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NASA astronaut training for International Space Station

Season 2 Episode 14 | 7m 06s

Dr. Thomas Marshburn is a member of the 2004 NASA Astronaut Class and has been on three spaceflights, totaling 177 days in orbit on the ISS. Learn how he prepared on Earth with simulations, expeditions, and a full-sized mockup of the International Space Station.

Support for QED with Dr. B is provided by Battelle, American Electric Power Foundation, Bath & Body Works Foundation, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and William and Diane Dawson Foundation.
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