Hey there, Houston, we have a podcast fans. We'll be doing another anniversary episode this July to celebrate eight years, and we want your questions.

We're going to bring on some NASA astronauts to answer questions from listeners like you.

So if there's something you want to know about human spaceflight, send us an email at NASA-Huston podcast at mail.n.

And it could be answered by a real NASA astronaut.

Okay, now back to the podcast. Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, episode 382. This is Mission Control Houston. I'm Gary Jordan,

and I'll be your host today. On this podcast, we bring in the experts,

sciences, engineers, astronauts, and communicators, all to let you know what's going on in the

world of human spaceflight and more. I have a pretty fun job. Every day I get to work with some of the

smartest and hardworking people, helping to digest all the work that they do and share it with

the world.

Communications has always been a passion of mine, a wonderful blend that mixes proven strategies with creativity.

When I first came to NASA and started my career, I came in excited and eager to introduce new digital and social strategies to the agency's communication portfolio, an unsurprising drive for a millennial. Young and ambitious, I had an idea of what the agency's communication portfolio, an unsurprising drive for a millennial.

Young and ambitious, I had an idea of what the agency needed, especially to reach younger audiences. But very quickly, I was humbled by the tenured communications professionals that had

been here for decades, and at their core understood what it means to be a communicator in the

government, and what they deemed must be the communicator in the government and what they deemed

must be the driving forces in our messaging.

I've been lucky to have had many mentors in my career, but one who has always stood out has

been my boss, James Hartsfield.

Starting his career at the NASA Johnson Space Center in 1988, after a humble start

as a newspaper reporter, James has been a part of

some of the most critical moments in human spaceflight and Johnson history. An experienced commentator of

more than 80 shuttle flights, a lead public affairs officer or PAO for the International Space

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