Conversations with Donna the Astronomer: Recent Episodes
Donna Marie Burton
Chats about space and astronomy news and views. Learn about what is the in the sky and come on a journey through the solar system as well as learn about about some key astronomers throughout history!
An interview with Space Science Institute Senior Research Scientist Dr Padma Yanamandra-Fisher. Padma is a Planetary Scientist who worked on Voyager Projects and is very much involved these days in Citizen Science and ProAm Collaborations and we have worked together over the years on a number of Comet Observing Projects. Padma came from India and moved to the US as a Post Graduate student to obtain a PhD. Her family was fully supportive but it was not easy being a single female of colour.
Thanks to the movie Apollo 13 we have a better understanding of this mission than we do of the rest except perhaps Apollo 11. But at the time no one was particularly interested until....