Dr. Noah Petro, Project Scientist for the NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), as we look forward to the return of humans to the Moon!
Getting a look at the Moon as NASA prepares the first human missions to the moon in more than 50 years. Also, CHIME chimes up 535 fast radio bursts, Juno records stunning images of Ganymede, and more!
Hello everyone!
This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we welcome Dr. Noah Petro, Project Scientist for the NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) to the show. We talk about exploring the lunar surface, the Artemis missions, and the return of humans to the Moon!
But first, we visit the CHIME radio Telescope in Canada, which recorded 535 fast radio bursts coming from around the Cosmos. Then, we will zoom in on Jupiter's system of moons as the Juno spacecraft records the first closeup images in 20 years of the giant moon Ganymede. Next, we will take a look at a new study finding that moons orbiting gas giants could be home to water, even without a parent star.
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Looking ahead to our upcoming guests!
June 15 (s4/e24): Dr. Noah Petro, NASA’s Project Scientist for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), talking about returning to the Moon!
June 22 (s4/e25): Brittany Zimmerman, CEO of Yummet, on developing technology for space exploration and protecting the Earth.
July 6 (s5/e1 season premiere): New York Times bestselling author Earl Swift, talks about his new book, Across the Airless Wilds, a history of NASA’s lunar buggy!
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James