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🗓️ 13 June 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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0:00.0 | Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, Episode 389, Runway to the Stars. |
0:08.0 | I'm Courtney Beasley and I will be your host today. |
0:11.0 | On this podcast, we bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, and astronauts, all to let you know what's going on in the world of human spaceflight. |
0:20.0 | Ellington Field is a historic airfield located just southeast of Houston, Texas, and just up the road from Johnson's Space Center. |
0:28.0 | From its beginnings in World War I as a training ground for pilots, to its role in space exploration, |
0:34.1 | Ellington has seen it all. Whether you're into aviation history, military heritage, |
0:39.1 | or NASA's reach beyond Earth, this episode is for you. We're thrilled to talk to David Johnson, |
0:44.8 | also known as DJ, the deputy chief for the aircraft operations division. So buckle up. We're |
0:50.2 | about to take flight into the fascinating history and evolving mission of Ellington Field. |
0:55.4 | Let's fly. |
1:11.7 | Isn't we have a podcast And there's a good. |
1:14.4 | Is this we have a podcast. |
1:18.3 | All right. |
1:19.8 | DJ, thanks for coming on Houston. |
1:20.8 | We have a podcast today. |
1:22.2 | Thanks for having me. |
1:25.9 | We're happy to have you and we're excited to talk about Ellington operations today. |
1:30.6 | But before we dig into that, we'd love to get to know a little bit more about you. |
1:35.2 | So can you start by telling us a little bit about your background and how you first got into aviation? |
1:36.5 | Yeah, absolutely. |
1:38.5 | So I'm retired from the Air Force. |
1:41.1 | Retired in 2009, I was a pilot there. |
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