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Artemis, DART, and Shooting for Mars: A Conversation with Terry Hart | Teen Scientist

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Rayna Malhotra welcomes Terry Hart - a former NASA astronaut, retired U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, and mechanical engineering and mechanics professor at Lehigh University - to the WDIY studios.

Together they talk about Terry's life and career, as well as all things astronomy – from NASA’s planned Artemis I launch to the recent DART asteroid impact mission.

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard on the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 30, 2022.
Joel Kowsky
An illustration of NASA’s DART spacecraft and the Italian Space Agency’s LICIACube prior to impact at the Didymos binary system.
NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben

Teen Scientist with host Rayna Malhotra brings you groundbreaking innovation in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines - entirely from a teenage perspective. Catch it the first Thursday of every month from 6:00 to 7:00 PM following All Things Considered.

(Original air-date: 10/6/22)

Rayna Malhotra, host of Teen Scientist on WDIY aims to bring listeners groundbreaking innovation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, entirely from a teenage perspective. She is a junior at Moravian Academy in Bethlehem and wants to pursue a career in pharmacology research and drug development.