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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced that the agency is rescheduling its mission of putting astronauts back on the moon—the long-term goal of the Artemis program—to at least 2028. The revised plan would add additional time, and another test flight, into a series of missions that has already faced setbacks, including yet another delay to Artemis II’s launch.
Artemis II will send four astronauts on a 10-day voyage around the moon. If and when it happens, it will be the first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years.
Host Ira Flatow talks with science journalist Maggie Koerth about the delay and other science news of the week, including metal pollution from space junk, a new clue about the brains of superagers, and how horses whinny.
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Maggie Koerth
Maggie Koerth is a science journalist and a climate editor at CNN, based in Minneapolis.
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