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Star Stuff · Thursday · 40 min

Appreciating the Magic with Steve Smith

Steve Smith has flown four Space Shuttle missions and logged seven spacewalks, including five to repair the Hubble Space Telescope and two to help build the International Space Station. Beyond the launchpad, his career has taken him from diplomacy to the tech industry to the keynote stage. In this episode of Star Stuff, Steve sits down with historian Kevin Schindler and Lowell astronomer Dr. Kyler Kuehne, Director of Science and Technology, to look back on his time in orbit, talk about what it felt like to return to Earth, and consider where humankind’s relationship with space goes next.

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Steve Smith has flown four Space Shuttle missions and logged seven spacewalks, including five to repair the Hubble Space Telescope and two to help build the International Space Station. Beyond the launchpad, his career has taken him from diplomacy to the tech industry to the keynote stage.

In this episode of Star Stuff, Steve sits down with historian Kevin Schindler and Lowell astronomer Dr. Kyler Kuehne, Director of Science and Technology, to look back on his time in orbit, talk about what it felt like to return to Earth, and consider where humankind’s relationship with space goes next.