Ascending Node

Sandy Magnus, Space Shuttle Astronaut

November 3, 2026·40 min
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Space Shuttle astronaut Sandy Magnus joins Ascending Node to talk about a career that took her from a small town in southern Illinois to the International Space Station. She looks back on building the ISS, flying on the final Space Shuttle mission 15 years ago, and the survival training that prepared astronauts for anything, from Black Sea water landings to emergency touchdowns in Siberia. She also shares how she found her way into physics and engineering, and why role models matter for the next generation.

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