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Space podcast covers Artemis II data dump as 'The Lunar Dump'

Rod Pyle, Tariq Malik, and Chelsea Gohd discussed the Artemis II data dump on the latest episode of This Week In Space; the podcast's episode title is admittedly unfortunate.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on The Weekend Shift
Published 10:43 AM ET, Saturday, October 17, 2026

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Watch it as it aired: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on this story, from The Weekend Shift at 10:43 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Space.com's, the jokes are ours.

Photo: Artemis II — Photo: NASA HQ PHOTO · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

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First reported by Space.com: “This Week In Space podcast: Episode 232 — The Lunar Dump”.
Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 10:43 AM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.

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Space.comThis Week In Space podcast: Episode 232 — The Lunar Dump

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Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentEpisode two thirty-two of This Week In Space covers the large data dump from the Artemis II mission, with hosts Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik and guest Chelsea Gohd.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's called The Lunar Dump. A whole mission, years of work, and the headline sounds like a toddler's report from the bathroom.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA data dump is when a mission sends a large batch of its measurements back to Earth so scientists can study them.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt is routine vocabulary.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRoutine, sure. But nobody titled a podcast like that on purpose without knowing exactly what the thumbnail would do.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentRegularly.

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