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Due South spaces out: NASA astronaut Christina Koch on her NC roots; mysteries of the universe with an NC astronomer
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(Editor's note: These conversations originally published May 6, 2024.)
We're lifting off today with Astronaut Christina Koch. She grew up here, graduated from the North Carolina School of Science and Math, then NC State, and today works for NASA. Christina Koch has spent more than 300 days at the International Space Station and is readying for a lunar mission. Koch talks training, outer space food, and common questions she gets.
Then, after talking with a NASA astronaut, we at Due South wanted to learn more about research that’s happening here on Earth. Rachel Smith, an astrophysicist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science, studies star and planet formation. We talk with her about that, and space out on some of humankind's biggest questions, like – are we alone in the universe?
Guests
Christina Koch, NASA Astronaut
Rachel Smith, PhD, Astronomer at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian State University
Sign up for WUNC's new Politics Newsletter here.
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Manage episode 430569327 series 3524329
(Editor's note: These conversations originally published May 6, 2024.)
We're lifting off today with Astronaut Christina Koch. She grew up here, graduated from the North Carolina School of Science and Math, then NC State, and today works for NASA. Christina Koch has spent more than 300 days at the International Space Station and is readying for a lunar mission. Koch talks training, outer space food, and common questions she gets.
Then, after talking with a NASA astronaut, we at Due South wanted to learn more about research that’s happening here on Earth. Rachel Smith, an astrophysicist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science, studies star and planet formation. We talk with her about that, and space out on some of humankind's biggest questions, like – are we alone in the universe?
Guests
Christina Koch, NASA Astronaut
Rachel Smith, PhD, Astronomer at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian State University
Sign up for WUNC's new Politics Newsletter here.
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