Flora Lichtman
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5,343 appearances
86 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 4d ago
Flora Lichtman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 86 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 18.
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Science Friday · Hold the lettuce: Updates on the 'explosive' cyclospora outbreak · 17 Jul 2026
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Thanks for listening.
I'm Flora Lichtman.
Hi, I'm Flora, and you're listening to Science Friday.
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Big news.
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New space telescope is dropping.
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The Nancy Grace Roman Scope is scheduled to launch at the end of August.
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Amazingly, for a space mission ahead of schedule.
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The telescope will rest about a million miles from Earth at Lagrange Point 2, where the sun and Earth's gravity balance out.
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Here to give me the lowdown on what the telescope is, what scientists hope to do with it, and the backstory of the mission is Jackie Townsend.
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She's project manager for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission.
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Hey, Jackie.
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Hi, Flora.
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Thanks for having me.
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Thank you for being here.
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How excited are you right now?
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And then it has a whole lifetime ahead of it.
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Exactly.
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I mean, introduce us to this telescope.
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How does the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope fit in with the family tree of space telescopes we know and love like Hubble and JWST?
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If I opened the telescope catalog, what are the special features on this scope that would make an astronomer want to add it to their cart?
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