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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

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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/fwhite66

Instagram: 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

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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/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/

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-rosen

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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/schulzmuseum

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchulzMuseum

LinkedIn: 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-go

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp153-snoopy-in-orbit-with-benjamin-l-clark-curator-of-the-schulz-museum

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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-guide

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The Gemini program was such a success that a number of alternative missions were proposed for the space craft. Today we’re guided through some of these by Michael Mackowski who is a bit of a Gemini expert having previously worked for the designer and builder of the Gemini spacecraft, McDonnell Douglas. We last spoke to Mike on episode 76 when we found out about his model spacecraft. Having created models for many of the lost Gemini missions, Mike is the perfect person to talk to about these.

Mike Mackowski:

The Lost Gemini Missions: https://lostgeminimissions.wordpress.com/lunar-gemini/ 

Books, reference material, merchandise, photos etc;

https://www.spaceinminiature.com/

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mjmackowski 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/spacecitymike 

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

Mike’s Space Advocacy Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventures-Space-Advocacy-Personal-Activism-ebook/dp/B00WDMVWDW 

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp151-the-lost-gemini-missions-with-michael-mackowski

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Episode 150! And to honour this milestone we’re interviewing Rick Armstrong, the eldest son of Neil Armstrong, to discuss his latest solo album Chromosphere which was released last month. Rick has been making a name for himself as a musician for a number of years but only started releasing his electronic music in 2020.

Rick Armstrong:

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/RickArmstrongMusic

Bandcamp: 

https://rickarmstrong.bandcamp.com/album/chromosphere 

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/@rickarmstrongmusic4255 

Linkedin: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-armstrong-5353164/ 

Edison’s Children:

http://www.edisonschildren.com/

Artemis One:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NpczXpx56M

The Vast Unknown:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E88kl6isJO4 

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp150-chromosphere-music-inspired-by-space-with-rick-armstrong

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Image Credits: Miguel Fuentes

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If you’re a space flight enthusiast then The Cosmosphere is one of the greatest places in the world to visit. We’ve mentioned it a few times on our podcast now, so we thought we’d dedicate a whole show to it and to do this we asked our friend John Mulnix to come and talk to us. John volunteers for the Cosmosphere and is one of the most delightful people you’ll ever meet. He also has a great podcast called The Space Shot and hosts the Cosmosphere podcast too. He also has his own jewellery business in which he sells handmade space themed jewellery. Check it out.

The Cosmosphere:

https://cosmo.org/

Online Resources: https://launchnext.org/ 

John Mulnix:

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnmulnix

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

The Space Shot Podcast: 

https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/

Starlight And Gleam:

https://www.starlightandgleam.com/

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp149-the-cosmosphere-whats-all-the-fuss-about-with-john-mulnix

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In this week’s episode we speak to JL Pickering and John Bisney about their latest book: “ Photographing America’s First Astronauts: Project Mercury Through the Lens of Bill Taub.” It features over 600 photos and is the most complete photographic account of Project Mercury ever published. What makes it different from other Mercury books is that these photos are from the collection of NASA’s first staff photographer. JL and John have published 6 photo books in total now after becoming known for their online archive: Retro Space Images.

Retro Space Images: https://retrospaceimages.com/

Get the Books: https://retrospaceimages.com/books

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

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

JL Pickering:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-l-pickering-b9760632/

John Bisney:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-bisney-8907938/ 

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp148-photographing-americas-first-astronauts-with-jl-pickering-and-john-bisney

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Image Credits: Purdue University Press

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This week we have a good old catch up of what we’ve been doing for the last month. Plenty of space news to talk about as well as Dave’s trip to Kennedy Space Center.

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/rl9x7m2ah7t5c27t6hhkxqpobc4b6n

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