In this episode:
We meet photographer Michael Soluri. Michael tells us how he got into photography and is currently documenting behind-the-scenes NASA human and robotic space exploration missions. He explains the trust NASA and individual astronauts have put into him to tell their story through non-scripted photography.
Michael documented the New Horizons mission to Pluto from 2005 all the way through the historic flyby, which brought endless information about the dwarf planet back to Earth. Michael also tells us about his portrayal of flown astronaut space tools as pieces of sculpture as part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum.
We discuss the story Michael told through images of the final Space Shuttle mission to the Hubble Telescope, a story which began years before the actual launch and included photography training to the astronauts.
Michael is also the author of Infinite Worlds-the People and Places of Space Exploration (Simon & Schuster). Learn more about Michael on his website: michaelsoluri.com
Introductory and closing music: Paint the Sky by Hans Atom (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/hansatom/50718 Ft: Miss Judged
Alan Mittelman – Founder, CEO, and President of Eagle Eyes Optics
Jonathan Gardner – Deputy Senior Project Scientist, James Webb Space Telescope
Joe Urso — Founder/CEO ActivePure Technologies
Jack Gregg — Author of ‘The Cosmos Economy’
Jason Reimuller – Executive Director, International Institute for Astronautical Sciences & Project PoSSUM
Emily Carney – Space Hipster, Writer, and Podcaster
Lori Garver & Courtney Stadd — Former Presidential Transition Staff Members
Sarah Cruddas – Space Journalist
Sarah Noble – NASA Program Scientist, Psyche Mission
Erin Macdonald – Tattooed Scottish-American N7 Rebel from Starfleet Academy
John Olver – Emisshield, Inc.
Dylan Taylor – Voyager Space Holdings & Space for Humanity
Katharine Forth – Zibrio
Steve Howard – Spaceport Camden
Sean Wilson – Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Robert Gregg & Toby Elery — Robotic Prosthesis Built with ISS Motors
Rebekah Hyatt and Adlena Jacobs — SystemsGo
Aaron Shepard – NASA Robotics Intern & Founder of Cogito
Giorgio Coraluppi and Michael Hockenberry — Compunetix
Meredith Garofalo – WeatherNation
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