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That's a Wrap 6:03

1y ago6:03

6:03

Just a short announcement today to wrap up season four of Terranauts - and yes, there will be a season five. I hope you have been enjoying the journey so far and that you'll join us in the fall as we make the transition from Gemini to Apollo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Terranauts Episode 75 31:00

1+ y ago31:00

31:00

Today's episode is dedicated to all of those Terranauts who work in the back hallways and committee meeting rooms to make sure that there is support (and funding) for the various programs that get humans and their inventions a chance to get off the planet. I have worked with too many of these dedicated and talented individuals to mention them here …

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Hanging By A Thread 30:49

1+ y ago30:49

30:49

When last we left Mac Evans (in an episode called The Flag Is A One) - he was in the mission control centre of the Canadian Telecommunications Satellite (CTS), having just rescued it from an untimely demise. This was important because CTS was the first modern telecommunications satellite and set the pattern for 20 years of satellite development. It…

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The First Loss 28:20

1+ y ago28:20

28:20

n today's episode we pick up the Gemini story with preparation for Gemini IX. That means that we have to talk about the tragic events surrounding the deaths of Elliot See and Charles Basset who were the first NASA astronauts to die in the line of duty. We'll also talk about how NASA and the Gemini program moved on past this tragedy and how the back…

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After Eight 27:34

1+ y ago27:34

27:34

Today we take a little bit more time to examine the events of Gemini VIII and what NASA learned from that experience. For one thing it learned the value of having test pilots as astronauts. But it also learned that having a team on the ground that could adapt to rapidly changing events on orbit was pretty important as well. Hosted on Acast. See aca…

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The Spin Cycle 28:55

1+ y ago28:55

28:55

When we left first time Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Dave Scott aboard Gemini VIII, they were just getting to orbit after what had been a pretty nominal launch of both their spacecraft and the Agena target vehicle that would rendezvous with. As we'll see, as the crew settled down to begin their rendezvous task the flight continued to go very well.…

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Getting Ready For Gemini VIII 31:51

1+ y ago31:51

31:51

Gemini VIII was the first mission of 1966 and the first mission of the second half of Gemini's flight program. All of the big boxes had been checked, but that did not mean there was not a lot left to do. This week we talk about plans for Gemini VIII and we introduce a gentleman named Neil Armstrong who, at the time, was just a first time mission co…

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Atlas-Agena - Selecting A Target 31:13

1+ y ago31:13

31:13

In this episode we get caught up on what had been going on with the Agena program. Remember those guys? They were the ones whose rocket had blown up after launch which had caused the Gemini VI mission to be aborted before it even got off the launch pad. While the rest of the Gemini program has been making history, they have been trying to figure ou…

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The Year is 1966 30:33

1+ y ago30:33

30:33

As the calendar turned over from 1965 to 1966, the Gemini program was entering a new phase. Having completed half of it's flight program and having made progress on all of it's major objectives, the program was already thinking about wrapping up. In a sense though, Gemini was just a marker of its time. A lot of things were changing quickly as the w…

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Adapting to a New Environment - Space 30:43

1+ y ago30:43

30:43

As the year 1965 ended, astronauts Jim Lovell and Frank Borman were proving that human beings could adapt to the environment of space, having lived there for almost two weeks before successfully returning home. Similarly, the Gemini program and NASA itself were also getting used to a new environment. An environment where they were focussed less on …

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We Have Company Tonight 31:21

1+ y ago31:21

31:21

In this episode we finally get the party together on orbit as Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford in Gemini VIA complete the very first rendezvous with Jim Lovell and Frank Borman in Gemini VII. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Gemini VI, The Third Time's The Charm 26:39

1+ y ago26:39

26:39

When we left the Gemini program Jim Lovell and Frank Borman were just getting to orbit to begin a week long wait for Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford to join them in the first-ever on orbit rendezvous of two spacecraft. Today we will finally get the crew of Gemini VI to orbit... although it may take a little while longer than we thought. Today we wil…

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NASA Day of Remembrance, Why We Remember 28:23

1+ y ago28:23

28:23

Each January NASA pauses to honour NASA astronauts who lost their lives in cause of space exploration. This year, today, the 26th of January is the day NASA has chosen to mark this Day Of Remembrance. Once again this year, we, at Terranauts, also mark this day with a special episode to honour those flight crew that have died in humanity's quest to …

