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NASA's crew for the next moon mission, a rare photo of a star about to go supernova, and more!

Also: Disney Dreamlight Valley and active volcanoes on Venus!

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Swapna Krishna
April 07, 2023

This week's space news

Globular star cluster NGC 2419, thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope.

JWST shows us a rare Wolf-Rayet star, which is a star that's about to go supernova

NASA announced the Artemis II moon mission crew

I also talked about the Artemis II crew assignment (and what the mission will do) over at Science Friday.

Venus has active volcanoes!

SpaceX is about to conduct a Starship orbital flight test

I was on the official Star Trek podcast!

On The Pod Directive, I talked about parenting, Star Trek inspiring my career, and why the franchise means so much to me.

Into the Stratosphere with Swapna Krishna

The journalist joins the latest episode of The Pod Directive

https://www.startrek.com/news/star-trek-pod-directive-swapna-krishna

Let me tell you about my current favorite video game

Disney Dreamlight Valley is a life sim that's perfectly bingeable — or you can play in 15 minute increments. I talked to the devs to understand the incredible balance within the game over at Wired.

I Could Play 'Disney Dreamlight Valley' Until the End of Time

It’s hard to design the perfect, infinitely bingeable game. This is one of them.

https://www.wired.com/story/disney-dreamlight-valley-binge-play/

I think Star Trek: Legacy should exist

Star Trek: Picard showrunner Terry Matalas has made it clear he'd love to do a spin-off. Here's why I think that's a great idea, over at Polygon.

Star Trek: Legacy deserves a chance to exist

It seems like everyone except Paramount Plus is clamoring for this spinoff

https://www.polygon.com/23658535/star-trek-legacy-paramount-plus-picard-season-4-plan

I also am recapping Star Trek: Picard over at Vulture.