Apollo 8: Part 2

Houston We Have a Podcast

Katie Konans

Science

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2019

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Vanessa Wyche, Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center, leads a panel discussion with key players of the Apollo program to learn critical lessons that can be applied to NASA’s future human spaceflight missions to the Moon and Mars. HWHAP Episode 77.

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0:00.0	Houston, we have a podcast.
0:02.0	Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center,
0:05.0	episode 77, Apollo 8, part 2.
0:08.0	I'm Gary Jordan, and I'll be just introducing you today.
0:12.0	If you're familiar with us this is where we bring
0:14.2	in scientists, engineers, and astronauts all to let you know the cool stuff
0:17.5	about what's going on right here at NASA. So on today's episode we're doing
0:20.9	something a little different, something special in celebration of the
0:24.4	50th anniversary of Apollo 8.
0:27.4	You'll notice that this is part 2.
0:29.1	For part 1, we had the resident historian Dr. Jennifer Ross Nizel of the Johnson Space Center in the studio
0:35.5	to take us back 50 years on the golden anniversary of the Apollo 8 launch.
0:40.2	We discussed details on the mission itself and even brought in some interviews with some of the astronauts of that flight.
0:46.0	Today we're moving out of the studio and onto the stage to bring you some of the legends behind Apollo 8.
0:52.0	We had a panel discussion hosted here at the Johnson Space. legends behind Apollo 8.
0:52.5	We had a panel discussion hosted here at the Johnson Space Center for our workforce, and today
0:57.5	we're bringing that discussion to you, just trying something a little different this time.
1:01.8	The event occurred on November 1st, 2018. It was
1:05.3	moderated by Vanessa Whitech, the current deputy director of the Johnson Space
1:09.6	Center. Seated next to her on the stage were Apollo astronauts Walt Cunningham, the Apollo 7
1:14.8	Lunar Module Pilot, Glenn Lunney, flight director for Apollo 7 and 8, Jerry Griffin, Apollo 7 flight director
1:22.0	and former director of the Johnson Space Center from 82 to 86,
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