Stephanie Hughes

I actually tuned into it earlier this week.

Here is an edited excerpt of what I heard.

We added the pictures for NASA.

And, you know, when I have this on the background, it was kind of really like I was just living my regular work life here.

And it sort of felt like I was there with the astronauts.

And it made me wonder, Joanna, what do you think this kind of access does for NASA?

You know, the astronauts themselves, like, as you mentioned, also seem really good at social media.

You know, there's all these funny videos.

There's one where they did it to the Full House theme song, kind of introducing each of the members of the crew.

I'm just going to say TGIF for the win.

This made me wonder, Joanna, you know, how important is it for astronauts not just to be good at their jobs, but also kind of sell the job to the American public?

That's Joanna Stern at the media company New Things.

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He says as a kid, he definitely wanted to be an astronaut.

Jesus Alvarado produced this episode.

He says being an astronaut never occurred to him.

He wanted to work in a restaurant.