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125. SpaceX Crew Demo-2: Returning Human Spaceflight to the U.S.

May 24, 2020 Chuck 00:45:01 0 Comments

SpaceX Crew Demo-2 launching soon, and we’re SO EXCITED! For the first time since 2011, astronauts are set to once again launch from U.S. soil aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon–and we’re SO EXCITED! The SpaceX Crew Demo-2 mission is set to launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 4:33 pm EDT…

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124. TORY BRUNO, CEO of United Launch Alliance discusses Vulcan Centaur

May 17, 2020 Chuck 00:30:25 0 Comments

ULA President & CEO Tory Bruno discusses the new Vulcan Centaur In this episode we welcome Tory Bruno, the president & CEO of United Launch Alliance. Tory joins us by phone to discuss how his interest in model rockets at the age of nine years old let to him pursuing a career in aerospace engineering,…

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117. SunRISE – NASA’s new mission to study giant space weather storms

April 3, 2020 Chuck 0:20:17 0 Comments

Special Guest: Dr. Justin Kasper, SunRISE Principal Investigator NASA has just selected a new mission to study how the Sun generates and releases giant space weather storms into space. The new mission is called SunRISE, which stands for Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment. This mission will ultimately help protect astronauts traveling to the Moon and Mars…

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113. NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly – A Year in Space

March 19, 2020 Chuck 0:15:58 0 Comments

Scott Kelly is a former military fighter pilot and test pilot, an engineer, a retired astronaut, and a retired U.S. Navy captain. A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on three expeditions and was a member of the yearlong mission to the ISS. In October 2015, he set the…

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111. At the Top of NASA with Administrator Jim Bridenstine

March 5, 2020 Chuck 0:18:49 0 Comments

An amazing space journey from a childhood dream of becoming a pilot to leading NASA In this episode, we feature my interview with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, conducted from his office at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. in early November 2019. We discuss his incredible space journey, as well as the current and future missions…

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103. SpaceX JCSAT-18/Kacific1 Mission Update with Kacific CEO Christian Patouraux

January 2, 2020 Chuck 0:14:03 0 Comments

In this episode we welcome Christian Patouraux, the CEO of Kacific, a next-generation broadband satellite operator. SpaceX just launched Kacific1 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on December 16, 2019. Kacific1 is a next-generation geostationary satellite that will stream high-speed, low-cost, ultra-reliable broadband to rural and suburban areas of the Pacific and South East Asia. Kacific1…

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90. Down to Earth SPACEMAN Mike Massimino shares his journey as a NASA astronaut

May 7, 2019 Chuck 0:16:39 0 Comments

Mike Massimino served as a NASA astronaut from 1996 to 2014 and is a veteran of two space flights to the Hubble Space Telescope. He became the first person to tweet from space and played himself in several episodes of the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. A graduate of Columbia University & MIT, Mike…

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88. DR THOMAS ZURBUCHEN: Associate Administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate

April 23, 2019 Chuck 0:22:58 0 Comments

In this interview we go onsite at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. for an in-depth conversation with Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, the Associate Administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD). Thomas is an award-winning astrophysicist, with honors including receiving the National Science and Technology Council Presidential Early Career for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Award in 2004…

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87. SPACEX Falcon Heavy Arabsat-6A – Behind the Scenes

April 16, 2019 Chuck 0:15:46 0 Comments

Go behind the scenes with us as we set up cameras at the launch pad, met some incredible people and witnessed the first commercial launch of SpaceX Falcon Heavy, complete with the incredible landing of the boosters at Cape Canaveral. Featured in this episode are interviews with Everyday Astronaut Tim Dodd, rocket launch photographer Erik…

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Arabsat 6A to launch Wednesday, April 10th

April 9, 2019 Chuck 0 Comments

SpaceX is gearing up for its 2nd Falcon Heavy launch, scheduled for 6:35 pm EDT Wednesday, April 10, 2019. As you may remember the first Falcon Heavy was launched last year on February 6, 2018 with the infamous “Starman” and Elon Musk’s own Tesla. Two of the Falcon Heavy’s boosters landed nearly simultaneously at Cape…

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125. SpaceX Crew Demo-2: Returning Human Spaceflight to the U.S.

124. TORY BRUNO, CEO of United Launch Alliance discusses Vulcan Centaur

117. SunRISE – NASA’s new mission to study giant space weather storms

113. NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly – A Year in Space

111. At the Top of NASA with Administrator Jim Bridenstine

103. SpaceX JCSAT-18/Kacific1 Mission Update with Kacific CEO Christian Patouraux

90. Down to Earth SPACEMAN Mike Massimino shares his journey as a NASA astronaut

88. DR THOMAS ZURBUCHEN: Associate Administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate

87. SPACEX Falcon Heavy Arabsat-6A – Behind the Scenes

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Arabsat 6A to launch Wednesday, April 10th

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