Cosmic Radio

The excitement builds!!! Join me as we learn HOW rockets land on the moon and all the prep-work NASA is doing as we prepare to launch the Artemis 2 program*****A MANED SPACE MISSION TO THE MOON!!*****"We are going to the moon, but we are not going alone.." says Dr. Ashley Korzun. She is right, after you listen to this interview you too will understand that the Artemis Mission is a world-wide mission. Dr. Korzun teaches us what PSI is and how we are ready to land on the moon!GO PSI TEAM!!!GO NASA!!!GO USA!!!GO ARTEMIS!!!NASA PSI Research- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20230018215NASA Artemis 2 Mission- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/Sail Song- AWAOLNATIONTuff Enuff song- The Fabulous ThunderbirdsFly me to the Moon song- Frank Sinatra

Greeting Space Lovers and welcome back to Cosmic Radio. We have a great show this month. In the first part of the show we find out "What's up in the February night sky" and learn about the upcoming NASA Artemis II moon-launch and the return of The United States to the Moon. Then in the second part of the show we celebrate the return of Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton, the Principal Investigator of NASA's Psyche Mission: A Journey to a Metal World!Dr. Elkins-Tanton is going to update us on the mission during its "cruise-phase".Check-out the following links that Dr. Elkins-Tanton mentions during the show:JPL Psyche Mission: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/psyche/NASA Psyche Mission overview: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/psyche/mission-overview/ "Mission Ready-How to Build Teams That Perform Under Pressure" Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton Book-https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lindy-elkins-tanton/mission-ready/9781541706033/Tater's the Cat: https://youtu.be/k7B8lYjAOns?si=IGxjhTbJoAaJ6VOSWays to Participate-Capstone courses- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/psyche/ways-to-participate/Psyche Inspired- https://psyche.ssl.berkeley.edu/get-involved/psyche-inspired/ https://epics.engineering.asu.edu/2025/09/nasa-psyche-virtual-reality-inspired-art-and-artists-showcase/Psyche (Song) by Terry Glaze- https://youtu.be/Kj66J8fmmzU?si=tU_7Bx0ZtUXvPBNYSail (Song) AwolnationNASA Artemis Mission: https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/artemis/

Join me as we speak with Dr. Joseph Masiero from Caltech/IPAC. Dr. Masiero teaches us all about NEOs-"Near-Earth-Object" and the new NASA mission-NEO Surveyor that will Find Near Earth Objects before they find us!Dr. Joseph Masiero Bio: https://www.ipac.caltech.edu/science/staff/joe-masieroNASA Neo Surveyor Mission: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/neo-surveyor/Asteroid flying over Lake Erie: https://thedebrief.org/asteroid-impact-in-canada-may-have-left-something-behind-that-astronomers-now-want/Astro Art Article: https://mdspace.org/nasas-webb-telescope-inspires-artechouse-exhibit-public-art/Hoar Ice explanation: https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/en/hoar-frost.htmlThis month's soundtrack: Sail-AWOLNATION Mars-Gustav Holst Jupiter-Gustav Holst

Join me as we speak with Dr. Joseph Lazio, Project Scientist from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Deep Space Network. Dr. Lazio explains what the Deep Space Network (DSN) his job at the DSN and explain how the DSN antennas are used to track and communicate with NASA spacecrafts and the amazing research the antennas perform. This is the first part of a two part series about the Deep Space Network. It's fascinating!Links:Pele Story: Pele: The Fire Goddess by Pua Kanaka 'ole Kanahele and Dietrich VarezMusic: Legend of Pele the Fire Goddess (1964) Ka Lahui o Hawai'i Nei "All Over the World"-Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) "Sail"- intro and conclusion theme AWOLNATIONThe Voyage of the Hokule'a:https://hokulea.com/DSN Madrid antenna aligned and arrayed: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia26147-six-deep-space-network-antennas-in-madrid-arrayed-for-the-first-time/DSN Now: https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/dsn-now/

