8 Oct 2019

Moon mission 2024. Yes it's rocket science

From Nine To Noon, 10:10 am on 8 October 2019
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is developing a Space Launch System.

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is developing a Space Launch System. Photo: NASA

NASA Senior Engineer Tim Atkins talks to Kathryn Ryan about the future of deep space exploration and the progress made to date by the space agency in putting humans back on the moon by 2024.

He's in Alabama's "Rocket City", home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center which is developing a Space Launch System poised to be the most powerful rocket in history.

Tim Atkins manages avionics requirements, testing, and analyses for key components of the Artemis Programs, at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center: the Space Launch System and Human Lander. He is also the University of Canterbury Erskine Fellow  2019.