Podcasts about manned space flight

Scott Watson visits with manned space advocate Art Harmon about this week's Artemis rocket launch.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tuesday marks exactly sixty years since Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin flew Vostok 1 on a lap of the globe, in what was the first manned space flight. The successful orbit took just under two hours and was a Soviet body blow to the United States, falling in the middle of a space race that had gripped the two Super Powers. Astronomer Alan Gilmore, a former superintendent at Mt John observatory in Tekapo, still remembers that event on 12 April, 1961.

In an epic edition of the Space Boffins Podcast we ambitiously celebrate the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight and the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the Space Shuttle. Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are joined by live guests Stephen Walker author of Beyond, a new book on Gagarin, and Libby Jackson who leads the human space programme at the UK Space Agency. They also talk to two Space Shuttle astronauts: Sid Gutierrez about flying and commanding the Shuttle, and Kathy Sullivan, one of the first American women in space. She shares stories of the challenges of training for... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

In an epic edition of the Space Boffins Podcast we ambitiously celebrate the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight and the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the Space Shuttle. Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are joined by live guests Stephen Walker author of Beyond, a new book on Gagarin, and Libby Jackson who leads the human space programme at the UK Space Agency. They also talk to two Space Shuttle astronauts: Sid Gutierrez about flying and commanding the Shuttle, and Kathy Sullivan, one of the first American women in space. She shares stories of the challenges of training for... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

In an epic edition of the Space Boffins Podcast we ambitiously celebrate the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight and the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the Space Shuttle. Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are joined by live guests Stephen Walker author of Beyond, a new book on Gagarin, and Libby Jackson who leads the human space programme at the UK Space Agency. They also talk to two Space Shuttle astronauts: Sid Gutierrez about flying and commanding the Shuttle, and Kathy Sullivan, one of the first American women in space. She shares stories of the challenges of training for... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1970.S70-35096 (16 April 1970) --- As the problem-plagued Apollo 13 crewmen entered their final 24 hours in space, several persons important to the mission remained attentive at consoles in the Mission Operations Control Room of the Mission Control Center at Manned Spacecraft Center.  Among those monitoring communications and serving in supervisory capacities were these four officials from National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters, Washington, D.C.: (from left) Thomas H. McMullen, Office of Manned Space Flight, who served as Shift 1 mission director; Dale Myers, associate administrator, Manned Space Flight; Chester M. Lee of the Apollo Program Directorate, OMSF, Apollo 13 mission director; and Dr. Rocco A. Petrone, Apollo program director, OMSF. The New John Batchelor ShowRepresented by CBS News Radio/CBS Audio Network@BatchelorshowFarewell to a hero of Apollo 11 and Apollo 13. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/glynn-lunney-r-i-p/

