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    Welcome to the Flight Deck Podcast!

    Join your host Sean Mobley as he makes history personal while sharing the many aviation and aerospace stories from our Collection and our past, present and future.

     

    In this season of The Flight Deck Podcast.... 

    ...our theme is LGBTQ+ aerospace history. We’ll be investigating ways that LGBTQ+ people have been part of aviation and space exploration since the beginning, and also ways the aerospace industry has shaped the LGBTQ+ community. 

     

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    Flight Deck episodes:

    Space Shuttle, Apollo 11, ISS, Helicopters, Podcast Season 03, Voices in Flight

    Ad Astra with Astronaut Wendy Lawrence

    Wendy Lawrence is a retired NASA astronaut and pilot for the United States Navy. She joined host...
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    Podcast Season 03, Voices in Flight

    10 LGBTQ+ People in Aerospace You Should Know

    LGBTQ+ people have been part of aviation and space science for centuries. Today’s episode is a bit...
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    Case Studies, Space Shuttle, Podcast Season 03, Voices in Flight

    Beyond Labels

    Museums are places where history is presented and interpreted, and presenting and interpreting the...
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    Stars, Podcast Season 03, Voices in Flight

    Cosmic Storytellers

    Dr. Marques Redd and Mikael Owunna are Black, queer Pittsburgh-based multidisciplinary artists who...
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    United Airlines, 747, Podcast Season 03, Voices in Flight

    Greg Sumner: Airline Pilot

    Greg Sumner grew up fascinated by airplanes and managed to parlay that love of aviation into a...
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    Health, Podcast Season 03, Voices in Flight

    The Gay History of Male Flight Attendants

    The history of the gay men who still make up an unusually large percentage of the flight attendant...
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    rockets, Podcast Season 03, Voices in Flight

    Joalda Morancy: The Path to Space

    Author, astrophysicist and science communicator Joalda Morancy wrote their young readers book...
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    WASP, Podcast Season 03, Voices in Flight

    Doctor Mom Chung

    There’s little about Dr. Margaret “Mom” Chung’s story that you can call ordinary. From her status...
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    Podcast Season 03, Voices in Flight

    Michelle Evans - The Story of a Transgender Air Force Veteran

    Welcome to Season 3 of The Flight Deck! This season’s theme is LGBTQ+ aerospace history. We’ll be...
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    Podcast Season 02

    Behind the Scenes at the National Museum of the US Air Force

    What a century! We recently visited the National Museum of the Untied States Air Force to get a...
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    Health, Curator, Podcast Season 02, Helicopters

    Life Flight

    If you live in a rural area and don’t have access to a hospital, what do you do in a medical...
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    ISS, rockets, Podcast Season 02

    Tiny Space Objects

    Thousands of satellites are zooming over your head right now, orbiting Earth and beaming down...
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    Local Stories

    Flying With the Blue Angels

    Each year, Seafair brings a spectacular air show to the skies above Seattle. The jewel of the show...
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    airport

    Fire on the Airfield!

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    Conspiracies, Local Stories

    The Missing Million: Part Two

    In the conclusion to a two-part series about the mysterious DB Cooper, this episode picks up the...
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    Conspiracies, Local Stories

    The Missing Million: Part One

    This episode comes out on the brink of a major anniversary here in Seattle. 50 years ago tomorrow,...
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    Stories From a Stewardess

    If you’ve shopped in the Museum’s store, Lynda Eck may have helped you with your purchase. Before...
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    Games

    Alone Among the Stars

    What’s it like to drift from planet to planet, exploring the universe? In today’s episode of The...
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    Voices in Flight

    The World's Smallest Spaceship

    How does studying a giraffe help make a better space suit? Dr. Dava Newman is the current Director...
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    rockets

    How to Build a Rocket Engine

    How do you build a rocket engine without blowing your factory up? Vern Estes took on this...
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    Radio, balloons

    The Birth of the Balloon

    Before the Wright Brothers and airplanes, hot air balloons dominated the skies. Today we’re going...
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    Voices in Flight

