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Shuttle Blankets and Space Burials
Shuttle Blankets and Space Burials
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Length:
59 minutes
Released:
Oct 8, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
A Shuttle emergency you may not have heard of, sending your DNA into space, and a scientist studying the samples from asteroid Bennu. Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham meet Natural History Museum meteorites curator, Natasha Vasiliki Almeida, and talk to Celestis founder, Charles Chafer, about sending your remains into space. Plus Sue chats to Jean Wright about sewing the blankets for the Space Shuttle, and a space repair reminiscent of Apollo 13. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Released:
Oct 8, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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