In this episode of the Terranauts podcast we take some time to look at just what it takes to get a spacecraft from the factory floor to the launch pad and we continue our focus on the Gemini program.
Read More »We remember – A special episode of Terranauts with Helene and Chris Hadfield
Last Thursday on 27 January, 2022 NASA marked its Day of Remembrance. A time that is set aside to remember those astronauts who died in the line of duty.
Read More »Terranauts – Good Fast Or Cheap
In this episode of the Terranauts podcast we continue the discussion of the transition from project Gemini to the Apollo program.
Read More »Technological Imperatives – NASA needs a new spacecraft
In this episode of the Terranauts podcast we talk about the technological imperatives that convinced NASA that it needed a new spacecraft before going to the Moon with the Apollo program.
Read More »Enter The Twins – Project Gemini
In this episode of the Terranauts podcast we return to the historical narrative of humanity’s journey off the planet with NASA’s project Gemini.
Read More »Just Call Me Robo – Part 2
In this episode I continue my conversation with three Terranauts who have all worked in Mission Control of the International Space Station as callsign ROBO – responsible for the operation of the International Space Station’s robotic arm.
Read More »Just Call Me Robo – Part 1
In this episode of the Terranauts podcast we continue our series on the evolution of Mission Control. Last time, I talked about my experience walking into Mission Control in the middle of the Space Shuttle program and at the end of the era of the Apollo control centre as it was about to make a transition to the Space Station era.
Read More »A Moment in Time – Terranauts
In this episode of Terranauts we explore the world of NASA’s Mission Control Centre as it was in 1995.
Read More »The First Terranaut – Wernher von Braun (Transcript)
In researching the history of spaceflight for my podcast Terranauts I have come to realize that something fundamental has changed in the 70 or so years since we actually started building machines that could leave our planet.
Read More »The Flag Is A One – Part 2
In part 2 of the The Flag Is A One Terranauts podcast episode we continue the story of a little known moment of high drama in the Canadian space program surrounding the crucial Communications Technology Satellite mission.
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