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 "astronauts".
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Episode 47: Robin Soprano and Nathan Carter
November 24th, 2025 | 39 mins 18 secs
aeronautics, airplanes, astronauts, missiles, nasa, rockets, science, space, space camp, spacecamp
Robin Soprano and Nathan Carter are part of the future-looking leadership of Space Camp. Robin is vice president of Space Camp. She has been with the US Space and Rocket Center for nearly a decade, and previously was a director at Sci-Quest and an engineer with the United States Army at Redstone Arsenal. Nathan is the Director of Strategic Camp Development, and previously was the Director of Mission Support for Space Camp.
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Episode 44: Cheri Volkin
October 13th, 2025 | 25 mins 21 secs
astronauts, aviation, nasa, rockets, space
Cheri Volkin is the accountant and scholarship coordinator for the US Space and Rocket Center Foundation. She previously served as an accountant for the US Embassy in Paris, France, and in guest relations for the Rocket City Trash Pandas before joining the Space and Rocket Center as an Aviation Challenge Docent.
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Episode 5: Susie Martínez
May 17th, 2021 | 27 mins 10 secs
astronauts, boeing, education, engineering, flight, launch, math, nasa, rocket, rockets, science, scientists, space, space x, stem
Susie Martínez is an additive manufacturing engineer for NASA at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. She received her Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kentucky in 2019. Calling herself a "STEMinist," Susie has more than 64,000 followers on Instagram, where she uses her platform to encourage and mentor women in pursuing science and engineering careers.