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Good day, everyone. And welcome to the Astronomy Daily Podcast
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for Wednesday, the July 12th, 2023. My name is Hae and I will
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not be your host for today. And as usual, I have my favorite
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human in the studio with me. We are trying a little experiment
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as we both have free time today and to try and keep the
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interesting astronomy news flowing for our listeners. So
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over to you, Tim, how many days is the podcast.
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With your host, Paul Gibbs? Thanks for a great introduction
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there, Hay. And as Sally has already said, we're gonna try a
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little experiment today, what I call a One story Wednesday, One
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story from Hay and One story from myself. So hopefully you
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will enjoy and as usual, you can leave feedback on our Facebook
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page over to you Hay for your story.
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That's a great idea. Tim, here is my story for today, Artemis
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Four and Artemis five moon missions will include European
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astronauts. I do everything to make sure that our commitment
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will be met.
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European Space Agency chief Joseph Asher says we now know
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when Europeans will land on the moon alongside NASA astronauts,
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both the Artemis Four and Artemis five moon landing
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missions which are slated to launch in 2028 and 2029
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respectively.
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Will feature One European Space Agency astronaut ESA Director
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Joseph Asher said another ESA astronaut is guaranteed to fly
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on a future Artemi Moon mission, but which One is not decided
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yet? I'm very happy and very proud that NASA is relying on
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Europe as a partner in providing critical elements for Artemi
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missions.
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Ash Baer said he was speaking on July 1st hours after the launch
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of Euclid and ESA led Dark Universe mission that also has
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NASA participation and said the agencies seek to have a good
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dialogue about expectations for all missions. I do everything to
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make sure that our commitment will be met.
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Ash Boxer added was an early signatory to the NASA led
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Artemis Accords which aimed to set a path for moon exploration
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and to establish international peaceful norms for space
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exploration. The addition of India and Ecuador last month
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brings the number of Artemis Accord signatories to 27.
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Europe is also contributing the service module which supplies
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electricity and other resources for NASA's Orion spacecraft
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which will carry Artemis astronauts to the moon. And ESA
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is supplying in partnership with Japan, a habitat module and a
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refueling module for NASA's moon orbiting Gateway space station.
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A key piece of Artemis infrastructure. Officials
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previously said that in exchange, the agency will
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receive three flight opportunities for European
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astronauts to launch on Artemis missions but did not name those
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flights.
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ESA also continues to send astronauts to the International
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Space Station including Denmark 's Andreas Mogensen who is set
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to launch on SpaceX's crew seven mission on August 15 European
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astronauts slated to launch on shorter ISS missions are also in
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training with the private company Axium Space which uses
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SpaceX hardware for space missions.
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Marcus want from Sweden will be the first of the group on AX
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three set to launch in late 2023. Artemis missions are
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already underway in November 2022.
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NASA launched Artemis One an UNCW round the moon trip that
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sent several mannequins and science experiments on a test of
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Orion and the space launch system rocket. The first crude
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mission of the program, Artemis two is expected to launch in
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November 2024 to go around the moon and back its quartet of
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astronauts named in April 2023 will be the first people to head
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toward the moon in more than 50 years.
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Canadian Jeremy Hansen will fly with three NASA astronauts in
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exchange for Canada arm three slated to launch to Gateway
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later in the decade.
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Thanks for that great story. He now don't forget you can find
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all of our episodes at space nuts dot io and bites dot com
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and you can also get regularly Steve on Monday and myself on
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Friday. Now, down to my story for today, India and the UK to
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connect their space clusters.
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UK Science Minister has said India and the UK are also
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discussing how they can better harness low Earth observation
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orbits and the regulation of satellite communications. He
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said ramping up their cooperation in the area of
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space, India and the UK will connect their space clusters
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starting with Leicester Space Park.
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You came in UK S Minister for Science Research And Innovation,
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George Freeman has said, he also said that India and the UK are
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also discussing how they can better harness low Earth
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observation orbits and the regulation of satellite
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communications. According to Freeman, both countries are also
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keen to work together in the field of nuclear energy and
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looking forward to collaborating on nuclear fission and nuclear
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fusion.
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We are looking to connect the UK Space cluster parks with Indian
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Space Parks, starting with Leicester so that we can grow
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the space economy and nurture the skills for the new
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generation of young Indian scientists working in the UK and
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innovators in a commercial space economy from was in Mumbai last
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week to attend the meeting of G 20 science Ministers.
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He also met his Indian counterpart Dura Singh. He said
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the UK is investing in its space clusters that are spread around
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the country. Freeman added the UK is committed to not trying to
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grow a vertical integrated sovereign closed space economy
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but an open commercial global economy.
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The UK has passed the Space Act the first nation in Europe to
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launch and set the regulatory framework for space. He said in
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the next few months this summer, we are looking at how quickly to
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develop these ideas.
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So when Prime Minister Rishi Soak comes to India later this
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year, he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Modi will have a
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very rich package of measures to announce. So talks are going on
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this summer. Freeman said he said India and the UK are also
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looking at areas where the two countries have strategic
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interests and very strong synergy in the area of future
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telecoms, satellite communications A I and five G.
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We see India as the world's largest democracy and rapidly
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becoming the biggest and influential economy. India's
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adoption of technologies and the regulation of those technologies
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would be absolutely key for global security. So we have
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agreed to work on those very important technologies to
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develop both techno technological cooperation and
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also regulatory cooperation.
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The UK Minister said India's innovation economy, the scale of
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growth and the digital technologies mean the UK and
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India have a very, very exciting few years ahead. Freeman added
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that's my story for today and I do hope you enjoyed the show.
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Bye for now. See you next time.
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Bye thanks Tim TT FN for the Astronomy Daily Podcast.