Grace Potter has a new song and video in praise of women in STEM: Initiate: Grace Potter Mission | NASA

NASA Johnson Space Center and recording star Grace Potter have collaborated on a new space-themed music video released Monday, September 19. The video, which was shot at Johnson, features Potter performing her song, “Look What We’ve Become” and highlights NASA women engineers, scientists and astronauts in their workplace.

According to Potter, the song has an empowerment theme with a message that you can do anything you set your mind to, no matter who tells you otherwise.

“So much of this song is about when you are coming up through any part of your life and you face challenges, there are so many different ways that that can affect you and change the course of your life,” Potter said. “I think that it creates a strength within you if you do make the choice to push onward and say, ‘I know that this might be more difficult than another path. That’s why I want to do it.”

Here is another space themed music video from Potter:

Activism, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week – Sept.19.2016

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The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, Sept. 19, 2016: 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): DR. PAUL SUTTER returns for a space science discussion.

2. Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016: 7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT) MARK WHITTINGTON, author & journalist is back with us.

3. Friday, Sept. 23, 2016: 9:30-11AM PDT; (12:30-2 PM EDT; 11:30 AM – 1 PM CDT) DENNIS WINGO returns to discuss the Falcon 9 launch accident and much more.

4. Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016: 12-1:30 PM PDT (3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT): DR. JOHN BRANDENBURG returns for the promised hybrid-fusion discussion.

See also:
* The Space Show on Vimeo – webinar videos
* The Space Show’s Blog – summaries of interviews.
* The Space Show Classroom Blog – tutorial programs

The Space Show is a project of the One Giant Leap Foundation.

Activism, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

Video: TMRO 9.29 – Blue Origin’s future rocket plans

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The latest TMRO.tv live show is now available in the archive:

Blue Origin announced their New Glenn orbital rocket this last week. We take a peek at the history of Blue Origin, where they are now, what they have announced and the possible New Armstrong tease could mean.

Space news topics:

* Israel launches Ofek-11 with hiccups
* Dwarf Planet Pluto “Paints” Charon Red
* China launches Tiangong-2
* Earth’s Carbon Came From Ancient Collision With Mercury Like Planet
* Vega launches 5 sats
* A billion stars: Gaia’s First Milky Way Map

TMRO.tv is viewer supported:

TMRO:Space is a crowd funded show. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmro for information, goals and reward levels. Don’t forget to check out our SpacePod campaign as well over at http://www.patreon.com/spacepod

Events, Rockets

Video: Stuntman Eddie Braun rides a rocket over the Snake River Canyon

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Last Friday, daredevil Eddie Braun road a steam-powered rocket over the Snake River Canyon in Idaho. Here is a video of the flight:

The rocket was built by Scott Truax, son of the late Robert Truax, a famous rocket designer and NewSpace pioneer. The father built a similar rocket for Evel Knievel who made the same jump in 1974. Knievel made it across the canyon but after the chutes deployed too early, winds blew him back over the edge and he ended up along side the river. Scott wanted to prove his father’s rocket design was quite capable of a successful jump.

More about the Return to Snake River stunt: