Weekly Space Hangout – December 20, 2013: Gaia Launch, Apollo 8 & Emergency Spacewalks
Host: Fraser Cain
Guests: Nicole Gugliucci, Jason Major, Amy Shira Teitel, David Dickinson, Elizabeth Howell
Today’s topics!
Jason: Gaia Launches to Map the Milky Way
Amy: Apollo 8, Earthrise
Nicole: Starless cloudcores
David: MiniMoons
2014 skywatching stuff- look for it soon here on UT!
Elizabeth:
Chang’e-3Emergency spacewalks
Simulated Mars mission at MDRS
Kirobo robot
2 Morpheus flights
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