Join me on Cosmic Radio as we speak with NASA's Johnson Space microbiologist Dr. Sarah Castro Wallace. Dr. Wallace evaluates the performance of the MinION DNA sequencer in-flight on the International Space Station (ISS). She and her team are in charge of the environmental monitoring of the ISS. Dr. Wallace's passion for her work is evident in this interview. She makes microbiology and DNA sequencing in space sound more fun than a spacewalk!Check out these links:Dr. Wallace's work: https://www.nasa.gov/podcasts/houston-we-have-a-podcast/dna-sequencing/Dr. Sarah Castro Wallace: Women in History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1yJwXAFAMUGenes in Space: https://www.genesinspace.org/

Join me as we walk and talk through Jackson Demonstration State Forest in Mendocino County with Robert Douglas. Robert is a mycologist, biologist and Environmental Specialist with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention. As we walk and discover this magical forest, camping site and destination location for fungi foragers, you can hear the Noyo River, song birds and Robert belting out owl calls!!!!Keep in mind this podcast was not recorded in the studio, so you will hear all the sounds of the forest, me breathing hard on the hike and me tripping a few times! Enjoy!!To learn more, check out these web sites!!Jackson Demonstration State Forest: https://www.visitmendocino.com/listing/jackson-demonstration-state-forest/CalFire JDSF: https://www.facebook.com/CALFIREJDSF/CalFire: https://www.fire.ca.gov/Mendocino Mushroom Club: https://www.mendocinocoastmushroomclub.org/Mendocino Foragers: https://www.foragemendocino.com/

Join me for a fascinating interview with Dr. David Hibbett, Biology Professor from Clark University who focuses on Evolutionary Mycology. Dr. Hibbett answers questions we all think about and want to know more about from the Fungal Kingdom. He is so fun and passionate about fungi and after listening to this interview, I hope that you will also become a "mycophile"!!! (lover of fungi)

Join me for our second interview with Dr. Peter Schultz. We've move on from the Chicxulub Impactor and into The Deep Impact Mission, the LCROSS mission and his current work in Chile! Check out the pictures and links I added for more information on his work and by next week I will add the rest of the interview I had to cut for time for the radio program.Dr. Shultz is so completely into his work, you cant help getting as excited as he does when you hear him talk about all his research and findings. I was blown away! He is one sick dude!!!

Learn all about NADS's newest flagship mission.....EUROPA CLIPPER!!!! Our good friend Todd Barber is make to tell us all the intricate parts of this modern marvel of spacecrafts that will be exploring the Galilean Moon EUROPA!!! A water-world in the Jovian System. Check out the links as well so you can see and play with the Clipper Vault Plate!!! https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper/https://europa.nasa.gov/spacecraft/vault-plate/https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/

Cosmic Radio host Elizabeth Garcia interviews Principal Investigator of NASA's Psyche Mission, Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton. Join us as we talk about an incredible space journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. Dr. Elkins-Tanton tells us all about the Psyche asteroid, why she believes that it may be the exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet and how she is going to test her hypothesis with this amazing solar-electric spacecraft.Psyche offers a unique window into the violent history of collisions and accretion that created terrestrial planets!

Robert Ferguson Observatory located in the Valley of the Moon, and within the Sugarloaf State Park (just outside of Santa Rosa, California) is a hidden jewel in Sonoma County. Listen to this interview with staff from the observatory and discovery this unique and well run center and find out all about its year-round events.Guest speakers:Stephanie Derammelaere- Executive DirectorDavid Cranford- Docent AstronomerOnce you hear about RFO it won't be "hidden" anymore!

A hidden jewel in Northern California-the Physics and Astronomy Department at Sonoma State University!Dr. Lynn Cominsky is an award-winning Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at Sonoma State University. Dr. Cominsky is the founder and director of SSU's EdEon STEM Learning, which develops educational materials for NASA, NSF and the US Department of Education and NASA's Neurodiversity Network (N3) who's goal is to provide a pathway to NASA participation and STEM employment for neurodiverse learners, with a focus on those on the autism spectrum.Learn all about this cutting edge curriculum and the woman that put it all together to help students nationwide.