Weekly Space Hangout - December 20, 2013: Gaia Launch, Apollo 8 & Emergency Spacewalks

By Fraser Cain - December 20, 2013 at 2:44 PM UTC | Site News

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-3

Emergency spacewalks

Simulated Mars mission at MDRS

Kirobo robot

2 Morpheus flights

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Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.