Dare to Explore
Dare to Explore features interviews with friends of the Rocket Center, Space Camp Alum, engineers, scientists, and explorers of all types.
Displaying 4 items of Dare to Explore with the tag "astronaut".
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Episode 51: Jason Williamson
February 27th, 2026 | 37 mins 43 secs
astronaut, nasa, purdue, purdue university, space, space camp, spacecamp, virgin galactic
Jason Williamson is a civil engineering graduate of Purdue University. He has decades of civil and structural engineering experience and is the senior vice president of Dunaway. Jason recently attended adult Space Camp as part of Team Magellan, winning the Commander’s Cup, and is preparing to launch into space onboard Purdue 1 with Virgin Galactic in 2027.
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Episode 50: Anna Boyd
February 9th, 2026 | 34 mins 22 secs
aerospace, airplanes, astronaut, astronauts, engineering, mars, moon, nasa, rocket, rockets, space
Anna Boyd was a United States Navy helicopter pilot and Company Officer before serving in the US Navy Reserves for over a decade. She was commanding officer of SEAL Team 18 - Unmanned Aerial Systems and commanding officer of the Navy Reserve Naval History and Heritage Command. Today, she is the Senior Product Manager at Pinnacle Solutions in Huntsville, Alabama.
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Episode 31: Christina Mitchell
July 23rd, 2024 | 32 mins 55 secs
astronaut, nasa, roleplaying games, rpg, space, ttrpg
Christina Mitchell is a senior multimedia specialist for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. She has a bachelors in mass communications and is currently pursuing her masters degree. She is a passionate storyteller striving to find new and innovative ways to engage audiences. She joins Dare to Explore to talk about her most recent endeavor to do just that – NASA's first tabletop roleplaying game supplement, The Lost Universe.
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Episode 3: Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides
March 16th, 2021 | 32 mins 37 secs
astronaut, galactic, science, space, space camp, stem
Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides is an alumni of Space Camp and author of The New Right Stuff: Using Space to Bring Out the Best in You. Co-founder of global space party Yuri’s Night, Whitesides is a Founder Astronaut with Virgin Galactic and creator of SpaceKind leadership training.