Rocket Ranch -- Episode 30: Commercial Crew Reaches Milestone
The Rocket Ranch welcomes Dana Hutcherson, deputy manager for the Commercial Crew program. She'll talk about the mission ahead, reflect on t...
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The Rocket Ranch
Welcome to the Rocket Ranch, the official podcast of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Take a listen for a behind-the-scenes sneak peek into the inner workings of the world’s premiere spaceport.
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Rocket Ranch - Episode 29: First Space Shuttle Flight
The spotlights came on in the predawn hours of April 12th 1981, illuminating a spacecraft like no other, the space shuttle. Just before lift...
Rocket Ranch - Episode 28: Women in STEM
When instrumentation controller JoAnn Morgan was in Firing Room number One for the historic moonshot in 1969, she was the only woman. NASA h...
Rocket Ranch - Episode 27: Being Black in the NASA Family
The Rocket Ranch welcomes Sheldon Lauderdale, Program Analyst for NASA's Commercial Crew Program, to share where he draws inspiration and ta...
Rocket Ranch - Episode 26: Perseverance Rover
After a 300 million mile journey through space, the Mars Perseverance Rover is ready to begin the most challenging part of the trip, landing...
Rocket Ranch - Episode 25: Lessons of Loss
On this episode of the Rocket Ranch Podcast, we remember Challenger, her crew and their survivors, and how we carry forward the lessons NASA...
Rocket Ranch - Episode 24: Space Lullaby
Astronaut Chris Hadfield flew to space three times, and was the first Canadian to walk in space. His cover of David Bowie's Space Oddity tha...
Rocket Ranch - Episode 23: Mars 2020: In the Midst of a Pandemic
The NASA Kennedy Launch team has persevered through a global pandemic to get a Mars Rover named Perseverance to the launch pad on time. The...
Episode 22: NASA Astronauts' Friendship Key to History Making Flight
Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will make history when they break the bond from Earth in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule that's never been flown by...
Rocket Ranch - Episode 21: NFL Quarterback: Rocket Arm AND Mind
And with the number one overall pick in the Kennedy Space Center NFL Draft, NASA selects Jacksonville, Jaguar quarterback and aerospace engi...
Rocket Ranch - Episode 20: Space Explorer
Pluto is not a planet...or is it? Next on the "Rocket Ranch.”
Rocket Ranch - Episode 19: Launching Artemis
Sometimes history inspires us. Sometimes we find ourselves in the middle of history being made. Now we are in the middle of the most aggress...
Rocket Ranch - Episode 18: To Launch a Starliner
Commercial and government partnerships and contracts might not sound that fascinating, but when we're talking about certifying Boeing Starli...
Rocket Ranch - Episode 17: Abort!
Rockets are dangerous. And before we strap our star sailors in, we need to know there is a proven escape plan.
Rocket Ranch - Episode 16: An ICONic Launch
The air-launched Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL is the vehicle selected to launch NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON.
Rocket Ranch - Episode 15: Jedi Masters of Launchery
For over 20 years, NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP) has been the workhorse of uncrewed spaceflight, enabling exploration of Pluto, the S...
Rocket Ranch - Episode 14: The Kids of Summer
Every member of the NASA team is critical to our success, even if they're still finishing school. In this episode, we hear from two of our s...
Rocket Ranch - Episode 13: When Rockets Need Rescue
In this episode,we unpack the need and value of test flights with Jon Cowart, as well as dig into the recent, successful, second test of Ori...
Rocket Ranch - Episode 12: From Apollo to Artemis
NASA looks back at the Apollo era and ahead at the Artemis missions to come.
Rocket Ranch - Episode 11: The Place that Sends Stuff to Space
We're looking back at the Space Station Processing Facility, or SSPF, as it turns 25 years old.