Doing Science with Transits and Occultations: Podcast

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, launched 10 years ago this month, has made groundbreaking discoveries about the Moon, and will pave the way for future human exploration with NASA’s Artemis mission. Jim Green: The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was launched 10 years ago on June 18, and it’s still orbiting the Moon, making fantastic observations. These observations will also help NASA get ready to send astronauts over there by 2024. What have we learned from this amazing satellite? Hi, I’m Jim Green, chief scientist at NASA, and this is “Gravity Assist.” This season is all about the Moon. I’m here with…

A conversation with Kimberly Ennico Smith, the project scientist for the SOFIA mission at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, and Michael Person, a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discussing the science behind using an occultation to learn more about objects in space, such as Neptune’s moon Triton. Transcript Frank Tavares: You are listening to NASA in Silicon Valley, episode 72. This is Frank Tavares, trying to do an even better Matthew Buffington impression than Abby Tabor from last week, which was a hard act to follow. So, Abby Tabor is here with me again,…

In this Oct. 20, 2025, photo, NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft with its launch abort system is stacked atop the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orion will carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day mission around the Moon and back in early 2026. Follow along with the mission on the NASA Artemis blog. Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett Source link India Sebi imposes 7-day ban on… Consumer demand strengthens ahead… Cyclone Ditwah to bring…