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TIS#035 06/11/15 Supplemental - NASA Social Weekend, D.C. & Maryland

TIS#035 06/11/15 Supplemental - NASA Social Weekend, D.C. & Maryland

FromToday In Space


TIS#035 06/11/15 Supplemental - NASA Social Weekend, D.C. & Maryland

FromToday In Space

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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Jun 12, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Supplemental Episode: Alex talks about his weekend trip for the NASA Social Event at APL in Laurel, Maryland & the private tour at the National Air & Space Museum to see the new exhibits for New Horizons and the Mars Rovers. He talks about getting through nerves before the trip, the people he met, the experience of the private tour & some interesting facts about Pluto & the New Horizons mission. Next week's episode will have a COMPLETE overview of what Alex and the NASA Social-peeps learned from the APL Staff and the event itself. To keep up with the New Horizons Mission & new pictures of Pluto as we get closer to the July 14th, check out this link here - http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/ SPACE LINKS: Expedition 43 returns safely to Earth aboard a Soyuz http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/06/11/u-s-russian-italian-crew-returns-to-earth/ "NASA Awards SpaceX $30 Million for Successful Dragon Pad Abort Test Milestone" http://www.americaspace.com/?p=83005 "NASA Orders First Ever Commercial Human Spaceflight Mission from Boeing" http://www.universetoday.com/120523/nasa-orders-first-ever-commercial-human-spaceflight-mission-from-boeing/ Planetary Society - LightSail team & Bill Nye celebrate the LightSail deploying successfully https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QpByj9QdTw&feature=youtu.be NASA's Eyes Program http://eyes.nasa.gov/
Released:
Jun 12, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

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