On Episode 182 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Terry Hart to discuss his career from a fighter jet pilot to a NASA astronaut.
If you ever saw the IMAX spectacular, "The Dream is Alive," you've seen astronaut Hart in action, capturing the Solar Max satellite with the shuttle's robotic arm. But even if you missed that film, he has had a fascinating career as an Air Force pilot, NASA astronaut, senior leadership at Bell Labs (more than once!), and as an academic and creator of a new aerospace engineering program at Lehigh University. Join us for an enjoyable hour with one of our favorite guys.
Also, is Jared Isaacman back as the new NASA Administrator? Will the Orion capsule soon be used for non-NASA missions? And what's going on with the layoffs at the Jet Propulsion Lab? All this and more on This Week in Space.
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Space news of the week
- Former NASA nominee Jared Isaacman in talks to become agency's chief
- Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets
- NASA lays off 550 employees at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in sweeping 'realignment' of workforce
- Terry Hart
- Lehigh launches master’s in aerospace and space systems engineering
- The Challenger STS-51L Accident
- STS-41C Mission Idea Overview
- Long Duration Exposure Facility
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This Week in Space covers the new space age. Every Friday we take a deep dive into a fascinating topic. What's happening with the new race to the moon and other planets? When will SpaceX really send people to Mars?
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