About this episode

Steve Platts discusses the health experiments aboard Artemis II and Casey Dreier covers NASA's Ignition Day announcements.

Steve Platts, chief scientist of NASA’s Human Research Program, walks us through the health experiments aboard Artemis II, followed by Planetary Society Chief of Space Policy Casey Dreier on NASA's Ignition Day announcements.

People in this episode

Guests: Steve Platts, Casey Dreier

Topics covered

• astronaut health
• Artemis II
• NASA
• space policy
• human research

Keywords

• Artemis II
• NASA
• health experiments
• space policy
• human research

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Organizations: NASA, Planetary Society

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