2022.12.14 | 50th Anniversary of Apollo 17 - Part II: A Second Mission to Taurus-Littrow

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 14 December 2022:

Space Show News:

* Artemis I Mission Update — The Orion spacecraft returns to the Earth and splashes down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja, California.

* The HAKUTO-R and NASA's Lunar Flashlight spacecraft successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and are now both on course for the Moon. 

50th Anniversary of Apollo 17 - Part II: A second mission to Taurus-Littrow

* Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt describe their voyage to the Moon.

* The Apollo Next Generation Sample Analysis (ANGSA) program — A fascinating discussion between Harrison Schmitt (ANGSA Principal Investigator), Charles Shearer (ANGSA Co-Lead, Research Scientist, University of New Mexico) and Clive Neal (Planetary Geology Researcher, University of Notre Dame) at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in November 2022.