On April 8, the total solar eclipse across the United States will be the last for 20 years. A NASA flight controller discusses all you need to know about the eclipse, how to best witness it, and the safety precautions that come with it. HWHAP Episode 330.
Houston, we have a podcast.
Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space center.
Episode 330, eclipse across North America, 2024.
I'm Gary Jordan, and I'll be introducing a new host today on this podcast.
We bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, and astronauts, all to let you know what's going on in the world of human spaceflight and more.
And for this episode, I'm very excited to welcome a new voice of the podcast, Kenna Pell.
Kenna, welcome.
Hey, Gary, thank you so much for having me.
More than, what, 300 episodes.
It's quite an honor to be here and to learn from you.
Yeah.
But you, I mean, you auditioned, and, uh, it was super clear that you would be an awesome voice for this, but you were not always at JSC, not always around here, but it was great to have you around here.
Originally, your last job you had was over at the Kennedy Space center.
No, I was not always at JSC, and I absolutely love it here.
I love Houston, but I also love where it came from.
Like you said at KSC, they're so different, but so also the same in many ways as the NASA family.
Right.
So transitioning from Kennedy Space center over here to Johnson has been so much fun, and I'm really happy to be here.
In terms of your role, you work very closely with the International Space Station program, is that right?
I do, and I love my role.