Episodes

  • Episode 38: Rey Almodóvar

    Episode 38: Rey Almodóvar
    May 22 2025
    Rey Almodóvar is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus of INTUITIVE, an aerospace and defense company in Huntsville, Alabama. As a civilian engineer for the U.S. Army, Rey worked on multiple weapons systems, including the Patriot missile. Rey has received a number of prestigious awards, is a member of the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission, the Von Braun Center Board of Control, and the Industry Advisory Board of his alma mater the University of Puerto Rico School of Engineering.
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    36 mins
  • Episode 37: Diallo Wallace

    Episode 37: Diallo Wallace
    Apr 29 2025
    Lieutenant Commander Diallo Wallace is a Naval Aviator and Aerospace Engineering Duty Officer in the NAVAIR Reserve Program. Wallace has a bachelor’s in Electronics Engineering and a Masters degree in Astronautical Engineering. He has served as an analog astronaut, is a K-12 teacher, and an alumni of Space Camp.
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    41 mins
  • Episode 36: Joseph Corso

    Episode 36: Joseph Corso
    Apr 1 2025
    Joseph Corso is a senior studying planetary science at Purdue University. He is a former Aviation Challenge crew trainer and is currently working as an intern at Polaris Dawn. He has participated in microgravity campaigns, civilian spacesuit research, and a variety of other exciting programs in his pursuit of becoming an astronaut.
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    30 mins
  • Episode 35: Rebecca Torzone

    Episode 35: Rebecca Torzone
    Feb 6 2025
    Rebecca Torzone is the Division Vice President and General Manager, Airborne Multifunction Sensors at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems. She has more than 20 years of experience within the aerospace and defense industry. Rebecca attended Space Camp three times as a teenager, and today serves on the US Space and Rocket Center Foundation’s Board of Directors.
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    35 mins
  • Episode 34: Ashlee Stevenson

    Episode 34: Ashlee Stevenson
    Dec 31 2024
    Ashlee Stevenson attended Space Camp Aviation Challenge five times in her youth before returning as a Crew Trainer during college. A graduate of Georgia Tech, today she is the Digital Dealer Platforms Performance Lead at Mercedes-Benz USA, and serves on the Space Camp Alumni Association board of directors.
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    27 mins
  • Episode 33: William Hudson

    Episode 33: William Hudson
    Nov 6 2024
    William Hudson holds a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and Corrections from The Citadel in South Carolina. He worked at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in various roles at Space Camp and Aviation Challenge before leaving for a position at Marshall Space Flight Center as a Payload Communications Manager for the International Space Station.
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    44 mins
  • Episode 37: Episode 32: Scott Holcomb

    Episode 37: Episode 32: Scott Holcomb
    Nov 5 2024
    Scott Holcomb is an educator and innovator of instructional technologies. In his youth, he was featured in the film, Space Camp, as Hideo Takamini, and he served as an Aviation Challenge camp crew trainier. Today he is the Ed Tech Imagineer at Crosstown High in Memphis, Tennessee.
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    48 mins
  • Episode 31: Christina Mitchell

    Episode 31: Christina Mitchell
    Jul 23 2024
    Christina Mitchell is a senior multimedia specialist for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. She has a bachelors in mass communications and is currently pursuing her masters degree. She is a passionate storyteller striving to find new and innovative ways to engage audiences. She joins Dare to Explore to talk about her most recent endeavor to do just that – NASA's first tabletop roleplaying game supplement, The Lost Universe.
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    33 mins