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NASA is practicing moonwalks. When are we going back?

4/29/202610 min

After the success of Artemis II, we at Short Wave definitely have moon fever. So, we brought NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce onto the show to talk about where we’re headed. What will future Artemis missions look like and what needs to happen next for people to be able to walk on the moon again? We find out in this latest installment of Spacing Out – with space enthusiasts Regina G Barber and one of the hosts of All Things Considered, Scott Detrow! 

Interested in more space episodes? Check out our whole summer series, Space Camp. Or, email us your ideas for future space-focused episodes at shortwave@npr.org.

P.S. If you see this and you like the idea of formally calling this segment “Spacing Out with Gina”, email us to let us know that too! We’re still deciding.

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Clips

Moon Lander Timeline Reality Check
How We Read Alien Water
Eclipse Quiet You Can Measure
Artemis II’s Big Asterisk

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First 90 seconds

  1. Tom Bowman0:00

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  2. Regina Barber· Host0:23

    [Instrumental music] You're listening to Short Wave from NPR. Hey, Short Wavers. Regina Barber here, and we are back with our space news segment. And I think we still should call the, um, podcast version Spacing Out with Gina.

  3. Nell Greenfieldboyce· Guest0:38

    I mean, it sounds good to me. Fair is fair.

  4. Regina Barber· Host0:40

    [laughs] Today we have science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce. Hey, Nell.

  5. Nell Greenfieldboyce· Guest0:45

    Hey, Gina.

  6. Regina Barber· Host0:45

    And we also have our regular contributor, space geek and All Things Considered host, Scott Detrow. Welcome back to this part of space, Scott.

  7. Scott Detrow· Panelist0:53

    I am so thrilled to be back here. Favorite topic to discuss at all points. Ready to space out again.

  8. Regina Barber· Host0:59

    Yes. And Nell, our first-timer, are you ready for this?

  9. Nell Greenfieldboyce· Guest1:02

    Absolutely. So I know I came here to talk about Artemis, 'cause we just had a successful mission from NASA. So I'm gonna tell you what's in store for the next Artemis missions. And do you have any guesses from the two of you, like, before we get into it, about where we're gonna go?

  10. Regina Barber· Host1:19

    Uh, they are gonna go to Jupiter.

  11. Scott Detrow· Panelist1:21

    They'll talk about their toilets.

  12. Regina Barber· Host1:22

    I mean, they should talk about their toilets.

  13. Nell Greenfieldboyce· Guest1:23

    [laughs] Those are all fine, fine guesses, and if we go to those places, I will definitely want to cover them, but

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