STP43 - Leadership Moments from NASA - Achieving The Impossible - With Elizabeth Howell
We're joined by author Elizabeth Howell to discuss her new book 'Leadership Moments from NASA - Achieving The Impossible' which is co-written with former Canadian Astronaut Dr. Dave Williams who is also a former director of Space and Life Sciences at NASA. The book is set for release on July 6th.
Elizabeth Howell:
https://elizabethhowell.ca/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/howellspace
Leadership Moments in Space: https://ecwpress.com/products/leadership-moments-nasa?variant=32024439128179
Canadarm and Collaboration: https://ecwpress.com/products/canadarm-and-collaboration
The Search For Life On Mars: https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/arcade-publishing/9781950691395/the-search-for-life-on-mars/
This week's news:
Launches:
Thurs 17th June 2021: CASC - Long March 2F/G - Shenzhou 12:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2550
https://www.space.com/shenzhou-12-docks-china-space-station-tianhe
Thurs 17th June 2021: SpaceX - Falcon 9 Block 5 - GPS III-5
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/96
Fri 18th June 2021: CASC - Long March 2C/E - Yaogan-30 09 and Apocalypse 14.
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6788
Other News:
Spacewalks to Install and Deploy Solar Array on ISS:
https://www.space.com/spacewalking-astronauts-roll-out-new-space-station-solar-arrays
Spacewalk 1:
Spacewalk 2:
Ingenuity 8th Flight on Mars:
https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-8th-flight
Problems on Hubble:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/operations-underway-to-restore-payload-computer-on-nasas-hubble-space-telescope
India Announce Human Spaceflight Plans:
https://www.space.com/india-human-spaceflight-plans-gaganyaan
Turkey Moon Rocket and Rover Plans:
https://www.space.com/turkey-moon-rover-rocket-plans
Russia and China Moon Base:
https://www.space.com/china-russia-international-lunar-research-station
SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Stack:
https://www.space.com/spacex-stacking-starship-super-heavy-rocket
Boeing Prepare Next Uncrewed Starliner Launch to ISS:
https://www.space.com/rocket-boeing-first-crewed-flight-arrives-florida
Name the Moonikin:
https://www.space.com/nasa-name-contest-artemis-moon-manikin
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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/
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyCarneySpace/
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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
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