2023.09.13 | Lunar Orbit Rendezvous or "How to land on the Moon"

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 13 September 2023:

James Webb Space Telescope Discovers Methane and Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere of a Habitable-zone Exoplanet: K2-18b

A new investigation with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and carbon dioxide. Webb’s discovery adds to recent studies suggesting that K2-18b could be a Hycean exoplanet, one which has the potential to possess a hydrogen-rich atmosphere and a water ocean-covered surface.

Lunar Orbit Rendezvous or "How to land on the Moon" by Andrew Rennie

The options for the Apollo lunar landing mode, and how the decision was reached. (Re-recorded from a presentation to a meeting of the Space Association of Australia in 2019)

The culmination of the launch campaign for NASA sounding rockets from the Arnhem Space Centre — High Above Down Under:

• Episode 5: To Space (And Back)
• Episode 6: This Just Fell From Space.

Join Miles Hatfield, a science writer at the Goddard Spaceflight Centre in Greenbelt Maryland, as he follows two NASA rocket teams as they launch from Australia. Studying our nearest stellar neighbours – Alpha Centauri A & B – on a quest to understand how stars make the planets around them suitable for life. (audio inserts courtesy GSFC)