    Astronaut Wendy Lawrence

    Former NASA Astronaut Wendy Lawrence is a veteran both of the Untied States Navy and four NASA...
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    Curios from the Collection

    Flying fish from the Civil War era. Jetpacks with dolls. Planes in a bottle. As with any museum,...
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    aerospace

    Stranger Than Fiction - Stories From A Flight Surgeon Part II

    Picture this: You’re a doctor on an aircraft carrier. You’re awoken and told of an emergency on the...
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    Health

    Stories From a Flight Surgeon - Part 1

    We’re celebrating the opening of our new temporary exhibit Stranger Than Fiction: The Incredible...
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    Exhibits

    Night Witches

    What does it take to turn real-life war stories into a game? Jason Morningstar, Creative Director...
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    Apollo 11, Exhibits, aerospace

    The Politics Of The Moon Landings Part II

    Teasel Muir-Harmony, Curator of the Apollo program at the Smithsonian National Air and Space...
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    Apollo 11, Exhibits, aerospace

    The Politics Of The Moon Landings Part I

    Returning guest Teasel Muir-Harmony, Curator of the Apollo program at the Smithsonian National Air...
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    Exhibits, aerospace

    Squiggles in the Sky

    This episode takes a break from talking aviation and space history to have a conversation with...
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    Exhibits, aerospace

    The Flying Boat

    Evoking images of glamorous air travel and high society, the Boeing 314 Clipper is one of the most...
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    aerospace

    The Unfinished Letter

    Naval Dentist Tom Davidson yearned to score a spot in the back seat of one of the fighter planes of...
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    aerospace

    A Smile A Day...

    Unbridled wonder. The sort of joy that just seems to radiate out at you. That is the subject of...
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    aerospace

    A Century-Old Conspiracy

    An aviation conspiracy dating back 100 years continues to capture the imaginations of New...
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    aerospace

    Canadian Identified Flying Objects

    You may know Alexander Graham Bell for his telephone, but did you know he had a hand in some of the...
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    aerospace, Voices in Flight

    Phil Stamper and The Gravity of Us

    In this final episode of 2020, we welcome author Phil Stamper onto the show for a discussion of...
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    Stars, Games

    Before There Were Stars - Part 2

    What happens at the end of the world? Today’s episode is the finale of the playthrough of “Before...
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    Stars, Games

    Before There Were Stars - Part 1

    Join a team of storytellers as they look up at the stars to create myths and legends based on what...
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    aerospace

    A Family Story

    We think of history in terms of grand, sweeping events and often forget that actual humans are at...
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    Space Shuttle, Podcast Season 01, Voices in Flight

    Another Space Toilet Episode

    It’s common to hear a visitor to The Museum of Flight wonder how astronauts go to the bathroom in...
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    Space Shuttle, Podcast Season 01

    The Space Toilet Episode

    “How do astronauts go to the bathroom in space?” This is a question we hear often at the Museum,...
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    Exhibits, aerospace

    A Tale Of Two Aviators: The Face Of The Enemy

    Bill Wilson, a Vietnam Veteran and Museum of Flight Docent, features in this episode of The Flight...
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    Exhibits, aerospace

    A Tale of Two Aviators: Oyster 1 Bravo

    Museum of Flight Docent Jerry Coy returns to The Flight Deck to share a story of survival behind...
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    Exhibits, aerospace

    Oldest

    Wrapping up the Collections miniseries, today we’re looking at the oldest artifact in our archives....
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    Blue Origin, Exhibits, aerospace

    Youngest

    Located in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery, an exhibit space dedicated to modern space...
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    Exhibits, aerospace, rockets

    Riding Rockets

    As we continue to prepare for the Museum’s re-opening, and as we simultaneously ramp-up our digital...
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    Exhibits, artifact

    Biggest

    Host Sean Mobley brings the second part of this behind-the-scenes mini-series featuring the...
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    elephant, aerospace

    Smallest

    Host Sean Mobley brings us part one of an all-new mini-series featuring The Museum of Flight’s most...
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    Hidden

