In this episode of The Spoondrift, host Asher Leomund discusses some of the most recent and intriguing space missions including NASA’s Parker Solar probe, the DART asteroid defense system, and the James Webb Space Telescope.
Here are links to the articles discussed in the show:
“A NASA spacecraft has flown into the sun’s atmosphere for the first time in history”: https://www.npr.org/2021/12/15/1064532565/nasa-spacecraft-sun-atmosphere-parker-solar-probe
“NASA launches spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept”: https://www.npr.org/2021/11/24/1058786230/nasa-launches-spacecraft-to-test-asteroid-defense-concept
“With Its Single ‘Eye,’ NASA’s DART Returns First Images from Space”: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/with-its-single-eye-nasa-s-dart-returns-first-images-from-space
“NASA's Webb Telescope Launches to See First Galaxies, Distant Worlds”: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-webb-telescope-launches-to-see-first-galaxies-distant-worlds
“James Webb Space Telescope”: https://webb.nasa.gov/
“NASA launches $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope to explore earliest stars and galaxies”: https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/james-webb-space-telescope-launch-12-25-2021/
“About Webb Orbit”: https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html