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Making Lemonade 26:48

1+ y ago26:48

26:48

When we left the Gemini program, President Lyndon B. Johnson was just stepping up the microphone at his ranch in Texas to explain how NASA was going to respond to the failure of Gemini 6 barely 72 hours previously. Instead of stepping back and contemplating the big pile of lemons that life had just handed them, NASA was about to make pitcher of pre…

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The Spirit of 76 31:53

2y ago31:53

31:53

It was the 25th of October, 1965. And Houston had a problem. And by that I mean that Gene Kranz and the flight control team in the mission control centre of the manned spaceflight center in the Houston had a problem, Gemini VI had failed. For the first time in over 4 years NASA had launched a human space flight mission that had ended in failure. Tr…

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NASA Gemini VI - No Joy, No Joy 31:08

2y ago31:08

31:08

In this episode of the Terranauts podcast, NASA is about about to launch Gemini VI but something happens somethings that had never happened to a crewed mission before. As the launch of Gemini VI approached in the fall of 1965, everyone on the Gemini program was focussed on the problem of rendezvous. Last episode we talked about what that entailed. …

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Gemini V - Getting It All Together 31:54

2y ago31:54

31:54

By the Fall of 1965, the Gemini program was well underway and riding the wave of a couple of very successful flights. NASA engineers and management could take pride in the fact that success had actually been fairly hard won. NASA had proven that it could work through significant issues and contingencies and still find a way to make it all work on o…

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Gemini V Goes The Distance 28:46

2y ago28:46

28:46

In this episode NASA and Project Gemini really stretch their legs in an attempt to set the record for the longest human space flight. Reaching the goal of 8 days will mean proving that humans can live and work in space long enough to get to the Moon and back. All that NASA needed was a good plan, a little bit of luck... and a working fuel cell. Tun…

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Project Gemini and the Apollo Moon Deadline 34:27

2y ago34:27

34:27

This time on Terranauts we are back to talking about Project Gemini. With the accolades from Ed White's stunning spacewalk still ringing in their ears, the Project Gemini team needed to go back to work to continue their mission of getting NASA ready for the Apollo program and it's date with destiny on the surface of the Moon. By the time Gemini IV …

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Terranauts is Back for Season 4 16:01

2y ago16:01

16:01

Terranauts is back for Season 4. This season we are planning to follow Gemini as it accelerates off the launch pad on the way to putting NASA firmly on a course for the Moon. Today, though, in addition to setting the stage for season 4, I'd like to pause and think about how some parts of the Terranaut journey haven't changed all that much in nearly…

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Terranauts Season 3 Wrap Up 7:13

2+ y ago7:13

7:13

Well Terranauts listeners, that is, in fact, going to be a wrap for season 3 of Terranauts. We will have to pick up the story of the Gemini program after the summer break. Never fear, over the summer we will be posting some of our favourite episodes from the past three seasons of Terranauts for your continued listening enjoyment. In the meantime, w…

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Terranauts - Getting "Up" To Work 27:44

2+ y ago27:44

27:44

In this episode the NASA flight control confronts one of its biggest challenges to date as they prepare to attempt not only NASA's first EVA but also the very first ever attempt at the rendezvous of two spacecraft on orbit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Gemini Powers Up 31:31

2+ y ago31:31

31:31

In the last episode of Terranauts, the Gemini Program had finally returned NASA astronauts to orbit - after a hiatus of almost 2 years. But getting to orbit had never been the objective of the Gemini program. Now that the spacecraft and the booster had been checked out the real work could begin - and that was the work of helping NASA get ready to g…

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A New Era For NASA 32:01

2+ y ago32:01

32:01

In which we finally get NASA astronauts back to orbit - despite Mother Nature's best efforts to the controversy and in which we discuss blackouts, Broadway musicals, and beef (of the corned variety) and how all of these things helped point the way to the new era that was about to begin at NASA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform…

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The Next Generation 39:13

2+ y ago39:13

39:13

Today we are talking to a couple of Terranauts from The Next Generation. Laura Bradbury and Frederic Fortier both work for GHGSat, a Canadian company that is doing big things to combat climate change with small satellites. Find out what it's like to be working with today's cutting edge space technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo…

