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Inner and Outer Space

Watch this virtual event with NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams and WHOI Deep-sea scientist Dr. Timothy Shank. Join them as they talk about the worlds they each love to explore and recount a historic phone call between them that linked outer space and the deep ocean as never before.


Season 1, Episode 2
Originally aired April 29, 2020
Speakers & Host:
Tim Shank
Tim Shank

Deep-Sea Scientist, WHOI

Sunita Williams

NASA Astronaut and Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

Barbara Moran

Senior Producing Editor, WBUR Radio Environmental Vertical

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Restless Seas
Small but Mighty
volcanoes
seabirds
Becoming a Marine Biologist
arctic
Robots
ocean plastics
Jellies
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heatwaves
Giving Reefs a Chance
From Sea to Stars
Weirdly Wonderful
Alvin
Radiation
Right Whale
Ocean Conservation
Enchanted Ocean
Sea Change
Stories we tell
Hurricanes
Ocean Beyond Earth
Corals in Crisis
The Future Ocean
Sharks
The Science of Shipwrecks
Exploring Inner and Outer Space
Window into the Twilight Zone