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Podcast: Astronomy Daily: Space News Updates
Episode: S03E33: Farewell CloudSat & The Tale of Earth's Quasi-Moon
Description: Embark on a celestial voyage with host Anna in today's episode of Astronomy Daily - The Podcast, where we bid a fond adieu to NASA's CloudSat mission after nearly two decades of revolutionizing our understanding of Earth's atmosphere. As we marvel at the legacy of this Earth-observing pioneer, we then set our sights on the mysterious quasi-moon Kamoʻoalewa, unearthing its lunar origins and what it reveals about the moon's violent past.The episode continues with a salute to China's Shenzhou 18, marking over twenty years of the nation's human spaceflight endeavors, and the ongoing expansion of its celestial ambitions w...