Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, episode 191, the crew two astronauts.

I'm Gary Jordan and I'll be your host today. On this podcast, we bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, astronauts

all to let you know what's going on in the world of human spaceflight. Four

astronauts are ready to launch from American soil on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon for the second crew rotation mission and the third crew

mission with the SpaceX Crew Dragon. On board are NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan MacArthur,

Aikihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency or Jackson,

and Tomah Pesquet of ESA, or the European Space Agency.

This is the first commercial flight to include two international

partner astronauts. On this episode you're going to hear from each of the crew to learn a little

bit more about them and their mission. You're going to get to hear their perspective on what the

crew two mission is, stories of their training, more about the careers and their

family and their thoughts about the importance on the mission that they're

about to embark on. So here we go, the crew two astronauts, Shane Kimbrough, Megan MacArthur,

Achi Hoshidae, and Tomah Pesquet. Enjoy. T-minus

minus T-minus-I second, County.

Mark.

A long, she goes. He's in. First up is NASA astronaut and retired US Army Colonel Shane Kimbrough.

This will be Kimbrough's third trip to space and his second long duration stay at the

International Space Station. Born in Kaleen, Texas and raised in Atlanta, Georgia,

Kimbrough was selected as an astronaut in 2004.

He first launched aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor

for a visit to the station on STS 126 in 2008, then aboard a Russian

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