Astronaut artists: Painting, quilting, and playing Bowie aboard the ISS

About this episode

Astronauts share their experiences of creating art and music aboard the International Space Station.

The International Space Station was designed for science, research, and survival. But astronauts turned it into a music studio, an art studio, and a sewing room.  Former ISS commander and musician, Chris Hadfield, astronaut-painter Nicole Stott, and astronaut-quilter Karen Nyberg take us inside the strange, beautiful reality of making music, paintings, and handmade objects while orbiting Earth at 17,500 miles an hour.  Suggested episodes: Nicole Stott on being a NASA entertainment consultant What it's like at the bottom of the world with Dr. “Deepsea Dawn” Wright    GUESTS:  Chris Hadfield : Musician, fighter pilot, retired Canadian astronaut, and bestselling author, whose performance of Space Oddity became the first music video ever filmed in space  Nicole Stott : Retired NASA astronaut, watercolor artist, and the first person to paint with watercolors in space. She co-founded the Space for Art Foundation to connect children around the world through art and space exploration Karen Nyberg : Engineer, retired NASA astronaut, and textile artist who hand-sewed a stuffed dinosaur, a Texas flag, and a quilt block aboard the International Space…

People in this episode

Host: Chion Wolf

Guests: Chris Hadfield, Nicole Stott, Karen Nyberg

Topics covered

• art in space
• astronaut experiences
• music in space
• space exploration
• creativity aboard ISS

Keywords

• astronaut artists
• International Space Station
• music studio
• art studio
• sewing room
• Chris Hadfield
• Nicole Stott
• Karen Nyberg

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA, Space for Art Foundation, Connecticut Public Radio

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