Dare to Explore
Dare to Explore features interviews with friends of the Rocket Center, Space Camp Alum, engineers, scientists, and explorers of all types.
We found 4 episodes of Dare to Explore with the tag “education”.
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Episode 23: Director Harry Winer
January 30th, 2023 | 34 mins 31 secs
education, film, nasa, rocket, rockets, science, science-fiction, space, space camp, spacex, stem
Harry Winer is a director, producer, and writer in the film and television industry. His television work includes Alias, Veronica Mars, Felicity, Hart to Hart, and many others. Harry is president of Smash Media and has written, directed, or produced over 25 films, including Space Camp in 1986. He is a professor at NYU and is a member of the Space Camp Hall of Fame.
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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.
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Episode 2: Kenny Mitchell
March 16th, 2021 | 28 mins 46 secs
apollo, education, elon, elon musk, mars, moon, nasa, saturn, saturn 5, science, space, spacex, stem
Kenny Mitchell is a retired NASA engineer of 40 years. Mitchell worked at the Marshall Space Flight Center on the development of the Saturn V rocket that took man to the moon in 1969 and developed Environmental Control and Life Support Systems for Skylab and the International Space Station.
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Episode 1: Homer Hickam
March 15th, 2021 | 29 mins 22 secs
education, science, space, stem
Homer Hickam is a former NASA aerospace engineer, Vietnam veteran, and acclaimed author of 19 books. The 1999 film October Sky was based on his memoir, Rocket Boys. Hickam was responsible for training astronauts for Spacelab and the Hubble Space Telescope launch and repair, as well as serving as payload training manager for the International Space Station.