The highway again to the Moon appears a little bit totally different now. On this week’s Planetary Radio, we compensate for the modifications to the Artemis program, with recorded remarks from NASA management and a breakdown of what the modifications imply with The Planetary Society’s area coverage consultants. Pictured: An artist’s impression of the Starship lander on the Moon. Picture credit score: SpaceX.
Members, meet your new CEO! On March 10, Planetary Society members are invited to a live virtual Q&A with new CEO Jennifer Vaughn. Invoice Nye, outgoing CEO and newly minted Chief Ambassador, will be part of the dialog as effectively. They’ll speak about their new jobs, our evolving mission, their deep ardour for area exploration, and reply members’ questions. Not but a member? Be part of in the present day.
AI was a key instrument in The Planetary Society’s efforts to Save NASA Science in 2025. In a latest webinar, The Planetary Society’s Casey Dreier and Jack Kiraly shared how AI instruments enabled their two-person House Coverage and Advocacy workforce to carry out on par with groups twice their measurement with considerably extra sources. Watch the recording right here.
Get to know Chang’e-7. China’s upcoming lunar mission goals to map sources close to the lunar south pole and search out water ice and different volatiles within the Moon’s completely shadowed areas — all a part of China’s broader objective of creating an Worldwide Lunar Analysis Station. Study extra concerning the mission, which goals to launch in 2027.
