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Weekly Space Hangout - Guest: Jean Wright, NASA Seamstress to the Stars
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Weekly Space Hangout - Guest: Jean Wright, NASA Seamstress to the Stars
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54 minutes
Released:
Jun 7, 2019
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9OWLrRRu5I Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain ) Special Guest: This week, we welcome Jean Wright to the show. Jean is one of 18 seamstresses in the crucial role of Space Shuttle Thermal Protection Specialist. Jean and her co-workers, who dubbed their group "The Sew Sisters," used machine and hand stitching to build, create, and repair thermal protection flight hardware and parachutes that were used on the Space Shuttle program and Orion. Jean currently works as a Docent at the Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex where she educates and entertains guests. She is a member of NASA's Speakers Bureau and as such represents NASA at civic, professional, educational, and public events. One of the biggest thrills for Jean was being asked by Mark Armstrong, son of Neil Armstrong, to cut and prepare for auction pieces of historic muslin fabric from the Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer that his father had carried to the moon aboard the Apollo 11 Lunar Module! You can learn more about Jean by visiting https://slackhq.com/seamstress-to-the... Regular Guests: Dr. Brian Koberlein ( https://briankoberlein.com/ / @BrianKoberlein ) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg ( http://cosmicchatter.org/ & @MorganRehnberg ) Dr. Kimberly Cartier ( http://KimberlyCartier.org & @AstroKimCartier ) Dr. Pamela Gay ( https://cosmoquest.org/x/ / @starstryder ) This week's stories: - NASA has ordered Moon landers! - JWST comes out of the vacuum… - SagA* cool gas ring. - OSIRISRex needs your help! –––––––––––––––––––––––– Go map Bennu! Find weird mission critical stuff! https://bennu.cosmoquest.org/ –––––––––––––––––––––––– - Curiosity's clay teaser… Donate! (Streamlabs link) https://streamlabs.com/cosmoquestx Buy stuff from our Redbubble https://www.redbubble.com/people/cosm... Help us find sponsors by sharing our program and fundraising efforts through your networks Become a Patreon of Astronomy Cast https://www.patreon.com/astronomycast Sponsor 365 Days of Astronomy http://bit.ly/sponsor365DoA A combination of the above! We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.
Released:
Jun 7, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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