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 3 items of Dare to Explore with the tag "astronaut".
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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.