Between a Rocket & a Hard Space

Between a Rocket & a Hard Space

Join your host, Patrick O’Neill, Public Affairs lead at the International Space Station National Laboratory, for “Between a Rocket & a Hard Space,” a podcast that explores space-based research with visionaries from academia, government, and private businesses who have launched their R&D to the International Space Station (ISS). People just like you are addressing those pesky hard spaces created by research limitations here on the ground and putting their research on a rocket to test what’s possible in space. The Space Station and its unique environment enable research and technology development not possible on Earth. The ISS National Laboratory provides researchers with access to a permanent microgravity environment, a powerful vantage point in low Earth orbit, and the extreme and varied conditions of space. Learn more about this research and development platform by visiting the ISS National Lab's homepage: https://ISSNationalLab.org

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December 17, 2025 30 mins

Guest, Paul Reichert of Merck Research Labs

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Guest, Tamara Baldanza-Dekker, Chief Marketing Officer of Margaritaville

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October 28, 2025 31 mins

Guest, Dr. Ken Savin, Chief Science Officer at SpaceMD and one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in global health, 2025


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September 24, 2025 28 mins

Guests Dr. Yupeng Chen of the University of Connecticut and Mari Anne Snow, CEO of Eascra Biotech.

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August 26, 2025 33 mins

Guest, Mark Gittleman, ISS National Lab User Advisory Committee Chair, Aegis Aerospace Inc. Board of Advisors and long-time space and defense industry executive.

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July 29, 2025 30 mins

Guests, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman

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June 26, 2025 46 mins

Guest, Dr. Arun Sharma, biomedical researcher at Cedars-Sinai, Director, Center for Space Medicine Research at Cedars-Sinai

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May 5, 2025 47 mins

Jackie Wattles - Writer, Space & Science, CNN

Raphael Roettgen - Founder,  E2MC Ventures

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April 17, 2025 22 mins

Guest, NASA Astronaut, Jonny Kim

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March 25, 2025 31 mins

Guest, Dr. Michael Roberts, Chief Scientific Officer, ISS National Laboratory

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