Space and Things

On September 24th OSIRIS-REx will return samples from the Near Earth Asteroid called Bennu, so today we talk to the person who named the asteroid and find out more about why it’s an important mission.That 70’s Show: Skylab:https://www.rocketcenter.com/skylab50 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsLarry Puzio:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larry-puzio-471053138/Michael Puzo:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-puzio/ OSIRIS-REx:https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex Planetary Society:https://www.planetary.org/ Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week.Image Credits: NASASpace and Things:X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com

This week we’re joined by game designer Fritz Bronner to discuss the new edition of his 1989 board game Liftoff. That’s right Liftoff 2.0 should be coming out next year and you can be a part of it.100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsLiftoff 2.0: https://liftoff2.com/X: https://twitter.com/fritzcav Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/racetothemoonliftoff Fritz Bronner:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fritz-bronner-b695082b/ Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week.Image Credits: Fritz BronnerSpace and Things:X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com

Following the death of Marilyn Lovell at the age of 93 last week, we wanted to talk about what it must have been like to be the wife of an astronaut in the Apollo era, so we asked Jessica Carr, daughter of Jerry and Joann Carr, and Bruce McCandless III, son of Bruce and Bernice McCandless to talk about their mothers experiences and to ask what it was like living in Houston in an astro house in the 1960s.100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBruce McCandless III: https://brucemccandless.com/X: https://twitter.com/BanLohannon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-mccandless-iii-3b205726/ Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp158-the-real-astronaut-wives-with-jessica-carr-and-bruce-mccandless-iiiShow notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week.Image Credits: Space and Things PodcastSpace and Things:X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com

It’s our third birthday! 3 years of weekly podcasts, so we wanted to do something special. Today’s guest also celebrated their birthday this week, so it seems appropriate that we’re joined by Chris Sembroski from the Inspiration4 crew. A mission which took place nearly 2 years ago and is among the highlights of things that have happened in space flight since we started this podcast. Chris Sembroski:https://chrissembroski.com/X: https://twitter.com/ChrisSembroskiLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-sembroski/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrosembro/Inspiration4:https://inspiration4.com/Launch:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pv01sSq44wSt. Jude Children’s Research Hospital:https://inspiration4.com/donatePolaris Dawn:https://polarisprogram.com/dawn/Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp157-an-interview-with-chris-sembroski-inspiration4 Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week.Image Credits: Inspiration4Space and Things:X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com

This week we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Skylab 3 by talking to the only surviving member of that crew - Jack Lousma.Skylab 3 lifted off on July 28th 1973 and the mission lasted 59 days, 11 hours and 9 minutes which was an endurance record at the time. The commander was Alan Bean, science pilot was Owen Garriott and the pilot was Jack Lousma. Lousma was one of 19 astronauts selected in NASA astronaut group 5 in April 1966, perhaps most famous for being the astronaut who was CAPCOM during Apollo 13 at the moment the explosion happened on board the spacecraft. He was the person who responded to the “Houston we’ve had a problem” message. As well as this Skylab mission, he commanded the Space Shuttle on it’s 3rd mission before retiring from NASA in October 1983 having clocked a total of 67 days and 11 hours in space.Try and meet Jack at Kennedy Space Center: https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/launches-and-events/events-calendar?pageindex=1 Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp156-an-interview-with-jack-lousma-celebrating-the-50th-anniversary-of-skylab-3 Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week.Image Credits: NASASpace and Things:X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com

This week we talk to Frank White, the space philosopher who first coined the term the ‘overview effect’ which describes the experience astronauts get when they see Earth from space.Frank is the author of a number of incredible books but his best known work is called “The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution” - the fourth edition was publishing in 2019 and features interviews with 31 astronauts.Frank White:https://frankwhiteauthor.com/X: https://twitter.com/fwhite66Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fwhite161/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-white-61875812/Overview Movie:https://vimeo.com/55073825 Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp155-space-philosophy-the-overview-effect-and-mass-migration-off-of-planet-earth-with-frank-white Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week.Image Credits: Space and Things PodcastSpace and Things:X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com

It’s been over a year since we spoke to the people at ThinkOrbital so we wanted to have a catch up and find out what’s been going on. Of course, they’ve had a very busy year. This time we speak to CEO Sebastian Asprella and President Lee Rosen.Seven US Companies Collaborate with NASA to Advance Space Capabilities:https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/seven-us-companies-collaborate-with-nasa-to-advance-space-capabilities Think Orbital: Info and Store: https://thinkorbital.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thinkorbital/X: https://twitter.com/ThinkOrbitalYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpcrdC9t__3CaWbgHC9yYqwInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/think.orbital/ Sebastian Asprella:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-asprella/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sebastian_asprella/X: https://twitter.com/sebaasprella/ Lee Rosen:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leewrosen/ Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp154-how-to-build-huge-structures-in-space-with-thinkorbital-ceo-sebastian-asprella-and-president-lee-rosenShow notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week.Image Credits: ThinkOrbitalSpace and Things:X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com

Snoopy has long been a mascot for NASA and we wanted to get to the bottom of it. Fortunately, the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California has just opened a new exhibit called Snoopy in Orbit and we talk to its curator Benjamin L. Clark to find out more.Benjamin L. Clark:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-l-clark-6b071020/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BLClark‘Snoopy in Orbit’: https://schulzmuseum.org/snoopy-in-orbit/The Schulz Museum: https://schulzmuseum.org/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schulzmuseumInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/schulzmuseumTwitter: https://twitter.com/SchulzMuseumLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/schulzmuseum/ All Systems Are Go - Kennedy Space Center: https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/explore-attractions/heroes-and-legends/all-systems-are-goFull show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp153-snoopy-in-orbit-with-benjamin-l-clark-curator-of-the-schulz-museumShow notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week.Image Credits: The Schulz MuseumSpace and Things:Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com

This week to talk to Ed Rafacz, creator of the Spacecraft Guide. He’s trying to make sure that we can learn the function of any component of any spacecraft with just one click. A really fantastic thing which we hope you’ll take a look at.Ed Rafacz:The Spacecraft Guide: https://spacecraftguide.com/ Spacecraft Interactive Virtual Museum: https://www.patreon.com/SIVRMuseum Twitter: https://twitter.com/shuttleguide Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@spacecraftguide7189 Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp152-how-to-use-a-spacecraft-with-ed-rafacz-creator-of-the-spacecraft-guideShow notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week.Image Credits: The Spacecraft GuideSpace and Things:Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com