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<p>As we get nearer to STS-1 and that first all-up test of Space Shuttle Columbia, we wanted to take a look at one of the technical challenges that caused that first launch to slip back from 1979 to 1981: the thermal protection system that kept the extreme temperatures of launch, life in orbit, and re-entry from damaging the spacecraft and putting the crew at risk.</p><br><p>So today, we’re sharing an interview that Kevin Fong and Andrew Luck Baker did with a former Orbiter Mechanic at Kennedy Space Center, Terry White. Terry worked on the shuttle from its arrival at the space center in 1979 until its retirement in 2011.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this fascinating interview we’ll hear what it was like to prepare a space shuttle for flight, and the enormous challenges that the team had to overcome to get it ready for the STS-1, the shuttle fleet’s first mission.</p><br><p>Credits:</p><p>Written and presented by Dr Kevin Fong</p><p>Producers: Andrew Luck-Baker and Rami Tzabar with additional production by Dave Giles.</p><p>Assistant Producer: Kate Arkless Gray</p><p>Sound Design and Mixing: Richard Courtice</p><p>Music: Christian Lundberg, part of Hans Zimmer’s Bleeding Fingers Composer Collective</p><p>With special thanks to Sandra Johnson and Nasa’s Johnson Space Centre Oral History Project&nbsp;</p><p>Executive Producers: Stuart Coxe, Kevin Fong, Jago Lee and Rami Tzabar</p><p>16 Sunsets is an Antica and TellTale Production 2024</p><p>Check out our website at https://sixteensunsets.com&nbsp;</p><p>Instagram: @sixteen_sunsets</p><p>X: @16sunsets</p><p>Want more 16 Sunsets? Become a premium member of our community and unlock exclusive content, including early and ad-free episodes, by subscribing to 16 Sunsets on Supercast. Learn more at https://16sunsets.supercast.com</p><p>Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

16 Sunsets

Antica & Telltale Studios

Bonus Episode: Terry White – Tile by Tile – Protecting The Shuttle

FEB 27, 202540 MIN
16 Sunsets

Bonus Episode: Terry White – Tile by Tile – Protecting The Shuttle

FEB 27, 202540 MIN

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<p>As we get nearer to STS-1 and that first all-up test of Space Shuttle Columbia, we wanted to take a look at one of the technical challenges that caused that first launch to slip back from 1979 to 1981: the thermal protection system that kept the extreme temperatures of launch, life in orbit, and re-entry from damaging the spacecraft and putting the crew at risk.</p><br><p>So today, we’re sharing an interview that Kevin Fong and Andrew Luck Baker did with a former Orbiter Mechanic at Kennedy Space Center, Terry White. Terry worked on the shuttle from its arrival at the space center in 1979 until its retirement in 2011.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this fascinating interview we’ll hear what it was like to prepare a space shuttle for flight, and the enormous challenges that the team had to overcome to get it ready for the STS-1, the shuttle fleet’s first mission.</p><br><p>Credits:</p><p>Written and presented by Dr Kevin Fong</p><p>Producers: Andrew Luck-Baker and Rami Tzabar with additional production by Dave Giles.</p><p>Assistant Producer: Kate Arkless Gray</p><p>Sound Design and Mixing: Richard Courtice</p><p>Music: Christian Lundberg, part of Hans Zimmer’s Bleeding Fingers Composer Collective</p><p>With special thanks to Sandra Johnson and Nasa’s Johnson Space Centre Oral History Project&nbsp;</p><p>Executive Producers: Stuart Coxe, Kevin Fong, Jago Lee and Rami Tzabar</p><p>16 Sunsets is an Antica and TellTale Production 2024</p><p>Check out our website at https://sixteensunsets.com&nbsp;</p><p>Instagram: @sixteen_sunsets</p><p>X: @16sunsets</p><p>Want more 16 Sunsets? Become a premium member of our community and unlock exclusive content, including early and ad-free episodes, by subscribing to 16 Sunsets on Supercast. Learn more at https://16sunsets.supercast.com</p><p>Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>