Artemis II: Humanity's Historic Return to the Moon

About this episode

The episode discusses the historic Artemis II mission, the potential link between gravitational waves and dark matter, recent meteor sightings, and various scientific reports including the health impacts of vaping and sexual violence statistics in Australia and New Zealand.

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 41 *Human’s finally flying back to the Moon after a break of over half a century Humans have returned to the Moon for the first time in over half a century. The historic Artemis II mission blasted off from space launch complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida carrying four crew members aboard the Orion spacecraft Integrity on a ten day mission around the Moon and back. *Could gravitational waves be the origin of dark matter A new study suggests that gravitational waves could be responsible for the production of dark matter during the early phases of the formation of the cosmos. *Yet another large meteor sighting – should we be concerned? There’s been yet another large meteor sighting – this time in the Pacific northwest of the United States. *The Science Report Growing evidence vaping causes cancer just like cigarettes and other tobacco and nicotine products. Australia and New Zealand have the highest prevalence of sexual violence against kids in the world. The first South Australian made guided missiles come off the production line in Port Wakefield. Skeptics guide to Australia’s most haunted house Become a supporter of this podcast…

People in this episode

Host: Stuart Gary

Topics covered

• Artemis II mission
• return to the Moon
• gravitational waves
• dark matter
• meteor sightings
• vaping and cancer
• sexual violence against kids

Keywords

• Artemis II
• Moon
• gravitational waves
• dark matter
• meteor sightings
• vaping
• cancer
• Australia
• New Zealand

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Australia, New Zealand

Products: Orion spacecraft Integrity

Places: Moon, Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, Pacific northwest, South Australia

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