SummaryG Force is a measure of acceleration, or a change in velocity and/or direction. All of us experience 1Gz, while standing on earth. However, military fighter pilots may have to perform under 9Gz. Such large G Forces can lead to loss of consciousness (G LOC) and even death. G Force Tolerance is a measure of how many Gs a person can withstand prior to loosing consciousness. Many factors can affect a person’s tolerance for Gs.Morbidity and MortalityG Forces prevent blood from reaching the brain causing loss of consciousness. If you are flying a fighter jet this can lead to collisions or vulnerability to attack. If G Forces are sustained during G LOC, permanent brain damage, and then death will occur. Humans can handle incredible high G forces for short periods of time.G Force Tolerance Thresholds for Severe Injury for Short Duration Exposures | Axis | G Force | +Gz | 25G | -Gz | 15G | +Gx | 50G | -Gx | 45G | +- Gy | 12GTaken from Green’s, Handbook of Aviation and Space Medicine. 2019.StoryFlight Surgeons and Aerospace Medicine researchers in the first half of the 20th century regularly used themselves as guinea pigs in physiologic tests. US Air Force Col. John Stapp, MD PhD took this idea to the extreme. He made rocket sleds at a New Mexico military base to test human tolerance for G Forces. On Dec. 10, 1954, after several runs (26 on himself), Stapp broke the land speed record traveling 662 mph, sustaining 46.2 Gx. Key Points1. The danger of any G Force depends on the direction of force relative to the body, magnitude of the force, rate of onset, and duration sustained.2. Subscripts are used to identify the direction of force relative to the body. +Gz travels from head to toe; - Gz travels from toe to head; + Gx travels from chest to back; - Gx travels from back to front; + Gy travels from right to left; - Gy travels from left to right.3. g is the acceleration due to gravity on earth, equal to 9.8 m/sec/sec. G = acceleration/g. Therefore 10Gs = 98 m/sec/sec. A person feeling 10Gs would feel 10x heavier and their heart would have to pump blood the equivalent of 10 time the normal distance in order to reach the brain.4. +Gz Forces cause blood to pool in the legs. This prevents blood from entering the brain. If gradual in onset, G forces will eventually cause vision loss, followed by blackout, and then loss of consciousness (G LOC). Rapid onset G forces may lead straight to blackout.5. G tolerance, refers to a human’s capacity to sustain G Forces without G LOC. G tolerance is different for everyone. For example, +Gz tolerance ranges from 2.7 to 7.8 (mean 4.7) for most people.6. Several factors can improve G tolerance. Examples include anti-G straining maneuvers, G suits, reclining the pilots seat, proper hydration, proper nutrition, drugs, physical fitness, and proper training.7. -G immediately preceding +G will lower G tolerance significant. For instance, push-pull aviation maneuvers (nose diving the plain and then trying to pull up quickly) is particularly dangerous for G-LOC.References- Green, Gaydos, Hutchison, Nicol. Handbook of Aviation and Space Medicine. CRC Press. 2019- Mackowski. Testing the Limits, Aviation Medicine and the Origons of Manned Space Flight. 2006- Wikipedia. G Force, G Suit, High G Training, AGSM- Youtube. Multiple videos showing centrifuges, John Stapps Sled, and fighter pilots- Tesch PA, Hjort H, Balldin UI. Effects of strength training on G tolerance. Aviat Space Environ Med. 1983 Aug;54(8):691-5. PMID: 6626076.

We are in the midst of Sports Season now and so we are breaking from our Star Wars ness in order to catchup on our Sports episodes. This episode comes from the beginning of the sports season possibilities back in the midst of Covid-19 and covers both our thoughts about the various sports and also our thoughts concerning the launch of Space X's manned Dragon Capsule. Listen as we oooohhh and aaaaahhh about the return to manned flight here in 'Merica, we talk about how nobody cares about Basketball, and bemoan the likelihood that Kellen Mond will probably still be the Aggie's starting quarterback. Some of that and more on this episode of Pat and The Fat Man.

Hometown Radio 05/20/20 6p: Dr. Larry Martinez previews the upcoming manned space flight

  Disney land Anaheim opens Star Wars Galaxy's Edge early if you have a reservation, SpaceX Crew Dragon Returned on its Demo mission 1, Pasta doesn't make you fat and so much more on this episode of GayMensPodcast.com GpodNews.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gaymenspodcast/message

This week on the What's In The Queue Podcast, we're chatting about the 2018 Netflix original documentary from directors David Sington and Heather Walsh, "Mercury 13"! Do you want to feel insprired? Do you want to cry a little? Do you want to feel a fiery, rightous anger at the injustices of strong women held back by weak men? Then go watch this doc! Then come listen to us chat about these wonderful women who were tested to see if they were good enough to go to space, deemed ready, and told no by the men in charge of the United States' manned space flight program. It's a beautiful and inspriring documentary and we hope you go watch it. Hey! Have you seen a documentary that you think we'd like? We're always looking for suggestions for something new to watch. Let us know! Drop us a line at whatsinthequeue@gmail.com. Wanna be Internet Best Friends with us? Join us on the socials. Find us on the Big 3: @whatsinthequeue

The Space Shuttle pt. 2

The Space Shuttle pt. 1

Transcript: Space exploration is expensive, and space travel using humans is even more expensive. The high cost almost forces international cooperation. This started in the 1970s with the Apollo-Soyuz program. In the 1980s the United States developed the first reusable spacecraft, the space shuttle. The space shuttle was envisaged originally as something like a truck that could go into space forty or fifty times a year at a moderate cost. The reality has not been so happy. The space shuttle costs each flight fifty or a hundred times more than originally planned and has never gone up more than ten or twelve times a year. Two of the five space shuttles have been catastrophically lost with the astronauts on board. The Mir Space Station built by the Russians degraded so badly that it had to be abandoned. The International Space Station is now underway cooperatively between Europe, the United States, Russia, and Japan, but the cost is making all of those countries reconsider their involvement.