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Inner and Outer Space

Watch this virtual event with NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams and WHOI Deep-sea scientist Dr. Timothy Shank. Join them as they talk about the worlds they each love to explore and recount a historic phone call between them that linked outer space and the deep ocean as never before.


Season 1, Episode 2
Originally aired April 29, 2020
Speakers & Host:
Tim Shank
Tim Shank

Deep-Sea Scientist, WHOI

Sunita Williams

NASA Astronaut and Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

Barbara Moran

Senior Producing Editor, WBUR Radio Environmental Vertical

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