Get out of this world this week with The Children’s Hour! We’re going to The Moon with Commander Reid Wiseman from NASA’s Artemis 2 mission. The Bad Astronomer, Dr. Phil Plait teaches us how the moon was formed, and we learn what happens to the lunar rocks back on Earth from Dr. Chip Sharer. Comes with a learning guide – and mixed with great music.

Coming up on The Children’s Hour, we’re going to the moon. Our guests include The Bad Astronomer, Dr. Phil Plait who explains how the moon was formed in a conversation with Kids Crewmember, Thaniel and Katie.

Then we meet the Commander of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, astronaut Reid Wiseman. He tells us about the mission, and what it’s like to live in space after living on the International Space Station.

Dr. Chip Shearer is a planetary geologist who studies the rock and soil samples brought back from the moon at the University of New Mexico’s Institute of Meteoritics. He explains what they learn from studying the moon’s geology.

We also learn about blue moons from Dr. Crawford MacCallum, who was an astrophysicist, actor, poet and friend of The Children’s Hour. How rare is a blue moon, actually? 

Today’s show was written and produced by Katie Stone, with production help from Christina Stella, Sarah Gabrielli, McKenzie Graunke, and Thaniel Lentz. Chad Scheer recorded us at Outpost, and Amber Shiel writes our learning guides.  

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