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NASA's Curious Universe

Curious Universe Live: Art and Science with Astronaut Matthew Dominick

NASA's Curious Universe

Katie Konans

Science

4.51K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

NASA has a long history of bringing together science, engineering and art. Space exploration is a human endeavor—one that requires creativity. In this special live episode, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick and comedian and musician Reggie Watts talk flow states, aircraft ejector seats and more. Plus, a new NASA tool that lets you make music from iconic Hubble Space Telescope imagery.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey Space Nerds, it's your host, Patty Boyd, here with something special.

0:06.0

Recently, our team took the show on the road.

0:10.0

We brought Curious Universe to On Air Fest in Brooklyn, New York,

0:14.0

for a conversation connecting science, art, creativity, and space.

0:19.0

And we got a chance to share a brand new tool

0:21.6

that lets you make music from the universe.

0:25.6

Today, we're sharing an edited version of that live show.

0:29.0

You'll be hearing from NASA astronaut Matthew Dominic,

0:31.7

musician and comedian Reggie Watts,

0:33.7

and podcast producer and host Simone Palanin.

0:37.1

Okay, this should be an amazing conversation.

0:39.7

Here we go.

0:40.3

Hello, everyone.

0:55.0

I am so happy to be joined today by Matt Dominic and Reggie Watts, and we are also going to be previewing something really cool from NASA later on.

1:06.0

But first, I wanted to talk to you guys about art and science and creativity, because as we know, these

1:15.0

things all intersect. They will be intersecting very explicitly here later as well.

1:22.7

You know, NASA does have a long history collaborating with artists.

1:28.3

In 1962, they launched the NASA art program

1:32.3

where they commissioned different artists

1:34.3

to try to translate and capture the experience

1:38.3

of space travel preparing to go to space.

1:41.3

They worked with artists like Norman Rockwell,

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