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STP42 - Taking Zero Gravity Flights with Astronauts - Space For A Better World - With Christina Korp

This week we're joined again by Christina Korp, this time to talk all about her organisation 'Space For A Better World' and the the zero gravity flight that is coming up with Apollo 16 moonwalker Charlie Duke. We hear all about her recent flight with Charlie and Nicole Stott, and their tour of the Artemis rocket and space craft at Kennedy Space Center.

Space For A Better World:
https://www.allforabetterworld.com/space
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spacefabworld/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spacefabworld
Twitter: https://twitter.com/spacefabworld

Christina Korp:
https://purposeentertainment.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xtina_korp/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Xtina_Korp

Water Charity: https://watercharity.com/

Forests Without Frontiers: https://www.forestswithoutfrontiers.org/

This Week's News:

Vladimir Shatalov Obituary: https://www.space.com/cosmonaut-vladimir-shatalov-obituary

Launches:
Friday 11th June: CASC: Long March 2D: Beijing-3, Haisi-2 & Others:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6801
Asteroid Hunter: https://www.space.com/china-launches-commercial-asteroid-hunting-satellite

Sunday 13th June: Northrop: Pegasus XL: Odyssey: TacRL-2
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6144
No Video Available.
Rapid Response Launches: https://www.space.com/space-force-tacrl-2-satellite-launches-on-northrop-grumman-pegasus-rocket

Tuesday 15th June: Northrop: Minotaur I: NROL-111
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/361

Ingenuity 7th Flight on Mars: https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-aces-seventh-flight

Perseverance Starts Science Mission: https://www.space.com/nasa-perseverance-rover-hits-mars-science-road 

China's Mars rover Zhurong's family portrait: https://www.space.com/china-mars-rover-zhurong-lander-selfie-photos

Blue Origin Auction: https://www.space.com/blue-origin-new-shepard-seat-auction

Russia wants you to buy a seat on a Soyuz: https://www.space.com/russia-roscosmos-tourism-trips-space-station

Russia threatens to leave ISS: https://www.space.com/russia-threatens-leave-international-space-station-program

NASA wants proposals for 2 private astronaut missions: https://www.space.com/nasa-proposals-two-new-private-astronaut-missions

European Space Agency (ESA) Venus Mission: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57416589

Brazil Signs Artemis Accords: https://www.space.com/brazil-signs-artemis-accords-moon-exploration

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Emily Carney

A veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.

In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.

Blog: https://space.nss.org/category/this-space-available/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/EmilyLCarney
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyCarneySpace/
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Dave Giles

Giles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he’s been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon’.

In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.

Full info: https://www.davejgiles.com
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