The Pop Culture of Space with Dr. Margaret Weitekamp
The idea of living and working in space has acted as inspiration for stories for thousands of years. Dr. Margaret Weitekamp is a curator and...
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Flight Deck Podcast
Listen to all of The Museum of Flight’s best aviation and aerospace stories on the Flight Deck Podcast, a podcast that makes history personal. Episodes released every other Tuesday.
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Space Law & Order with Dr. Saadia Pekkanen
If someone’s murdered on the International Space Station, what happens? Dr. Saadia Pekkanen is the founding director of the Space Law, Data,...
Are Space Stations Maybe a Bad Idea? with Kelly Weinersmith
Yeah, dreaming of a thriving community in space is all fine and dandy. But have we really thought this through? Kelly Weinersmith is a biolo...
The Science of Mass Effect with Mac Walters
The Mass Effect series set a new standard for science fiction storytelling. Part of its appeal was a grounding in real science. Mac Walters...
Your Home in Space with Sana Sharma
Space is trying to kill you. How can you make it feel like home? Sana Sharma is a co-founder and the Chief Design Officer for the Aurelia In...
Space Food! with Vickie Kloeris
Sandwiches hit different at zero gravity. While at NASA, Vickie Kloeris managed the food systems for the Space Shuttle and later the Interna...
Ad Astra With Wendy Lawrence
Wendy Lawrence is a retired NASA astronaut and pilot for the United States Navy. She joined host Sean Mobley for a frank and honest conversa...
10 LGBTQ+ People In Aerospace You Should Know
LGBTQ+ people have been part of aviation and space science for centuries. Today’s episode is a bit of a departure from our normal format. Sp...
Beyond Labels | Season 3
Museums are places where history is presented and interpreted, and presenting and interpreting the stories of LGBTQ+ people in aerospace bri...
Cosmic Storytellers | Season 3
Dr. Marques Redd and Mikael Owunna are Black, queer Pittsburgh-based multidisciplinary artists who weave indigenous African cosmic stories i...
Greg Sumner: Airline Pilot | Season 3
Greg Sumner grew up fascinated by airplanes and managed to parlay that love of aviation into a career as a pilot, flying some of the most ic...
The Gay History of Male Flight Attendants | Season 3
The history of the gay men who still make up an unusually large percentage of the flight attendant labor force is not well known. Associate...
Joalda Morancy: The Path to Space | Season 3
Author, astrophysicist and science communicator Joalda Morancy wrote their young readers book “Aliens: Join the Scientists Searching Space f...
Doctor Mom Chung | Season 3
There’s little about Dr. Margaret “Mom” Chung’s story that you can call ordinary. From her status as the first known Chinese American woman...
Michelle Evans - The Story of a Transgender Air Force Veteran | Season 3
Welcome to Season 3 of The Flight Deck! This season’s theme is LGBTQ+ aerospace history. We’ll be investigating the ways that LGBTQ+ people...
Behind the Scenes at the National Museum of the United States Air Force | Season 2
What a century! We recently visited the National Museum of the Untied States Air Force to get a close-up look at the Century Series aircraft...
Life Flight | Season 2
If you live in a rural area and don’t have access to a hospital, what do you do in a medical emergency? That’s where Life Flight comes in. L...
Tiny Space Objects | Season 2
Thousands of satellites are zooming over your head right now, orbiting Earth and beaming down research data, images, phone calls and even In...
Flying With the Blue Angels | Season 2
Each year, Seafair brings a spectacular air show to the skies above Seattle. The jewel of the show is the annual performance by the Blue Ang...
Fire on the Airfield! | Season 2
Welcome to Season 2 of The Flight Deck! From now on we’ll be presenting podcast episodes in themed seasons, letting us explore stories from...