Apollo 11 and the Woman Who Helped Get It Home

Published: July 17, 2019, 3 p.m.

b'Poppy Northcutt was a pioneer\\u2014the first woman to work as an engineer in Apollo Mission Control. The program she helped to create got the astronauts back to Earth.\\xa0 Fifty years later, she sits down with Mat Kaplan for a look back. They are joined by JPL planetary scientist Rosaly Lopes who was inspired to become a STEM professional by Poppy.\\xa0 You\\u2019ll also hear Apollo moonwalkers Buzz Aldrin and Charlie Duke at a 50th anniversary celebration, along with Casey Dreier\\u2019s introduction to The Planetary Society\\u2019s comprehensive Apollo at 50 resource. And we\\u2019ll get a LightSail 2 update from Bruce Betts. Learn more about all of this week\\u2019s topics at:\\xa0 http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2019/0717-2019-poppy-northcutt-apollo.html\\xa0Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'