STP82 - Moon Trees - With Rosemary Roosa - In Memory of George Fatolitis
In honour of the passing of our friend George Fatolitis, we’re spending this week talking about Moon trees with the president of the Moon Tree Foundation Rosemary Roosa.
Moon Tree Foundation: https://www.moontreefoundation.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moontreefoundation
Moon Tree list: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_tree.html
2nd Generation List: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_trees/second_gen_moon_tree.html
To the Moon: An Autobiography of an Apollo Astronaut's Daughter:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1072206471/
Smoke Jumper, Moon Pilot: The Remarkable Life of Apollo 14 Astronaut Stuart Roosa by Willie G. Moseley:
https://www.amazon.com/Smoke-Jumper-Moon-Pilot-Remarkable/dp/1935001760/
This Week’s Launches:
Thur 17 Mar 2022: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China: CASC: Long March 4C: Yaogan 34-02:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6904
No video available.
Fri 18 Mar 2022: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Roscosmos: Soyuz 2.1a: Soyuz MS-21:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2972
A message to Ukraine? Cosmonauts wear yellow and blue flight suits for trip to space station:
https://www.space.com/russian-cosmonauts-yellow-blue-flight-suits-ukraine
Russia dismisses reports that cosmonauts' yellow and blue flight suits referred to Ukraine:
https://www.space.com/russia-denies-cosmonauts-wore-ukraine-colors
Sat 19 Mar 2022: Kennedy Space Center, Florida: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink Group 4-12:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/5334
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches record 12th mission, lands on ship at sea:
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-falcon-9-12th-flight
Tue 22 Mar 2022: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia: VKS RF: Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M: Meridian-M No20L:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6905
No video available.
This Week’s Other News:
SpaceX to launch OneWeb's internet satellites, replacing Russian Soyuz rockets:
https://www.space.com/spacex-launch-oneweb-internet-satellites-replace-soyuz
Europe's Mars rover now unlikely to launch before 2026 after Russia's war on Ukraine:
https://www.space.com/exomars-mars-rover-europe-russia-ukraine-delays
NASA's new moon rocket, its most powerful ever, rolls out for 1st time:
https://www.space.com/nasa-artemis-1-moon-mission-rollout-launch-pad
Why NASA's new 'mega moon rocket' is so incredible:
https://www.space.com/nasa-space-launch-system-rocket-explainer
James Webb Space Telescope's 1st view of the cosmos has scientists thrilled for more:
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-better-than-expected-image
Spacewalking astronauts restore radiator, replace space station camera after wardrobe malfunction:
https://www.space.com/astronauts-spacewalk-space-station-repairs-wardrobe-malfunction
Mars helicopter Ingenuity soars on 22nd Red Planet flight:
https://www.space.com/nasa-mars-helicopter-ingenuity-flight-22
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity to keep flying through September (at least):
https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-flight-september
Pete Davidson's spaceflight replacement is Blue Origin's Gary Lai:
https://www.space.com/pete-davidson-replacement-blue-origin-spaceflight
Elon Musk says SpaceX's huge Starship rocket will 'hopefully' launch on 1st orbital flight in May:
https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-orbital-test-flight-may-2022-target
SpaceX's new Crew-4 Dragon capsule gets a name: Freedom:
https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-4-mission-dragon-capsule-name-freedom
Watch the trailer for 'Return to Space' on Netflix chronicling SpaceX's historic 1st astronaut launch:
https://www.space.com/return-to-space-spacex-netflix-documentary-trailer
Image Credits: George Fatolitis
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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/
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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.
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