Christopher Ferguson: The Astronaut Experience
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In the inaugural episode of Curious Cosmos, join Derrick for a conversation with real-life astronaut Christopher Ferguson! Listen and discover what it's like to be a Top Gun pilot, the experience of looking down at Earth from orbit, and what the future of human spaceflight might look like. Links for this episode: Learn more about Christopher FergusonCurios about what it looked like when Chris saw a hurricane while in orbit? Check out this footage of Hurricane Florence, captured by NASA from ISSLearn more about NASA's Perseverance Mission on MarsCheck out the movie Chris and Derrick discussed, The MartianView a picture of Derrick with the Steel Star that's traveled to space multiple times!
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