Mission Control, Starliner and Space Factories

How do you control a spacecraft on the way to the Moon? NASA flight director, Fiona Antkowiak, shares plans for the Artemis II mission and reveals the secrets of Mission Control. We also hear what goes on in the Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER) from MER lead Trey Perryman; Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham discuss the 'type A mishap' that befell the Starliner mission, and Sue talks to UK companies Space Forge and Bio Orbit about the future of factories in space. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Mission Control, Starliner and Space Factories is an episode from Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists by Dr Chris Smith.

This episode is 01:01:44 long.

This episode was published on Feb 26, 2026.

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