Houston, we have a podcast.

Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, episode 138, Captain and Commander.

I'm Gary Jordan and I'll be your host today.

If you are new to the show, we bring in NASA experts to talk about all the different parts of our space agency.

And sometimes we get lucky enough to bring in astronauts to talk about their story.

So today, we're going to talk with Chris Cassidy.

He's a U.S US astronaut who is about to launch

to the International Space Station this April 2020 for his third spaceflight. His

first being on the space shuttle for STS 127 in 2009 that delivered the final components of the Japanese

lab and finished its construction on the space station and for expeditions 35 and 36 for a long-duration mission.

We talked about his education, studying math and ocean engineering, his experience in the

U.S. military as a Navy SEAL, his previous space flight experience on the space shuttle and

space station and his expectations for this next long duration stay will

he'll serve as commander of the International Space Station. So, with no further delay,

let's go light speed and jump right ahead to our talk

with Captain Chris Cassidy.

Enjoy. T-minus

minus by second to county. Mark.

A long, she goes. We have a podcast.

a podcast.

Miss Cassidy, thanks so much for coming on the podcast with me today.

Absolutely, thanks.

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