About 10 miles from the Johnson Space Center, there is a church in the Houston area. During their Wednesday Bible study and Sunday night worship service, the church takes a moment to pray for two church members who are unable to attend. In fact, there is no way on Earth for NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” … Read more
Listen here on the podcast platform of your choice. With Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party now on its honeymoon thanks to a supermajority in the House of Commons, what are the environmental challenges ahead? We asked Simon Lewis, professor of global change studies at University College London, about the new government’s priorities for tackling the … Read more
“The Flies” are ready to fly, so NASA is once again in need of some new flyboys (and gals). On the same day that the space agency welcomed its newest class of astronauts, nicknamed “The Flies,” to its corps, NASA announced it is once again accepting applications for its next group of candidates for flights … Read more
Of all the freeze-dried, thermostable and ready-to-eat food products she helped send into space, Vickie Kloeris’ personal favorite was the cherry-blueberry cobbler. Kloeris was a food scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for 34 years and not only enjoyed the cobbler, but helped develop it. “During the shuttle program, we weren’t really doing … Read more