During your first year as an astronaut, you’re an astronaut candidate or ASCAN. This is your year of preparation--basically, it’s grad school for astronauts. During this time, you have a briefing with the previous class of astronauts, or, in my case, Neil Armstrong and Mike Collins.

Today, I talk about the incredible experience of meeting these two men. I talk about hearing about Apollo 11 from them and what they told us. I discuss why it was perhaps the most impactful day of my life, and I share details of the whole day.

“This was the day we were going to learn about Apollo 11, the actual first landing on the moon.” - Kathy Sullivan

“Calling heroes of my childhood colleague and friend - that’s when you know that you’ve arrived at a very, very special place.” - Kathy Sullivan

This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores:

• Life as an astronaut candidate
• Meeting Neil Armstrong and Mike Collins
• Learning about Apollo 11 from the astronauts on it

Spaceship Not Required

I’m Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean.

I’m an explorer, and that doesn’t always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action.

In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are--spaceship not required.

Welcome to Kathy Sullivan Explores.

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