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From Gaza to NASA: A Space Odyssey
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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Sep 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Engineer Loay Elbasyouni was part of the team that created an innovative type of helicopter that flew over the surface of Mars in April 2021. The helicopter, named Ingenuity, performed the first ever controlled flight by an aircraft on another planet. But Loay grew up a long way from NASA and the US. He is from the Gaza Strip, part of the Palestinian Territories, and lived through the first Intifada as a child. He tells Emily Webb about the many obstacles he had to overcome to be part of that historic moment in space exploration.
Tessa Fontaine had always been a little overawed by her adventurous mother, Teresa. Growing up in North California Tessa was a shy child, and she and Teresa struggled to understand each other. But when Teresa had a major stroke that left her in a coma in hospital, Tessa discovered a a taste for adventure she never knew she had.
Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com
Presenter: Emily Webb
Producer: Rebecca Vincent
Picture: Loay Elbasyouni with the Mars Ingenuity helicopter
Credit: Erric Wright
Tessa Fontaine had always been a little overawed by her adventurous mother, Teresa. Growing up in North California Tessa was a shy child, and she and Teresa struggled to understand each other. But when Teresa had a major stroke that left her in a coma in hospital, Tessa discovered a a taste for adventure she never knew she had.
Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com
Presenter: Emily Webb
Producer: Rebecca Vincent
Picture: Loay Elbasyouni with the Mars Ingenuity helicopter
Credit: Erric Wright
Released:
Sep 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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