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The Pointy End 32:10

2+ y ago32:10

32:10

With the successful launch of the Gemini I, the Titan Gemini Launch Vehicle was fully checked out and ready for flight operations. So, it's time to take a look at the spacecraft it was designed to launch. In this episode we'll take a look in some detail at the Gemini spacecraft and what NASA hoped to do with it once it started flying. Hosted on Aca…

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The Human Connection 29:36

2+ y ago29:36

29:36

In this episode of Terranauts we take a bit of break from talking about the development of the technology for the Gemini Program and go back and take a look at what the humans that would fly Gemini - both in orbit and from the ground - have been up to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Gemini Gets Off The Ground 30:12

2+ y ago30:12

30:12

At long last, we finally get the Gemini program into orbit. With just a few minor detours along the way... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Spacecraft - A Time Of Testing 32:52

2+ y ago32:52

32:52

In this episode we take some time to look at just what it takes to get a spacecraft from the factory floor to the launch pad. And, in case it wasn't obvious from the title of the episode - the answer is that it takes a lot of testing. A whole lot of testing. And guess what, when you do a lot of tests, a lot of things can, and do, go wrong. Which is…

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Gliding To A Stop 33:40

2+ y ago33:40

33:40

Today on Terranauts we are back to talking about the history of human spaceflight and we finally get project Gemini out of the starting gate. When we left the project it was off to a "fast, clean start" under project manager Jim Chamberlin. It was not to last. In the first year of its existence, project Gemini would actually get no closer to launch…

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We Remember With Helene and Chris Hadfield 42:42

2+ y ago42:42

42:42

Last Thursday on 27 January, 2022 NASA marked its Day of Remembrance. A time that is set aside to remember those astronauts who died in the line of duty. On this episode of the podcast I talk with Helene and Chris Hadfield about the Day of Remembrance, about their memories of some of the crew who did not make it home from space. We also talk about …

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Good Fast Or Cheap 29:50

2+ y ago29:50

29:50

In today's episode we are going to pick up the story of project Gemini as it makes the transition from an engineering study to a full up space project. In order to understand what that means, and what that meant we will have to talk a bit about how space projects get managed - and why contrary to many myths - that wasn't any easier back in 1962 tha…

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Technological Imperatives 27:06

2+ y ago27:06

27:06

In the last episode of Terranauts we talked about the origin of the Gemini Project. It basically started because some Project Mercury engineers wanted to improve the Mercury capsule and make it easier to build, test and fly. But that on its own was not enough to convince NASA to actually build a new spacecraft. In this episode of Terranauts, we tal…

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Enter The Twins 29:48

3y ago29:48

29:48

In this episode of Terranauts we return to the historical narrative of humanity's journey off the planet. We are going to wind the clock back to September, 1962 when John F. Kennedy made his famous "we choose to go to the moon" speech at Rice University in Houston, Texas. It was an important moment in the history of the human spaceflight and marked…

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Just Call Me Robo - Part 2 31:38

3y ago31:38

31:38

In this episode I continue my conversation with three Terranauts who have all worked in Mission Control of the International Space Station as callsign ROBO - responsible for the operation of the International space Station's robotic arm. They have been witness too, and participants in some amazing events and some truly significant changes in the wa…

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Just Call Me Robo - Part 1 27:34

3y ago27:34

27:34

In this episode we continue our series on the evolution of Mission Control. Last time, I talked about my experience walking into Mission Control in the middle of the Space Shuttle program and at the end of the era of the Apollo control centre as it was about to make a transition to the Space Station era. Today we talk to three Terranauts who have b…

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A Moment in Time 32:51

3y ago32:51

32:51

In this episode of Terranauts we explore the world of NASA's Mission Control Centre as it was in 1995. At that time, Mission Control was still being performed out of the same building and the same control room as it had been since 1964 when control of manned spaceflight missions had moved from Cape Canaveral to the Manned Space Center in Houston. T…

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From Flight Test to Mission Control 27:47

3y ago27:47

27:47

Welcome back to season 3 of Terranauts. Today's episode is the first in a series of episodes looking at how the advent of the International Space Station changed how we go to space. The series will culminate in a conversation with some Terranauts who have been working as ISS flight controllers for the past 20 years. They have seen and lived this tr…

