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On 24th May 1962 Scott Carpenter climbed into Aurora 7, his Mercury spacecraft and launched on top of an Atlas rocket. The 6th person to go to space, but was he the right man for the job? Questions about this mission followed Carpenter his whole life so 60 years after the launch, we take a look at what really happened.

Special thanks to Francis French for his help: https://www.francisfrench.com/

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp96-aurora-7-scott-carpenter-did-the-man-malfunction-60th-anniversary

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Image Credits: NASA

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This week we’re joined by former Deputy Administrator of NASA Lori Garver as she releases her new book: “Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age”

Lori Garver:

https://www.lorigarver.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lori_Garver

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-garver-64695362/

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp95-transforming-nasa-and-launching-a-new-space-age-with-former-nasa-deputy-administrator-lori-garver

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Image Credits: NASA

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This week we set sail on a mission to find out more about solar sailing. And we’re joined by Amber Dubill and Dr. Grover Swartzlander to find out more as their work has just been awarded a phase 3 grant as part of the Nasa Innovative Advanced Concepts project.

Amber Dubill:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amber-dubill/

Dr. Grover Swartzlander:

https://twitter.com/GroverSwartzlan 

NASA-Supported Solar Sail Could Take Science to New Heights:

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-supported-solar-sail-could-take-science-to-new-heights 

NIAC:

https://youtu.be/lc9KlJFX8Us

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp94-all-you-need-to-know-about-solar-sails-with-amber-dubill-and-dr-grover-swartzlander

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Image Credits: MacKenzi Martin

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This week Dave is on holiday, so there’s no spaceflight news, but instead we have a look at what we think is the unsung hero of crewed spaceflight, Project Gemini.

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/gemini_gallery/ 

Image Credits: NASA

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Emily Carney

A veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.

In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.

Blog: https://space.nss.org/category/this-space-available/

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/EmilyLCarney

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Dave Giles

Giles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he’s been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon’.

In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.

Full info: https://www.davejgiles.com

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davejgiles

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davejgilesmusic

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davejgiles

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This week we’re joined by one of the stars of AppleTV’s ‘For All Mankind’ - the one and only Krys Marshall who plays Danielle Poole. Season 3 premieres on June 10th, so this is a perfect time for a look back at seasons 1 and 2, plus a little preview into season 3, but don’t worry, there are no season 3 spoilers.

Krys Marshall:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KrysMarshall 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/KrysMarshall/ 

Season 3 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4EOW9oqZ4k 

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp92-for-all-mankind-season-3-preview-with-krys-marshall

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Image Credits: AppleTV

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This week we’re joined by Laura Forzcyk to discuss her new book: Becoming Off-Worldly: Learning From Astronauts To Prepare For Your Spaceflight Journey.

Becoming Off-Worldly:

https://www.astralytical.com/becoming-offworldly 

Laura Forzcyk:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LauraForczyk 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraforczyk/

Becoming Off-Worldly Together: 

https://becomingoffworldly.com/ 

Astralytical:

https://www.astralytical.com/ 

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp91-becoming-off-worldly-with-laura-forczyk

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Image Credits: Laura Forczyk

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This week we talk to the team behind the brand new audio drama podcast called “Solar” which stars Stephanie Beatriz, Alan Cumming, Helen Hunt and Jonathan Bangs. 

Solar: 

https://www.solarthepodcast.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SolarthePodcast

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SolarthePodcast/

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Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp90-introducing-solar-a-brand-new-audio-drama-with-chris-porter-and-jenny-curtis

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Image Credits: Curtco Media

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Breaking news this week - Plants grown in Lunar soil.

Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-lisa-paul-a9509ba5/

University of Florida Space Plants Lab:

https://hos.ifas.ufl.edu/spaceplantslab/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/UF_Space_Plants

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp89-breaking-news-plants-grown-in-lunar-soil-for-the-first-time-with-dr-anna-lisa-paul

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Image Credits: The University Of Florida

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This week we’re talking to the CEO and VP of Technical Development for ThinkOrbital, a start up company which is trying to revolutionise the commercial station market. 

Think Orbital:

https://thinkorbital.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thinkorbital/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThinkOrbital

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpcrdC9t__3CaWbgHC9yYqw

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/think.orbital/ 

Sebastian Asprella:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-asprella/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sebastian_asprella/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sebaasprella/ 

Jim MacConnell:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmacconnell/

Image Credits: Think Orbital

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This week we’re joined by retired NASA astronaut Susan Kilrain to discuss a new book she’s currently writing called “After The Trailerblazers” for women in traditionally male-dominated fields. It mainly covers how even though the first woman has broken the glass ceiling, the shards of glass still remain to hinder the women who follow.

Susan Kilrain:

https://www.susankilrain.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Astro_Susan

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp87-after-the-trailblazers-with-susan-kilrain

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