Crew Flight Test: The Astronauts

Houston We Have a Podcast celebrates eight years! Three astronauts from the agency’s most recent class discuss their first year of training and answer questions from our listeners. HWHAP 392. 

NASA astronaut Stan Love discusses the challenges of sending humans to Mars and what it will take to get us to the Red Planet. HWHAP 391. 

Two NASA experts talk about Exploration Park, a research facility near Johnson Space Center will enable collaboration with the agency on space hardware development. HWHAP 390. 

The spotlights came on in the predawn hours of April 12th 1981, illuminating a spacecraft like no other, the space shuttle. Just before liftoff, Columbia's crew climbed inside for the very first test flight into space. 

Before astronauts head to space, they have to dive into the Neutral Buoyancy Lab. Take a swim in NASA's underwater training ground with astronaut Nick Hague. 

How would flying on Mars be different? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Matt Kirshen explore aeronautics, aerodynamics, airplanes and more with NASA aerospace engineer and author Wendy Okolo, PhD. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here:  ht ... Show More

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine talks via satellite with astronaut Nick Hague in Houston. Hague and Russian crewmate Alexey Ovchinin safely made a ballistic landing in Kazakhstan on Oct. 11, when the launch of their Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station was abort ... Show More