Emily Kwong

I never go.

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This episode was produced by Rachel Carlson and edited by Rebecca Ramirez.

It was fact-checked by Tyler Jones.

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I'm Emily Kwong.

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Hey, ShortRivers, Emily Kwong here, and I don't know about you, but nothing grounds me quite like looking at the moon, this beautiful, powerful companion to Earth.

And for the first time in over 50 years, humans have traveled around the moon.

And back on the Artemis II mission.

And all of this moon joy has got me thinking about everything the moon has been through.

Because she's been through a lot.

Yes.

Regina Barber, my shortwave co-host and astrophysics queen.

Yes.

Also our resident moon connoisseur.