Kathy Sullivan Explores

Stacie Boord is the CEO and a featured performer of Columbus\' Shadowbox Live, the nation\'s largest resident theatre ensemble. Recognized for her larger-than-life personality and as a powerhouse rock, blues, and musical theatre vocalist, her career spans over three decades. In addition to appearing in over 10,000 Shadowbox Live performances, her work has been critically acclaimed by local and reg...

It’s always fun getting to play silly tricks on fellow teammates. Sometimes they get a laugh out of everyone, and sometimes they cause a company phone line to be overloaded with phone calls!    In this episode, I share the story of how my co-astronaut, Sally Ride, decided to play a bit of a joke on mission control during our wake-up call. I share what happened when the joke caused people to call i...

Kim Frank is an adventurer, writer, and storyteller. She is constantly terrified of almost everything but never lets her fear stop her from going any less than all the way.   Today, she shares her story. She talks about her parents’ first attempt to buy a house and the struggle to realize that she was intelligent. She shares how her experience working in a daycare led her to study the policy of ea...

On October 5, 1984, after much preparation, I launched for the first time. Only two of the training preparations had run smoothly, so I was nervous.   Today, I talk about that flight. I share the experience of taking off and of seeing the earth from above. I also tell the funny story of how, when flying over London, we accidentally barged in on the Royal Air Force’s frequency, but were over Africa...

Emily Newton is a marine biologist who grew up spending most of her time on a horse in the mountains of central Oregon. She discovered the fusion of scuba and science while pursuing her undergraduate degree and has parlayed this fusion into research and her work as an undersea specialist with Lindblad Expeditions.   Today, Emily joins me to talk about what has led her to where she is today. She sh...

During your first year as an astronaut, you’re an astronaut candidate, or ASCAN. This is your year of preparation--basically, it’s grad school for astronauts. During this time, you have a briefing with the previous class of astronauts, or, in my case, Neil Armstrong and Mike Collins.   Today, I talk about the incredible experience of meeting these two men. I talk about hearing about Apollo 11 from...

Bill Nye “the Science Guy” is an American science educator, engineer, comedian, television presenter, author, and inventor with a mission to help foster a scientifically literate society and to help people everywhere understand and appreciate the science that makes our world work. Making science entertaining and accessible is something Bill has been passionate about his entire life. Bill is a seve...

During your first year as an astronaut, you’re an astronaut candidate or ASCAN. This is your year of preparation--basically, it’s grad school for astronauts. During this time, you have a briefing with the previous class of astronauts, or, in my case, Neil Armstrong and Mike Collins. Today, I talk about the incredible experience of meeting these two men. I talk about hearing about Apollo 11 from th...

Morgan Smith is a writer, model, and producer who produced two original off-Broadway shows before graduating college, becoming the youngest playwright to have two off-Broadway pieces running in one season. Morgan studied at Bryn Mawr, Juilliard, Yale, MIT, and NYU. They are studying to become a human rights lawyer, doing pro-bono work for the queer community. Morgan is also the creator of Averno,...