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Season 3 Update 1:05

3y ago1:05

1:05

Season 3 is almost here ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Best of Season 2 - Sarah Gallagher Thinks Big 29:41

3y ago29:41

29:41

Season 2 has come to close and until Season 3 starts in September were playing some of our most popular episodes from the past year. Meet Terranaut Sarah Gallagher, Science Advisor to the President of the Canadian Space Agency, professor at Western University in London, Ontario, and supermassive black holes and galaxy researcher. Hosted on Acast. S…

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Best of Season 2 - Chris Hadfield and Iain Christie on NASA's Day Of Remembrance 31:51

3y ago31:51

31:51

Season 2 has come to close and until Season 3 starts in September were playing some of our most popular episodes from the past year. First up is Chris Hadfield and Iain Christie on NASA's Day Of Remembrance. On January 28, 2021, NASA marked its Day Of Remembrance. It was a day set aside to honour the sacrifices of all astronauts who have died in th…

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Season Two Recap and Season Three Preview 9:29

3y ago9:29

9:29

Season 2 of Terranauts is a wrap! In this, the 40th episode, we take a quick look back at our second season and look forward to Season 3. While we won't be releasing new episodes over the summer, we will be keeping the feed active with some highlights of the past two seasons. We will also be busy with some other projects including starting a Terran…

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The Flag is A One - Part 2 28:12

3+ y ago28:12

28:12

In part 2 of "The Flag Is A One" we pick up the story of the Communications Technology Satellite just as a perplexing and potentially mission ending failure is occurring. Mac Evans will take us through a few days of high drama in the Mission Operations Centre as the team tries to use a tiny little bit of data to diagnose the problem, and fix it. It…

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The Flag is A One 31:05

3+ y ago31:05

31:05

In this episode of Terranauts we talk about a little known moment of high drama in the Canadian space program surrounding the crucial Communications Technology Satellite mission. In 1976, Canada and the world were in the midst of a telecommunications revolution. Determined to use satellite communications, John Chapman led a bold effort to build and…

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Punctuating The Equilibrium 33:44

3+ y ago33:44

33:44

There are times in the development of technology and society when things change only slowly. And then there are times when things change rapidly indeed. The 1960's were certainly one of those times, for a lot of reasons. In this episode of Terranauts however, we are going to talk specifically about how simultaneous revolutions in telecommunications…

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35 Years of Space Robotics with Cameron Ower 40:40

3+ y ago40:40

40:40

Dr. Cameron Ower is the Chief Technology Officer at McDonald Dettwiler and Associates where he has been working for much of the last 35 years. When he started at MDA (then known as Spar Aerospace) he worked with and for the engineers who had designed and built the very first space robot, the original Space Shuttle Canadarm. His job, at the time, wa…

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Connecting the World by Leaving the Planet 29:48

3+ y ago29:48

29:48

In this episode of Terranauts we talk about the beginnings of the other great endeavour in space. Instead of talking about leaving the planet to explore space, we're going to talk about the early efforts to work from space to understand the Earth and improve life here. Specifically, we are going to talk about the early efforts to literally connect …

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David Kendall is the Quintessential Terranaut (Part 2) 25:25

3+ y ago25:25

25:25

Today on Terranauts the second part of my conversation with the Quintessential Terranaut Dave Kendall. We talk about Dave's career managing increasingly larger and more international programs until he ended up as the chair of one of the United Nation's largest and most active committees. Not bad for a lad from Twickenham. Hosted on Acast. See acast…

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David Kendall is the quintessential Terranaut 25:07

3+ y ago25:07

25:07

This week on Terranauts we're taking a break from our regular run of the Terranauts Guide to Leaving the Planet to bring you a fascinating interview with David Kendall who could be described as the quintessential Terranaut. On Terranauts we often talk about the fact that no gets to space alone. We are fond of saying that space is a team sport, not …

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Project Mercury Opens a New Door for Humanity 27:03

3+ y ago27:03

27:03

Having completed a "textbook" mission with Wally Schirra's flight, it was now time to go for a full day on orbit with the flight of Mercury-Atlas 9 and Gordon Cooper. But this would be the final act of Project Mercury. The project had been a complete success, but its day was done as NASA and the world moved beyond simply wondering if a human could …

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