    This week we are honored to speak with Museum of Flight docent and Holocaust survivor, Pete...
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    Paperclip Family

    This week’s episode of the Flight Deck Podcast is the first in a series associated with the Museum...
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    Podcast Season 01, Voices in Flight

    A Woman in a Combat Zone

    We dive into part two of our interview with Museum docent and Air Force Colonel Peggy Phillips....
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    Peggy Phillips and the WASP

    Peggy Phillips, a docent here at The Museum of Flight is a retired United States Air Force Colonel...
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    Space Shuttle, Apollo 11, Engines, Ocean

    A Needle at the Bottom of the Sea

    Undoubtedly one of the greatest achievements of man has been stepping foot on the Moon. In 1969,...
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    Curator, Exhibits

    The Curator

    Matthew Burchette joined The Museum of Flight in late 2019 as our Senior Curator, launching a new...
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    NWSM

    Building an Exhibit

    On the eve of a New Year, join host Sean Mobley on a trip behind-the-scenes on the making of an...
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    Voices in Flight

    The Astronaut Image

    Apollo 12 Astronaut Pete Conrad has a lot to live up to. NASA’s idea of the astronaut image meant...
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    Apollo 11, Conspiracies, Flat Earth

    How to Debunk A Conspiracy Theory

    Conspiracy theories are unavoidable when your Museum deals with topics in science, but this week’s...
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    Apollo 11, Nixon

    Back to Earth: The Apollo 11 Astronauts Tour After the Moon Landing

    After the Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the Moon, they embarked on an equally fascinating journey:...
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    Soeyon Yi, First Korean Astronaut, ISS

    Soyeon Yi Part IV: To Space and Back

    First Korean astronaut SoYeon Yi shares her memories of going to space and the harrowing return to...
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    Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin

    Failure is Not An Option: An Interview with Buzz Aldrin

    Buzz Aldrin, the second human to set foot on the Moon, recalls the Apollo 11 mission and how one...
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    Failure is not an Option, Jerrie Cobb

    Failure is Not an Option: Jerrie Cobb and the First Women Astronaut Trainees, Part 2

    Jerrie Cobb and the women behind the Women in Space program unsuccessfully lobbied Congress in 1962...
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    WASP, Jerrie Cobb

    Failure is Not An Option: The Story of Jerrie Cobb and the First Women Astronaut Trainees, Part 1

    When the United States was lagging behind the Soviet Union in the race to space, the Soviet space...
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    Failure is not an Option, Space Shuttle

    Failure is Not an Option: Interview with NASA Astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger

    Our interview with NASA astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, part of our series titled Failure is...
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    Summer Reading, Library

    Your Aerospace Summer Reading List

    Librarians for the King County Library System share their picks for the best aviation, space, and...
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    Theater, Music

    The Moon Landing Musical

    The Museum is hosting its own performance of the Moon Landing musical to celebrate the 50th...
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    Air Traffic Control, Part II

    Air traffic control has come a long way since the early days of aviation in the 1930s, and our very...
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    Korea, Soeyon Yi, First Korean Astronaut

    SoYeon Yi Part III - From Backup to Primary Astronaut

    First Korean astronaut SoYeon Yi tells that story of determination that took her from backup...
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    Airships, Zeppelin

    Lighter Than Air

    Airships are lighter than air craft whose history goes back to mid-nineteenth century France and...
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    First Black Aviatrix

    The Life of Bessie Coleman, the World’s First Black Aviatrix

    Bessie Coleman is the world’s first black woman pilot, and her great-niece Gigi Coleman carries on...
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    Silver Star

    Saving the Green Berets

    The Green Berets are a special operations task force known for executing covert missions under dire...
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    Podcast Season 01, Voices in Flight

    Rodeo in the Sky - Early Air Traffic Control

    Today, Air Traffic Control towers loom over airports, bringing order and safety to a huge network...
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    747, City of Everett

    Flying the 747

    What was it like to fly the world’s very first jumbo jet? Pilot Jerry Coy describes his experiences...
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    MiG-21

