Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Live from Space! From the Ocean to Outer Space @WHOI | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 26 minutes ago.
Watch this live downlink from the International Space Station (ISS) featuring @NASA astronaut and former WHOI engineer, Loral O'Hara. Loral shares insights, answers questions, and discusses the many fascinating connections between exploration in space and the ocean. Also on stage are Alvin Program Manager Bruce Strickrott and WHOI marine microbiologist Julie Huber, with host Ken Kostel, WHOI Director of Research Communications.
0:00 – Introduction by Ken Kostel
4:00 – Bruce Strickrott Introduction
4:53 – Presentation by Bruce Strickrott Alvin Program Manager
21:18 – Julie Huber Introduction
22:12 – Presentation by Julie Huber, Marine microbiologist, WHOI
38:00 – Presentation Q&A
47:55 – Live with NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara
49:04 – How has your vantage point from space changed the way you think about the planet and the ocean?
50:18 – What are some of the most interesting experiments that you have done in space that can only be done in space?
51:15 – How does the space station stay in orbit?
51:56 – Where does the water in the toilet go when you go to the bathroom?
53:11 – How do you prepare for going to the ISS?
54:08 – HOV Alvin gear in space!
54:50 – What is your day like in zero gravity? What do you do in your free time?
55:38 – What’s it like to sleep in zero gravity?
56:40 – How’s the food on the ISS?
57:52 – How did working with underwater vehicles prepare you for life aboard the ISS?
59:04 – What similarity between the ocean and space surprised you the most and why?
1:00:11 – What got you interested in both ocean and space research?
1:01:39 – What is the coolest/most rare thing you have seen in space?
1:02:42 – What STEM fields do you believe are most important for students today?
1:03:53 – What advice would you give a 6th grader on Cape Cod about how to have a career in science?
1:05:21 – What are you hoping we’ll learn about ocean worlds? If you had a chance to visit one of them, where would you go?
1:06:18 – Were there any technologies that you were excited to learn about during your training that you didn’t know about before?
1:07:20 – What was the most challenging part of your journey to becoming an astronaut?
1:10:39 – What do you miss the most about life down on planet Earth?
1:12:20 – If you looked outside, what would you see right now? And what time zone do you operate on?
Embark on an exciting afternoon focused on space and ocean exploration, featuring @NASA astronaut and former WHOI engineer Loral O'Hara joining us live from the International Space Station!
Recorded on Tuesday, January 23, 2024.
MBL’s Cornelia Clapp Auditorium
(formerly Lillie Auditorium)
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Watch this live downlink from the International Space Station (ISS) featuring @NASA astronaut and former WHOI engineer, Loral O'Hara. Loral shares insights, answers questions, and discusses the many fascinating connections between exploration in space and the ocean. Also on stage are Alvin Program Manager Bruce Strickrott and WHOI marine microbiologist Julie Huber, with host Ken Kostel, WHOI Director of Research Communications.
0:00 – Introduction by Ken Kostel
4:00 – Bruce Strickrott Introduction
4:53 – Presentation by Bruce Strickrott Alvin Program Manager
21:18 – Julie Huber Introduction
22:12 – Presentation by Julie Huber, Marine microbiologist, WHOI
38:00 – Presentation Q&A
47:55 – Live with NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara
49:04 – How has your vantage point from space changed the way you think about the planet and the ocean?
50:18 – What are some of the most interesting experiments that you have done in space that can only be done in space?
51:15 – How does the space station stay in orbit?
51:56 – Where does the water in the toilet go when you go to the bathroom?
53:11 – How do you prepare for going to the ISS?
54:08 – HOV Alvin gear in space!
54:50 – What is your day like in zero gravity? What do you do in your free time?
55:38 – What’s it like to sleep in zero gravity?
56:40 – How’s the food on the ISS?
57:52 – How did working with underwater vehicles prepare you for life aboard the ISS?
59:04 – What similarity between the ocean and space surprised you the most and why?
1:00:11 – What got you interested in both ocean and space research?
1:01:39 – What is the coolest/most rare thing you have seen in space?
1:02:42 – What STEM fields do you believe are most important for students today?
1:03:53 – What advice would you give a 6th grader on Cape Cod about how to have a career in science?
1:05:21 – What are you hoping we’ll learn about ocean worlds? If you had a chance to visit one of them, where would you go?
1:06:18 – Were there any technologies that you were excited to learn about during your training that you didn’t know about before?
1:07:20 – What was the most challenging part of your journey to becoming an astronaut?
1:10:39 – What do you miss the most about life down on planet Earth?
1:12:20 – If you looked outside, what would you see right now? And what time zone do you operate on?
Embark on an exciting afternoon focused on space and ocean exploration, featuring @NASA astronaut and former WHOI engineer Loral O'Hara joining us live from the International Space Station!
Recorded on Tuesday, January 23, 2024.
MBL’s Cornelia Clapp Auditorium
(formerly Lillie Auditorium)
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
