How It Happened

The Next Astronauts Part V: The Launch


Listen Later

Axios space reporter Miriam Kramer follows the Inspiration4 crew to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. to cover their launch and catches up with each of them after their return.

  • Kramer takes listeners to the press center at the Kennedy Space Center and inside of a pre-launch press conference with the four civilian astronauts the day before launch.
  • Kramer reports on the launch from on the ground and analyzes the livestream hosted by SpaceX, including the abrupt termination of real-time access to the crew once they reached orbit.
  • She tracks the crew during their three days in orbit, their high-risk descent back through the Earth's atmosphere, and what the safety and success of the mission means for the entire industry going forward.

  • Credits: The Next Astronauts is reported and produced by Miriam Kramer, Amy Pedulla, Naomi Shavin, and Alice Wilder. Dan Bobkoff is Executive Producer. Mixing, sound design, and music supervision by Alex Sugiura. Theme music and original score by Michael Hanf. Fact-checking and research by Jacob Knutson. Alison Snyder is a managing editor at Axios and Sara Kehaulani Goo is executive editor. Special thanks to Axios co-founders Mike Allen, Jim VandeHei and Roy Schwartz.

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store

    How It HappenedBy Axios

    • 4.7
    • 4.7
    • 4.7
    • 4.7
    • 4.7

    4.7

    4,364 ratings


    More shows like How It Happened

    View all
    Freakonomics Radio by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

    Freakonomics Radio

    32,240 Listeners

    Real Time with Bill Maher by HBO Podcasts

    Real Time with Bill Maher

    16,309 Listeners

    The Rachel Maddow Show by Rachel Maddow, MS NOW

    The Rachel Maddow Show

    37,453 Listeners

    Morning Joe by Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

    Morning Joe

    8,825 Listeners

    Pod Save America by Pod Save America

    Pod Save America

    88,021 Listeners

    The Daily by The New York Times

    The Daily

    113,515 Listeners

    Pod Save the World by Pod Save the World

    Pod Save the World

    24,958 Listeners

    Up First from NPR by NPR

    Up First from NPR

    56,998 Listeners

    The Bulwark Podcast by The Bulwark

    The Bulwark Podcast

    12,726 Listeners

    Throughline by NPR

    Throughline

    16,491 Listeners

    The Al Franken Podcast by The Al Franken Podcast

    The Al Franken Podcast

    8,601 Listeners

    The MeidasTouch Podcast by MeidasTouch Network

    The MeidasTouch Podcast

    51,144 Listeners

    1 big thing by Axios

    1 big thing

    2,020 Listeners

    The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

    The Ezra Klein Show

    16,576 Listeners

    The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart by Comedy Central

    The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

    10,974 Listeners

    Inside Trump's Head by The Daily Beast, Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles

    Inside Trump's Head

    652 Listeners