Awesome Astronomy - May Part 2: Colonel Jack Lousma

<p>Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce.</p> <p> </p> <p>To mark the Skylab 50th anniversary here is one our favourite astronaut chats from 2012 where we caught up with Skylab 3 and STS-3 astronaut, Jack Lousma. Jack was also capcom during Apollo 13 and he tells us about taking that ominous ‘Houston, we’ve had a problem’ call and how they solved each life-threatening issue in sequence to get the astronauts back alive. He talks about missing out on flying Apollo 20 to the moon, being a crew member on the Skylab space station and taking one of the first space shuttles out for a test drive.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href= "http://www.awesomeastronomy.com">www.awesomeastronomy.com</a></p> <p><strong>Bio -<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong></p> <p>Awesome Astronomy explores the frontiers of science, space and our evolving understanding of the universe.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>Join Paul & Jeni for informative and fun astronomy programmes dedicated to space and astronomy news and monthly podcast extras covering hot topics and special interviews in the world of science and astronomy.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p>We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>Just visit: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy">https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy</a> and donate as much as you can!</p> <p>Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>Every bit helps! Thank you!</p> <p>------------------------------------</p> <p>Do go visit <a href= "http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop">http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop</a> for cool Astronomy Cast and Cos