Lisa Carnell portrait

Lisa Carnell

Director of Biological and Physical Sciences Division at NASA

Latest Planetary Radio Appearances

Artemis II launches to the Moon

Four astronauts are on their way around the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. This week on Planetary Radio we bring you the sounds of launch day and the voices of the people who made it happen.

Artemis II’s AVATAR and a sungrazing comet

Lisa Carnell, Director of NASA's Biological and Physical Sciences Division, explains AVATAR, the experiment flying organ chips grown from astronaut cells on Artemis II. Then, asteroid hunter Alain Maury tells the story of discovering a sungrazing comet that could become one of the most spectacular in decades.