Join me as we speak with this amazing researcher!

She works at the McMurdo Station on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica during the Spring and Summer. The day after she arrives she is at the "coms" helping Artemis 2 Astronauts and astronaut candidates get into the space suits all while she is conducting research on algae that she hopes she can use to produce oxygen, scrub CO2, and grow to eat on future Lunar and Martian habitats. I'm exhausted just thinking about that work week. But just listening to her speak about all her jobs with such passion and devotion will help you understand that this woman is perfect for al three jobs!

Oh, and on her free time, she like working on engines and riding motorcycles. So cool!

Check out the following links to learn more about Emily and all her scientific work.

Emily Matula: https://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/emily-matula
NASA Emily Matula: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7teT81234TI
NASA Scientific Balloons: https://www.nasa.gov/scientificballoons/
McMurdo Station -Ross Ice Shelf-Antarctica: https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/ail/mcmurdo-station
NASA Spacesuits: https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/astronauts/spacesuits/
The Old Farmers' Almanac: https://www.almanac.com/astronomy
Algae for life habitats: https://science.nasa.gov/biological-physical/algae-could-prove-mvp-for-future-space-missions/
NASA Wallops Balloon Facility: https://www.nasa.gov/wallops/

MUSIC:
Sail- AWOLNATION
No Quarter-Led Zepplin

The excitement builds!!!
Join me as we learn HOW rockets land on the moon and all the prep-work NASA is doing as we prepare to launch the Artemis 2 program

*****A MANED SPACE MISSION TO THE MOON!!*****

"We are going to the moon, but we are not going alone.." says Dr. Ashley Korzun. She is right, after you listen to this interview you too will understand that the Artemis Mission is a world-wide mission.
Dr. Korzun teaches us what PSI is and how we are ready to land on the moon!
GO PSI TEAM!!!
GO NASA!!!
GO USA!!!
GO ARTEMIS!!!

NASA PSI Research- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20230018215
NASA Artemis 2 Mission- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/
Sail Song- AWAOLNATION
Tuff Enuff song- The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Fly me to the Moon song- Frank Sinatra

We all hear about Artificial Intelligence (AI). Most of us use it in one way or another.
Cosmic Radio speaks with Professor David Johnson from Mendocino Community College helps us to learn:

What AI is
How to use it
How to protect yourself against some bad players out there trying to get your information.

There is so much to learn!!!
In addition to that we will find out what's up in the March night sky and learn some ancient Greek mythology about Artificial Intelligence!!!!
Sail:AWOLNATION
NASA AI:https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2025/amendment-37-new-opportunity-c-12-foundational-artificial-intelligence-for-the-moon-and-mars/
NASA Artemis Program: https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/artemis/
NASA Artemis Update: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-adds-mission-to-artemis-lunar-program-updates-architecture/
Daft Punk: Technologic
Radiohead: Paranoid Android

Greeting Space Lovers and welcome back to Cosmic Radio. We have a great show this month. In the first part of the show we find out "What's up in the February night sky" and learn about the upcoming NASA Artemis II moon-launch and the return of The United States to the Moon. Then in the second part of the show we celebrate the return of Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton, the Principal Investigator of NASA's Psyche Mission: A Journey to a Metal World!
Dr. Elkins-Tanton is going to update us on the mission during its "cruise-phase".

Check-out the following links that Dr. Elkins-Tanton mentions during the show:

JPL Psyche Mission: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/psyche/
NASA Psyche Mission overview: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/psyche/mission-overview/

"Mission Ready-How to Build Teams That Perform Under Pressure" Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton Book-https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lindy-elkins-tanton/mission-ready/9781541706033/

Tater's the Cat: https://youtu.be/k7B8lYjAOns?si=IGxjhTbJoAaJ6VOS
Ways to Participate-Capstone courses- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/psyche/ways-to-participate/
Psyche Inspired- https://psyche.ssl.berkeley.edu/get-involved/psyche-inspired/
https://epics.engineering.asu.edu/2025/09/nasa-psyche-virtual-reality-inspired-art-and-artists-showcase/
Psyche (Song) by Terry Glaze- https://youtu.be/Kj66J8fmmzU?si=tU_7Bx0ZtUXvPBNY

Sail (Song) Awolnation

NASA Artemis Mission:
https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/artemis/

Have you ever heard of NASA's new Quesst Mission? We have all the answers right here! Meet NASA Test Pilot Lils Larson, he is the first to fly NASA's X-59 experimental supersonic plane that is attempting to change the sonic boom out of a supersonic boom and change it to a "sonic thump"!
NASA Quesst Mission: https://www.nasa.gov/mission/quesst/
Nils Larson-Ret. USAF Lieutenant Colonel & NASA Test Pilot: https://www.nasa.gov/people/david-nils-larson/
Supersonic Speed: https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/supersonic-flight/
Check out The Artemis Mission-Possibly launching in February 2026!!!-https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/artemis/
Sail: AWOLNATION
Highway to the Danger Zone: Kenny Loggins

Join me as we speak with Dr. Joseph Masiero from Caltech/IPAC. Dr. Masiero teaches us all about NEOs-"Near-Earth-Object" and the new NASA mission-NEO Surveyor that will
Find Near Earth Objects before they find us!
Dr. Joseph Masiero Bio: https://www.ipac.caltech.edu/science/staff/joe-masiero
NASA Neo Surveyor Mission: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/neo-surveyor/
Asteroid flying over Lake Erie: https://thedebrief.org/asteroid-impact-in-canada-may-have-left-something-behind-that-astronomers-now-want/
Astro Art Article: https://mdspace.org/nasas-webb-telescope-inspires-artechouse-exhibit-public-art/
Hoar Ice explanation: https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/en/hoar-frost.html
This month's soundtrack: Sail-AWOLNATION
Mars-Gustav Holst
Jupiter-Gustav Holst

Join me as we learn more about the amazing radio antennas from the NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN). Last month we learned how the DSN communicates with mission spacecrafts. This month we learn about the research the antennas have been involved in and how the DSN will help the communications with our return to the moon on the Artemis Missions!!
We also have some fun aboriginal mythology to learn!

Join me as we speak with Dr. Joseph Lazio, Project Scientist from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Deep Space Network. Dr. Lazio explains what the Deep Space Network (DSN) his job at the DSN and explain how the DSN antennas are used to track and communicate with NASA spacecrafts and the amazing research the antennas perform. This is the first part of a two part series about the Deep Space Network. It's fascinating!
Links:
Pele Story: Pele: The Fire Goddess by Pua Kanaka 'ole Kanahele and Dietrich Varez
Music: Legend of Pele the Fire Goddess (1964) Ka Lahui o Hawai'i Nei
"All Over the World"-Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
"Sail"- intro and conclusion theme AWOLNATION
The Voyage of the Hokule'a:https://hokulea.com/
DSN Madrid antenna aligned and arrayed: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia26147-six-deep-space-network-antennas-in-madrid-arrayed-for-the-first-time/
DSN Now: https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/dsn-now/