In the inaugural episode of Curious Cosmos, join Derrick for a conversation with real-life astronaut Christopher Ferguson!

Listen and discover what it's like to be a Top Gun pilot, the experience of looking down at Earth from orbit, and what the future of human spaceflight might look like.

Links for this episode:

• Learn more about Christopher Ferguson
• Curios about what it looked like when Chris saw a hurricane while in orbit? Check out this footage of Hurricane Florence, captured by NASA from ISS
• Learn more about NASA's Perseverance Mission on Mars
• Check out the movie Chris and Derrick discussed, The Martian
• View a picture of Derrick with the Steel Star that's traveled to space multiple times!