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Teacher on Board

Advancednatural speed29:392018-03-16T16:30:00.000Zpublic domain

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About Houston We Have a Podcast

The official podcast of NASA's Johnson Space Center: unscripted interviews with astronauts, flight directors, and engineers. This is authentic professional conversation at full speed — the hardest dialogue material in the library, and the closest match to IELTS Section 3 discussions.

Ricky Arnold, NASA Astronaut, talks about his time as an educator, his first flight on the Space Shuttle, and his plans to teach from space during his first long-duration flight on the International Space Station starting on March 21, 2018. HWHAP Episode 36.

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