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SpaceX Crew-3 Pilot Dr. Thomas Marshburn

SpaceX Crew 3: The Pilot’s Perspective – Interview with astronaut Dr. Thomas Marshburn

October 25, 2021 Chuck 00:12:38 0 Comments

Interview with SpaceX Crew-3 pilot Tom Marshburn The Crew-3 mission launched November 2021 Dr. Thomas Marshburn is the pilot of the Crew Dragon spacecraft and second in command for the SpaceX Crew-3 mission. He is responsible for spacecraft systems and performance. Once aboard the International Space Station (ISS), he will serve as an Expedition 66…

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Is there life on Europa? David W Brown, THE MISSION

August 11, 2021 Chuck 00:21:09 0 Comments

A space journey to an alien ocean Is there alien life on Europa? We may find out sooner than you think. And it just might be at the bottom of an alien ocean on an icy moon of Jupiter. In this episode we going to explore Europa, the ice moon of Jupiter and the mission…

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SpaceX Crew-2: ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet

April 17, 2021 Chuck 00:16:41 0 Comments

SpaceX Crew-2 – ESA call for astronauts – Parastronaut Feasibility Project Welcome to Episode 1 of Season 4! In this episode we discuss NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission, the upcoming second rotational flight to the ISS which is currently scheduled to launch in late April 2021. We feature an interview with ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, and…

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149. Planetary Scientist Alan Stern talks Virgin Galactic, New Horizons & Pluto

November 24, 2020 Chuck 00:21:08 0 Comments

Planetary scientist Dr. Alan Stern has been chosen to be the first to conduct NASA-funded science experiments while flying aboard a commercial spacecraft. In this interview Dr. Stern discusses the experiments he will perform aboard Virgin Galactic’s “SpaceShipTwo” on a suborbital mission from the Spaceport America launch site in New Mexico. He also discusses software…

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148. OSIRIS-REx Asteroid “Smash & Grab” – Mission Update

November 17, 2020 Chuck 00:20:04 0 Comments

Interview with OSIRIS-REx Project Scientist Dr. Jason P. Dworkin On October 20th, 2020, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft made history as it collected samples from asteroid Bennu, which are expected to return to Earth in 2023. For this episode I’m pleased to introduce Dr. Jason Dworkin, the project scientist for OSIRIS-REx, for an update and more details…

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Water Discovered on Sunlit Surface of the Moon

147. Water Discovered on the Sunlit Surface of the Moon – Lunar Geologist Sarah Noble

October 29, 2020 Chuck 00:13:37 0 Comments

Water on the Moon – Sunny side up! NASA’s aircraft SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) has confirmed for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. Previously NASA had discovered evidence for water in shadows of craters, but this new discovery has incredible implications for possible use of this water as…

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144. SpaceX Crew-1: Interview with Commander Mike Hopkins

October 6, 2020 Chuck 00:24:13 0 Comments

In this interview, recorded via phone on September 29, 2020, I speak with Commander Mike Hopkins about this mission, his training and the challenges (and thrills) of commanding the SpaceX Crew-1 mission, currently scheduled to launch in mid-November 2020. BONUS: Mini-Interview with Felix Schlang of What About It!? Felix joins me briefly to share how…

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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 00:20:17 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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SpaceX Crew 3: The Pilot’s Perspective – Interview with astronaut Dr. Thomas Marshburn

Is there life on Europa? David W Brown, THE MISSION

SpaceX Crew-2: ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet

149. Planetary Scientist Alan Stern talks Virgin Galactic, New Horizons & Pluto

148. OSIRIS-REx Asteroid “Smash & Grab” – Mission Update

147. Water Discovered on the Sunlit Surface of the Moon – Lunar Geologist Sarah Noble

144. SpaceX Crew-1: Interview with Commander Mike Hopkins

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

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