About this episode

Lisa Carnell discusses the AVATAR experiment on Artemis II, and Alain Maury shares his discovery of a sungrazing comet.

Lisa Carnell, Director of NASA's Biological and Physical Sciences Division, explains AVATAR, the experiment flying organ chips grown from astronaut cells on Artemis II. Then, asteroid hunter Alain Maury tells the story of discovering a sungrazing comet that could become one of the most spectacular in decades.

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Guests: Lisa Carnell, Alain Maury

Topics covered

• space exploration
• NASA
• comets
• biological sciences
• physical sciences
• Artemis program

Keywords

• Artemis II
• AVATAR
• NASA
• sungrazing comet
• organ chips
• biological sciences
• Alain Maury

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA

Products: AVATAR

Places: sungrazing comet

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