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Lunar Lander Wanted! Apply Within – Artemis III Contract Opening Up? – YouTube
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On Episode 183 of This Week In Space<\/a>, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Mike Wall to discuss NASA’s pursuit to beat the Chinese to a human landing on the moon.<\/p>\n

Lander, lander, who’s got the lander? Last week, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced that the agency would be re-opening the contract for the Artemis III lunar lander, which had previously been let to SpaceX to be fulfilled by their Starship Human Landing System. Unfortunately, that effort is well behind schedule, and the Trump administration has made landing astronauts on the moon, before China does, a national priority.<\/p>\n

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With multiple refuelings and landing tests required, there is concern that SpaceX may not be able to fulfill their commitment before China’s announced landing date of 2030. Elon Musk responded to the announcement with characteristic tack, with phrasing like “Sean Dummy” and him having a two-digit IQ.<\/p>\n

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Space news of the weekModel Falcon 9!<\/p>\n

Finally, did you know you can launch your own SpaceX rocket? Model rocket maker Estes’ stunning scale model of a Falcon 9 rocket<\/a> that you can pick up now. The launchable model is a detailed recreation of the Falcon 9 and retails for $149.99. You can save 10% by using the code IN-COLLECTSPACE at checkout<\/a>, courtesy of our partners collectSPACE.com.<\/p>\n

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This Week in Space<\/a> covers the new space age. Every Friday we take a deep dive into a fascinating topic. What’s happening with the new race to the moon and other planets? When will SpaceX really send people to Mars?<\/p>\n

Join Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik from Space.com<\/a> as they tackle those questions and more each week on Friday afternoons. You can subscribe today on your favorite podcatcher.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/a>Space author and historian<\/p>\n

Rod Pyle<\/a> is an author, journalist, television producer and Editor-in-Chief of Ad Astra magazine<\/a>. He has written 18 books<\/a> on space history, exploration, and development, including Space 2.0, Innovation the NASA Way, Interplanetary Robots, Blueprint for a Battlestar, Amazing Stories of the Space Age, First On the Moon, and Destination Mars<\/p>\n

In a previous life, Rod produced numerous documentaries and short films for The History Channel, Discovery Communications, and Disney. He also worked in visual effects on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the Battlestar Galactica reboot, as well as various sci-fi TV pilots. His most recent TV credit was with the NatGeo documentary on Tom Wolfe’s iconic book The Right Stuff.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Space.com Editor-in-Chief<\/p>\n

Responsible for Space.com’s editorial vision, Tariq Malik has been the Editor-in-Chief of Space.com since 2019 and has covered space news and science for 18 years. He joined the Space.com team in 2001, first as an intern and soon after as a full-time spaceflight reporter covering human spaceflight, exploration, astronomy and the night sky. He became Space.com’s managing editor in 2009. As on-air talent has presented space stories on CNN, Fox News, NPR and others.<\/p>\n

Tariq is an Eagle Scout (yes, he earned the Space Exploration merit badge), a Space Camp veteran (4 times as a kid, once as an adult), and has taken the ultimate “vomit comet” ride while reporting on zero-gravity fires. Before joining Space.com, he served as a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times covering city and education beats. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University.<\/p>\n