Awesome Astronomy

The Discussion: Following on from last month’s 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, we take a look at the recent movies and documentaries & social media: High Life, 8 Days to the Moon and Back, Apollo 50th, ApolloinRealTime.org. The ongoing inspiration of Apollo, the build-up of Project Artemis, saying farewell to Flight Director Chris Kraft and Mandla Maseko, and an email from our good friend Lee Stevens.   The News: Rounding up the space exploration news this month we have: Japan’s Hyabusa 2 mission to return asteroid samples to Earth Toyota and JAXA prototype a pressurized lunar rover for launch in 2029 India launch Chandrayaan 2 to the lunar south pole ESA propose a comet interceptor for 2028 A formation of satellites to study the heliosphere NASA’s Orion capsule completes its abort tests Main news stories: NASA select 12 new lunar technology investigations. The Debate: Court is in session for the third round of advocacy to get winner from your top ten historic space mission