
Episode 216
NASA, the BBC and the Soviet spacecraft on the Isle of Man
Reporting on rocket launches, saving Skylab, and Soviet era space tech...
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists · The Naked Scientists
January 27, 20251h 10m
Show Notes
This month, recently-retired BBC space correspondent, Jonathan Amos, and former NASA employee Herb Baker, author of From Apollo to Artemis: Stories from my 50 years with NASA, discuss reporting from a rocket launch, growing up with classmates whose dads are Apollo astronauts, and how material Herb's mother used to fix an aircon unit at home helped her save a Skylab mission. Plus, Richard sees a Soviet-era VA space capsule in the Manx Motor Museum on the Isle of Man... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
Jonathan AmosHerb BakerFrom Apollo to Artemis: Stories from my 50 years with NASArocket launchSkylabSoviet era VA space capsuleManx Motor Museum