STP53 - Nicole Stott - ‘What Life In Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet’
We start our second year of podcasting off in style by interviewing the incredible Nicole Stott about her new book: “Back to Earth – What Life In Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet And Our Mission To Protect It”
Nicole Stott: https://www.npsdiscovery.com/
Pre-order the book: https://www.sealpress.com/titles/nicole-stott/back-to-earth/9781541675049/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Astro_Nicole
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NicoleStottTheArtisticAstronaut
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astro_nicole/
Space For Art Foundation: https://www.spaceforartfoundation.org/
Space and Things Anniversary Patch:
https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/merch/p/ltd-edition-1st-anniversary-patch
Emily's Blog Posts:
Book Review: Picturing The Space Shuttle Illuminates Early Shuttle Era:
https://space.nss.org/book-review-picturing-the-space-shuttle-illuminates-early-shuttle-era/
Space In The Seventies: Envisioning The Space Shuttle: 1970-1980
https://space.nss.org/space-in-the-seventies-envisioning-the-space-shuttle-1970-1980/
Retro Space Images: https://retrospaceimages.com/
The Overview Effect by Frank White: https://frankwhiteauthor.com/
This week's news:
Launches:
Thu 26 Aug 2021: Blue Origin: New Shepard: NS-17
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6823
Sat 28 Aug 2021: Astra: Rocket 3: STP-27AD1
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6821
Sun 29 Aug 2021: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: CRS-23
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/4747
SpaceX's Drago Cargo Ship Docks At Space Station In Time For Astronaut's Birthday:
https://www.space.com/spacex-dragon-docks-space-station-crs-23
Other Stories:
SpaceX Paused Starlink Launches To Give It's Internet Satellites Lasers:
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-internet-satellites-lasers-launch
Liquid Oxygen Shortage:
https://www.space.com/spacex-rocket-fuel-liquid-oxygen-shortage-covid-19
Paraolympic Celebrations on ISS:
https://www.space.com/space-station-astronauts-paralympic-games-celebration
Pinched Nerve Delays Spacewalk:
https://www.space.com/astronaut-pinched-nerve-delays-spacewalk
Cracks on the ISS:
https://www.space.com/international-space-station-cracks-found-zarya-module
Bill Nelson On The Future Of The ISS:
https://www.space.com/iss-commercial-space-stations-after-2030-space-symposium
James Webb Telescope Completes Ground Tests:
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-testing-complete
Virgin Orbit Goes Public:
https://www.space.com/virgin-orbit-publicly-traded-company
Rocket Lab Goes Public:
https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-goes-public-spac-merger
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
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyCarneySpace/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilycarneyspace/
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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