DEANA L. WEIBEL, PH.D., GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
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From splashdown to countdown

4/12/2026

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First, splashdown: Last Friday the Artemis II astronauts splashed down safely in the Pacific. From launch to "extraction" there have been so many amazing human moments in the now legendary journey of Koch, Glover, Wiseman and Hansen (going in order of total time spent in space and Christina Koch has far more than her crewmates, having done 328 days on the International Space Station). 
I'm going through crew recordings, interviews, space-to-ground, and space-to-space communications as a type of fieldwork (a combination of archival work and digital ethnography). I'm currently working on an article about what it means that this 21st century "moon shot" was carried out primarily by astronauts with extensive experience in space (not the days or weeks of the Apollo astronauts but literally months and months) and how the existing culture of the ISS is transmitted to Artemis missions. The Apollo astronauts never had a space station to train on. And now I'll stop myself, because this is just a note, not an article. 
Now, countdown: Today (April 12th) marks one month until The Ultraview Effect is released on May 12th! So the countdown has begun. And I have news! I just heard last week from UC Press that they have licensed the audio version of my book to Tantor Media. I am very excited about this because I know plenty of people who find it hard to sit down with a book but love to listen to an audiobook as they do other things (including me!). 
Finally, the pace of these emails is likely to slow down - the Artemis II mission gave me a lot to talk about. Thanks and feel free to reach out!
Best,
Deana
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  • Deana L. Weibel, Ph.D.
  • Publications
  • Presentations
  • Religion and Space
  • The Ultraview Effect
  • Roger That! Celebration
  • In the Media
  • CV
  • Gallery
  • Speaking Engagements
  • The Ultraview Effect: The Book
  • Dispatches