Voice of the Space Shuttle
NASA announcer Steve Nesbitt gave play-by-play radio commentary for more than a dozen space shuttle launches throughout the 1980s.
July 7, 20110
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Show Notes
In this podcast, we spoke to former NASA Public Affairs Officer Steve Nesbitt. Nesbitt announced more than a dozen Space Shuttle missions, giving play-by-play radio commentary as the craft flew into orbit. Nesbitt spoke to us about his experience as the public voice of NASA the early days of the Shuttle program, and gave his thoughts on its retirement.
Podcast produced by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
You can learn more about the space shuttle, and the missions NASA is planning after its retirement at pbs.org/nova.
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