    How We Got the MiG-21

    Sometimes the story of how we acquired an artifact is just as interesting as the artifact itself....
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    Jimmy Stewart

    What do you get when a WWII American Fighter Ace has the same name as a Hollywood icon and doesn’t...
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    Podcast Season 01, Apollo Missions

    Holiday Special - The Apollo 8 Mission and Our Place in the Universe

    This special holiday podcast features an interview with NASA historian Bill Barry who explains how...
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    When Pearl Harbor Was Attacked

    Please Note: During his retelling, American fighter ace Besby F. Holmes uses an ethnic slur to...
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    Ask a Pilot!

    Commercial pilot Kevin Gordon returns in this episode to answer listener questions about all things...
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    United Airlines, 747

    The Stewardess' Tale

    Before there were flight attendants, there were stewardesses, and in this AMA episode we talk to...
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    Podcast Season 01, Aliens, Local Stories, Fiction

    War of the Worlds 80 Years Later

    Eighty years ago today, Orson Welles’ 1938 broadcast ‘War of the Worlds’ used cutting-edge audio...
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    Korea, Soeyon Yi

    Soyeon Yi, Part II: When a Wedding Singer Becomes an Astronaut

    Sometime between her third and fourth year of her PhD program, Yi’s research ground to a halt. Her...
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    WASP, Voices in Flight

    An Interview with a WASP

    96-year-old Betty Dybbro was fortunate enough to spend one year as a WASP (Women Air Force Service...
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    Korea

    SoYeon Yi, Part I: An Astronaut Education

    Did you have trouble figuring out your major when you were in college? If so, you already have one...
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    Health, Orbis

    Orbis Flying Eye Hospital

    Did you know that 75% of the world’s blindness can be cured, and 89% of those cases occur in low to...
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    Blue Origin, SpaceX

    Preserving the Future History of Space

    As SpaceX and Blue Origin continue to make history by building rockets that will take future space...
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    Voices in Flight

    Fighter Aces - In Their Words

    The American Fighter Aces Association preserves the memories of pilots who have sacrificed bravely...
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    Prop Culture

    Meet an R2-D2 Builder!

    Bob Jacobson, R2-D2 builder extraordinaire, claims that he wasn’t always into engineering, but the...
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    First Passenger

    She Opened Up the Skies

    A faceless mannequin wearing a 1920s’ style dress is posed next to our Boeing model 40B, but it’s...
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    The Man Behind the Hubble

    Back in 1977, when Bob Alexander was just a young engineer, he was chosen to work on a challenging...
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    Do Airplanes Have Keys?

    This week we talk to Kevin Gordon, first officer for Alaska Airlines, who graciously answers...
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    Surviving the Final Frontier

    Did you know that for every month you spend in space, you lose about 2% BMI? Neither did we until...
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    Huey

    The Angel Bird

    Hustling in and out of a Huey helicopter is one of the most vivid memories of Platoon leader David...
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    Dick Gordon, Local Stories, Voices in Flight

    Remembering Apollo Astronaut Richard Gordon

    Dick Gordon passed away in November 2017, and author and volunteer Jake Schultz had the honor of...
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    Voices in Flight

    Shouting at Hitler

    In this second installment of our Personal Courage series, B-17 pilot Dick Nelms takes us on one of...
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    When We Chose to Go to the Moon

    How did a bunch of Houston high school students help President Kennedy drive the United States...
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    A Brief History of Legroom

    Episode 4: Has your airplane seat felt a little tight lately? It’s not just you—it’s the evolution...
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    Skylab, Mixtape, Voices in Flight

    Galactic Mixtape Vol. 1

    Episode 3: What’s on the cassette tape that can be found at the end of our Apollo exhibit? We chat...
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    World War II, Voices in Flight

    WASP

    Episode 2: The Women Airforce Pilots did not let anyone stand in their way of serving their country...
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    Space Shuttle

    The Spacewalker

    Episode 1: What’s it like repairing a billion-dollar solar panel while hurtling 4.67 miles per...
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