Air Force Rescue and Recovery
Houston We Have a Podcast
Katie Konans
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, |
| 0:04.8 | Episode 415, Air Force Rescue and Recovery. I'm Leah Cheshire and I'll be your host today. On this podcast, |
| 0:11.2 | we bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, and astronauts, all to let you know what's going on |
| 0:15.5 | in the world of human spaceflight and more. At NASA, we believe it takes a team to make a mission |
| 0:20.1 | successful, and sometimes |
| 0:21.4 | that includes teams outside the agency. The first Air Force Detachment 3 has a storied history |
| 0:26.2 | supporting rescue and recovery for NASA, beginning with the Mercury program in the late 50s. |
| 0:31.2 | This specialized team coordinates commercial crew program, Artemis, and Soyuz launch and recovery |
| 0:36.0 | support, integrates with the launch support officers |
| 0:38.3 | in mission control, conducts water survival and recovery training for spaceflight crews, |
| 0:42.9 | advises the flight operations directorate on rescue and recovery capabilities, and more. |
| 0:47.3 | Joining me today to discuss all things recovery is Lieutenant Colonel Dan Kulp, Lieutenant Colonel Brian |
| 0:52.1 | Strach, and retired Navy SEAL Master Chief Dan Kirkpride. |
| 0:55.7 | We'll talk through the history of their program, how they trained for various missions, and the |
| 0:59.5 | importance of having their team ready to jump into action. Let's do it. |
| 1:03.0 | Okay. everyone we have everyone we have so much for joining us here today on Houston we have a podcast |
| 1:23.1 | everyone thank you so much for joining us here today on Houston we have a podcast |
| 1:27.1 | thank you it's great to be here today on Houston. We have a podcast. Thank you. |
| 1:28.3 | It's great to be here. |
| 1:29.3 | Yeah. Thanks. Thanks for having us. Great to be here. Well, thank you all for joining here today. I would love to start by just learning a little bit more about each of you, where you come from, and what your jobs look like right now. I guess I'll start. My name is Daniel Colp. Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force. |
| 1:42.7 | And my role here at JSC is I'm the Deputy Chief of Department of War, |
| 1:46.3 | human spaceflight support. |
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