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NASA prepares to head back to the moon.

This time next year, if everything stays on schedule, NASA will send its first crewed mission to the moon, since the end of the Apollo program. Artemis II will be the first flight around the moon in more than 50 years.Its goal will be to test out the Orion capsule and all the other equipment, so that by 2026, Artemis III can put astronauts back ON the moon.The Artemis program is aimed to kickstart a new, more enduring era of space travel that leads to Mars.It's also intentionally more representative than Apollo was. The Artemis program will eventually put the first woman on the moon, as well as the first person of color.It's all as historic and high stakes as it gets, and also pretty daunting.NPR's Scott Detrow goes behind the scenes at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to see how the team is preparing.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.
A landslide linked to climate change ‘rang’ the Earth for 9 days, researchers say

The scale of the geological event is like something from prehistoric times, with a tsunami 200 meters--656 feet--in height. But it happened last year. Researchers warn that similar events may reoccur.
Bill Chappell
Stranded NASA astronauts say being stuck in space is just part of the job

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams revealed what life has been like aboard the International Space Station after problems arose with their Starliner spacecraft, which returned home empty last week.
Alana Wise
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Gas stoves may soon come with a tobacco-style health warning label in California

The next time you shop for a cooking stove, the gas versions might show a health warning label similar to those on tobacco products.
Jeff Brady
Space X crew completes first commercial space walk

The duo popped out of the Dragon space capsule and moved around in space with a "gorgeous" view of Earth.
Spacewalking goes commercial in Polaris Dawn: What it means for the privatization of space travel

On Thursday, two astronauts ventured farther into space than anyone has gone since the 1970s.
Four private astronauts conduct the first commercial spacewalk

NPR's Geoff Brumfiel fills us in on the first private spacewalk, which took place this morning.
Geoff Brumfiel
SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts conduct the first-ever private spacewalk

An internet entrepreneur and a SpaceX engineer have become the first private astronauts to walk in space.
Geoff Brumfiel
These small Black-owned farms are growing crops with the climate in mind

Across the Gulf South, small Black-owned farms are finding ways to use climate-friendly practices to grow crops while also addressing long-standing injustices.
Danny McArthur
A new AI model can predict some brain signals in fruit flies

Researchers have created an AI model that can predict some fruit fly brain signals. It was able to predict the activity of neurons in a fruit fly by looking at how those neurons were connected.
Jon Hamilton

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