Artemis II: Back to the Moon! (Rebroadcast)

About this episode

This episode discusses the successful launch of Artemis II and features a rebroadcast of an interview with mission commander Reid "Tonto" Wiseman.

With the successful launch of Artemis II and NASA's return to the moon six decades later, we thought this a good time to dust off episode 189 from April 2024 featuring Reid "Tonto" Wiseman, mission commander. Godspeed, astronauts! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

People in this episode

Host: E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello

Guest: Reid "Tonto" Wiseman

Topics covered

• space exploration
• Artemis program
• moon missions
• NASA history
• aviation

Keywords

• Artemis II
• moon
• NASA
• space
• Reid Wiseman
• mission commander
• space exploration
• aviation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA

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