Houston, we have a podcast.

Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center,

episode 218, I to the Earth.

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

On this podcast we bring in the experts, scientists, engineers,

and astronauts all to let you know what's going bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, and astronauts all to let you

know what's going on in the world of human spaceflight.

If you're like me, you follow pretty much every astronaut on social media and you know that

when they're on board the International Space Station, they like to spend time in the cupola, the bay window that looks down at the Earth,

and they share photos of incredibly beautiful parts of the planet. You might think that they are the lucky few who get to take such pictures, but there's actually a way where middle school students can get their own photos taken from station.

This is part of the Sally Ride Earth Cam or Earth Knowledge acquired by middle school students program.

Students pick a place on the planet of their choosing and a simple setup on the space station will take the photo for them.

They learn about space, geography, social science, and more.

On this episode, we're going to dive deep into this program with the Vice President of Education at the

U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Dr. K Taylor. So let's get right into it. Enjoy. T-minus

2 seconds and county.

Mark.

The long-school mid-lights are correct.

And long she goes.

Isn't we have a podcast.

K Taylor, thanks so much for coming on Houston. We have a podcast today.

Thanks a lot for having me.

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